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Children’s publishing: networking drinks

Wednesday, 3 July 2019
Children’s publishing professionals are invited to a 'Christmas in July' event. Celebrate and catch up with friends and colleagues from all publishing houses. Eat, drink, be merry, win bookish prizes...

Scribe, Varuna partner on new mentorship program

Wednesday, 3 July 2019
Scribe and Varuna, The Writers’ House, have partnered to offer a new mentorship program to three writers. The partnership combines a Varuna residency with an intensive mentorship with Scribe editors....

Lorne Beach Books for sale

Wednesday, 3 July 2019
Bookshop for sale Lorne Beach Books, Lorne, Vic Opened in 1999 by David and Meryl Bartak after 20 years of owning and operating Black Mask Books in Toorak Rd, South...

Danger Prize: Nominations open

Wednesday, 3 July 2019
BAD: Sydney Crime Writers Festival has announced that nominations are open for the Danger Prize, awarded for the best book, TV series, podcast or film about Sydney crime released in...

Change for Tara Books

Wednesday, 3 July 2019
Publisher: Tara Books Old distributor: Self-distributed New distributor: Books at Manic Changeover date: 1 July 2019

Change for Gibbs Smith

Wednesday, 3 July 2019
Publisher: Gibbs Smith ISBN prefix: 97814236 978158685 Old distributor: Peribo New distributor: NewSouth Books Changeover date: 31 August 2019 Returns cut-off: 30 September 2019

Change for Island Press

Wednesday, 3 July 2019
Publisher: Island Press Old distributor: New South New distributor: Footprint Changeover date: 1 August 2019 Returns cut-off: 30 September 2019 Contact URL: www.footprint.com.au

Miles Franklin Literary Award 2019 shortlist announced

Wednesday, 3 July 2019
The shortlist for the 2019 Miles Franklin Literary Award, worth $60,000, has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: The Lebs (Michael Mohammed Ahmad, Hachette) A Sand Archive (Gregory Day, Picador) A Stolen...

Brown wins 2019 ALS Gold Medal

Wednesday, 3 July 2019
Pam Brown has won the 2019 Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal for her poetry collection click here for what we do (Vagabond). Brown’s collection was chosen from a shortlist...

Publishers Weekly

Tuesday, 2 July 2019
Books+Publishing is partnering with US trade news magazine Publishers Weekly to provide our subscribers with exclusive access to the weekly digital edition of PW magazine for a limited time. This...

Locus Awards winners announced

Tuesday, 2 July 2019
In the US, the winners of the 2019 Locus Awards for science fiction and fantasy writing have been announced. Winners include: The Calculating Stars (Mary Robinette Kowal, Tor) in the...

Happy reading

Monday, 1 July 2019
For good value—we find, source and deliver the best products from all over the world. While doing this, we give you a great shopping experience, since we are always here...

PRH announces inaugural recipients of Write It! program

Monday, 1 July 2019
Penguin Random House Australia has announced the inaugural recipients of its Write It! program for underrepresented writers. Chosen from a shortlist of 12, the four recipients are: Annie McCann for...

UK publishing employment up 3.9% in 2018

Monday, 1 July 2019
In the UK, publishing industry employment was up 3.9% in 2018, growing from 192,000 jobs in 2017 to 199,000 in 2018, reports the Bookseller. The figures from the Department for...

KYD Unpublished Manuscript Award longlist announced

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The longlist for the 2019 Kill Your Darlings (KYD) Unpublished Manuscript Award has been announced. The longlisted authors and their works are: Pamela Baker for ‘Dark Glass’ (fiction) Shelley Burr...

Overland announces shortlists for writing residencies

Friday, 28 June 2019
Literary journal Overland has announced the shortlists for two writing residencies that aim to address a lack of opportunities for underrepresented writers. The 2019 program has two categories: women writers...

The Trespassers (Meg Mundell, UQP)

Thursday, 27 June 2019
Meg Mundell’s second novel has been hotly anticipated since her debut, Black Glass, showed her to be a writer of extraordinary imaginative prowess, with a commitment to exploring themes of...