Harjo becomes first Native American poet laureate
Thursday, 20 June 2019
Joy Harjo has been named the 23rd poet laureate of the United States, becoming the first Native American poet to hold the post, reports Publishers Weekly. Harjo is the author...
NT History Book Award 2019 shortlist announced
Thursday, 20 June 2019
The shortlist for the 2019 Chief Minister’s Northern Territory History Book Award has been announced. The three shortlisted titles are: Found in Translation: Many meanings on a North Australian Mission...
Paramount acquires film rights to McKinty’s ‘The Chain’
Thursday, 20 June 2019
Paramount Pictures has acquired the film rights to Adrian McKinty’s forthcoming novel The Chain (Hachette, July), reports Deadline. Paramount executive Alex Jackson acquired the rights via Shane Salerno from The...
Adam wins 2019 Desmond Elliott Prize
Thursday, 20 June 2019
Claire Adam has won the 2019 Desmond Elliott Prize for first-time novelists for Golden Child (Faber). The winning novel, which follows the lives of a family living in rural Trinidad,...
Jon Page on the retail recession
Wednesday, 19 June 2019
'I call it a retail recession. We spoke to retailers on the strip where we are and some of them have already closed and got out, and some are having...
Woodhead to leave Overland
Wednesday, 19 June 2019
Overland editor Jacinda Woodhead is stepping down after 10 years in editorial roles with the literary journal. Woodhead joined Overland in late 2009 as an intern, and later became deputy...
NSW regional library shares 200 copies of ‘The Van Apfel Girls are Gone’
Wednesday, 19 June 2019
Central West Libraries in New South Wales is sharing 200 copies of Felicity McLean’s The Van Apfel Girls are Gone (Fourth Estate) as part of its One Library One Book...
Hachette to change library ebook licensing terms
Wednesday, 19 June 2019
In the US, Hachette will change its terms for library ebook licensing terms—the third Big Five publisher to do so in the past year, reports Publishers Weekly. From 1 July,...
Libraries Tasmania reports member growth after late fees abolished
Wednesday, 19 June 2019
More than 8000 new members have signed up to Tasmanian government-run library services since fines and processing fees for overdue books were abolished in November last year, reports the ABC....
Editors Victoria: Talk on additional services for self-publishers
Wednesday, 19 June 2019
Editors Victoria is hosting a dinner meeting with Susan Pierotti Freelance editors can offer services to self-publishing authors beyond editing. These days, offering a mini-publishing or production packaging service is...
Hardie Grant moves publish date for Turnbull’s memoir to early 2020
Wednesday, 19 June 2019
Hardie Grant Books announces that Malcolm Turnbull’s memoir, A Bigger Picture, will now be published in early 2020. This new release date will ensure the memoir tells Turnbull’s remarkable Australian...
The famous Tim’s Bookshop in Kew is offered for sale after 35 years
Wednesday, 19 June 2019
The independent Tim’s Bookshop Kew is for sale. After 35 years straight in the book trade the owners Tim Warmington and Lynn Frankes have decided to retire. This creates your...
Children’s publishing ‘Christmas in July’ networking event
Wednesday, 19 June 2019
The Children’s Publishing Committee (CPC) of the Australian Publishers Association invites people working in children’s publishing to come to the 'Christmas in July' networking event. The event is an opportunity...
Acevedo, Morris win 2019 Carnegie, Greenaway medals
Wednesday, 19 June 2019
The UK Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) has announced the winners of the 2019 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals. Dominican-American writer and slam poet Elizabeth Acevedo won...
A&U launches new children’s imprint
Wednesday, 19 June 2019
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has created a new children’s imprint, Albert Street Books. Albert Street Books will have a commercial focus and will publish books for babies to 12-year-olds. A&U...
Meet the ABA Young Booksellers of the Year: Eadie Allen from the Sun Bookshop
Wednesday, 19 June 2019
In the lead-up to the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) 2019 conference, Books+Publishing spoke to each of the five shortlisted nominees for the Young Bookseller of the Year award ahead of the winner announcement on...
