Me, Microbes & I Archive
Thursday, 1 October 2020
A guide to the viruses, bacteria and other weeny weirdies that share your world. Find out what they look like, how they grow and what they do—and learn how to...
Meet UQP rights and contracts manager Kate McCormack Archive
Wednesday, 30 September 2020
Kate McCormack has been the rights and contracts manager for Brisbane-based independent UQP for the past four years, joining the publisher after 10 years at Penguin Random House Australia and...
Australian children’s, YA titles headed for screen Archive
Wednesday, 30 September 2020
After a decade in print, Sally Rippin’s bestselling Billie B Brown junior fiction series (Hardie Grant Egmont) is finally heading to the screen. Global production company Fremantle and development partner...
‘The Dressmaker’ sequel among recent Oz acquisitions Archive
Wednesday, 30 September 2020
Australian publishers have been busy acquiring new titles over the past six months, including a kids’ guide to journalism, a ‘vital, groundbreaking book’ about gender transition, and a highly anticipated...
Gearing up for a virtual Frankfurt Archive
Wednesday, 30 September 2020
Earlier this year, Australian publishers, booksellers and industry leaders predicted that 2020 would see a growing demand for uplit and practical titles on climate change, as well as health and...
Award-winners among recent rights sales successes Archive
Wednesday, 30 September 2020
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic putting a halt to international travel, a majority of Australian rights managers and literary agents have reported a stable rights market over the past year, with...
Three Oz titles scoop major awards Archive
Wednesday, 30 September 2020
Three Australian books have collected several prestigious awards and shortlistings over the past six months: Tara June Winch’s novel The Yield (Hamish Hamilton), ‘a powerful reclaiming of Indigenous language, storytelling...
Publishing and the pandemic: The Australian book market in 2020 Archive
Wednesday, 30 September 2020
Despite the disruption that the Covid-19 pandemic has had on the Australian book industry this year, overall sales figures are looking surprisingly healthy. For the first eight months of 2020,...
Dalton, Pape, Bluey top Australian bestsellers YTD Archive
Wednesday, 30 September 2020
Trent Dalton’s 2018 debut novel Boy Swallows Universe has topped the Nielsen BookScan’s Australian fiction chart for the year to date, having sold more than 80,000 copies in 2020. Literary,...
Lead titles from Australian publishers & agents Archive
Wednesday, 30 September 2020
With the Frankfurt Book Fair now purely online, Australian publishers and literary agents are gearing up to pitch their titles via the fair’s—and their own—digital channels. Here are some of...
The Booker moves its winner’s announcement—to accommodate a book release Archive
Wednesday, 30 September 2020
'We thought it unfortunate that two of the most exciting literary events of the year—the announcement of the winner of the 2020 Booker Prize and the publication of Barack Obama’s...
Griffin joins IPEd Archive
Wednesday, 30 September 2020
Peter Griffin has been appointed membership director on the board of the Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd). Griffin is general manager of the Real Estate Institute of NSW and a...
Beyer joins ABA Archive
Wednesday, 30 September 2020
Claire Beyer has joined the Australian Booksellers Association, replacing Anne Johnston in the role of administration and social media.
Cullity joins Scribble Archive
Wednesday, 30 September 2020
Tess Cullity has joined Scribble as an editor. Cullity, previously an editor at Hardie Grant Egmont, began in the role on 10 September.
Vale Ross Burgess Archive
Wednesday, 30 September 2020
Ross Burgess, owner of Mary Ryan's Noosa, has died after an illness. Burgess and his wife Susan took over the franchise in 2010, which had been in operation since 2000....
QBD, Dymocks petition Vic premier to reopen Melbourne stores; Hachette to boost ADS capacity Archive
Wednesday, 30 September 2020
Bookselling chains QBD and Dymocks have each written to Victorian premier Daniel Andrews asking that bookstores be allowed to open in Melbourne, which has been under stage four lockdown since...
UK, North American bodies form green book supply chain alliance Archive
Wednesday, 30 September 2020
The UK’s Book Industry Communication (BIC) has formed an international green book supply chain alliance with Canada’s BookNet and US body the Book Industry Study Group, reports the Bookseller. Under...
Change for Trans Pacific Press Archive
Wednesday, 30 September 2020
Publisher: Trans Pacific Press ISBN prefix: 9781920901; 9781925608; 978164966 New distributor: XL Express Changeover date: 1 October 2020 Contact URL: www.eurospan.co.uk
Change for NCTE: National Council of Teachers of English Archive
Wednesday, 30 September 2020
Publisher: NCTE: National Council of Teachers of English ISBN prefix: 97808141 New distributor: XL Express Changeover date: 1 September 2020 Contact URL: www.eurospan.co.uk
Congratulations Emma Viskic Archive
Wednesday, 30 September 2020
A very special congratulations to Darkness for Light author Emma Viskic on being the joint winner of the Readers’ Choice Award for Sisters In Crime’s 20th Davitt Awards. This marks...
Australian Short Story Festival 2020 cancelled Archive
Tuesday, 29 September 2020
The organising committee of the Australian Short Story Festival (ASSF) has announced the 2020 festival will not go ahead in October in Adelaide as planned, due to the Covid-19 pandemic....
Little Pink Dog Books announces Authorstrator Prize Archive
Tuesday, 29 September 2020
Independent children's publisher Little Pink Dog Books has announced a new annual prize for picture book author/illustrators. The Authorstrator Prize recognises picture book creators who 'work their magic with both...
New $10.2m Arts Recovery Fund for SA Archive
Monday, 28 September 2020
South Australian premier Steven Marshall has announced a new $10.2 million funding package for the state’s arts and culture sector. The Arts Recovery Fund, which is focused on creating employment...
Davitt Awards 2020 winners announced Archive
Monday, 28 September 2020
Sisters in Crime Australia has announced the winners of the 2020 Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women. The winning titles in each category are: Adult crime...
Eye of a Rook Archive
Saturday, 26 September 2020
In Victorian London, Arthur Rochdale’s wife, Emily, is struck down by a pain for which she can find no words. In desperation, Arthur seeks the aid of Isaac Baker Brown...
Tussaud Archive
Saturday, 26 September 2020
‘Thrilling, eerie, fun, and psychologically compelling, Tussaud cleverly blurs the line between history and the fantastical to create a Gothic delight of mysterious mansions, grimy London streets, stage magicians, wax-work...
Night Blue Archive
Saturday, 26 September 2020
Potent, haunting and lyrical, Night Blue is a debut novel like no other, a narrative largely told in the voice of the painting Blue Poles. It is a truly original...
Nikolai the Perfect Archive
Saturday, 26 September 2020
While post-communist Moscow deals with political transition, Vassili is descending into despair at his wife Anna’s chronic infertility. Following his father Sergey’s footsteps, he travels to Melbourne to teach Russian...
The Place Between Archive
Saturday, 26 September 2020
Sarah used to know who she was—a doctor, a wife, a mother—but as she prepares for the birth of her second child, she feels set adrift from the life she...
Wolfred Archive
Saturday, 26 September 2020
A mesmerising new story about Wolfred, an endearing elevator operator, from the beloved author of the best-selling ‘Very Cranky Bear’ books. Fancy Pants Tower is the biggest, shiniest building in...
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