O’Brien wins €10,000 Moth Poetry Prize Archive
Friday, 1 May 2020
Queensland poet Damen O’Brien has won the €10,000 (A$19,400) Moth Poetry Prize for ‘The Nave’. The annual prize for a single unpublished poem is sponsored by the publishers of literary...
Covid-19 hits first quarter sales at Bertelsmann, Lagardère Archive
Friday, 1 May 2020
The parent companies of Hachette and Penguin Random House (PRH) have both reported first-quarter revenue declines due to the challenges of Covid-19. According to Publishers Weekly, Lagardère—the parent company of...
UQP sells ‘Too Much Lip’ to HarperVia Archive
Friday, 1 May 2020
The University of Queensland Press (UQP) has sold world English-language rights (ex ANZ) to Melissa Lucashenko’s Too Much Lip to HarperCollins international imprint HarperVia. HarperOne Group president and publisher Judith...
ANZ picture books longlisted for World Illustration Awards Archive
Friday, 1 May 2020
A number of Australian and New Zealand picture book creators have been longlisted for the World Illustration Awards 2020. Spanning 10 categories, the 500-strong longlist includes five ANZ illustrators nominated...
SWF launches podcast series to give 2020 program ‘a new story’ Archive
Friday, 1 May 2020
The Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) will present more than 50 're-imagined sessions' from its 2020 program as a series of podcasts, after the festival was forced to cancel due to...
Australia Reads launches ‘School Kids’ initiative Archive
Thursday, 30 April 2020
Australia Reads has launched Australia Reads: School Kids, a list of recommended books for which publishers will create teaching notes and offer increased bookseller discounts. With input from The Little...
Shortlist announced for £40k Wolfson History Prize Archive
Thursday, 30 April 2020
In the UK, the shortlist for the £40,000 (A$76,200) Wolfson History Prize shortlist has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans (David Abulafia,...
I Shot The Devil (Ruth McIver, Hachette) Archive
Wednesday, 29 April 2020
Richell Prize-winner Ruth McIver’s debut crime thriller is a powder-keg with a slow burning fuse that has you racing to figure out which of the shadowy, unreliable suspects ‘did it’—and...
Garner on being inducted into the ABIA Hall of Fame Archive
Wednesday, 29 April 2020
'When I was first starting out there were still people here who would think it was almost not worth publishing a book if it was not first published in London....
RiP Julian Leatherdale Archive
Wednesday, 29 April 2020
Novelist Julian Leatherdale has died, after an illness of less than 12 months. Leatherdale was the author of three historical novels for adults, all published by Allen & Unwin (A&U)...
‘The Yield’ sweeps NSW Prem’s Awards, publishers postpone pub dates and more Archive
Wednesday, 29 April 2020
Over the weekend, Tara June Winch’s The Yield took out a hat-trick at the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards, scooping Book of the Year, the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction and...
Creative Victoria announces latest VicArts recipients Archive
Wednesday, 29 April 2020
Several literary projects and writers have been included among the recipients in the latest round of Creative Victoria’s VicArts grants. The program will provide over $1.17 million in funding for...
Publish or postpone? Which titles are being delayed due to Covid-19 Archive
Wednesday, 29 April 2020
With Covid-19 disrupting book launches, author events, festivals and the retail sector as a whole, Australian publishers are weighing up which titles should be postponed, which go ahead regardless, and...
More than online sales: What being a virtual bookstore looks like in shut-down Archive
Wednesday, 29 April 2020
While the first four recipients of Copyright Agency emergency funding for innovative online projects went to a podcast, two online author interview platforms and a speakers agency, booksellers have been...
ABIA 2020 shortlists announced Archive
Tuesday, 28 April 2020
The shortlists for the 2020 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) have been announced. The titles in each category are: General fiction book of the year Bruny (Heather Rose, A&U) Cilka’s Journey (Heather...
UK to introduce micro-loan scheme for small businesses Archive
Tuesday, 28 April 2020
In the UK, the government will introduce a new micro-loan scheme for small businesses, in response to the impact of the coronavirus lockdown, reports the Bookseller. From 4 May, businesses...