Hachette acquires 2017 Richell Prize winner ‘State Highway One’
Wednesday, 19 June 2019
Hachette Australia has acquired ANZ rights to Sam Coley’s State Highway One, via Grace Heifetz at Curtis Brown. Coley’s entry of the same name won the 2017 Richell Prize for...
Scholastic acquires ‘Hunger Games’ prequel
Tuesday, 18 June 2019
Scholastic has acquired world English rights to a new novel by Suzanne Collins set in the 'Hunger Games' universe. The yet to be titled prequel, known as Untitled Panem Novel,...
Cothren wins 2019 Peter Carey Short Story Prize
Tuesday, 18 June 2019
Alex Cothren has won the 2019 Peter Carey Short Story Award for his story ‘Let’s Talk Trojan Bee’. Judge Nic Low described Cothren’s story as ‘a polyphonic piece built entirely...
Robertson wins Walter Scott Prize for ‘The Long Take’
Tuesday, 18 June 2019
In the UK, Robin Robertson has won the 2019 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for The Long Take (Picador). The first Scot to win the award, Robertson’s book also...
A&U UK to publish Hardcastle’s ‘Below Deck’ in UK
Monday, 17 June 2019
Allen & Unwin’s UK arm (A&U UK) has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights (excluding ANZ and Canada) to Below Deck, the third book by 25-year-old author Sophie Hardcastle, reports the...
Tim Flannery children’s book sells to US, Canada
Monday, 17 June 2019
Catherine Drayton at InkWell Management has sold US and Canadian rights to writer and environmentalist Tim Flannery's forthcoming children's book Explore Your World: Weird, wild, amazing! (illus by Sam Caldwell)....
Stella Prize-winning memoir sold to US, Canada
Friday, 14 June 2019
US and Canadian rights to the Stella Prize-winning memoir The Erratics by Vicki Laveau-Harvie (Fourth Estate) have sold to Knopf and Doubleday Canada, respectively. The Erratics follows two daughters who return home to Canada...
Australian books heading for the screen, crime writers bound for the US
Friday, 14 June 2019
As season two of the TV series Big Little Lies—adapted from Liane Moriarty’s bestseller of the same name—premieres this month, progress is being made on a number of other screen...
‘Boy Swallows Universe’ and ‘The Barefoot Investor’ top Australian charts
Friday, 14 June 2019
Trent Dalton’s multi-award-winning Boy Swallows Universe—now in the running for the Miles Franklin Literary Award—remains at the top of the Australian fiction bestsellers chart in May, while Scott Pape’s The...
Miles Franklin Literary Award longlist announced
Friday, 14 June 2019
The longlist for the prestigious Miles Franklin Literary Award has been announced. The longlisted titles are: The Lebs (Michael Mohammed Ahmad, Hachette), Flames (Robbie Arnott, Text), Boy Swallows Universe (Trent Dalton, Fourth Estate), A...
Analysis of bestselling UK picture books shows ‘concerning’ lack of diversity
Friday, 14 June 2019
In the UK, an analysis of bestselling picture books has found for the second year running that the most popular illustrated children's books are dominated by male characters and feature...
Meet the ABA Young Booksellers of the Year: Aisling Lawless from Dymocks Joondalup
Friday, 14 June 2019
In the lead-up to the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) 2019 conference, Books+Publishing spoke to each of the five shortlisted nominees for the Young Bookseller of the Year award ahead of...
Daddo, Phommavanh, Bancks among participants in Littlescribe co-author program
Friday, 14 June 2019
Online literacy platform Littlescribe has announced its co-author program and participating authors. Authors Andrew Daddo, Oliver Phommavanh, Katrina McKelvey, Tristan Bancks, Deborah Abela and Andreea Kindryd have signed up to...
Overland adds youth categories to Fair Australia Prize
Friday, 14 June 2019
Literary journal Overland will add two new categories for youth entries to its Fair Australia Prize this year. Sponsored by Maurice Blackburn Lawyers, the two new categories are for the...
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