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NSW librarians warn of potential closures

Wednesday, 13 November 2019
The NSW Public Libraries Association (NSW PLA) has warned that libraries may be forced to reduce services or close if current funding levels aren’t guaranteed in law and indexed to...

Green Square Library wins top architecture awards

Wednesday, 13 November 2019
The architects who designed the Green Square Library and Plaza in the Sydney suburb of Zetland won two awards at the Australian Institute of Architects national awards on 7 November,...

Balancing act: Gavin Burbidge’s career journey

Wednesday, 13 November 2019
Gavin Burbidge is an account manager at Penguin Random House Australia and a constant figure on the ABA’s shortlists for Victorian rep of the year. He shares his career journey....

Multiple changes for TL Distribution

Wednesday, 13 November 2019
New distributor: TL Distribution Contact URL: www.eurospan.co.uk Publisher: Broadview ISBN prefix: 9780921149; 978155111; 978155481 Old distributor: Footprint Books Changeover date: 1 January 2020 Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press...

ADS trading hours leading to Christmas

Wednesday, 13 November 2019
Alliance Distribution Services wish to advise the following changes to assist customers in maximising opportunities in the peak period leading up to Christmas 2019. ADS will extend the customer service...

Queensland Literary Awards 2019 winners announced

Wednesday, 13 November 2019
The winners of the 2019 Queensland Literary Awards (QLAs) have been announced. The winning titles in each category are: Queensland Premier’s Award for a work of state significance ($25,000) Too...

Australian authors on 2020 Dublin Literary Award longlist

Tuesday, 12 November 2019
Twelve books by Australian authors have been nominated for the 2020 International Dublin Literary Award. The longlisted books by Australian authors are: Flames (Robbie Arnott, Text) The Making of Martin...

Burbidge wins 2019 ABA Vic rep of the year

Tuesday, 12 November 2019
Gavin Burbidge from Penguin Random House was named as this year’s Victorian Rep of the Year at the Australian Booksellers Association’s (ABA) Victorian booksellers and publishers Christmas party on 11...

State of euphoria: Alison Evans on ‘Euphoria Kids’

Friday, 8 November 2019
Reviewer Jordi Kerr says Alison Evans’ YA novel Euphoria Kids (Echo, February) is ‘a tender, contemporary fairytale about magic, friendship and gender identity’ that follows three trans kids ‘learning to...

Fyfe wins 2019 Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing

Friday, 8 November 2019
Melissa Fyfe's article ‘Getting cliterate’ (Good Weekend) has won this year’s Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing. Fyfe receives $7000. Her winning article describes the work of urologist Helen...

The decline of the midlist author

Thursday, 7 November 2019
‘You want to be debut, literary, or bestselling; you don’t want to be midlist. The midlist is like the middle class; it’s the group that gets squeezed. They don’t get...

Diversity in UK publishing: what’s changed?

Thursday, 7 November 2019
In 2017 BookBrunch feature writer Julie Vuong reported on the UK book industry’s efforts to encourage diversity. Two years on, she considers the industry’s progress. Here we are: two years...

Australian Book Design Awards applications open

Thursday, 7 November 2019
The Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA) Committee has announced that the 68th Australian Book Design Awards is open for submissions. Books published between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2019...

ACT libraries to scrap fines

Thursday, 7 November 2019
The ACT’s libraries will abolish fines for late return of books from 21 November, becoming the latest locality to move away from the fines system, reports the Guardian. The ACT...

Walkley Book Award 2019 shortlist announced

Thursday, 7 November 2019
The Walkley Book Award 2019 shortlist has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Rusted Off: Why country Australia is fed up (Gabrielle Chan, Vintage) See What You Made Me Do (Jess Hill, Black...

A&U sells ‘Pain and Prejudice’ to US, UK

Thursday, 7 November 2019
Allen & Unwin has sold rights to Gabrielle Jackson’s Pain and Prejudice to Piatkus in the UK and Greystone Books in North America. Published in Australia in October, Pain and...

PRH to acquire complete works of Eric Carle

Wednesday, 6 November 2019
Penguin Random House US (PRH) children’s imprint Penguin Young Readers will acquire author and illustrator Eric Carle’s company, Eric Carle LLC, which holds the intellectual property rights to Carle’s books,...

 

 

 

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