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Inside the Australian and New Zealand book industry

Wednesday, 5 June 2024
Publisher: Sound Wisdom Old distributor: Woodslane Pty Ltd New distributor: Simon & Schuster Changeover date: 1 September 2024 Returns cut-off: 31 August 2024 Contact URL: info@woodslane.com.au

Editor, Canberra

Wednesday, 5 June 2024
Department of Defence The Sea Power Centre—Australia (SPC-A) is seeking an APS 6 Editor who will play an important role in the Royal Australian Navy’s research and publishing priorities. We...

Change for Palazzo Editions

Wednesday, 5 June 2024
Publisher: Palazzo Editions ISBN prefix: 978178675 Old distributor: Peribo New distributor: Affirm Press Changeover date: 1 July 2024 Returns cut-off: 31 July 2024 Contact URL: www.peribo.com.au

Change for Vision Australia

Wednesday, 5 June 2024
Publisher: Vision Australia Old distributor: Berbay Publishing New distributor: Vision Australia Changeover date: 1 June 2024

Production coordinator, Sydney

Wednesday, 5 June 2024
Allen & Unwin Allen & Unwin, Australia’s leading independent book publisher, is seeking a Production Co-ordinator. This busy, full-time role manages a wide range of titles for A&U. Duties include:...

Hardie Grant Publishing distribution update

Wednesday, 5 June 2024
Hardie Grant Publishing would like to remind our customers that with the change of distribution to TDLC from 1 July 2024, EDI orders will need to be switched over on...

Text announces Nina Kenwood’s ‘The Wedding Forecast’ (September)

Wednesday, 5 June 2024
Rachael Johns has praised The Wedding Forecast as ‘The definition of feel-good fiction. A romantic delight from cover to cover.’ Nina Kenwood breathes fresh life into the impossible-lovers trope with...

Chief operating officer, Melbourne

Wednesday, 5 June 2024
Melbourne University Publishing Melbourne University Publishing (MUP) is looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated and skilled Chief Operating Officer (COO). MUP, a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of...

Jhalak prizes 2024 winners announced

Monday, 3 June 2024
In the UK, Yepoka Yeebo has won the 2024 Jhalak Prize for Anansi’s Gold: The man who swindled the world (Bloomsbury), and Hiba Noor Khan has won the Jhalak Children’s...

Robertson wins 2024 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Pacific category

Monday, 3 June 2024
Aotearoa New Zealand writer Pip Robertson has won the Pacific category of the 2024 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for the story ‘A River Then the Road’, in which a 12-year-old...

Bloomsbury acquires RLPG’s US academic publishing business

Thursday, 30 May 2024
UK-based Bloomsbury Publishing has acquired the academic publishing business of US publisher Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group (RLPG), reports Publishers Weekly (PW). The purchase—for US$83 million (A$125.5m)—marks the biggest acquisition...

YABBA Awards 2024 shortlists announced

Thursday, 30 May 2024
The 2024 YABBA (Young Australians Best Book Awards) shortlists have been announced. Shortlisted titles are: Picture storybooks The Black Cockatoo with One Feather Blue (Jodie McLeod, illus by Eloise Short,...

ABDA winners, Text Prize shortlist announced, agency news for Affirm and Hardie Grant

Wednesday, 29 May 2024
Some agency news this week: Affirm Press will distribute titles from new UK-based publishing house Gemini Books in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand from July; and Hardie Grant has announced new...

Auckland Writers Festival breaks attendance record, ‘Lioness’ the number one bestseller

Wednesday, 29 May 2024
The Auckland Writers Festival Waituhi o Tāmaki reported that this year's festival program, held 14–19 May, has ‘broken all attendance records’. The festival recorded more than 85,000 attendees at 167...

Gesa recognised in 2024 First Nations Arts and Culture Awards

Wednesday, 29 May 2024
Indigenous, Pasifika and West Asian writer Meleika Gesa has been recognised with a Dreaming Award for young emerging artists at the 2024 First Nations Arts and Culture Awards. The awards...

Headline launches new ‘serious’ nonfiction imprint

Wednesday, 29 May 2024
In the UK, Headline Publishing Group is launching Headline Press, a new ‘serious’ nonfiction imprint, reports the Bookseller. Headline said the new imprint, to be led by publisher Martin Redfern,...

Change for New India Publishing Agency – NIPA

Wednesday, 29 May 2024
Publisher: New India Publishing Agency – NIPA New distributor: Eurospan Contact URL: www.eurospan.co.uk

Change for Curtis Press

Wednesday, 29 May 2024
Publisher: Curtis Press ISBN prefix: 978-0-9934002; 978-1-8381280 New distributor: Eurospan Changeover date: 1 May 2024 Contact URL: www.eurospan.co.uk

Editor, children’s books, Sydney

Wednesday, 29 May 2024
HarperCollins Publishers HarperCollins Publishers has an exciting opportunity for an organised and enthusiastic individual to join the HarperCollins Children’s Books (HCCB) division in the role of Editor. The role will...

Read Independent Publishing’s May newsletter

Wednesday, 29 May 2024
Independent Publishing is an online resource and a free monthly newsletter publication filled with news and tips for independent publishers, independent authors, hybrid authors and content creators. The Independent Publishing newsletter...

Inaugural ABR Inglis Fellowship announced

Tuesday, 28 May 2024
The Australian Book Review (ABR) has announced a new fellowship program—the $5000 ABR Inglis Fellowship. The inaugural year-long program will give one fellow the opportunity to write three review essays...

Text Prize 2024 shortlist announced

Tuesday, 28 May 2024
The shortlist for the 2024 Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing, worth $10,000, has been announced. Shortlisted manuscripts are: ‘The Feathers of Farwood’ by Jayne McIntyre (middle grade),...

Bloomsbury reports record year of revenue and profit

Tuesday, 28 May 2024
In the UK, Bloomsbury has reported its highest revenue and profit in its 37-year history, reports the Bookseller, which also said sales of titles by Bloomsbury author Sarah J Maas...

‘Solenoid’ wins 2024 Dublin Literary Award

Monday, 27 May 2024
Solenoid by Romanian author Mircea Cărtărescu (Deep Vellum Publishing), translated by US translator Sean Cotter, has won the €100,000 (A$163,706) international Dublin Literary Award, the world’s most valuable annual prize...

Bacon awarded 2024 Hedberg Writer-in-Residence

Monday, 27 May 2024
African Australian speculative fiction author Eugen Bacon has been named the 2024 University of Tasmania Hedberg Writer-in-Residence, worth $30,000. Eugen will use the Hobart residency, which consists of three months writing, working...