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US court orders pirate site to pay publishers 

Tuesday, 26 May 2026
In the US, a federal court has ordered the pirate site Anna’s Archive to pay 13 publishers a total of US$19.5 million in damages, “in a case that targets the...

“Taiwan Travelogue” wins 2026 International Booker Prize

Cover of Taiwan Travelogue Wednesday, 20 May 2026
Taiwanese author Yáng Shuāng-zǐ has won the 2026 International Booker Prize, worth £50,000 (A$94,300) for Taiwan Travelogue (translated by Lin King, Scribe), reported the Bookseller. The International Booker Prize is awarded...

Debevec-McKenney wins 2026 Dylan Thomas Prize

Cover of Joy is My Middle Name Monday, 18 May 2026
US poet Sasha Debevec-McKenney has been awarded the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize for her debut collection, Joy Is My Middle Name (Fitzcarraldo), reports the Bookseller. The book was chosen...

UK student reading program improves attitudes to reading 

Thursday, 14 May 2026
In the UK, the LitUp reading-for-pleasure program has shown significant results in improving children’s attitudes to reading in 6 primary schools in Hastings, reported the Bookseller. Developed by Bloomsbury Publishing...

Publishers sue Meta, Zuckerberg 

Wednesday, 6 May 2026
In the US, publishers Elsevier, Cengage Learning, Hachette Book Group, Macmillan Publishers, and McGraw Hill have filed a class action lawsuit against Meta and its founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg,...

Pulitzer Prize 2026 winners announced

Tuesday, 5 May 2026
In the US, the winners of the 2026 Pulitzer Prizes have been announced. The winners in the Pulitzer Prize book categories are: Fiction Angel Down (Daniel Kraus, Titan) Nonfiction There...

S&S creates new global distribution channel 

Monday, 4 May 2026
Simon & Schuster (S&S) has created Simon Global, a new global distribution service, reports Publishers Weekly (PW). S&S has promoted Caryn Schwartz in the US and Alex Santos in the...

Hachette workers in US, Canada seek to unionise 

Wednesday, 29 April 2026
A supermajority of 600 Hachette Book Group employees in the US and Canada have signed to join a union, and launched the Hachette Workers Coalition (HWC), reports Publishers Weekly (PW). The...

Walsh dominates first UK BookTok bestseller list

Tuesday, 28 April 2026
In the UK, TikTok has released its first monthly BookTok bestseller list for the market, in collaboration with market research company Media Control. “On behalf of NielsenIQ BookData, Media Control will...

Bookshop.org revenue up 55%

Monday, 27 April 2026
In the US, online bookselling site Bookshop.org has reported its 2025 revenue is up 55% compared to the previous year, reports Publishers Weekly (PW). Revenue in 2025 for the platform, which...

Women’s Prize for Fiction 2026 shortlist announced

The 2026 Women’s Prize for Fiction Judging Panel Thursday, 23 April 2026
The Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist has been announced, which includes “6 powerful stories by new voices and established authors, interrogating women’s roles in society, showcasing women’s agency, and the...

Publishing Triangle Awards winners announced

Cover of Drought Wednesday, 22 April 2026
In the US, the Publishing Triangle, an association of LGBTQ+ people in publishing, has announced winners for the 2026 Publishing Triangle Awards. Winners were announced for 10 categories, including: The...

Klassen wins Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 

Jon Klassen. Photo credit: Carson Ellis. Monday, 20 April 2026
Canadian illustrator and picture book artist Jon Klassen has won the 2026 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, worth 5 million SEK (A$761,000). Klassen’s breakout book, I Want My Hat Back (Walker...

Oliver wins €6000 Moth Poetry Prize

Adam Oliver Thursday, 16 April 2026
English poet Adam Oliver has won the €6000 (A$9900) Moth Poetry Prize for “Shazaya”. The annual international prize for a single unpublished poem, now in its 15th year, is sponsored...

Hans Christian Andersen Award 2026 winners announced

Hans Christian Anderson 2026 tile featuring gold award Wednesday, 15 April 2026
Children’s writer Michael Rosen, from the UK, and illustrator Cai Gao, from China, have been named the winners of the 2026 IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) Hans...

Weymouth wins inaugural Sherborne Prize for Travel Writing

Tuesday, 14 April 2026
In the UK, Adam Weymouth has won the inaugural £10,000 (A$19,043) Sherborne Prize for Travel Writing for Lone Wolf (Hutchinson Heinemann), reported the Bookseller. Weymouth’s account of a young wolf’s 1000-mile journey to the...

New imprints at Paramount and Abrams as FSG closes MCD

Monday, 13 April 2026
In the US, the former parent company of Simon & Schuster, Paramount Global, has launched the new publishing imprint Paramount Global Publishing, to “create new opportunities to develop original IP”, reported...

Dublin Literary Award 2026 shortlist announced

Covers of the Dublin Literary Award 2026 shortlisted titles Thursday, 9 April 2026
The shortlist for the 2026 Dublin Literary Award has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: The Emperor of Gladness (Ocean Vuong, Vintage) Gliff (Ali Smith, Penguin General) In Late Summer (Magdalena Blažević, trans...

 

 

 

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