Free | Books+Publishing

Inside the Australian and New Zealand book industry

Wednesday, 9 October 2024
Reedsy “Four years since I began editing on Reedsy and it has been the greatest gift of my professional career.” —Nicole F., Reedsy editor We are seeking talented editors to...

Change for Crystal Print Media

Wednesday, 9 October 2024
Publisher: Crystal Print Media New distributor: Crystal Print Media Changeover date: 1 October 2024 Returns cut-off: 30 November 2024 Contact URL: https://printbooks.com.au/

Publishing assistant, Sydney

Wednesday, 9 October 2024
Rockpool Publishing Rockpool Publishing seeks a proactive, organised and detail-oriented individual to join our team as a publishing assistant. Responsibilities include: Supporting the publishing department with general admin tasks Monthly...

Examination development manager, Melbourne

Wednesday, 9 October 2024
Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) are seeking multiple fixed-term roles from 21 October 2024 to 21 October 2025. The purpose of the role is...

Editor, Melbourne

Wednesday, 9 October 2024
Books+Publishing B+P is seeking an experienced editor to join its busy team producing the publication’s daily e-newsletters and the Weekly Book Newsletter, as well as international and feature article content. This role would...

Unlock Books+Publishing

Wednesday, 9 October 2024
Unlock Books+Publishing, Australia’s number-one source of news about the book industry, keeping subscribers up to date with the latest book industry news, events, features, interviews, opinion, personnel changes, job advertisements...

Submission details for Books+Publishing classifieds

Wednesday, 9 October 2024
Are your communications being seen by the right people? Share important news with the wider industry through a Books+Publishing classified: Announce opening and closing dates of awards Promote event ticket...

UK summer paperback fiction sales up 10%

Tuesday, 8 October 2024
In the UK, paperback fiction sales for the 12 weeks from 30 June were up about 10% on the same period in 2023, reports the Bookseller. Bolstered by the success...

Derby wins 2024 CLNZ/NZSA Writers’ Award

Tuesday, 8 October 2024
Mark Derby has won the 2024 Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) and the New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) Writers’ Award, worth...

UNSW Press Bragg Prize for Science Writing 2024 shortlist announced

Tuesday, 8 October 2024
The shortlist for this year’s UNSW Press Bragg Prize for Science Writing has been announced. Shortlisted pieces are: ‘Of Moths and Marsupials’ by Kate Evans ‘The World’s Oldest Story Is...

Rollback on diverse publishing ‘breathtakingly swift’

Monday, 7 October 2024
Storymix founder Jasmine Richards told the Bookseller’s Children’s Conference in a keynote in the UK on 30 September that the championing of diverse stories in publishing amid the Black Lives Matter...

Varuna announces First Peoples India–Australia exchange

Monday, 7 October 2024
Varuna, the National Writers' House has announced a First Peoples India–Australia exchange will take place commencing next year. In November 2025, two Adivasi writers will travel from India for a...

Van Neerven receives 2024 Creative Australia Fellowship for literature

Monday, 7 October 2024
Author Ellen van Neerven is the recipient of the 2024 Creative Australia Fellowship for literature, worth $80,000. Van Neerven’s fellowship ‘will allow for the creation of new work over two...

Goldsmiths Prize 2024 shortlist announced

Thursday, 3 October 2024
In the UK, the shortlist for the 2024 Goldsmiths Prize, worth £10,000 (A$19,268), has been announced. The shortlisted novels are: All My Precious Madness (Mark Bowles, Galley Beggar Press) Tell...

Vale Stephen Matthews

Wednesday, 2 October 2024
Publisher Stephen Matthews has died, aged 78. Matthews founded the independent publisher Ginninderra Press in 1996 in Canberra, later moving to Adelaide. He received an Order of Australia Medal (OAM)...

ARA Historical Novel Prize shortlists announced

Wednesday, 2 October 2024
The Historical Novel Society Australasia (HNSA) has announced the shortlists for the 2024 ARA Historical Novel Prize. Shortlisted titles, selected from longlists announced last month, are: Adult The Unearthed (Lenny...

Paice wins ACU Poetry Prize

Wednesday, 2 October 2024
Kiama-based poet and author Christine Paice has won the $10,000 Australian Catholic University (ACU) Prize for Poetry for a poem about the death of her mother. The winning poem, ‘Gabriel...

FT Business Book of the Year shortlist announced

Wednesday, 2 October 2024
In the UK, the shortlist has been announced for the 2024 Financial Times (FT) Business Book of the Year. The shortlisted titles are: The Corporation in the Twenty-First Century: Why (Almost)...

Editor, Melbourne

Wednesday, 2 October 2024
Books+Publishing B+P is seeking an experienced editor to join its busy team producing the publication’s daily e-newsletters and the Weekly Book Newsletter, as well as international and feature article content. This role would...