Change of distribution for Sounds True
Wednesday, 16 October 2019
As of 1 December, Pan Macmillan Australia will begin distributing all Sounds True titles, including distributed clients Eckhart Teachings, Inc., The Relaxation Company and NE Press. The previous distributor, NewSouth...
The bestselling Alex Rider series celebrates its 20th anniversary with brand new TV series
Wednesday, 16 October 2019
Sony Pictures Television and Eleventh Hour Films have unveiled a first look at the Alex Rider TV adaptation, which they are distributing worldwide. The eight-part coming-of-age series centres on Point...
Writers SA: Self-publishing weekend
Wednesday, 16 October 2019
Writers SA is running a two-day program on self-publishing, featuring a range of workshops, Q&A panels and networking events. Speakers and presenters include authors John Birmingham, Jane Hinchey, Chris Taylor...
Oz, NZ authors and illustrators on 2019 White Ravens list
Wednesday, 16 October 2019
Several books by Australian and New Zealand authors and illustrators have been included in the 2019 White Ravens list for international children’s and youth literature. The Australian titles on the...
Shortlist for India’s JCB Prize for Literature announced
Wednesday, 16 October 2019
The shortlist for India's richest literary award, the Rs 2.5 million (A$51,800) JCB Prize for Literature, has been announced. The shortlisted works of fiction are: Ib’s Endless Search for Satisfaction...
Hachette acquires Claire Thomas’ ‘The Performance’ at auction
Wednesday, 16 October 2019
Hachette has acquired ANZ rights to Claire Thomas’ second novel, The Performance, in a five-way auction via Clare Forster at Curtis Brown Australia. Weidenfeld & Nicolson also acquired UK rights...
Scrivenor wins 2019 Ray Koppe Residency
Wednesday, 16 October 2019
Hayley Scrivenor has won the Australian Society of Authors (ASA)’s 2019 Ray Koppe Young Writers’ Residency for her manuscript ‘The Push Back’. Scrivenor’s manuscript tells the story of a young...
To market, to market: B+P magazine issue 4 out now
Tuesday, 15 October 2019
Our final print issue of the year has arrived, featuring Michael Grant’s high-action YA thriller Hero (Hardie Grant Egmont) on the cover—the finale to the ‘Monster’ trilogy and a farewell...
Book designer spotlight: Imogen Stubbs
Tuesday, 15 October 2019
A love of publishing sparked by the Professional Writing and Editing course at RMIT led to studying graphic design, eventually landing Imogen Stubbs a job at Text Publishing, where she...
Full program announced for SPN conference 2019
Tuesday, 15 October 2019
The Small Press Network (SPN) has announced the full program for its 2019 Independent Publishing Conference, which will run at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne from 21–23 November. It will...
Phil Roberts wins Victorian Premier’s History Award for ‘Avenue of Memories’
Tuesday, 15 October 2019
Phil Roberts has won the third Victorian Premier’s History Award, worth $5000, for Avenue of Memories, published by Ballarat Arch of Victory & Avenue of Honour Committee. The award was...
Atwood, Evaristo tie for Booker Prize 2019
Tuesday, 15 October 2019
The 2019 Booker Prize has been jointly awarded to Bernadine Evaristo for Girl, Woman, Other (Hamish Hamilton) and Margaret Atwood for The Testaments (Chatto & Windus). It is the third...
Australian bookshops threatened with legal action over Ronan Farrow book
Monday, 14 October 2019
An Australian journalist has threatened legal action over the publication of investigative reporter Ronan Farrow’s new book, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. Former Channel Seven sports reporter Dylan Howard, who...
RELX Group named world’s largest publisher
Monday, 14 October 2019
RELX Group—formerly known as Reed Elsevier—has been named the world’s largest publishing company on Livres Hebdo/Publishers Weekly’s annual ranking for 2018. RELX posted publishing revenue of US$5.28 billion (A$7.8b) to...
Shortlists for Tasmanian Premier’s Literary Prizes announced
Monday, 14 October 2019
The shortlists for the 2019 Tasmanian Premier’s Literary Prizes have been announced. The shortlisted works and their authors are: Tasmania Book Prize for the best book with Tasmanian content in...
