Marchetta’s Printz-winning YA novel to be adapted for TV Archive
Tuesday, 11 February 2020
Melina Marchetta’s 2006 YA novel On the Jellicoe Road (Penguin Australia)—which was published in the US by HarperCollins and awarded a Printz Award for excellence in YA literature—is being adapted...
Debut novel sold into multiple territories; children’s guide to changing the world snapped up Archive
Tuesday, 11 February 2020
Fiction sales International rights to Pip Williams’ forthcoming debut novel The Dictionary of Lost Words (Affirm, April) have sold in multiple territories, including UK and Commonwealth rights (ex ANZ) to...
Hardie Grant, UQP acquire books from Indigenous experts Archive
Tuesday, 11 February 2020
Nonfiction acquisitions Hardie Grant Travel has acquired world rights to Fire Country, a memoir from Indigenous fire practitioner Victor Steffensen, and has fast-tracked publication for mid-February 2020. Steffensen said, ‘With...
Audible banned from using major publishers’ works in Captions Archive
Tuesday, 11 February 2020
In newly revealed details of the settlement made between seven US publishers and Audible, the audiobook company won’t use major publishers’ works in its Captions program without their permission, reports...
Unity Books, Gecko Press shortlisted for LBF International Excellence Awards Archive
Monday, 10 February 2020
New Zealand bookshop Unity Books and Wellington-based publisher Gecko Press have been shortlisted for the London Book Fair (LBF) International Excellence Awards. Unity Books Auckland is shortlisted for the bookstore...
UQP launches annual placement program for Indigenous graduates Archive
Monday, 10 February 2020
The University of Queensland Press (UQP) has established an annual Indigenous Placement program aimed at providing a pathway into publishing for Indigenous university graduates. Launched in January this year, the...
VIPs, inaugural fellows announced for SWF 2020 Archive
Monday, 10 February 2020
The Australia Council for the Arts has announced the guests attending the 2020 Visiting International Publishers (VIPs) program, to be held from Wednesday, 29 April to Friday, 1 May, alongside...
New women’s prize to award over $150k to a single work of fiction Archive
Monday, 10 February 2020
In Canada, the newly announced Carol Shields Prize for Fiction will award C$150,000 (A$169,000) to a single work of fiction by a woman or non-binary writer. Launching in 2022, the...
ILF announces three-year partnership with Australia Post Archive
Monday, 10 February 2020
The Indigenous Literary Foundation (ILF) has announced a new three-year partnership with Australia Post, which will see nearly 100,000 books delivered per year to 400 remote Indigenous communities across Australia...
LBF to host audiobook summit Archive
Friday, 7 February 2020
The London Book Fair (LBF) is launching a new audiobook summit, to be held on 10 March. Audio HQ will include sessions on the size of the UK market and...
Bin Salleh wins inaugural Writing WA Literary Lions Medal Archive
Friday, 7 February 2020
Magabala Books publisher Rachel Bin Salleh has won the inaugural Writing WA Literary Lions Medal, awarded to an individual who has made a substantial contribution to the vitality and success...
Coronavirus closes Chinese printers; Australian publishers expect delays Archive
Friday, 7 February 2020
Australian trade publishers are anticipating delays to some book supply due to printer closures in China. In response to the coronavirus outbreak in China, there is a compulsory closure of...
Stella Prize 2020 longlist announced Archive
Friday, 7 February 2020
The longlist for the 2020 Stella Prize, worth $50,000, has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Lucky Ticket (Joey Bui, Text) Songspirals: Sharing women’s wisdom of country through songlines (Gay’wu Group...
Booktopia raises $20m from private investors Archive
Friday, 7 February 2020
Online bookseller Booktopia has raised $20 million from private investors, led by Champ Ventures CEO Su-Ming Wong and JBS Investments CEO John Sampson. Under the deal, Wong will join the...
