Black Inc. postpones ‘Growing Up Disabled in Australia’ Archive
Thursday, 26 March 2020
Black Inc. has postponed the publication of Growing Up Disabled in Australia (ed by Carly Findlay) from June this year until February 2021, in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. According to...
Literary awards go digital Archive
Wednesday, 25 March 2020
Following the federal and state governments’ bans on mass gatherings in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, organisers of literary awards are turning to live-streaming their ceremonies to replace their scheduled...
Covid-19 is already affecting writers’ incomes Archive
Wednesday, 25 March 2020
'As review space has shrunk over the years, live events have become even more crucial. Writers' festivals, launches and events promote our books, our passion, our intellectual capital. They give...
Bookshops still operating, Indie Book Awards announced online and more Archive
Wednesday, 25 March 2020
Despite some confusion over the definition of the term 'essential services', bookshops have been allowed to stay open as state and federal governments implement lockdown measures to contain the Covid-19...
Editors NSW moves meeting to Zoom Archive
Wednesday, 25 March 2020
In light of the Covid-19 safety concerns, Editors NSW has shifted its meeting 'Health and medical writing: opportunities and pitfalls' to now be a Zoom presentation. Mark Ragg will speak...
PRH profits, revenue up 6.2% in 2019 Archive
Wednesday, 25 March 2020
Penguin Random House (PRH) revenue and profit was up 6.2% in 2019, according to parent company Bertelsmann, reports the Bookseller. The publisher’s revenues increased 6.2% to €3.64 billion (A$6.6b), with...
PRH, Affirm, Abbey’s and BooksPlus awarded by Leading Edge Archive
Wednesday, 25 March 2020
Leading Edge Books (LEB) presented a number of industry awards last night. The annual awards were announced via social media this year, as the LEB Conference, where the awards are...
ADS, Ingram take precautions in response to Covid-19 Archive
Tuesday, 24 March 2020
Alliance Distribution Services (ADS) and Ingram have assured customers they remain open and operational following various mandated shutdowns across the country. In a letter to customers yesterday, ADS said it...
Luiselli becomes first woman to win Folio Prize Archive
Tuesday, 24 March 2020
In the UK, Mexican novelist Valeria Luiselli has become the first woman to win the £30,000 (A$59,470) Rathbones Folio Prize for her novel Lost Children Archive (Fourth Estate). Lost Children...
McGaughey announced as KYD’s First Nations Editor-in-Residence Archive
Tuesday, 24 March 2020
Kill Your Darlings (KYD) has announced writer and editor Jasmin McGaughey as the publication’s new First Nations Editor-in-Residence. The First Nations Editor-in-Residence is a newly created role that has been...
‘There Was Still Love’ wins 2020 Indie Book of the Year Archive
Tuesday, 24 March 2020
Favel Parrett’s novel There Was Still Love (Hachette) has been named Book of the Year at the 2020 Indie Book Awards, presented by Leading Edge Books (LEB). The winning titles...
UK trade launches emergency funds for authors, bookshops Archive
Monday, 23 March 2020
In the UK, the Society of Authors (SoA) has launched an Authors Emergency Fund, while the Bookseller’s Association (BA) will donate £30,000 (A$60,520) to the Book Trade Charity to support...
Retailers allowed to remain open as federal, state govts introduce lockdown measures Archive
Monday, 23 March 2020
Bookshops and other retailers can continue to trade under new lockdown measures announced by the federal government last night in response to the Covid-19 outbreak. The NSW, ACT and Victorian...
NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2020 shortlists announced Archive
Friday, 20 March 2020
The shortlists for the 2020 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Christina Stead Prize for Fiction ($40,000) The White Girl (Tony Birch,...
Tumarkin wins 2020 Windham Campell prize for nonfiction Archive
Friday, 20 March 2020
Melbourne-based writer and academic Maria Tumarkin is one of eight winners of the 2020 Windham Campbell Prize, the world's richest literary prize. Each winner receives a cash prize of US$165,000...
US print book sales down 10% last week Archive
Friday, 20 March 2020
In the US, NPD BookScan figures show print book unit sales fell 10% for the week ending March 14 compared to the previous week, after physical bookstores began closing their...
ABA asks publishers for support during Covid-19 outbreak Archive
Friday, 20 March 2020
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) is asking publishers to consider a range of assistance measures for member stores in response to the Covid-19 outbreak. In an email to members, ABA...
Mosley to host three-part SBS docuseries on diabetes Archive
Friday, 20 March 2020
Author and science journalist Michael Mosley will host a three-part SBS TV series with sports physiologist and health educator Ray Kelly, which investigates a new treatment for type 2 diabetes....
The History of Mischief Archive
Thursday, 19 March 2020
Following the death of their parents, Jessie and Kay move to an abandoned house where one night they discover The History of Mischief hidden beneath the floor: it is a...
Where is Claris in Paris! Archive
Thursday, 19 March 2020
A brand-new search-and-find series starring Claris, the chicest mouse in Paris! With a quarter of a million Claris books in print, readers can’t get enough of this stylish little mouse!...
Mama Ocean Archive
Thursday, 19 March 2020
Mama Ocean had eyes that sparkled, like sunlight on the sea, and tresses which tumbled and trailed through the tides. But something is troubling Mama Ocean. Who will help her?...
Magical middle-grade novel wins major prize Archive
Thursday, 19 March 2020
Jessica Townsend’s 2017 debut children’s novel Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow (Hachette Australia)—the first in a magical series for younger readers—has won the overall award at the biennial Adelaide...
The Friendly Games Archive
Thursday, 19 March 2020
In 1956 Melbourne hosted the Summer Olympic Games. Student John Wing was so proud of his country, one of the friendliest places on earth. But when world tensions dominated the...
Anisa’s Alphabet Archive
Thursday, 19 March 2020
For many refugees, the alphabet represents the start of a new language and a new future, but Anisa’s Alphabet is different. A poignant and highly imaginative telling of one girl’s...
Internationally published refugee memoir to be adapted for film Archive
Thursday, 19 March 2020
Behrouz Boochani’s multi-award-winning memoir No Friend but the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison (trans by Omid Tofighian, Picador)—an account of the Iranian refugee’s incarceration on Manus Island by the Australian...
Lead children’s titles from Australian publishers & agents Archive
Thursday, 19 March 2020
Prior to the cancellation of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, Think Australian spoke with a number of Australian publishers and literary agents who were scheduled to attend the fair. Here...
Educational picture books on ‘microbial worlds’ sold to Korea, China Archive
Thursday, 19 March 2020
Children’s/YA sales Language rights to four titles in the ‘Small Friends Books’ series of educational picture books—co-published by art–science collaborative and micro-publisher Scale Free Network (SFN) and CSIRO Publishing—have been...
Showcasing Australian children’s books following cancelled Bologna fair Archive
Thursday, 19 March 2020
With the Bologna Children’s Book Fair cancelled in the wake of the worldwide coronavirus outbreak, the focus for publishers will inevitably shift to online rights-selling and networking opportunities. After all,...
‘The 117-Storey Treehouse’ tops 2019 Australian children’s chart Archive
Thursday, 19 March 2020
The 117-Storey Treehouse, the ninth book in Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton’s internationally published junior fiction series, was the bestselling Australian children’s book in 2019. It managed to hold off...
Affirm acquires new picture book from Godwin, Lester Archive
Thursday, 19 March 2020
Children’s/YA acquisitions Affirm Press has acquired the rights to Sing Me the Summer (November), a new picture book from bestselling children’s book creators Jane Godwin and Alison Lester (pictured), which...
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