Melbourne bookshops close under stage four restrictions, new project to digitise out-of-print works Archive
Wednesday, 5 August 2020
Under stage four lockdown restrictions introduced on Sunday, Melbourne bookshops have closed to the public and can only operate online or via the contactless click and collect method. The ASA,...
Byron Writers Fest releases digital program, Langton delivers 2020 Thea Astley Address Archive
Wednesday, 5 August 2020
The annual Byron Writers Festival (BWF) Thea Astley Address, presented by Marcia Langton this year, will be available as a podcast, and the festival is offering free digital sessions in...
Change for American Psychological Association Archive
Wednesday, 5 August 2020
Publisher: American Psychological Association 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 Brookes Publishing Co Archive
Wednesday, 5 August 2020
Publisher: Brookes 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
Change for Georgetown University Press Archive
Wednesday, 5 August 2020
Publisher: Georgetown University Press 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 Health Professions Press Archive
Wednesday, 5 August 2020
Publisher: Health Professions Press 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 Aeon Books (Karnac) Archive
Wednesday, 5 August 2020
Publisher: Aeon Books (Karnac) 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 Magination Press Archive
Wednesday, 5 August 2020
Publisher: Magination Press 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 Penn State University Press Archive
Wednesday, 5 August 2020
Publisher: Penn State 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 Scion Publishing Archive
Wednesday, 5 August 2020
Publisher: Scion 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 Moody Publishers Archive
Wednesday, 5 August 2020
Publisher: Moody Publishers New distributor: Booktopia Publisher Services Changeover date: 3 August 2020 Contact URL: www.publisherservices.com.au
Meet the ABDA Emerging Designers of the Year: Akiko Chan Archive
Wednesday, 5 August 2020
In the lead-up to the 2020 Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA) awards, Books+Publishing spoke to the two shortlisted nominees for Emerging Designer of the Year. In this first instalment we...
Digital Australian Government Style Guide in public beta Archive
Tuesday, 4 August 2020
The Australian government has released the draft digital version of its Australian Government Style Manual in beta for public testing. The digital edition being developed will be the first edition...
NZ Sir Julius Vogel Awards 2020 winners announced Archive
Monday, 3 August 2020
The 2020 winners of the Sir Julius Vogel Awards for New Zealand Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror have been announced The winners include: Best novel—adult The Dawnhounds (Sascha Stronach, Little...
Hugo Awards 2020 winners announced Archive
Monday, 3 August 2020
The winners of this year’s Hugo Awards, presented annually by the World Science Fiction Convention, have been announced. Best novel went to A Memory Called Empire (Arkady Martine, Tor); best...
Queensland Poetry Festival awards 2020 winners announced Archive
Monday, 3 August 2020
The winners of the 2020 Queensland Poetry Festival (QPF) awards have been announced. The winning poets in each category are: Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize for an Unpublished Manuscript ($2000 and...
Colin Roderick Award 2020 shortlist announced Archive
Monday, 3 August 2020
The shortlist for the 2020 Colin Roderick Award, administered by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies at James Cook University, has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Peace (Garry Disher, Text)...
New project to digitise, lend and sell out-of-print Australian titles Archive
Friday, 31 July 2020
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) is working with the University of Melbourne and Australian public libraries on a pilot project ‘to breathe new life into important out-of-print Australian books...
SLV launches ‘6 weeks, 6 issues’ web series Archive
Friday, 31 July 2020
State Library Victoria (SLV) has launched a new live web series, ‘6 weeks, 6 issues’, featuring Victorian policy experts. CEO Kate Torney will host leaders from the health, education, labour...
‘Look Up!’ wins Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2020 Archive
Friday, 31 July 2020
In the UK, picture book Look Up! (Nathan Byron, illus by Dapo Adeola, Puffin) has won the overall £5000 (A$9010) Waterstones Children’s Book Prize. Look Up! was named the winner...
Scribner acquires Watson’s ‘The Passion of Private White’ Archive
Thursday, 30 July 2020
Simon & Schuster Australia’s (S&S) Scribner imprint has acquired ANZ rights to a new work of nonfiction by Don Watson, The Passion of Private White. S&S said the book ‘describes...
French, Italian markets on the mend Archive
Thursday, 30 July 2020
The Bookseller has reported that the French and Italian book markets are both recovering after two months of Covid-19 lockdown. According to the French Booksellers Association, sales from independent booksellers...
Writers SA, Adelaide Review announce literary criticism program Archive
Thursday, 30 July 2020
Writers SA and the Adelaide Review have partnered to produce a year-long series of book reviews, with a focus on titles published during the Covid-19 pandemic. 'The social and economic shock...
Death Leaves the Station (Alexander Thorpe, Fremantle Press) Archive
Wednesday, 29 July 2020
In 1927 at Halfwell Station in regional WA, the station owner’s daughter, Ana, discovers a body in the nearby desert. At around the same time, a nameless friar arrives at...
Booker Prize longlist, JobKeeper extended and more Archive
Wednesday, 29 July 2020
The Booker Prize longlist—which features writers from the UK, US, Zimbabwe, Ireland and Ethiopia—headlines this week’s awards news. In local awards news, Rodney Hall and Krissy Kneen have received $80,000...
Nigerian-British writer Okojie wins Caine Prize for African Writing Archive
Wednesday, 29 July 2020
Nigerian-British writer Irenosen Okojie has won the 2020 Caine Prize for African Writing, worth £10,000 (A$18,000), for her short story ‘Grace Jones’. The story appears in Okojie's 2019 collection Nudibranch...
Revenge: Murder in Three Parts Archive
Wednesday, 29 July 2020
‘A coiled spring of a novel, Revenge hits you right between the eyes.’—Malcolm Harris A family favour their son over their daughter. Shan attends university before making his fortune in...
Change for Summersdale Publishing Archive
Wednesday, 29 July 2020
Publisher: Summersdale Publishing Old distributor: Peribo New distributor: Alliance Distribution Services (ADS) Changeover date: 1 September 2020 Contact URL: adscs@alliancedist.com.au
Searching for Spiderman—RECALL Archive
Wednesday, 29 July 2020
Due to a legal issue in NSW, Hardie Grant Publishing is recalling copies of 9781743796061 SEARCHING FOR SPIDERMAN. For booksellers located in NSW—please withdraw this edition from sale immediately. HEDS...
Change for Kogan Page Archive
Wednesday, 29 July 2020
Publisher: Kogan Page Old distributor: Footprint New distributor: Booktopia Publisher Services Changeover date: 11 August 2020 Returns cut-off: 27 July 2020—closed Contact URL: https://www.publisherservices.com.au/
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