Redundancies expected as Lonely Planet reduces global publishing operations; Melbourne office to close ‘almost entirely’ Archive
Thursday, 9 April 2020
Lonely Planet will reduce its publishing operations with immediate effect, including essentially shuttering its Melbourne and London offices, due to the economic impact of Covid-19. In an email to staff...
APA, ASA make agreement with schools for virtual storytime Archive
Thursday, 9 April 2020
Teachers are able to continue to read stories to students learning from school or at home during the Covid-19 outbreak, following an industry arrangement for school storytimes. For the duration...
No ‘Daily’ until Tuesday Archive
Thursday, 9 April 2020
The Daily newsletter will not be published tomorrow, 10 April, or on Monday, 13 April, due to the Easter public holidays. The next Daily will be published Tuesday, 14 April. Next week's Weekly...
Covid-19 reveals crisis in arts funding Archive
Wednesday, 8 April 2020
'Covid-19 is an opportunity to ask ourselves as a nation why we take our artists and cultural organisations for granted. Why, even in an emergency, can’t we find the money...
Publishers roll out redundancies, reduced working hours; funding bodies restructure financial support; ABDA shortlists and more Archive
Wednesday, 8 April 2020
This week Hardie Grant and Scribe became the first Australian publishers to announce redundancies in response to Covid-19. Other publishers, including Thames & Hudson Australia and Allen & Unwin, have...
Redundancies at Hardie Grant, Scribe; T&H reduces staff hours temporarily Archive
Wednesday, 8 April 2020
Australian publishers have begun taking measures to reduce staff costs in response to the Covid-19 outbreak, with redundancies announced at Hardie Grant and Scribe. Hardie Grant, Scribe confirm redundancies Hardie...
‘WBN’ published Thursday next week Archive
Wednesday, 8 April 2020
Please note that, due to the Easter break, the next Weekly Book Newsletter will be published on Thursday, 16 April. The deadline for classifieds and job advertisements is therefore 12...
Ethicool Books opens for submissions Archive
Wednesday, 8 April 2020
A new children’s book publisher has emerged from the pack in 2020 and it’s called Ethicool. We’re disrupting the time-honoured publishing industry with a fresh, progressive and high-calibre brand that...
UK publishers furlough staff Archive
Wednesday, 8 April 2020
Penguin Random House (PRH) UK, Hachette UK and Bonnier UK are furloughing a number of their workers, reports the Bookseller. For furloughed workers, the UK government is providing grants for...
Change of distribution for Griffith Review Archive
Wednesday, 8 April 2020
Griffith Review is pleased to announce that its distribution will move to NewSouth Books, beginning with Griffith Review 69: The European Exchange (August). We look forward to a successful partnership...
Change for Griffith Review Archive
Wednesday, 8 April 2020
Publisher: Griffith Review Old distributor: Text Publishing (UBD) New distributor: NewSouth Books (ADS) Changeover date: 1 August 2020 Returns cut-off: 30 September 2020
Dylan Thomas Prize 2020 shortlist announced Archive
Wednesday, 8 April 2020
The shortlist for the £30,000 (A$60,000) International Dylan Thomas Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Surge (Jay Bernard, Chatto & Windus) Flèche (Mary Jean Chan, Faber) Inland (Téa...
ABDA Awards shortlists announced Archive
Tuesday, 7 April 2020
The Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA) has announced the shortlists for the 2020 Australian Book Design Awards. Chosen from longlists announced in February, the shortlisted titles in each category are:...
SWF among first recipients of $375k Copyright Agency funding, Cultural Fund grants brought forward Archive
Tuesday, 7 April 2020
The Copyright Agency will use $375,000 from its Future Fund to offer new initiatives in response to the Covid-19 crisis. The agency has also announced it will bring forward its...
NT Writers Festival postponed until October Archive
Tuesday, 7 April 2020
The NT Writers Festival has been postponed due to Covid-19 and is now scheduled to take place from 1 to 4 October in Darwin. Festival director Fiona Dorrell said the...
Kristoff longlisted for Glass Bell Award Archive
Tuesday, 7 April 2020
Jay Kristoff’s Darkdawn (Harper Voyager) has been longlisted for the UK’s Glass Bell Award. Presented by London bookstore Goldsboro Books, the prize celebrates the best storytelling across all genres of...
OzCo announces four-year funding; 49 unsuccessful orgs to receive extensions Archive
Monday, 6 April 2020
The Australia Council has announced 95 arts organisations will receive Four Year Funding for 2021–24. Forty-nine currently-funded organisations that were unsuccessful this round will have their funding extended for 12...
James Patterson spearheads fundraising effort for US bookshops Archive
Monday, 6 April 2020
In the US, author James Patterson is leading a group that is seeking to raise millions of dollars to help save US bookshops from closing permanently due to the Covid-19...
ALIA announces Covid-19 Relief Fund Archive
Monday, 6 April 2020
The Australian Library and Information Service (ALIA) has announced it will set up a relief fund ‘specifically to help members who are experiencing a reduction in income as a result...
Pan Mac Australia parent company begins ‘cost-saving’ initiative; layoffs, wage cuts in US Archive
Friday, 3 April 2020
In the US, Macmillan Publishers has laid off an undisclosed number of employees across all divisions, reports Publishers Weekly (PW). The publisher has also temporarily reduced pay for select employees and...
‘The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree’ shortlisted for International Booker Archive
Friday, 3 April 2020
The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree by Australian author Shokoofeh Azar (Wild Dingo Press) has been shortlisted for the 2020 International Booker Prize. This is the first time an Australian...
Welcome to the new Junior newsletter Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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’ Archive
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’ Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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...
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