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A&U sells ‘The Museum of Modern Love’ to UK Archive

Thursday, 8 November 2018
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has sold UK rights to Heather Rose’s The Museum of Modern Love to Weidenfeld & Nicolson, a division of Orion Publishing. A&U rights associate Maggie Thompson...

French publisher wins $342k Turjuman Award Archive

Wednesday, 7 November 2018
French publishing house Actes Sud has won the Turjuman Award, receiving AED 910,000 (A$342,000) for its French translation of The Nature of Despotism by Syrian author Abdul Rahman Al Kawakibi (trans Hala...

Australians nominated for 2019 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals Archive

Wednesday, 7 November 2018
A number of Australian authors and illustrators have been nominated for the 2019 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals. Australian books including A Different Boy by Paul Jennings and Geoff Kelly (A&U)...

Bowker’s ISBN agency websites hacked in Australia and US; credit card numbers compromised Archive

Wednesday, 7 November 2018
Bowker, which trades in Australia as Thorpe-Bowker, is investigating ‘patterns of unauthorised charges’ to credit cards that have been used on Bowker’s MyIdentifiers websites, which are used to purchase ISBNs...

Leigh wins 2018 Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing Archive

Wednesday, 7 November 2018
Andrew Leigh has won the 2018 Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing for 'From bloodletting to placebo surgery’, an excerpt from his book Randomistas: How Radical Researchers Changed Our World (Black Inc.). Leigh's...

Two books tie for best novel at the 2018 World Fantasy Awards Archive

Wednesday, 7 November 2018
In the US, the winners of the 2018 World Fantasy Awards have been announced at the World Fantasy Convention in Baltimore, with two books tying for best novel. The winning...

Robotham’s ‘The Secrets She Keeps’ to be adapted for TV Archive

Monday, 5 November 2018
Michael Robotham’s thriller The Secrets She Keeps (Hachette) will be adapted into a six-part television miniseries, reports If. Premiering on Channel 10 in 2019, the series will be produced by...

First authors announced for 2019 Perth Festival Writers Week Archive

Monday, 5 November 2018
The first authors and events have been announced for the 2019 Perth Festival Writers Week, which runs from 18-24 February. 'Our Imagined Selves' is the theme of the week, which...

Last Hong Kong bookshop selling titles banned in China closes Archive

Monday, 5 November 2018
The last bookshop in Hong Kong selling titles banned by the Communist Party of China has closed, reports the Guardian. People Book Café, situated in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay district,...

Angel wins 2018 Barbara Jefferis Award for ‘The Trapeze Act’ Archive

Monday, 5 November 2018
Poet Libby Angel has won the 2018 Barbara Jefferis Award for her debut novel The Trapeze Act (Text). The $50,000 award, which is administered by the Australian Society of Authors...

No ‘Daily’ on Tuesday Archive

Monday, 5 November 2018
Please note that, due to the Melbourne Cup holiday on Tuesday, the next Daily newsletter will be published on Wednesday, 7 November.

HarperCollins UK named on Best Employers for Race list Archive

Friday, 2 November 2018
HarperCollins UK is the only publisher to have been named as one of 70 of the best UK employers for race diversity and equality, reports BookBrunch. The Best Employers for Race...

Cundill History Prize 2018 finalists announced Archive

Friday, 2 November 2018
In Canada, the finalists have been announced for the Cundill History Prize, which rewards ‘the best history writing in English’. Chosen from a shortlist of eight, the finalists are: Prairie...

Christmas predictions: Anne Barnetson from Collins Booksellers in Perth Archive

Friday, 2 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 our first...

S&S acquires Archie Roach memoir Archive

Friday, 2 November 2018
Simon & Schuster (S&S) has acquired world rights to a yet-to-be-titled memoir by singer-songwriter Archie Roach. Roach, who is part of the Stolen Generations, is also known as a campaigner...

Lifelong learning: Younger readers editions Archive

Thursday, 1 November 2018
Kelsey Oldham investigates the role played by younger readers editions in the growth of children’s nonfiction. It’s a well-established fact that adult nonfiction titles sell strongly in Australia. In 2018...

Powles, Collison, Pati win inaugural Women Poets’ Prize Archive

Thursday, 1 November 2018
Three poets have been announced as the winners of the inaugural Women Poets’ Prize: New Zealand-born Nina Mingya Powles and London-based poets Claire Collison and Anita Pati. Established in honour of...

Philosopher Nussbaum wins US$1m Berggruen Prize Archive

Thursday, 1 November 2018
Philosopher and classicist Martha Nussbaum has won the US$1 million (A$1.4m) Berggruen Prize, which is awarded annually to ‘thinkers whose ideas have profoundly shaped human self-understanding and advancement in a...

New specialist kids agency launched Archive

Thursday, 1 November 2018
Lawyer and writer Justine Barker has launched a new literary agency focusing on children’s and YA books. Mayfair Literary Agency will represent authors writing picture books, junior fiction, middle-grade and...

Book industry figures to attend Australia Fest in India Archive

Thursday, 1 November 2018
Australian authors, publishers and literary festival programmers are among the guests at Australia Fest, a six-month festival comprising more than 75 events across 20 Indian cities. Supported by the federal...

Frankfurt 2018: crime, ‘uplit’ and ‘big ideas’ books in demand Archive

Wednesday, 31 October 2018
Australian publishers who attended this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair (10-14 October) reported emerging trends around crime fiction and thrillers, ‘uplit’ and popular science books. Black Inc. international director Sophy Williams...