Tokarczuk, Handke awarded Nobel Prizes in Literature
Friday, 11 October 2019
Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk and Austrian writer Peter Handke have been awarded Nobel Prizes in Literature, after the Swedish Academy postponed the 2018 prize following sexual assault allegations. Tokarczuk received...
Over 700 sign open letter urging arts ministers to reject MPA funding framework
Friday, 11 October 2019
More than 700 artists and arts workers have signed an open letter addressed to state arts ministers as they meet today in Adelaide to discuss revisions to the Major Performing...
Ardern launches te reo Māori translation trust
Friday, 11 October 2019
New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has launched the Kotahi Rau Pukapuka Trust, which will translate 100 popular fiction books into te reo Māori over the next 10 years. Working...
Deakin University Nonfiction Prize shortlist announced
Friday, 11 October 2019
Deakin University and Express Media have announced the shortlist for the 2019 Deakin University Nonfiction Prize. The shortlisted writers and their works are: Kat Capel, for ‘work & love’ Olivia...
‘Too Much Lip’ shortlisted for PM and Qld literary awards
Thursday, 10 October 2019
The shortlists for the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards and the Queensland Literary Awards have been announced, with Melissa Lucashenko’s Miles Franklin Award-winning novel Too Much Lip in the running for both. Also shortlisted for both...
‘The Yield’ sells to US, France
Thursday, 10 October 2019
Penguin Random House Australia has sold world English-language rights (ex ANZ) to Tara June Winch’s novel The Yield to HarperCollins US imprint HarperVia, and French-language rights to Actes Sud. President...
Zadie Smith, Curtis Sittenfeld to appear at new Australian feminist festival
Thursday, 10 October 2019
A new feminist ideas festival will be held in Melbourne later this year. Broadside festival, which runs from 9–10 November, has an all-star line-up that includes Zadie Smith, Curtis Sittenfeld,...
‘Boy Swallows Universe’ and ‘The Barefoot Investor’ top Australian charts
Thursday, 10 October 2019
Christian White’s debut mystery-thriller The Nowhere Child is back in the Australian fiction bestsellers chart following the release of his second book The Wife and the Widow in late September...
Collins Sunbury named National Franchise of the Year
Thursday, 10 October 2019
Collins Booksellers Sunbury has been named National Franchisee of the Year at the Collins National Franchisee Conference in Melbourne. Collins Booksellers Thirroul won the marketing award and Collins Booksellers Orange...
Picador acquires Spargo-Ryan memoir in ‘heated’ auction
Thursday, 10 October 2019
Picador has acquired ANZ rights to an as yet untitled work of nonfiction by Anna Spargo-Ryan. Picador publisher Mathilda Imlah won a 'heated' auction to acquire the rights via Tara...
OzCo launches funding initiatives for promoting Australian books overseas
Thursday, 10 October 2019
The Australia Council has launched three new literature initiatives aimed at engaging with overseas readers and increasing international demand for Australian literature. The opportunities, aimed at authors, translators, publishers, literary...
The Co-op loses Australian Geographic brand
Thursday, 10 October 2019
Textbook retailer The Co-op has lost the rights to use the Australian Geographic brand, reports the Sydney Morning Herald, with a total of 64 former Australian Geographic stores set to...
Book fairs still key for selling Australian rights, data suggests
Wednesday, 9 October 2019
‘There is no getting around it: for Australians, attending an international book fair always means a long-haul flight ... It’s also expensive. Yet the evidence is overwhelming, from lists of...
SLNSW Children’s Library to open next week
Wednesday, 9 October 2019
The Children’s Library at the State Library of NSW (SLNSW) will open to the public for the first time on 12 October, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. The Children’s Library...
Quiet achiever: Jessica Horrocks’ career journey
Wednesday, 9 October 2019
Jessica Horrocks, designer and production coordinator at Text Publishing, was recently named Emerging Designer of the Year at the 2019 Australian Book Design Awards. She shares her career journey. Having...
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