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What do you think of when you ‘Think Australian’?

Friday, 15 June 2018
Penguin Random House Australia’s rights manager Nerrilee Weir said recently of Australian publishing: ‘It does feel like we have a strength in that area at the moment.’ She was talking...

Book Depository to remit GST from July

Friday, 15 June 2018
Amazon-owned online retailer Book Depository has confirmed it will collect and remit GST on overseas purchases from July, when the new tax laws come into effect, reports the Australian Financial...

Booksellers NZ 2018 conference program released

Thursday, 14 June 2018
The program for the 2018 Booksellers NZ Conference, which runs from 25-26 August, has been announced. Booksellers NZ CEO Lincoln Gould says this year’s conference is ‘all about the book,...

RiP Anthony Bourdain

Thursday, 14 June 2018
US chef, writer and publisher Anthony Bourdain has died, aged 61. Bourdain was the author of several books, including his influential memoir Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly, which chronicled his...

Mudgee Readers’ Festival announces 2018 program

Thursday, 14 June 2018
The Mudgee Readers’ Festival has released its 2018 program. The annual event will run from 10-12 August in regional NSW and, for the first time, the festival will also hold...

McCormack wins 2018 International Dublin Literary Award

Thursday, 14 June 2018
Irish writer Mike McCormack’s Solar Bones (Canongate) has won the 2018 International Dublin Literary Award. McCormack’s novel, which consists of a single novel-length sentence about a middle-aged Irish engineer who...

UK exchange program Intersect launches

Thursday, 14 June 2018
The British Council and Diversity Arts Australia have launched a new exchange program, Intersect, for British and Australian arts professionals from culturally diverse and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds....

Berbay sells Canty picture books to US

Thursday, 14 June 2018
Berbay Publishing has sold rights to Melbourne author and illustrator John Canty’s Heads and Tails: Insects in three territories, including North America. Rights to the picture book, which is the...

Pascal Press price update

Thursday, 14 June 2018
In line with increased production costs and complete implementation of FSC compliancy across all our ranges, Pascal Press will be increasing the RRP on some of our ranges. Price changes...

Hardie Grant moves to HEDS for ANZ distribution

Thursday, 14 June 2018
As from 1st July 2018, distribution of Hardie Grant titles in Australia and New Zealand will move to Harper Entertainment Distribution Services (HEDS), a division of HarperCollins. As from 1st...

MAPDA Award for children’s book

Thursday, 14 June 2018
Museums Victoria Publishing are delighted that Where’s Dot? cloth book and soft toy was Highly Commended in the 2018 MAPDA Design Awards. Where’s Dot? was published to tie-in with the...

2018 Residential Masterclasses at Varuna

Thursday, 14 June 2018
Varuna, the writers house, has opened applications for various Residential Masterclasses. Each week is limited to only five participants and includes a creative and stimulating mix of individual work time,...

ASA course: ‘Diving in’ with Kathryn Heyman

Thursday, 14 June 2018
The Australian Society of Authors is offering a development course on creative writing. Using practical exercises, participants will write scenes, imagery, and characters. With humour, energy and insight, author Karthryn...

Booktopia shortlisted for online retail awards

Booktopia logo Thursday, 14 June 2018
Online bookseller Booktopia has been shortlisted in several categories in the 2018 Online Retail Industry Awards (ORIAs). Booktopia is a finalist for Best Mobile Commerce Site/Application and Best Pureplay Online...

‘The Bad Guys’ feature film in development with DreamWorks

Wednesday, 13 June 2018
DreamWorks Animation has begun development on a feature animated film based on Aaron Blabey’s illustrated chapter book series The Bad Guys (Scholastic). Foundation Media Partners and Northside Services negotiated the...

Adichie wins PEN Pinter Prize 2018

Wednesday, 13 June 2018
In the UK, Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been awarded the 2018 PEN Pinter Prize, reports the Bookseller. Founded in 2009 in honour of the playwright Harold Pinter, the annual prize...

Byron Writers Festival 2018 program announced

Wednesday, 13 June 2018
The full program for the 2018 Byron Writers Festival, which runs from 3-5 August, has been announced, featuring 140 writers, thinkers and commentators. International guests include UK-based novelists Matt Haig...

German book sales down in 2017

Tuesday, 12 June 2018
In Germany, book trade association Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels has released data showing value sales of books and journals in Germany dropped marginally by 1.6% in 2017. Overall, the German...

Coleman, Meadows win Norma K Hemming Awards 2018

Tuesday, 12 June 2018
The winners of the 2018 Norma K Hemming Awards were announced on Friday, 8 June. Western Australian writer Claire G Coleman won in the long work category for her novel Terra...