Staff changes at Murdoch Books Archive
Monday, 26 March 2018
Murdoch Books has appointed Carol Warwick, Kelly Doust and Kirsty Rizzo to new roles. Warwick has assumed leadership of the Sydney publisher’s newly integrated promotional team as head of marketing...
VanOver to join S&S Archive
Friday, 23 March 2018
Simon & Schuster (S&S) has appointed Brandon VanOver to the newly created role of associate publisher, nonfiction. VanOver has worked across fiction, nonfiction and children’s titles as managing editor at...
Queensland Writers Centre appoints new CEO Archive
Friday, 23 March 2018
Lori-Jay Ellis has been appointed the new chief executive officer of Queensland Writers Centre (QWC), effective from 16 April. Ellis will replace outgoing CEO, Katie Woods, who joined QWC in...
More UK publishers report gender pay gaps Archive
Friday, 23 March 2018
Hachette, HarperCollins and Springer Nature are among the latest UK publishers to report gender pay gaps as part of new government regulations that require companies with 250 or more employees...
Thomas wins Waterstones children’s prize, ‘Nevermoor’ wins younger readers category Archive
Friday, 23 March 2018
Jessica Townsend’s middle-grade novel Nevermoor (Lothian) has won the younger readers category of the 2018 Waterstones Children’s Book Prize. The UK retailer described the Queensland writer’s debut as ‘one of the...
Black Inc. to publish Ludlam book Archive
Friday, 23 March 2018
Black Inc. has acquired world rights to a book by former deputy leader of the Australian Greens, Scott Ludlam. The as-yet-untitled book, scheduled for publication in 2019, is described as...
Antigny and Prendergast join Giramondo Archive
Thursday, 22 March 2018
Giramondo Publishing has appointed Léa Antigny to the newly created position of publicity manager. Antigny previously worked as a publicist at Pan Macmillan and Text Publishing, as well as in...
UK booksellers accused of selling far-right and anti-Semitic titles Archive
Thursday, 22 March 2018
British anti-racism group Hope Not Hate has accused UK bookselling chains Foyles, Waterstones, WH Smith and Amazon of lending ‘respectability’ to several Holocaust denial books and far-right titles by selling...
ANZ authors nominated for 2018 RITA Awards Archive
Thursday, 22 March 2018
Several Australian and New Zealand authors have been nominated for the Romance Writers of America (RWA) 2018 RITA Awards for excellence in published romance novels and novellas. Avril Tremayne is...
Red Room Poetry fellowship 2018 shortlist announced Archive
Thursday, 22 March 2018
The shortlist has been announced for the 2018 Red Room Poetry fellowship, which recognises the achievements and artistic goals of contemporary Australian poets. The 11 shortlisted poets are: Zenobia Frost...
Brow Books enters into co-publishing agreement with Tilted Axis Press Archive
Thursday, 22 March 2018
Brow Books has announced it will enter into a co-publishing agreement with UK-based Tilted Axis Press. Under the new agreement, Tilted Axis will hold world English rights for each title...
NZ library places second in international marketing award Archive
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
New Zealand's Invercargill City Library has placed second in the 2018 BibLibre International Marketing Award, run by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), reports Newshub. Invercargall City...
IFLA, IPA and STM release joint statement on supporting ‘quality information’ Archive
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
The International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA), the International Publishers Association (IPA) and the International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM) have issued a joint statement about creating...
134,000 attend AWW 2018; Krasnostein tops bestsellers Archive
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
Adelaide Writers’ Week (AWW) has reported 134,000 people attended the 2018 festival, which ran from 3 to 8 March. Attendance was up slightly compared to last year’s event, which recorded...
Podcast spotlight: Astrid Edwards on The Garret Archive
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
Established in 2016, The Garret is an Australian podcast 'celebrating the best writers writing today' across a variety of genres. Each episode features interviews with writers on the craft of...
Rights round-up Archive
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
Sales Fiction Brow Books has sold UK and Commonwealth rights to Apple & Knife (Intan Paramaditha) to Harvill Secker. (See news.) Text has sold rights to the The Plotters (Un-su...
ALIA announces sponsorship and theme for Library and Information Week Archive
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has announced that Australian online retailer Booktopia will sponsor this year’s Library and Information Week. ALIA has also announced that the theme for...
London Book Fair moves to March in 2019-2020 Archive
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
London Book Fair (LBF) will move its event to March in 2019 and 2020. The 2019 fair will run from 12 to 14 March, less than two weeks before next...
Wellcome Book Prize 2018 shortlist announced Archive
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
The shortlist for this year’s Wellcome Book Prize, presented for books about health, medicine and illness, has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Stay with Me (Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, Canongate) The...
Brow Books sells UK rights to ‘Apple and Knife’ Archive
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
Brow Books has sold UK and Commonwealth rights to Sydney-based Indonesian author Intan Paramaditha’s short-fiction collection Apple and Knife to Harvill Secker, an imprint of Penguin Random House UK. Harvill Secker...
Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses winner announced Archive
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
In the UK, Eley Williams’ short-story collection Attrib. and Other Stories (Influx Press) has won the Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses, reports the Bookseller. The £5000 (A$9110) prize...
Scholastic acquires Rogers’ ‘Girltopia’ Archive
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
Scholastic Australia has acquired a middle-grade fiction trilogy, 'Girltopia', written by former Hardie Grant Egmont publishing director Hilary Rogers. Book one in the trilogy, Girltopia, marks Rogers’ debut as an...
PRH acquires 13-year-old slam poet Solli Raphael’s debut Archive
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
Penguin Random House Australia’s Young Readers division has acquired 13-year-old slam poet Solli Raphael’s first book, a collection of slam poetry paired with inspirational writing techniques. Scheduled for publication on...
ALS Gold Medal 2018 longlist announced Archive
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
The longlist for the 2018 Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal has been announced. The longlisted titles are: The Last Days of Jeanne d’Arc (Ali Alizadeh, Giramondo) Common People (Tony Birch, UQP) A...
Wong wins Peter Porter Poetry Prize 2018 Archive
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
Hong Kong-based poet Nicholas Wong has won the Australian Book Review (ABR) Peter Porter Poetry Prize for his poem ‘101 Taipei’. Wong’s poem was chosen for the $5000 prize from...
2018 Voss Literary Prize open for nominations Archive
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
The Australian University Heads of English and the estate of Vivian Robert de Vaux Voss are pleased to call for nominations to the fifth annual Voss Literary Prize. The prize,...
New small publisher Archive
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
Elephant Tree Publishing is a small and independent publisher based in Canberra, Australia. We are seeking well-written fiction and nonfiction with best-seller potential and international appeal. We want to hear...
Brio Books (formerly Xoum Publishing) distribution move update Archive
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
As previously announced from 1 May 2018, Hardie Grant (HEDS) will take over sales and distribution for Brio Books in Australia and New Zealand. Brio’s previous distributor NewSouth Books will...
Currency Press distribution change Archive
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
Currency Press would like to announce that from 16 June 2018, its titles and those of its agencies, Nick Hern Books and Oberon Books will be distributed by Regency Media...
Shop fittings for sale Archive
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
I have a full shop fit for sale. Can have for $1000 just needs to be removed at your expense. We need it to be removed by the 15th April...
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