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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...
Copyright Agency launches legal action against universities
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
The Copyright Agency has lodged action in the Copyright Tribunal against Universities Australia, the peak body representing universities, over the terms of the licensing agreement for distributing content. Universities Australia,...
‘Bad Blood’ wins 2018 Business Book of the Year
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
In the UK, Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup (Picador) by investigative journalist John Carreyou has won the 2018 Financial Times (FT) and McKinsey & Company Business Book of...
Change of distribution for Pirgos Press
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Following the liquidation of Dennis Jones book distributors, Pirgos Press announce their titles Blue Ribbons, Bitter Bread, Australian Heroines of World War One, Royal Marriages: Diana, Camilla, Kate & Meghan...
Deborah Cass 2018 prize shortlist announced
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
The shortlist for Writers Victoria’s Deborah Cass Prize for emerging writers from migrant backgrounds has been announced. The shortlisted works are: ‘Bread of the dead’ by Shannon Anima (Canada) ‘The...
UAE grants companies accreditation to self-monitor book content
Tuesday, 13 November 2018
In the United Arab Emirates (UAE), regulatory body the National Media Council (NMC) has granted Content Self-Monitoring Program (CSMP) accreditation to five book industry companies so they can monitor the content...
Voss Literary Prize 2018 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 13 November 2018
The shortlist for the 2018 Voss Literary Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: No More Boats (Felicity Castagna, Giramondo) The Last Garden (Eva Hornung, Text) The Choke (Sofie Laguna, A&U) Storyland...
Hunt awarded inaugural Boundless Indigenous Writer’s Mentorship
Tuesday, 13 November 2018
Barkindji writer Allanah Hunt has been awarded the inaugural Boundless Indigenous Writer’s Mentorship. Her winning manuscript, 'Forever and Ever', tells the story of a young woman reckoning with her unplanned...
Australian Family Therapists’ Award for children’s literature 2018 winners announced
Tuesday, 13 November 2018
The winners of the 2018 Australian Family Therapists’ Award for children’s literature have been announced. The winners are The Build-up Season by Megan Jacobson (Penguin) and Finding Nevo by Nevo...
Winners of 2018 Chen Bochui International Children’s Literature Awards announced
Monday, 12 November 2018
The winners of the 2018 Chen Bochui International Children's Literature Award (CICLA) have been announced. Zhang Mingzhou, president of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), was honoured as Special...
Miami Book Fair/de Groot Prize winner announced; Australian writer among runners-up
Monday, 12 November 2018
The recipients of the inaugural Miami Book Fair/de Groot Prize for an unpublished novella have been announced. Californian writer, translator and poet Marci Vogel has won the prize for her...
KROC Awards 2018 winners announced
Monday, 12 November 2018
The winners of the 2018 Kids Reading Oz Choice (KROC) Awards, the children’s choice book awards for the Northern Territory, have been announced. The winning titles are: Picture storybooks Do...
Speech Pathology Australia book awards 2018 winners announced
Monday, 12 November 2018
The winners of the 2018 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year awards have been announced. Chosen from shortlists announced in July, the winning titles are: Birth to three years...
‘Florette’ named on 2018 NYT/NYPL Best Illustrated Children’s Books list
Friday, 9 November 2018
Melbourne-based writer and illustrator Anna Walker's picture book Florette (Viking) has been named as one of the New York Times (NYT)/New York Public Library's (NYPL) best illustrated children's books for 2018....
Brazilian publishers seek to intervene to save leading retailers from closure
Friday, 9 November 2018
Brazilian publishers are meeting this week to discuss how they might prevent the country’s two largest retailers from closure, reports Publishing Perspectives. The National Syndicate of Book Publishers (SNEl) will...
Christmas predictions: Annie Waters from Mostly Books in Adelaide
Friday, 9 November 2018
In the lead-up to Christmas, the busiest time of year on the bookselling calendar, Books+Publishing is asking booksellers across the country to predict their biggest sellers and ‘surprise sellers’. In the second...
Environment Award for Children’s Literature 2018 winners announced
Friday, 9 November 2018
The Wilderness Society has announced the winners of the 2018 Environment Award for Children’s Literature. The winners are: Picture fiction Florette (Anna Walker, Viking) Fiction Wombat Warriors (Samantha Wheeler, UQP) Nonfiction...
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