McTiernan wins Barry Award for best paperback original
Monday, 4 November 2019
Dervla McTiernan has won the Barry Award for best paperback original for her 2018 novel The Ruin (HarperCollins). The annual literary crime awards, named for American critic and crime fiction...
Staunch Book Prize 2019 shortlist announced
Monday, 4 November 2019
In the UK, the shortlist for the Staunch Book Prize—for the best thriller novel in which no woman is beaten, stalked, sexually exploited, raped or murdered—has been announced. The shortlisted...
No ‘Daily’ on Tuesday
Monday, 4 November 2019
Please note that, due to the Melbourne Cup holiday on Tuesday, the next Daily newsletter will be published on Wednesday, 6 November.
Pascoe, Gaiman to headline 2020 Perth Festival Literature & Ideas weekend
Friday, 1 November 2019
The program for Perth Festival’s Literature & Ideas weekend, running from 21–23 February 2020, has been announced. Based around the themes of land, money, power and sex, the literature and...
PRH raises $100k for ILF programs
Friday, 1 November 2019
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has presented a $100,000 donation to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF). The $100,000 cheque was presented to the ILF at a book launch this morning,...
UK book industry calls to end VAT on ebooks, audiobooks
Friday, 1 November 2019
UK book industry figures and organisations have delivered a letter to the chancellor of the exchequer Sajid Javid calling for an end to the 20% value-added tax (VAT) that currently...
UNESCO announces 11 new cities of literature
Friday, 1 November 2019
UNESCO has announced 11 additional cities of literature among 66 newly designated creative cities. The new cities of literature are: Angoulême (France) Beirut (Lebanon) Exeter (UK) Kuhmo (Finland) Lahore (Pakistan)...
Drewe wins 2019 Colin Roderick Literary Award for ‘The True Colour of the Sea’
Friday, 1 November 2019
Robert Drewe has won the $20,000 Colin Roderick Literary Award 2019 and the H T Priestley Medal for his short story collection The True Colour of the Sea (Hamish Hamilton)....
Among the animals: Donna Mazza on ‘Fauna’
Thursday, 31 October 2019
Donna Mazza’s novel Fauna (A&U, February) is set in a near-future in which a woman is enticed into an experimental program that mixes her embryo with genetically edited cells. Reviewer...
Tighe, Walker announced as inaugural ABR Rising Stars
Thursday, 31 October 2019
The Australian Book Review (ABR) has announced the inaugural ABR Rising Stars, a new initiative to support young ABR writers and critics supported by Creative Victoria and Create NSW. Alex...
‘A Fistful of Shells’ wins 2019 Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize
Thursday, 31 October 2019
In the UK, historian Toby Green has won the £25,000 (A$46,750) Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Global Cultural Understanding for his book A Fistful of Shells: West Africa from the rise...
Lake wins 2019 CHASS Australia Book Prize for ‘The Bible in Australia’
Thursday, 31 October 2019
Meredith Lake has won the 2019 Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences’ (CHASS) Australia Book Prize, for her book The Bible in Australia: A cultural history (NewSouth). Lake’s...
Justin Ractliffe on reaching heavy and light readers
Wednesday, 30 October 2019
Penguin Random House ANZ publishing director Justin Ractliffe travelled to the United States earlier in 2019 to study consumer insights and data as part of his Copyright Agency Cultural Fund...
Thorpe wins 2019 ALIA Research Grant Award
Wednesday, 30 October 2019
Kirsten Thorpe from the University of Technology Sydney’s Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research has received the $5000 ALIA Research Grant Award 2019 for her project, ‘National Survey on...
ALA delivers report on unfair behaviour in the digital market to House Judiciary Committee
Wednesday, 30 October 2019
In the US, the American Library Association (ALA) has delivered a report on ‘unfair behaviour by digital market actors’ to the House Judiciary Committee, reports Publishers Weekly. According to the...
HarperCollins congratulates Prime Minister’s Literary Award-winning author Emily Rodda
Wednesday, 30 October 2019
HarperCollins Children’s Books Australia is delighted to congratulate Emily Rodda on her win at the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards last week. Emily’s book His Name Was Walter won the children’s...
Change for National Book Network (NBN)
Wednesday, 30 October 2019
Publisher: National Book Network (NBN) Old distributor: NewSouth Books New distributor: Footprint Books Changeover date: 27 December 2019 Returns cut-off: 31 January 2020
NewSouth Books congratulates authors and publishers on the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards
Wednesday, 30 October 2019
NewSouth Books is thrilled to congratulate authors and publishers on the PM’s Literary Awards. Meredith Lake’s The Bible in Australia (NewSouth Publishing) won the Australian history category, Paul Genoni and...
Change for Waterhouse Press
Wednesday, 30 October 2019
Publisher: Waterhouse Press Old distributor: NewSouth Books (ADS) New distributor: Simon & Schuster Australia (HEDS) Changeover date: 1 November 2019 Returns cut-off: 31 January 2020 Contact URL: orders@harpercollins.com.au
Change of distribution for Waterhouse Press
Wednesday, 30 October 2019
Simon & Schuster Australia is pleased to announce a new sales and distribution partnership with independent publisher Waterhouse Press in Australia and New Zealand from 1 November 2019. Waterhouse Press titles...
UBD Christmas order cut-off schedule
Wednesday, 30 October 2019
With this year’s busiest trading period fast approaching, and to ensure our normal fast delivery continues to get to you prior to Christmas Day, United Book Distributors (UBD) has prepared...
Change for Wilkinson Publishing
Wednesday, 30 October 2019
Publisher: Wilkinson Publishing Old distributor: Australian Fishing Network (AFN). New distributor: Woodslane Pty Ltd Changeover date: 1 November 2019 Returns cut-off: 31 December 2019
‘WBN’ published Thursday next week
Wednesday, 30 October 2019
Please note that due to the Melbourne Cup holiday in Victoria on Tuesday, 5 November, the next Weekly Book Newsletter will be published on Thursday, 7 November.
Chowdhury named Beatrice Davis Editorial Fellow
Wednesday, 30 October 2019
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced Penguin Random House audio producer Radhiah Chowdhury as the recipient of the 2019–2020 Beatrice Davis Editorial Fellowship. The fellowship will allow Chowdhury to...
Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2019 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 30 October 2019
In the UK, the shortlist for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Disoriental (Négar Djavadi, trans Tina Kover, Europa Editions) Drive Your...
New APA initiative to signify Australian created books
Wednesday, 30 October 2019
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has begun a campaign to signify books created in Australia with a new logo. Based on the logo for joint-industry group Books Create Australia, the...
First writers announced for Adelaide Writers’ Week
Wednesday, 30 October 2019
The first writers have been announced for next year’s Adelaide Writers’ Week, which runs from 29 February to 5 March. International guests include Nigerian novelist Chigozie Obioma, Omani novelist and...
Winners of 2019 YABBAs announced
Wednesday, 30 October 2019
The winners of the 2019 Young Australians Best Book Awards (YABBAs), Victoria’s children’s choice awards, have been announced. The winning titles are: Picture storybooks Seriously Do Not Open This Book (Andy...
John Flanagan’s ‘Ranger’s Apprentice’ to be adapted for film
Tuesday, 29 October 2019
A film based on YA adventure series ‘Ranger’s Apprentice’ by Australian author John Flanagan (Random House Children’s) has received funding and is expected to begin production in 2020, reports the...
Fair Work approves PRH EBA
Tuesday, 29 October 2019
The Fair Work Commission has approved Penguin Random House Australia's enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA), the first union-negotiated EBA in Australian publishing history. In September, PRH delegates in the editorial and...
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