Johnson wins inaugural Australian Fiction Prize, Black Friday sales up on last year, Internet Archive copyright case ends
Wednesday, 11 December 2024
Peter Rose, editor and CEO of the Australian Book Review, is set to step down from the role in 2025, after 23 years leading the publication. In another change, the...
CLNZ Contestable Fund Grants 2024 recipients announced
Wednesday, 11 December 2024
Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) has announced recipients of its Contestable Fund Grants, totalling NZ$75,000. The recipients are: Georgina Tuari Stewart (NZ$8220): for the publishing project ‘Ngā Kararehe o Aotearoa—he Mātauranga, he Matatika, development...
Tu awarded 2025 BR Whiting Studio Residency
Wednesday, 11 December 2024
Jessie Tu has been awarded Creative Australia’s 2025 BR Whiting Studio Residency in Rome. Tu’s debut novel, A Lonely Girl Is a Dangerous Thing (A&U), was named literary fiction book...
‘Supremacy’ wins 2024 FT Business Book of the Year
Wednesday, 11 December 2024
In the UK, Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT and the Race That Will Change the World (Parmy Olson, St Martin’s Press) has won the 2024 Financial Times (FT) Business Book of the...
Debenham wins 2024 Ampersand Prize
Wednesday, 11 December 2024
Michael Debenham’s Drowning for Beginners has won the 2024 Ampersand Prize for children’s and YA debut fiction. Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing (HGCP) publishing director Marisa Pintado said: ‘Michael’s compulsively readable...
ABIA nominations are now open
Wednesday, 11 December 2024
Nominations are now open! Gather those lists and enter your 2024 titles for consideration in next year's ABIAs, as we prepare to celebrate all that has been achieved and those...
Wilson & Dutra join Rockpool
Wednesday, 11 December 2024
Raquel Dutra has been appointed to the newly established role of publishing manager, reporting to managing director Lisa Hanrahan. She was previously at leading Portuguese publisher Grupo Editorial Presença, is...
The “Impostors”
Wednesday, 11 December 2024
This story tells how even the youngest of children can become a hero simply by trying to do their best for themselves, their world, and everyone in it. The "Impostors"...
Editor and CEO, Melbourne
Wednesday, 11 December 2024
Australian Book Review Australian Book Review seeks a new editor and CEO Australian Book Review seeks a new editor and chief executive officer to lead the country’s premier literary and...
UK publishing 2024 workforce report indicates ‘disappointing trend’
Tuesday, 10 December 2024
In the UK, the Publishers Association (PA) has released its annual workforce survey report, which, among other findings, suggests ‘improvement in geographic diversity’, while showing ‘a small, but statistically significant,...
IPEd announces Rosie longlist
Tuesday, 10 December 2024
The Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) has announced the longlist for the 2025 Rosanne Fitzgibbon Editorial Award, known as the Rosie. Longlisted editors—and their projects—include: Kristy Bushnell (UQP), for Love,...
Varuna announces 2025 Affirm Press Fellowship recipients
Tuesday, 10 December 2024
Varuna, the National Writers’ House has announced the recipients of the 2025 Affirm Press Fellowship. The fellowship recipients and their manuscripts are: Zoe Deleuil, for ‘Kita Karamel’ Kerry Munnery, for...
Johnson wins Australian Fiction Prize
Monday, 9 December 2024
Katherine Johnson has won the inaugural Australian Fiction Prize for her unpublished manuscript A Wild Heart, receiving $20,000 in prize money and a $15,000 advance. ‘A Wild Heart is the story of...
Chatterji wins 2024 Wolfson History Prize
Thursday, 5 December 2024
In the UK, historian Joya Chatterji has won the £50,000 (A$98,781) Wolfson History Prize 2024 for Shadows at Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century (Vintage). Previously longlisted for the Women’s Prize...
Updated: Trade Christmas closing dates 2024
Wednesday, 4 December 2024
Books+Publishing has collated company closing dates for the Christmas and New Year holiday period. (See table below.) The Books+Publishing office will close on Friday 13 December and reopen Monday 13 January. The...