Expand your audience at London Book Fair Archive
Thursday, 6 February 2020
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‘Your family is okay’: Bernadette Green on ‘Who’s Your Real Mum?’ Archive
Thursday, 6 February 2020
Who's Your Real Mum? (Scribble, illus by Anna Zobel) is the debut picture book from Bernadette Green, inspired by the real-life questions her own children have been asked about their...
Scribble launches Art for Wildlife, companies donate to bushfire relief Archive
Thursday, 6 February 2020
A number of book industry companies are raising funds for bushfire relief. Scribble publisher Miriam Rosenbloom has set up Art for Wildlife, an online store selling open-edition prints by illustrators...
B&N, PRH cancel Diverse Editions promotion after backlash Archive
Thursday, 6 February 2020
In the US, Barnes & Noble and Penguin Random House have cancelled a planned Black History Month promotion after a social media backlash that accused the companies of ‘literary blackface’,...
Gill wins 2020 Margaret Mahy Medal Archive
Thursday, 6 February 2020
Children’s author Maria Gill has won the 2020 Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal, presented annually for lifetime achievement and distinguished contribution to New Zealand children’s literature. Gill is the author of...
Brow Books acquires graphic novel ‘Stone Fruit’ Archive
Thursday, 6 February 2020
Brow Books has acquired ANZ rights to debut graphic novel Stone Fruit by Montreal-based Australian comics artist Lee Lai. Stone Fruit follows queer couple Bron and Ray who ‘enjoy their...
Grappling with diversity and working conditions in the book industry Archive
Wednesday, 5 February 2020
‘A discussion that meaningfully grapples with diversity within the industry itself would have to involve an honest reckoning with the conditions that most of us have accepted for so long,...
‘Changes start small’: Behind the union push at PRH Archive
Wednesday, 5 February 2020
Elena Gomez was part of a core team of editorial and publicity staff at Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) who initiated collective bargaining with their employer last year, resulting in...
Book industry farewell to Renée Senogles Archive
Wednesday, 5 February 2020
Please join us for a celebration of the life of Renée Senogles, who passed away from uveal melanoma on 19 December 2019, hosted by her many friends in books and...
VPLA winners, Williams resigns from Wheeler Centre, Pascoe withdraws from festivals and more Archive
Wednesday, 5 February 2020
Last week, S Shakthidharan and Eamon Flack were named winners of Australia’s most valuable literary award—the $100,000 Victorian Prize for Literature—for their play Counting and Cracking. Other writers honoured at...
Voss Literary Prize 2020 nominations open Archive
Wednesday, 5 February 2020
The Australian University Heads of English (AUHE) and the estate of Vivian Robert de Vaux Voss are pleased to call for nominations to the 17th annual Voss Literary Prize. The...
Macmillan USA commits to increasing Latinx representation after ‘American Dirt’ controversy Archive
Wednesday, 5 February 2020
In the US, Macmillan has committed to increasing the number of Latinx authors and staff across the company, in response to the controversy surrounding Jeanine Cummins' novel American Dirt. The...
Oz publishers heading to Bologna in final year of funding Archive
Wednesday, 5 February 2020
Twelve independent publishers will take part in the Australian collective stand at this year’s Bologna Children’s Book Fair, which runs from 30 March to 2 April. The 2020 fair marks...
Black Inc. acquires Manning’s biography of Lachlan Murdoch Archive
Wednesday, 5 February 2020
Black Inc. has acquired world rights to The Unauthorised Biography of Lachlan Murdoch by author and journalist Paddy Manning. The publisher said the book will investigate Murdoch—the eldest son of...
King, Murray awarded 2020 Waitangi Day Honours Archive
Wednesday, 5 February 2020
Writer and WORD Christchurch director Rachael King and science fiction author Lee Murray have been named in the New Zealand Society of Authors’ (NZSA) annual Waitangi Day Honours. King was...
‘You Can Change the World’ sold in multiple territories Archive
Wednesday, 5 February 2020
Pantera Press has sold rights in several territories to Lucy Bell’s You Can Change the World, an illustrated practical guide ‘designed to empower kids to make changes in their lives...
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