Debut novel ‘Half Moon Lake’ sold to US, Canada
Thursday, 15 November 2018
US and Canadian rights to Kirsten Alexander’s debut novel Half Moon Lake (Penguin Random House Australia, January 2019) have been sold to Hachette Book Group’s Grand Central imprint. The novel...
Samuel Wagan Watson wins Patrick White Literary Award
Thursday, 15 November 2018
Poet, essayist, scriptwriter and performer Samuel Wagan Watson has won the Patrick White Literary Award, which is traditionally presented to authors who ‘have made a significant but inadequately recognised contribution...
Hachette Book Group reorganises divisions, dozens made redundant
Thursday, 15 November 2018
In the US, the Hachette Book Group (HBG) has reorganised its Hachette Books and Nashville divisions, resulting in a number of layoffs, reports Publishers Weekly. Under the reorganisation, Hachette Books...
Lester wins $60,000 Melbourne Prize for Literature; Tumarkin wins Best Writing Award
Thursday, 15 November 2018
Children's author and illustrator Alison Lester has won the 2018 Melbourne Prize for Literature, presented every three years to a Victorian author ‘whose body of published work has made an...
UWAP announces 2019 Dorothy Hewett Award shortlist
Thursday, 15 November 2018
UWA Publishing has announced the shortlist for the 2019 Dorothy Hewett Award for an unpublished manuscript. The shortlisted authors and their works are: Angela Rockel for ‘Rogue Intensities’, a memoir...
Robertson wins 2018 Goldsmiths Prize for ‘The Long Take’
Thursday, 15 November 2018
In the UK, Robin Robertson has won the £10,000 (A$17,970) 2018 Goldsmiths Prize for The Long Take (Picador). The prize, established in 2013, rewards British and Irish fiction which ‘breaks the...
Book-to-screen
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Australian producer Bruna Papandrea’s company Made Up Stories—best known for co-producing the TV adaptation of Liane Moriarty’s Big Little Lies—has acquired screen rights to Holly Ringland’s bestselling debut novel The...
Introducing Madeleine St John’s ‘The Women in Black’
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Madeleine St John’s The Women in Black was in hot demand at the Frankfurt Book Fair this year after Text Publishing recently acquired translation rights. The coming-of-age story set in...
IPEd: Entries now open for 2018 IPEd Prize
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
The Institute of Professional Editors IPEd is now calling for entries for the 2018 IPEd Prize. Entires must be submitted no later than 14 January 2019. For more information on how...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
'Once you move from thinking in terms of retrofitting to an inclusive publishing model, which embeds accessibility requirements into the publishing workflow, much of the cost actually falls away'—Sarah Runcie...
Southeast Queensland libraries launch annual Christmas amnesty
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Brisbane City Council has launched its ninth annual Christmas amnesty to encourage the return of over 75,000 missing items, including 12,000 missing books, across Brisbane’s 1.4 million-item library collection, reports...
Accessible print for all: Sarah Runcie on the Australian Inclusive Publishing Initiative
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
In October Sarah Runcie from the Australian Publishers Association (APA) travelled to Tokyo to address the Advanced Publishing Lab at Keio University about the APA's Australian Inclusive Publishing Initiative (AIPI). She...
Podcast spotlight: So You Want to Be a Writer
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Established in 2014, So You Want to Be a Writer is made by the Australian Writers’ Centre (AWC) and co-hosted by author Allison Tait and AWC CEO Valerie Khoo. Each episode covers...
RiP Stan Lee
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
American comic book writer, editor and publisher Stan Lee has died, aged 95. Born Stanley Martin Lieber in New York City in 1922, Lee started working in publishing aged 17,...
New Oran Park library wins 2018 Outstanding Community Project of the Year award
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
A new $14 million library and community resource centre at Oran Park Town, NSW, has received the Western Sydney Leadership Dialogue (the Dialogue) Outstanding Community Project of the Year award,...
Book Aid International to donate £500k worth of books to Ghana libraries
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
UK charity Book Aid International has signed a partnership with the Ghana Library Authority (GhLA) to supply the country's public, school and special libraries with books, reports Ghanaian news outlet...
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Wednesday, 14 November 2018
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Star-crossed
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Sometimes destiny needs a nudge in the right direction... When Justine Carmichael (Sagittarius, aspiring journalist and sceptic) bumps into her old friend Nick Jordan (Aquarius, struggling actor and true believer)...
Gerald Murnane’s ‘A Season on Earth’
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
'Murnane’s early writing, as shown here, is accessible and often humorous in his own dry way. As he becomes more recognised, both locally and internationally, A Season on Earth could be recommended...
Change for Gecko Press in Australia
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Publisher: Gecko Press Old distributor: Scholastic Australia New distributor: Walker Books (HEDS) (See classified.) Changeover date: 1 March 2019 Returns cut-off date: 15 March 2019 (See classified.) Contact URL: www.geckopress.com
Walker Books to distribute Gecko Press
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Walker Books is delighted to announce that they will be the distributor for award-winning Wellington-based publishing house Gecko Press, from 1 March 2019 in Australia. For all product and order...
ALIA: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scholarship; Lyndall Ley Grant
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) is offering two scholarships to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. The scholarship awards the successful applicant with ALIA student membership for one...
Cuthbert appointed program manager at Writers Victoria
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Kate Cuthbert has joined Writers Victoria as program manager. Cuthbert was previously managing editor of Escape Publishing, and director of member services at ALIA.
IPEd National Editors Conference: Call for papers
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
The Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) conference committee is asking for expressions of interest from editors, indexers and other publishing professionals, researchers, students and associates to present ideas, topics and...
Change for Pirgos Press
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Publisher: Pirgos Press Old distributor: Dennis Jones & Associates New distributor: Boolarong Press of Brisbane Returns not accepted Contact URL: www.susannadevries.com
Returns for Finch Publishing
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
HEDS advises that as Finch Publishing is ceasing sales in late December, the deadline for sending a returns request for Finch titles is 3 December. The deadline for the return...
Changes in Gecko Press distribution
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
From 1 March 2019, Scholastic Australia will no longer have the distribution rights for the following publisher: Gecko Press. Scholastic will cease accepting books into our warehouse on 31 March...
‘Hunter Wine’ wins 2018 WCA Best Wine Book
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
NewSouth is thrilled to share the news that Hunter Wine: A History was awarded Best Wine Book at the 2018 WCA Wine Communicator of the Year Awards. Congratulations to authors...
Sandy Weir joins Echo
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Echo Publishing is delighted to announce Sandy Weir has joined the marketing team on a part-time basis. Sandy’s vast experience and publishing knowledge will ensure that Echo’s reach will be...
Leading Edge to hold 2019 conference in Adelaide
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Leading Edge Books (LEB) will hold its annual conference on 17-19 March at the Hilton Adelaide in South Australia. With the theme ‘making connections’, the conference program will incorporate the...
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