Princeton University Press Partners with NewSouth Books
Wednesday, 27 May 2020
NewSouth Books, a division of UNSW Press Ltd, welcomes Princeton University Press (PUP) to the group of publishers and other university presses it represents in Australia and New Zealand. ‘The...
Change for Harvard University Press
Wednesday, 27 May 2020
Publisher: Harvard University Press Old distributor: Footprint Books New distributor: John Wiley & Sons Australia Ltd Changeover date: 1 July 2020 Returns cut-off: 30 June 2020 Contact email: custservice@wiley.com
Change for Columbia University Press
Wednesday, 27 May 2020
Publisher: Columbia University Press Old distributor: Footprint Books New distributor: John Wiley & Sons Australia Ltd Changeover date: 1 July 2020 Returns cut-off: 30 June 2020 Contact email: custservice@wiley.com
Change to Books+Publishing schedule
Wednesday, 27 May 2020
From this week Books+Publishing will cease publication of the Wednesday morning edition of the Daily newsletter, and will instead include the day’s news in the Weekly Book Newsletter (WBN), alongside...
Blanchard historical fiction novels top sales of 100k
Tuesday, 26 May 2020
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has announced that Tania Blanchard’s debut novel The Girl from Munich and its follow-up Suitcase of Dreams have sold more than 100,000 copies in Australia....
Shilton, Tan, Jonsberg win 2020 Chief Minister’s NT Book Awards
Tuesday, 26 May 2020
The NT Writers’ Centre has announced the winners of the 2020 Chief Minister’s NT Book Awards. The winners in each category are: Best fiction book Walking With Camels: The story...
Library index: popularity of Aus books grows, ‘huge spike’ in ebook, audiobook borrowing
Monday, 25 May 2020
Books by Australian authors make up 12 of the top 20 most borrowed books according to the 2020 Civica Libraries Index, produced by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA)...
UK publishers prepare for crowded autumn release schedule
Monday, 25 May 2020
In the UK, publishers are preparing to battle for shelf space and media attention due to the number of key spring and summer titles shifting into the European autumn, reports...
RWA retires RITA Awards
Friday, 22 May 2020
In the US, the Romance Writers of America (RWA) will retire its annual RITA Awards, which have been presented annually since 1982, reports Publishers Weekly. The move follows the cancellation...
‘Bruny’ and ‘Smashed Avocado’ optioned for TV
Friday, 22 May 2020
Television rights to Heather Rose's 2019 novel Bruny (A&U), which recently won the ABIA award for general fiction, have been optioned by Film Art Media, and Good Thing Productions has...
Booksellers’ Choice 2020 Book of the Year Awards longlists announced
Friday, 22 May 2020
The longlists for the Australian Booksellers Association's (ABA) 2020 Booksellers’ Choice Book of the Year Awards have been announced. This year for the first time the awards will be presented...
Environment Award for Children’s Literature 2020 shortlist announced
Friday, 22 May 2020
The Wilderness Society has announced the shortlist for the 2020 Environment Award for Children’s Literature. The shortlisted books in each category are: Picture fiction: One Tree (Christopher Cheng, illus by...
Bloomsbury profits up 9% in 2019
Thursday, 21 May 2020
Bloomsbury’s full-year financial report to the end of February 2020 shows the publisher’s revenues for the year increased from £162.7m to £162.8m, with profits up by 9% to £15.7m (from...
UK indies hail £160m emergency funding package
Thursday, 21 May 2020
In the UK, independent publishers have spoken of their ‘huge relief’ after receiving funding from Arts Council England’s £160m (A$297m) emergency coronavirus package, reports the Bookseller. Recipients of the funding, which...
Paterson wins 2020 Text Prize for ‘Rainfish’
Thursday, 21 May 2020
Far North Queensland-based writer and doctor Andrew Paterson has won the 2020 Text Prize for his middle-grade novel Rainfish. Rainfish tells the story of Aaron, who lives with his single...
Youth literature programs move online
Wednesday, 20 May 2020
'In the rush to keep so many IRL programs and events alive it feels as if there was more thought placed on the translation to digital than on the programs’...
Change for Princeton University Press
Wednesday, 20 May 2020
Publisher: Princeton University Press Old distributor: Footprint Books New distributor: NewSouth Changeover date: 1 July 2020 Returns cut-off: 30 June 2020 Contact: adscs@alliancedist.com.au or your NewSouth Books account manager.
Tourist trap: Luke Horton on ‘The Fogging’
Wednesday, 20 May 2020
Luke Horton's debut novel The Fogging (Scribe, July) follows two Australian academics as their relationship breaks down while on holiday in Bali. Reviewer David Little described The Fogging as 'a...
ABIA winners, Dymocks reduces online range, latest funding recipients and more
Wednesday, 20 May 2020
Last week, the ABIA awards were announced at a virtual event streamed live on YouTube, with Bluey: The Beach becoming the first children's picture book to take home the top...
Day, Merrison awarded 2020 black&write! fellowships
Wednesday, 20 May 2020
The 2020 black&write! fellowships for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers have been awarded to Eunice Day and Carl Merrison. Day, whose mother’s tribe is the Yimen Eaglehawk people from...
Dymocks reduces online range amid eight-week delays
Wednesday, 20 May 2020
Dymocks has ‘significantly’ reduced the range of products available on its website as it processes a backlog of orders amid delivery delays of up to eight weeks. In a statement...
Vale Judith Clarke
Wednesday, 20 May 2020
Children's writer Judith Clarke has died, aged 76. Clarke was the author of 20 award-winning books for children and teenagers, including the YA novels My Lovely Frankie, Three Summers, The Winds...
Change for Water Environment Federation
Wednesday, 20 May 2020
Publisher: Water Environment Federation ISBN prefix: 007; 087262; 0943244; 157278; 1881369 New distributor: XL Express Changeover date: 1 May 2020 Contact: www.eurospan.co.uk
Change for Lynne Rienner Publishers
Wednesday, 20 May 2020
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers ISBN prefix: 978089410; 9780911577; 978091447; 978093550 Old distributor: Taylor & Francis New distributor: XL Express Changeover date: 1 April 2020 Contact: www.eurospan.co.uk
Vale Beth Noble
Wednesday, 20 May 2020
Beth Noble, former owner of the Bay Bookshop in Bateman's Bay, south coast NSW, died in Nyngan on Monday, 18 May. Noble was 69. The Bay Bookshop, which won Bookshop...
ALS Gold Medal 2020 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 20 May 2020
The shortlist for the 2020 Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Element (Jordie Albiston, Puncher & Wattmann) Nganajungu Yagu (Charmaine Papertalk Green, Cordite)...
Hidden Scorpion
Wednesday, 20 May 2020
Hidden Scorpion 2nd edition is by Warren Reed, author of the intriguing real-world spy story An Elephant on Your Nose. 'A finely crafted thriller by a former Australian spy, Hidden...
Waterstones to put its books under 72-hour quarantine
Tuesday, 19 May 2020
In the UK, bookselling chain Waterstones will put its books under a 72-hour quarantine after they have been handled by browsing shoppers, reports the Guardian. As part of Waterstones' plan...
Writing WA receives Copyright Agency emergency funding for virtual book clubs
Tuesday, 19 May 2020
Writing WA has launched a virtual event fund with support from the Copyright Agency’s emergency action fund. The virtual event fund will enable WA writers to be paid Australian Society...
‘A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares’ optioned for TV
Monday, 18 May 2020
Television rights to Krystal Sutherland’s YA novel A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares (Penguin) have been optioned by the US division of production company Yellow Bird. Yellow Bird US, a...
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