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Brown, Williams win 2018 James Tait Black Prizes

James Tait Black prize logo. Monday, 20 August 2018
The winners of the James Tait Black Prizes for fiction and biography—the UK’s oldest literary awards—have been announced. Craig Brown’s Ma'am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret (HarperCollins) has won the...

CBCA Awards 2018 winners announced

Friday, 17 August 2018
The winners of this year’s Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The winning titles in each of the categories are: Older readers...

Adelaide to host Jaipur Literature Festival

Friday, 17 August 2018
Adelaide's OzAsia Festival has announced it has partnered with the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) to host JLF Adelaide, which will run a number of events from 9-11 November. More than...

SAGE acquires Talis

Friday, 17 August 2018
In the UK, journal publishing company SAGE Publishing has acquired education-technology company Talis, along with its course list management system Talis Aspire, for an undisclosed sum, reports the Bookseller. Used...

ABC to close online store, ABC Centres

Thursday, 16 August 2018
The ABC has proposed closing its online store and discontinuing any ABC Centres still hosted by third-party booksellers, reports Mumbrella. The move will see the broadcaster’s direct retail operations shut...

UK working class writers’ festival planned for 2020

Thursday, 16 August 2018
In the UK, authors, publishers and trade professionals will launch a working class writers’ festival, reports the Bookseller. Author Natasha Carthew initially tweeted to her followers in July: ‘Comrades! This is a call...

Finch Publishing to close; S&S acquires Biddulph

Wednesday, 15 August 2018
Finch Publishing has announced it will cease publishing in late December this year and owner Rex Finch will retire. The publisher, which is best known for its parenting books, celebrated its...

End of distribution of Finch titles

Wednesday, 15 August 2018
Publisher: Finch Publishing (except Steve Biddulph titles) Old distributor: Harper Entertainment Distribution Services New distributor: none Returns request cut-off: 3 December Returns cut-off: 17 December (See classified.)

RiP V S Naipaul

Wednesday, 15 August 2018
Trinidad-born British writer V S Naipaul has died in London, aged 85. Naipaul was the author of over 30 books, beginning with the novel The Mystic Masseur in 1957. His breakout autobiographical...

Finch Publishing return of stock

Wednesday, 15 August 2018
HEDS advises the deadline for returns requests is 3 December. The deadline for return of stock is 17 December for all Finch stock except the Biddulph titles. For inquiries about...

Podcast spotlight: Jacky Winter Gives You The Business

Wednesday, 15 August 2018
Launched in 2017, Jacky Winter Gives You The Business (JWGYTB) is a weekly podcast produced in-house by the Jacky Winter Group—the Melbourne-based studio—that ‘deep dives into the ideas, issues and insights...

Four Steve Biddulph titles sold to Simon & Schuster

Wednesday, 15 August 2018
Simon & Schuster Australia is proud to announce its acquisition from Finch Publishing of all rights in four of Steve Biddulph's bestselling, category leading titles including the recently revised and...

New inquiry into ACT public libraries

Wednesday, 15 August 2018
The ACT Legislative Assembly’s Standing Committee on Environment and Transport and City Services has announced a new committee inquiry into the future of the territory’s public libraries. The inquiry into...

Bonnier sells Weldon Owen to Insight Editions

Wednesday, 15 August 2018
Bonnier Books has sold illustrated books imprint Weldon Owen to US-based illustrated publisher Insight Editions, reports the Bookseller. The business will operate as Weldon Owen International, a newly formed subsidiary of...

Ubud releases 2018 festival program

Wednesday, 15 August 2018
The Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF) has released the main program for its 2018 festival, which will run from 24-28 October in Ubud, Indonesia. Among the newly announced international...

Booktopia to offer distribution services

Booktopia logo Wednesday, 15 August 2018
Australian retailer Booktopia has announced it will be the exclusive Australian distributor for German-based Thieme Medical Publishers, under a new distribution division. The Australian retailer set up Booktopia Publisher Services...

Berbay re-releases ‘Nobody Owns the Moon’

Wednesday, 15 August 2018
Berbay Publishing is delighted to announce it has acquired the publishing licence for the award winning Australian classic Nobody Owns the Moon by Tohby Riddle and will re-release a 10th...

CLNZ Contestable Fund Grants 2018

Wednesday, 15 August 2018
Each year a portion of the revenue allocated to the Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) Cultural Fund is made available in a contestable fund. This year, $75,000 is available for...

Change for Publish Creative Books

Wednesday, 15 August 2018
Publisher: Publish Creative Books ISBN prefix: 9780648008 Old distributor: Woodslane New distributor: Peribo Changeover date: 7 September 2018 Returns cut-off: 13 September 2018 Contact URL: www.peribo.com.au

Introducing Giramondo

a portrait of Nick Tapper Tuesday, 14 August 2018
Sydney-based small press Giramondo has won most major literary awards in Australia with its list of ‘diverse, unusual and genre-defying’ fiction, nonfiction and poetry. Commissioning editor Nick Tapper spoke to...

 

 

 

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