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New items at SLV’s World of the Book exhibition

Wednesday, 17 October 2018
State Library Victoria’s (SLV) free World of the Book exhibition has reopened, with more than 300 additional items on display including some never-before-exhibited material. Rare books historian and exhibition curator...

Prime Minister’s Literary Awards 2018 shortlists announced

Wednesday, 17 October 2018
The shortlists for the 2018 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Fiction A Long Way from Home (Peter Carey, Hamish Hamilton) Border...

‘This Imaginary Feeling of Being Australian’ now available

Wednesday, 17 October 2018
A political satire by Michael Nicholson available at www.mikenicholson.org or www.mikenicholson.com. There is a seismic change in the political landscape and The Greens are swept into office with Adam Bandt...

Change for White Crane Press

Wednesday, 17 October 2018
Publisher: White Crane Press ISBN prefix: 9780648337 Old distributor: Dennis Jones & Associates New distributor: Novella Distribution Changeover date: 1 September 2018 Returns not accepted Contact URL: bookstores.novelladistribution.com.au

Change for Atlas Productions

Wednesday, 17 October 2018
Publisher: Atlas Productions ISBN prefix: 978099437; 978099537 Old distributor: Dennis Jones & Associates New distributor: Novella Distribution Changeover date: 1 September 2018 Returns not accepted Contact URL: bookstores.novelladistribution.com.au

Change for Billy Goat Books

Wednesday, 17 October 2018
Publisher: Billy Goat Books ISBN prefix: 9780994251 Old distributor: Dennis Jones & Associates/INT Books New distributor: Novella Distribution Changeover date: 1 September 2018 Returns not accepted Contact URL: bookstores.novelladistribution.com.au

Change for For Pity Sake Publishing

Wednesday, 17 October 2018
Publisher: For Pity Sake Publishing ISBN prefix: 9780994448; 9780992521; 9780994332; 978064828 Old distributor: Dennis Jones & Associates New distributor: Novella Distribution Changeover date: 1 September 2018 Returns not accepted Contact...

Change for Celapene Press

Wednesday, 17 October 2018
Publisher: Celapene Press ISBN prefix: 9781925572; 9780980699; 9780987367 Old distributor: Dennis Jones & Associates/INT Books New distributor: Novella Distribution Changeover date: 1 September 2018 Returns not accepted Contact URL: bookstores.novelladistribution.com.au

Change for Bowman & Hawkes

Wednesday, 17 October 2018
Publisher: Bowman & Hawkes ISBN prefix: 9780648297 Old distributor: Dennis Jones & Associates New distributor: Novella Distribution Changeover date: 1 September 2018 Returns not accepted Contact URL: bookstores.novelladistribution.com.au

Change for Albert Whitman & Company

Wednesday, 17 October 2018
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company ISBN prefix: 97808075 Old distributor: INT Books New distributor: Novella Distribution Changeover date: 1 September 2018 Returns cut-off: 31 December 2018 Contact URL: bookstores.novelladistribution.com.au

Change for Orca Publishing

Wednesday, 17 October 2018
Publisher: Orca Publishing Old distributor: INT Books New distributor: Novella Distribution Changeover date: 1 September 2018 Returns cut-off: 31 December 2018 Contact URL: bookstores.novelladistribution.com.au

Change for Mason Crest

Wednesday, 17 October 2018
Publisher: Mason Crest ISBN prefix: 978159084; 978159482; 97814222 Old distributor: INT Books New distributor: Novella Distribution Changeover date: 1 September 2018 Returns cut-off: 31 December 2018 Contact URL: bookstores.novelladistribution.com.au

Editors NSW: Basic copyright and copyright issues

Wednesday, 17 October 2018
Editors NSW is running a workshop with Olivia Lanchester, Legal Services Manager at the Australian Society of Authors (ASA), who will talk through the basics of copyright and the copyright...

Amber Gilchrist has joined Exisle Publishing

Wednesday, 17 October 2018
Amber Gilchrist has joined the newly created position of NSW Sales Manager at Exisle Publishing in Sydney. Amber Gilchrist begins the position on 14 January 2019.

S&S sells 2 millionth ‘Dork Diaries’

Wednesday, 17 October 2018
Simon & Schuster Australia is thrilled to announce they have invoiced more than 2 million copies of the bestselling Dork Diaries series. The milestone further cements Dork Diaries as the...

Varuna: Copyright Agency Fellowships for First Nations Writers

Wednesday, 17 October 2018
The 2019 round of fellowships for Indigenous writers is now open under a program developed by Varuna the National Writers’ House, Magabala Books, Sydney University and the Copyright Agency’s Cultural...

Māori, Pasifika writers to travel to London for Oceania exhibition

Wednesday, 17 October 2018
Five New Zealand writers will travel to the UK in November to showcase Māori and Pasifika literature alongside the Oceania art exhibition at the Royal Academy London, reports Booksellers NZ. Creative...

‘Dinner Detectives’ creators win global pitching competition

Wednesday, 17 October 2018
Australian children’s book creators Yves Stening and Nigel Buchanan have won a pitching competition at the world’s biggest children’s entertainment industry event, MIPJunior, reports the Herald Sun. Stening and Buchanan’s...

Burns wins 2018 Man Booker Prize

Wednesday, 17 October 2018
Northern Irish writer Anna Burns has won the 2018 Man Booker Prize for her third novel, Milkman (Faber). She is the first Northern Irish author and 17th woman to win...

APA announces publisher hosts for 2018 Publishing Industry Internship program

Wednesday, 17 October 2018
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) will run its Publishing Industry Internship Program (PIIP) again in 2019, following last year's program. The program offers higher education graduates the opportunity to take...

‘Sweet Fruit, Sour Land’ wins 2018 Not the Booker Prize; judges overrule public vote

Wednesday, 17 October 2018
Sweet Fruit, Sour Land (Sandstone Press), by London-based author Rebecca Ley, has won the Guardian’s 2018 Not the Booker Prize. Judges overruled the public vote, which showed Ariel Kahn’s Raising...

Introducing Peter Vu’s ‘Paper Cranes Don’t Fly’

Tuesday, 16 October 2018
Paper Cranes Don’t Fly (Ford Street Publishing) tells the story of a cancer patient as he undergoes treatment with friends by his side. It’s the debut novel from Australian author...

Book-to-screen

Tuesday, 16 October 2018
SLR Productions has commenced production on an animated telemovie based on Jacqueline Harvey’s ‘Alice-Miranda’ children’s book series (Random House Australia). The comedy-drama Alice Miranda Shines Bright will premiere on Australian...

Feminist fantasy series sells into Germany for ‘record’ sum

Tuesday, 16 October 2018
Hardie Grant Egmont has sold German-language rights to debut author Rhiannon Williams’ middle-grade fantasy Ottilie Colter and the Narroway Hunt, plus two further books by Williams, to Random House Germany...

‘104-Storey Treehouse’ tops Australian children’s fiction bestsellers chart

Tuesday, 16 October 2018
Australian children’s fiction bestsellers: September The 104-Storey Treehouse—the eighth book in Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton’s super successful ‘Treehouse’ series (profiled in Think Australian Junior last year)—is at the top...