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Friday, 1 March 2019

Reading copy giveaway

Friday, 1 March 2019
Get your hands on a copy of My Book (Not Yours) and pick your team! Email childrens.books@hachette.com.au with ‘Lento & Fox’ in the subject line for your chance to secure...

Crankstart announced as new Booker Prize sponsor

Friday, 1 March 2019
US-based charitable foundation Crankstart will be the new sponsor of the Booker Prize. Crankstart's five-year sponsorship will begin on 1 June, after the announcement of the 2019 Man Booker International...

Clunes Booktown Festival 2019 program announced

Friday, 1 March 2019
The program for the 2019 Clunes Booktown Festival, to be held from 4-5 May in Clunes, Victoria, has been announced. Around 25 writers will appear at the festival, including Robbie...

Plunkett receives ABR Patrons’ Fellowship

Friday, 1 March 2019
The Australian Book Review (ABR) has announced poet and critic Felicity Plunkett as the recipient of its $10,000 ABR Patrons' Fellowship. Plunkett will contribute several articles to ABR over the...

S A Jones’ ‘The Fortress’ sells to US

Friday, 1 March 2019
Natasha Solomun of The Rights Hive has sold North American rights to S A Jones' novel The Fortress to US-based Erewhon Books, a new independent publisher of speculative fiction. The...

Hamad’s ‘White Tears/Brown Scars’ sold to US

Friday, 1 March 2019
North American rights to journalist and academic Ruby Hamad’s forthcoming book White Tears/Brown Scars (MUP) have been sold via auction to US publisher Catapult. Rachel Crawford at MacKenzie Wolf sold...

NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2019 shortlists announced

Thursday, 28 February 2019
The shortlists for the 2019 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Christina Stead Prize for Fiction ($40,000) Man Out of Time (Stephanie...

About the book

Thursday, 28 February 2019
Brisbane 1999. It's hot. Stormy. Dangerous. The waters of the Brisbane River are rising. The rains won't stop. People's nerves are on edge. And then ... A body is found....

About the author

Thursday, 28 February 2019
Tony Cavanaugh is an Australian crime novelist, screenwriter and film and television producer. He has over thirty years' experience in the film industry, has lectured at several prestigious universities and...

Author interview

Thursday, 28 February 2019
Download a Q&A between Tony Cavanaugh and his publisher Vanessa Radnidge here.

Sample chapter

Thursday, 28 February 2019
Read an extract of Blood River here.

Reading copy giveaway

Thursday, 28 February 2019
For your chance to receive one of five copies of Blood River, email marketing@hachette.com.au, with ‘Blood River Giveaway' in the subject line. The first five people to respond will win a copy.

Australian market overview

Thursday, 28 February 2019
For the past few years the Australian retail book market has been posting marginal growth (‘flat is the new up’ is a common catch-cry). In 2018, Nielsen BookScan reported that...

PEN America Literary Awards 2019 winners announced

Thursday, 28 February 2019
In the US, PEN America has announced the winners of its 2019 Literary Awards. Among the award winners are: PEN/Jean Stein Book Award Friday Black (Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, riverrun) PEN/Robert...

On reading, publishing and being working class

Wednesday, 27 February 2019
‘Reading is not a given for all. It is a tenuous product of years of nurturing that the more working class you are, the less likely you are to receive...

WA school library temporarily bans Harry Potter books

Wednesday, 27 February 2019
A school library in Western Australia has banned access to the Harry Potter series for two weeks to encourage students to read other books, reports the West Australian. A spokesperson...

Meg McKinlay and Leila Rudge’s ‘Let Me Sleep, Sheep’

Wednesday, 27 February 2019
‘Meg McKinlay and Leila Rudge are an ideal pairing: the lightness of tone and tongue-in-cheek nature of McKinlay’s words goes hand-in-hand with Rudge’s detailed yet uncluttered coloured pencilwork.’ ... read...

George Robertson Awards nominations open

Wednesday, 27 February 2019
The Australian Publishers Association has opened nominations for the George Robertson Awards. The awards acknowledge the contribution made by people who have devoted 30 years or more of distinguished service to...

‘Boy Swallows Universe’ sells over 100,000 copies

Wednesday, 27 February 2019
HarperCollins Publishers Australia is celebrating a major milestone for Trent Dalton’s Boy Swallows Universe, which has now sold over 100,000 copies across all formats in Australia alone since its publication...

Editors Victoria: Dinner meeting with Joe Reich

Wednesday, 27 February 2019
For its first meeting of the year, the Victorian branch of IPEd (Editors Victoria) is trialling a new venue: the Coffee Head Cafe in Camberwell. The guest speaker will be...

Pearson reports 9% revenue drop; PRH has ‘solid’ 2018

Wednesday, 27 February 2019
UK educational publisher Pearson, which owns a 25% stake in Penguin Random House (PRH), has reported company-wide results showing its 2018 revenue fell by 9% to £4.13 billion (A$7.61bn), reports...

CBCA 2019 Notable Books announced

Wednesday, 27 February 2019
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has announced its list of Notable Books for 2019. The books in each category are: Older readers Between Us (Clare Atkins, Black Inc.)...

 

 

 

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