Welcome to the new Junior newsletter
Thursday, 2 April 2020
Mid-pandemic feels like a strange time to be revamping our Junior newsletter, but it also feels more vital than ever to spotlight our children's book creators and continue reporting the...
Korean artist Baek Heena wins 2020 Astrid Lindgren award
Thursday, 2 April 2020
In Sweden, Korean artist Baek Heena has been announced as the winner of the five million krona (A$820k) Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA). Baek has published 13 picture books, including...
HarperCollins to acquire Egmont Books UK
Thursday, 2 April 2020
HarperCollins has announced its intention to acquire Egmont Books UK, as well as Egmont’s book businesses in Poland and Germany, reports the Bookseller. The transaction is for an undisclosed sum...
EWF 2020 to take place ‘entirely online’
Thursday, 2 April 2020
The Emerging Writers Festival (EWF), which runs from 16–23 June, usually in Melbourne, will take place online as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Festival organisers ‘made the proactive decision...
In our nature: Robbie Arnott on ‘The Rain Heron’
Wednesday, 1 April 2020
The Rain Heron (Text, June), Robbie Arnott's follow-up to his 2018 debut Flames, blurs the line between reality and myth as its isolated protagonist is drawn to a soldier on...
Industry welcomes wage subsidy, CBCA shortlists and more
Wednesday, 1 April 2020
Both the ABA and APA have welcomed the federal government’s JobKeeper wage subsidy scheme, which ‘could not have come soon enough’, according to ABA CEO Robbie Egan. While bookshops such...
Pub dates: To move or not to move
Wednesday, 1 April 2020
‘The great debate is over what to do with forthcoming books: Do you move them, like the new James Bond movie ... Or do you plow ahead, and hope the...
CBCA Book Week 2020 postponed
Wednesday, 1 April 2020
CBCA Book Week 2020 will be postponed until term 4, 2020, at a date to be announced. 'The Board made this decision taking into account all of our stakeholders: our...
Ten rules for successful remote working
Wednesday, 1 April 2020
Pantera Press CEO Alison Green has extensive experience in working from home. Here, she shares her 10 rules for WFH success in a time of social distancing, explaining that ‘it's...
Change of distribution for Big Sky Publishing
Wednesday, 1 April 2020
Simon & Schuster Australia is pleased to announce a new sales and distribution partnership with Australian independent publisher, Big Sky Publishing in Australia and New Zealand from 1 July 2020....
Change for Big Sky Publishing
Wednesday, 1 April 2020
Publisher: Big Sky Publishing Old distributor: Woodslane New distributor: Simon & Schuster Australia (HEDS) Changeover date: 1 July 2020 Returns cut-off: 30 September 2020 Contact: orders@harpercollins.com.au
Change for Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Wednesday, 1 April 2020
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press ISBN prefix: 978-0-88920, 978-1-55458, 978-1-77112 New distributor: XL Express Changeover date: 1 April 2020 Contact: www.eurospan.co.uk
Change for Endocrine Society
Wednesday, 1 April 2020
Publisher: Endocrine Society ISBN prefix: 978-1-879225 New distributor: XL Express Changeover date: 1 January 2020 Contact: www.eurospan.co.uk
Change for American College of Obstetricians and Gynecology
Wednesday, 1 April 2020
Publisher: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecology ISBN prefix: 1-581108, 0-915473, 1-934984 Old distributor: PBD Worldwide New distributor: XL Express Changeover date: 1 April 2020 Contact: www.eurospan.co.uk
Change for Demeter Press
Wednesday, 1 April 2020
Publisher: Demeter Press ISBN prefix: 09866671, 155014, 177258, 1926452 Old distributor: Brunswick Books New distributor: XL Express Returns cut-off: 1 April 2020 Contact: www.eurospan.co.uk
CBCA First Time Illustrator Award
Wednesday, 1 April 2020
The team at Dirt Lane Press is absolutely delighted to congratulate first time illustrator Bethany Macdonald on being shortlisted for the CBCA First Time Illustrator Award. Her collages for Paperboy,...
Bologna goes digital with virtual fair and rights platform
Wednesday, 1 April 2020
Organisers of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair (BCBF) will launch a series of new digital initiatives on 4 May, reports Publishers Weekly. In light of the cancellation of this year’s...
Bertram closes temporarily
Wednesday, 1 April 2020
In the UK, wholesaler Bertram has temporarily closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, reports the Bookseller. Bertram Group CEO Raj Patel cited staff welfare as a primary concern, noting that...
OzCo re-opens Arts and Disability Mentoring Initiative; Relief Fund to open Friday
Wednesday, 1 April 2020
The Australia Council has announced it will re-open applications for the Arts and Disability Mentoring Initiative and has extended the deadline to 14 April. The initiative was among those the...
‘Most’ Dymocks stores remain open as chain announces Top 101
Wednesday, 1 April 2020
While a small number of Dymocks stores have decided to close their shopfronts during the Covid-19 outbreak, the national bookselling chain says that most stores remain open at present. Books+Publishing...
CBCA Awards 2020 shortlists announced
Tuesday, 31 March 2020
The shortlists for this year’s Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Older readers The Boy Who Steals Houses...
Oz writing bodies call for additional ‘disaster response’ funding, ELR/PLR to expand to digital
Tuesday, 31 March 2020
Australia’s writing organisations and the Australian Society of Authors (ASA) are calling on the federal government to provide additional funding to the Australia Council ‘to boost capacity for an effective...
Bookshops, publishers eligible for wage subsidy scheme
Tuesday, 31 March 2020
Bookshop and publishing house staff are among the workers who could be eligible for the federal government’s $130 billion JobKeeper wage subsidy scheme. Under the scheme, the Australian Tax Office...
CBCA shortlist announced at 12pm today
Tuesday, 31 March 2020
The CBCA will announce its 2020 Book of the Year Shortlist online at midday AEDT on Tuesday March 31. CBCA national executive officer Kate Flamsteed told Books+Publishing that, in place...
French peasant saga wins Republic of Consciousness Prize
Tuesday, 31 March 2020
In the UK, Jean-Baptiste Del Amo has won this year’s Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses for his novel Animalia (trans by Frank Wynne, Text), reports the Bookseller. Del...
Gardners suspends new orders
Tuesday, 31 March 2020
UK-based distributor Gardners has suspended taking new orders for physical products, citing the safety and wellbeing of its workforce as the reason for the decision. An announcement on the Gardners...
Add your Covid-19 response to our list of bookshops
Monday, 30 March 2020
Things are changing rapidly as state and federal governments continue to update their advice regarding Covid-19 measures. We are continuing to update our list of bookshop responses to the outbreak,...
B&N closes 400 shops temporarily
Monday, 30 March 2020
In the US, bookselling chain Barnes & Noble (B&N) has temporarily closed about 400 stores to the public, reports Publishers Weekly. The chain is working with state and local governments...
Bothroyd wins ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize
Monday, 30 March 2020
Sally Bothroyd has won the inaugural ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize for her manuscript ‘Brunswick Street Blues’. Bothroyd, who is a director of the Northern Territory Writers Centre and former journalist,...
Hussein appointed Voiceworks editor
Monday, 30 March 2020
Express Media has appointed Adalya Nash Hussein as editor of Voiceworks journal for a two-year period. Hussein—a writer, editor and co-editor at Liminal magazine—will replace previous editor Mira Schlosberg. Hussein...
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