The decline of the midlist author Archive
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? Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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...
Herrick’s YA novel ‘By the River’ wins German Youth Literature Prize Archive
Thursday, 7 November 2019
NSW-based author Steven Herrick’s YA novel By the River (A&U) has won Germany’s Youth Literature Prize in the young adult division. First published in 2004, By the River follows 14-year-old...
The Bookworm Beijing to close amid cleanup of ‘illegal structures’ Archive
Thursday, 7 November 2019
Beijing's English-language bookstore The Bookworm is due to close on 11 November, before its building is demolished by the city government, with the owners hoping to open in a new...
A&U sells ‘Pain and Prejudice’ to US, UK Archive
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...
Black Inc. acquires El Sayed’s memoir ‘Muddy People’ Archive
Wednesday, 6 November 2019
Black Inc. has acquired world rights to Sara El Sayed’s debut memoir Muddy People, a ‘smart, funny, terrifically lively exploration of growing up as a Muslim Australian in the outer...
PRH to acquire complete works of Eric Carle Archive
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,...
McTiernan wins Barry Award for best paperback original Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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’ Archive
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’ Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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’ Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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) Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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...
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