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McKinty, Pomare shortlisted for US-based Macavity Award

Friday, 17 July 2020
In the US, Irish-Australian author Adrian McKinty and New Zealand author J P Pomare have been shortlisted for the Mystery Readers International’s Macavity Awards. McKinty was shortlisted for the Best...

Winch wins 2020 Miles Franklin for ‘The Yield’

Thursday, 16 July 2020
Tara June Winch has won the 2020 Miles Franklin Literary Award for her second novel, The Yield (Hamish Hamilton). Winch, a Wiradjuri woman, is the fourth First Nations writer to...

KYD Unpublished Manuscript Award 2020 shortlist announced

Thursday, 16 July 2020
The shortlist for the 2020 Kill Your Darlings (KYD) Unpublished Manuscript Award has been announced. The shortlisted writers and their works are: ‘Abomination’ by Ashley Goldberg (fiction) ‘The Dead Falls’ by...

Frankfurt reveals virtual program details

Thursday, 16 July 2020
The organisers of the Frankfurt Book Fair, which will run from 12–18 October, have revealed the details of the fair’s virtual program, reports the Bookseller. As previously reported, in May...

Book sales down 2% for year to June, ABA Booksellers’ Choice awards winners and more

Wednesday, 15 July 2020
Nielsen BookScan data shows that strong sales during the second quarter of 2020 have largely cushioned the local book market from the effects of Covid-19, with sales down by just...

Representation is essential for arts orgs—even during Covid-19

Wednesday, 15 July 2020
'We acknowledge that Covid-19 continues to make the programming and delivery of events extremely challenging. However, the issue of true representation is the civic and professional responsibility of all arts...

Vale Elizabeth Harrower

Wednesday, 15 July 2020
Novelist Elizabeth Harrower has died, aged 92. Harrower was the author of five novels, beginning with Down in the City, first published in 1957. Down in the City and Harrower's...

Title change for Barry Jones book—Scribe November release—9781925849912

Wednesday, 15 July 2020
The title of Barry Jones’s forthcoming new book, previously notified as Sleepers, Wake Now! has been changed to What Is To Be Done. Scribe’s publisher, Henry Rosenbloom, said, ‘We wanted...

Change for American Psychiatric Association Publishing

Wednesday, 15 July 2020
Publisher: American Psychiatric Association Publishing Old distributor: Footprint Books New distributor: Woodslane Changeover date: 1 September 2020 Returns cut-off: 1 September 2020 Contact URL: www.woodslane.com.au

Change for Guilford Publications Inc

Wednesday, 15 July 2020
Publisher: Guilford Publications Inc Old distributor: Footprint Books New distributor: Woodslane Changeover date: 1 September 2020 Returns cut-off: 1 September 2020 Contact URL: www.woodslane.com.au

Change for University of Illinois Press

Wednesday, 15 July 2020
Publisher: University of Illinois Press Old distributor: Footprint Books New distributor: Woodslane Changeover date: 1 July 2020 Returns cut-off: 1 July 2020 Contact URL: www.woodslane.com.au

Change for New York University Press

Wednesday, 15 July 2020
Publisher: New York University Press Old distributor: Footprint Books New distributor: Woodslane Changeover date: 1 August 2020 Returns cut-off: 1 August 2020 Contact URL: www.woodslane.com.au

Change for Springer Publishing Co

Wednesday, 15 July 2020
Publisher: Springer Publishing Co Old distributor: Footprint Books New distributor: Woodslane Changeover date: 1 September 2020 Returns cut-off: 1 September 2020 Contact URL: www.woodslane.com.au

Daina Peel joins Five Mile

Wednesday, 15 July 2020
Daina Peel has been appointed to the newly created position of CFO at Five Mile in Melbourne.

Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize 2020 shortlist announced

Wednesday, 15 July 2020
The Australian Book Review (ABR) has announced the shortlist for the 2020 Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize. The shortlisted works and their authors are: 'Egg Timer' by C J Garrow (Vic) 'Hieroglyph'...

HarperCollins announces Books Bring Us Together campaign

Wednesday, 15 July 2020
HarperCollins Australia is launching Books Bring Us Together, a campaign aimed at celebrating 'the power of reading and the importance of local booksellers to our communities'. The campaign will include...

McKinty, McTiernan win 2020 Thriller Awards

Tuesday, 14 July 2020
Adrian McKinty and Dervla McTiernan have won in their respective categories at the International Thriller Writers’ Thriller Awards 2020. McKinty's The Chain (Hachette) was named best hardcover novel, while McTiernan's...

BA welcomes Gardners expansion

Tuesday, 14 July 2020
In the UK, the Booksellers Association (BA) has welcomed the news that wholesaler Gardners has bought assets of Bertrams, the book wholesaler that went into administration earlier this year. Last...

Yager awarded 2020 Reading Australia Fellowship

Tuesday, 14 July 2020
The Copyright Agency has announced Karen Yager, deputy head at Knox Grammar School in New South Wales, is the 2020 recipient of the Reading Australia Fellowship for Teachers of English...

Booksellers establish new literary journal

Tuesday, 14 July 2020
In Victoria, Mornington Peninsula booksellers Celeste Deliyiannis and Emily Westmoreland have created a new annual literary journal in response to Covid-19. PENinsula will incorporate photography, short fiction, nature writing and...