Pearson reports 5% decline in first quarter update Archive
Monday, 27 April 2020
Pearson has announced a 5% decline in revenue in its first quarter update, in line with revised expectations reported in March due to Covid-19. It also reported a 10% decline...
States announce new Covid-19 arts funding Archive
Monday, 27 April 2020
Arts funding bodies in Victoria and New South Wales have announced new funding initiatives for the creative sector in response to Covid-19. Victoria: $16.8 million ‘survival package’, including $2.2 million...
Bologna releases schedule for virtual book fair Archive
Monday, 27 April 2020
Organisers of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair (BCBF) have released the schedule for the virtual book fair, which will take place across BCBF's digital channels from 4–7 May. Among the...
Ernest Scott Prize 2020 shortlist announced Archive
Monday, 27 April 2020
The shortlist for the 2020 Ernest Scott Prize for History has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Bedlam at Botany Bay (James Dunk, NewSouth) The Seventies: The personal, the political...
‘The Yield’ takes hat-trick at 2020 NSW Prem’s Awards Archive
Monday, 27 April 2020
The Yield by Tara June Winch (Hamish Hamilton) has swept the 2020 New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards, winning Book of the Year, the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction and...
Lotterywest establishes $159m Covid-19 relief fund Archive
Friday, 24 April 2020
The WA State Government has allocated Lotterywest's direct grants budget to a new Covid-19 relief fund, worth up to $159 million. The funding will be used to support organisations helping...
Global publishing bodies call for economic stimulus for book trade Archive
Friday, 24 April 2020
The International Publishers Association (IPA), along with several other peak publishing industry bodies, has urged governments around the world to adopt ‘economic stimulus packages to sustain their respective publishing sectors...
Amazon revealed as anonymous £250k donor to UK bookseller hardship fund Archive
Friday, 24 April 2020
In the UK, Amazon has been revealed as the anonymous donor that pledged £250,000 (A$488,600) to a crowdfunding campaign to help booksellers affected by the Covid-19 crisis, reports the Bookseller....
Mystery donor pledges £250k to UK bookseller hardship fund Archive
Thursday, 23 April 2020
In the UK, a crowdfunding campaign has raised around £380,000 (A$742,700) for booksellers affected by the Covid-19 crisis, after a mystery donor pledged £250,000 (A$488,600), reports the Bookseller. Penguin Random...
Nielsen offers one-off sales reports for ASA members seeking JobKeeper as book market experiences ‘sharp decline’ Archive
Thursday, 23 April 2020
Nielsen Book will provide free one-off sales reports for Australian Society of Authors (ASA) members seeking evidence of reduced revenue in order to apply for JobKeeper payments. The arrangement is...
NZ booksellers to begin trading again as restrictions eased, but supply ‘tricky’ Archive
Thursday, 23 April 2020
New Zealand’s booksellers are preparing to recommence trade from early next week, with the country’s Covid-19 restrictions due to be eased from late Monday, 27 April. New Zealand has been...
Hardie Grant reaches settlement with adviser who distributed leaked Turnbull memoir Archive
Wednesday, 22 April 2020
Hardie Grant has reached a settlement with Scott Morrison senior adviser Nico Louw, who allegedly distributed leaked electronic copies of Malcolm Turnbull's memoir A Bigger Picture, and the publisher will...
Hardie Grant reaches settlement with PM staffer who distributed Turnbull memoir, Kruimink wins 2020 Vogel and more Archive
Wednesday, 22 April 2020
The big story this week was the unauthorised distribution of Malcolm Turnbull's memoir A Bigger Picture, allegedly by a staffer in the Prime Minister's Office, which Hardie Grant chief executive Sandy...
Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist announced Archive
Wednesday, 22 April 2020
The 2020 shortlist for the £30,000 (A$58,600) Women's Prize for Fiction has been announced. The shortlisted novels are: Girl, Woman, Other (Bernardine Evaristo, Hamish Hamilton) The Mirror & The Light...
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