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Please complete our Christmas survey

Wednesday, 15 January 2020
Books+Publishing is currently conducting its Christmas survey of booksellers and publishers. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey online. We're accepting submissions until Thursday, 23 January. Booksellers If...

Changes to B+P in 2020

Tuesday, 14 January 2020
Dear reader, It has been 18 months since Books+Publishing was returned to local ownership. Last year, we published four issues of the redesigned Books+Publishing magazine, as well as our Daily...

ABR announces Peter Porter Poetry Prize 2020 shortlist

Tuesday, 14 January 2020
The shortlist for the 2020 Australian Book Review (ABR) Peter Porter Poetry Prize has been announced. The shortlisted poems are: ‘Precision Signs’ (Lachlan Brown) ‘That Wadjela Tongue’ (Claire G Coleman)...

Books+Publishing office move

Tuesday, 14 January 2020
Books+Publishing has moved to a new office and has a new postal address. Please send all future postal items, including advance reading copies, to the following address: PO Box 42,...

ACT Book of the Year 2019 shortlist announced

Tuesday, 14 January 2020
The shortlist for the 2019 ACT Book of the Year Award was announced in December. The shortlisted titles are: Made by Humans: The AI Condition (Ellen Broad, MUP) Book of...

UWAP announces 2020 Dorothy Hewett Award shortlist

UWAP logo Tuesday, 14 January 2020
In December, UWA Publishing announced the shortlist for the 2020 Dorothy Hewett Award for an unpublished manuscript. The shortlisted authors and their works are: ‘The Sorry Tale of the Mignonette’...

US print sales down 1.3% in 2019

Tuesday, 14 January 2020
US print sales in 2019 fell by 1.3% in volume compared to the previous year, reports Publishers Weekly. Volume sales for the year totalled 689.5 million units, down from 698.4...

Change for Fire Engineering Books & Videos

Monday, 13 January 2020
Publisher: Fire Engineering Books & Videos ISBN prefix: 978-0-912212-; 978-0-87814-; 978-1-59370- New distributor: XL Express Changeover date: 1 November 2020 Contact URL: www.eurospan.co.uk

Pearson sells remaining 25% stake in PRH to Bertelsmann

PRH logo Monday, 13 January 2020
Pearson is selling its remaining 25% stake in Penguin Random House (PRH) to Bertelsmann, giving the German corporation 100% ownership of the world’s largest trade publisher, reports the Bookseller. The...

Costa Book Awards 2019 category winners announced

Monday, 13 January 2020
In the UK, the five category winners for the 2019 Costa Book Awards have been announced. The five winners were chosen from shortlists announced in November 2019. The winning authors each...

Editors Victoria: Working grammar course

Thursday, 9 January 2020
Editors Victoria is running a one-day grammar course, taught by Glenys Osborne. Do you know what to do when you are writing and copyediting, but not why you do it?...

Book events in 2020

Tuesday, 7 January 2020
January International Cairo Book Fair, Egypt (22 January–4 February) International Kolkata Book Fair, India (29 January–9 February) Jaipur Literature Festival, India (23–27 January) New Delhi World Book Fair, India (4–12...

Change for Mango Media

Wednesday, 18 December 2019
Publisher: Mango MediaISBN prefix: Old distributor: NewSouthNew distributor: Booktopia Publisher ServicesChangeover date: 1 January 2020Returns cut-off: Contact URL: https://www.publisherservices.com.au/

Editors Victoria: Working Grammar course

Wednesday, 11 December 2019
Editors Victoria is running a one-day grammar course, taught by Glenys Osborne. Do you know what to do when you are writing and copyediting, but not why you do it?...

Change of personnel at Text Publishing

Wednesday, 11 December 2019
Patti Patcha is concluding a terrific 2019 as Text’s sales coordinator. She has relished the chance to connect with ‘the wonderful booksellers this country is lucky enough to have.’ Thanks...

Walker Books acquires Suzy Zail’s first picture book

Wednesday, 11 December 2019
Walker Books Australia is delighted to acquire Suzy Zail’s first picture book. Arabella’s Alphabet Adventure is a picture book for 3–7 years old, about an ABC board book who longs...

Sun wins KYD New Critic Award

Wednesday, 11 December 2019
Sydney-based writer and designer Michael Sun has been named the winner of the 2020 Kill Your Darlings (KYD) New Critic Award. Sun receives a $1000 cash prize, plus a regular...

Final ‘WBN’ for 2019

Wednesday, 11 December 2019
Today’s Weekly Book Newsletter (WBN) is the last for 2019 and the newsletter will return on Wednesday, 15 January. The Daily Newsletter will return on Monday, 13 January. The Books+Publishing...