‘There is nothing else quite like it’: Terri-ann White on Sharjah
Wednesday, 4 December 2024
Publishers and literary agents from 108 countries participated in this year’s Sharjah Publishers Conference, and Upswell publisher Terri-ann White was an Australian representative to the conference. She writes on the...
Lucashenko wins Nib; APA, ASA, Copyright Agency welcome AI recommendations; McGuire wins Richell Prize
Wednesday, 4 December 2024
The Federal Government’s Select Committee on Adopting Artificial Intelligence has released its final report, with recommendations on consultation, fair remuneration and transparency among those welcomed by Copyright Agency, the Australian...
Polari Prizes 2024 winners announced
Wednesday, 4 December 2024
In the UK, the winners of the 2024 Polari Prizes have been announced. The winners in each category are: Polari Book Prize (£2000; A$3908) The Gallopers (Jon Ransom, Muswell Press),...
Ampersand Prize 2024 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 4 December 2024
Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing (HGCP) has announced the shortlist for the 2024 Ampersand Prize. The shortlisted titles are: ‘I Love a Good Murder’ by Rahnia Collins, a YA crime novel...
Pung awarded 2024 Alice Literary Award
Wednesday, 4 December 2024
Alice Pung has won the Alice Literary Award, presented by the Society of Women Writers in Australia. In Pung’s acceptance speech, the author said: ‘What an honour it is, to...
Inaugural Australian Fiction Prize shortlist announced
Wednesday, 4 December 2024
The shortlist for the inaugural Australian Fiction Prize, presented by HarperCollins and the Australian, has been announced. The shortlisted manuscripts, chosen from almost 500 entries, are: ‘Blackswansong’ by Michael Burrows...
Vale Robert Hillman
Wednesday, 4 December 2024
Author Robert Hillman has died. Text Publishing writes: It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Robert Hillman. Robert published more than 60 works of fiction and...
Vale Susan Duncan
Wednesday, 4 December 2024
Journalist and author Susan Duncan has died. Allen & Unwin writes: The much-admired and respected journalist and writer Susan Duncan died last weekend at her beloved home on Pittwater. Susan was...
ABIA nominations open 11 December 2024
Wednesday, 4 December 2024
Publishers, get ready for the 25th year of the Australian Book Industry Awards, presented for the very first time by your industry publication, Books+Publishing. The Australian Book Industry Awards are...
How will you reach book lovers for your promotional needs in 2025?
Wednesday, 4 December 2024
Have you secured your Books+Publishing 2025 advertising? Books+Publishing offers a range of digital options to suit all campaign styles and budgets. Advance copy giveaway Invite industry people to engage with...
Simon & Schuster Australia ‘It Ends with Us’ by Colleen Hoover
Wednesday, 4 December 2024
Simon & Schuster Australia is thrilled to announce sales of international bestselling novel by Colleen Hoover It Ends with Us have reached 1 million copies in Australia and New Zealand....
Beyond Bipolar: Ancient Realms, New Directions
Wednesday, 4 December 2024
Psychiatrist Dr James Le Bas PhD is proud to announce the release of his new work. In it he expounds theories on the causation of the condition, which he centres...
The Drummond Agency to close
Wednesday, 4 December 2024
Literary agency The Drummond Agency will close at the end of 2024. Founder Sheila Drummond established the agency in 1997, representing numerous Australian authors, including Randa Abdel-Fattah, Vikki Wakefield, Margareta...
Thames & Hudson order procedures for PRHD (UBD) move
Wednesday, 4 December 2024
Thames & Hudson would like to inform our customers about the procedure for placing last orders with ADS before the switch to PRHD (UBD) from 1 February 2025. Orders Last...
Ang appointed as Hachette x MDA Trainee
Tuesday, 3 December 2024
Wen Yee Ang has been appointed as the inaugural Hachette x Media Diversity Australia (MDA) Trainee. Launched in August, the traineeship was created ‘to promote diversity and inclusivity within the...
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