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ILF wins Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2024

Wednesday, 10 April 2024
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) has won the 2024 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA), worth five million Swedish kronor (A$710,000). The ILF was announced as the winner at a live...

2024 Roly Sussex Short Story Competition open for entries

Wednesday, 10 April 2024
ESU Roly Sussex Short Story Competition 1 April - 6 September 2024 Open Division: 1st Prize $7500/ 2nd Prize $1500 Secondary School: 1st Prize $1000/ 2nd Prize $500 For further...

Shop manager, Melbourne

Wednesday, 10 April 2024
Readings Due to a upcoming retirement, Readings is looking for a passionate Shop Manager to work on a full-time, permanent basis. The incumbent is responsible for all aspects of the...

Imperial Harvest

Wednesday, 10 April 2024
Imperial Harvest is a timely book that speaks to the universal lessons of war. This fiction by bestselling Australian author Bruce Pascoe is set in 13th century Mongolia and addresses...

Aotearoa New Zealand publishers represented at Bologna

Tuesday, 9 April 2024
Eight publishers are exhibiting at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair as part of the Aotearoa New Zealand collective stand. The stand will be managed by Publishers Association of New Zealand...

Puffin UK to launch graphic novel imprint

Tuesday, 9 April 2024
In the UK, Penguin Random House has revealed the logo and publishing program of its new graphic novel imprint, Puffin Graphics, reports the Bookseller. The new imprint is aimed at...

Stager, Godwin to be inducted into ABIA Hall of Fame; business, publisher shortlists announced

Thursday, 4 April 2024
Bookseller Fiona Stager and children’s author and publisher Jane Godwin will be inducted into the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) Hall of Fame at the 2024 ABIAs ceremony on 9...

China: book market up 4.72%; e-commerce, short-video platforms drive growth

Thursday, 4 April 2024
The value of the book market in China increased by 4.72% in 2023, with sales revenue at list price of 91.2 billion yuan (A$19.3 billion), according to Beijing OpenBook, reports...

Stella Prize 2024 shortlist announced

Thursday, 4 April 2024
The shortlist for the $60,000 Stella Prize for women and non-binary writers has been announced. The shortlisted books are: Praiseworthy (Alexis Wright, Giramondo) Feast (Emily O’Grady, A&U) Abandon Every Hope: Essays for...

Windham-Campbell Prizes 2024 recipients announced

Wednesday, 3 April 2024
In the US, the recipients of the 2024 Windham-Campbell Prizes, worth US$175,000 (A$268,500) each, have been announced. For fiction, the prize recognised Irish author Deirdre Madden, whose work—including Molly Fox’s Birthday...

Publishing project editor, Sydney

Wednesday, 3 April 2024
Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) Remote/office work Opportunity to travel First Nations candidates are encouraged to apply The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) is a national charity working with Aboriginal and Torres...

Change for Jolly Learning Ltd

Wednesday, 3 April 2024
Publisher: Jolly Learning Ltd New distributor: Woodslane Pty Ltd Changeover date: 1 May 2024 Contact: info@woodslane.com.au

Production manager, Sydney

Wednesday, 3 April 2024
Allen & Unwin Allen & Unwin, Australia’s largest independent book publisher, is looking to appoint an experienced Production Manager to take responsibility for the overall running of the Allen &...

Spineless Wonders, AAWP announce new novella prize

Tuesday, 2 April 2024
Spineless Wonders has announced the inaugural Novella Prize, in partnership with the Australasian Association of Writing Programs (AAWP). Spineless Wonders publisher Bronwyn Mehan said the collaboration with the AAWP on...

Gleebooks completes renovation

Tuesday, 2 April 2024
The renovation of the Gleebooks building at 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe, NSW, has been completed. Gleebooks co-owner David Gaunt described the updated building as ‘fit for the 21st century’...

Williams tops Dymocks Top 101

Tuesday, 2 April 2024
Bookselling chain Dymocks has announced its 2024 Top 101 list, voted on by readers, with Pip Williams’s The Bookbinder of Jericho (Affirm) taking out the top spot. The top 10...

Australian Book Design Awards 2024 shortlists announced

Thursday, 28 March 2024
The shortlists for the 2024 Australian Book Design Awards, presented by the Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA), have been announced. The shortlisted titles in selected categories are: Best designed commercial...

B+P Easter publishing schedule

Thursday, 28 March 2024
Due to the Easter long weekend, the Books+Publishing newsletter will not be published tomorrow, Friday, 29 March or Monday, 1 April. The deadline for classifieds and job advertisements in the next...

George Robertson Award 2024 winners announced, changes to APA board

Thursday, 28 March 2024
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced the winners of the 2024 George Robertson Awards, which recognises long and distinguished service to the publishing industry. Annette Barlow (publisher, Allen &...

Women’s Prize for Nonfiction 2024 shortlist announced

Thursday, 28 March 2024
The shortlist for the inaugural Women’s Prize for Nonfiction, worth £30,000 (A$58,000), has been announced. The six titles shortlisted for the award are: Thunderclap: A memoir of art and life...

Wright shortlisted for 2024 James Tait Black Prize

Wednesday, 27 March 2024
Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright (Giramondo) has been shortlisted for the fiction award in the 2024 James Tait Black Prizes. The works shortlisted for the fiction and biography prizes, each worth...

PRH 2023 results flat, despite revenue rise

Wednesday, 27 March 2024
While Penguin Random House (PRH) recorded a 7% revenue rise worldwide for the full year 2023—to €4.53 billion (A$7.51b), up from €4.22 billion (A$7.00b) in 2022—profit dropped slightly, down by...

ABIAs book shortlists; MWF, BWF programs; Marr wins Indie Book of the Year

Wednesday, 27 March 2024
The Australian Publishers’ Association this week announced the book shortlists for the 2024 ABIAs; both the Brisbane and Melbourne Writers Festivals announced their 2024 programs; Copyright Licensing New Zealand has...

Wright shortlisted for 2024 Dublin Literary Award

Wednesday, 27 March 2024
Alexis Wright has been shortlisted for the €100,000 (A$166,000) International Dublin Literary Award, the world’s most valuable annual prize for a single work of fiction written in or translated into...

Booktique to open store in Albury

Wednesday, 27 March 2024
Booktique—an independent bookshop currently operating in Wangaratta, Victoria—is opening a second store in Albury, NSW. Michelle Delle Vergin, who owns both stores with husband Mark Bolsius, said that for the...

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Wednesday, 27 March 2024
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Wednesday, 27 March 2024
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