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BookPeople buying group admin and marketing assistant part-time, Melbourne

Wednesday, 12 February 2025
BookPeople BookPeople, the Association of Australia’s Bookshops, is the peak industry body representing the interests of booksellers across Australia. The BookPeople Buying Group is a key buying and marketing service...

Research study: AI, ethics and the future of editing

Wednesday, 12 February 2025
We are conducting a research study about the value of editors given the expansion of Artificial Intelligence (AI). This study focuses on the trade book publishing industry, targeting the romance...

Publisher/ commissioning editor, Sydney

Wednesday, 12 February 2025
Pan Macmillan Australia Publisher/Commissioning Editor Pan Macmillan Australia seeks a dynamic Publisher/Commissioning Editor (title dependent on experience) to join our publishing team. This is an exciting opportunity to be involved...

Text acquires new novel from Michael Winkler

Wednesday, 12 February 2025
Text’s publisher Michael Heyward has acquired GRIEFDOGG, the astonishing new work from Winkler, author of the Miles Franklin shortlisted GRIMMISH. Winkler describes this novel as ‘A fractured fable about water,...

Book your advertising for Think Australian 2025

Wednesday, 12 February 2025
Bookings are open for Think Australian. Promote your titles to over 55K international readers via our subscriber list and distribution partnerships with Publishers Weekly in the US and Book Brunch...

I Want Everything (Dominic Amerena, S&S)

Tuesday, 11 February 2025

Authors say emails show ‘magnitude of Meta’s unlawful torrenting’

Tuesday, 11 February 2025
In the US, Meta emails show ‘the magnitude of Meta’s unlawful torrenting scheme’, according to a filing by a group of authors suing Meta for copyright infringement in relation to...

US literary orgs decry anti-trans executive order

Monday, 10 February 2025
In the US, more than 50 book-industry organisations and businesses, including booksellers, publishers and libraries, have released a statement denouncing an executive order signed by President Donald Trump that recognises...

Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize 2025 shortlist announced

Monday, 10 February 2025
The shortlist for the 2025 Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize has been announced. The shortlisted poems, chosen from almost 500 entries, are: ‘Whistling Space’ by Chris Andrews ‘Finding Pan’ by Jonathan...

Publishers, Authors Guild sue state of Idaho over book bans

Thursday, 6 February 2025
In the US, the ‘Big Five’ publishers – Penguin Random House (PRH), Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins Publishers, Macmillan Publishers, and Simon & Schuster – have been joined by Sourcebooks, the...

Vale Michael Webster; Bundyi announces new prize; BookPeople reveals new websites; regional, trans, genre literary festival programs released

Wednesday, 5 February 2025
Publisher, editor and academic Michael Webster has died, and friends and former colleagues in the industry have paid tribute. An array of new and returning literary festivals and events have...

2024 Chytomo Award winners announced

Wednesday, 5 February 2025
In Ukraine, the 2024 winners of the Chytomo Awards have been announced, reports Publishing Perspectives. The Chytomo Awards celebrate achievements in Ukrainian publishing across three categories, highlighting innovations in digital publishing,...

Copyright Agency – ‘Australia has a world-class copyright system’

Wednesday, 5 February 2025
In the lead-up to the 2025 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA), Books+Publishing is in conversation with the event's major sponsors about the status of the industry, what excites them about the...

ABIA Audiobook and Business Award nominations are closing

Wednesday, 5 February 2025
Audiobook and Business Award nominations are closing Wednesday 12 February. You can visit the ABIA website to learn more about the awards and eligibility criteria for each category, and to start...

RM Marketing Services: helping publishers do what they do best

Wednesday, 5 February 2025
RM Marketing Services, sales & marketing outsourcing and consulting specialists to the publishing industry, has an opening for a new client 8–12 hours a week or scope for additional campaign...

Freelance book designer available for hire

Wednesday, 5 February 2025
Book Designer Available | Gayna Murphy, a talented book designer, is available for freelance opportunities. She offers book cover designs and interior book designs, specialising mainly in nonfiction, literary fiction...

Nominate for $10,000 maritime history prizes

Wednesday, 5 February 2025
Nominations are invited for the 2025 Frank Broeze Memorial Maritime History Book Prize of $8,000 and the 2025 Community Maritime History Prize of $2,000. The awards are co-sponsored by the...

Pan Macmillan Australia distribution move (for Australian customers)

Wednesday, 5 February 2025
Pan Macmillan Australia would like to inform its customers of the following key dates regarding our change of distributor. The Distribution and Logistics Company (TDLC) will take over ANZ distribution...

Publisher/commissioning editor, Sydney

Wednesday, 5 February 2025
Pan Macmillan Australia Publisher/Commissioning Editor Pan Macmillan Australia seeks a dynamic publisher/commissioning editor (title dependent on experience) to join our publishing team. This is an exciting opportunity to be involved...