Judge releases full decision blocking PRH acquisition of S&S
Wednesday, 9 November 2022
In the US, federal court judge Florence Pan’s 80-page written decision blocking Penguin Random House’s (PRH) acquisition of Simon & Schuster (S&S) has been published, reports Publishers Weekly. Pan found...
Court blocks PRH acquisition of S&S
Wednesday, 2 November 2022
Bertelsmann, the parent company of Penguin Random House, will appeal a ruling by a US federal court blocking its proposed acquisition of Simon & Schuster (S&S). In a two-page order,...
Kirkus Prize 2022 winners announced
Monday, 31 October 2022
The winners of the 2022 Kirkus Prize, worth US$50,000 (A$78,000) in each category, have been announced. Hernan Diaz won the fiction category for his novel Trust (Picador), which follows a...
Waterstones Book of the Year shortlist announced
Friday, 28 October 2022
UK bookselling chain Waterstones has announced the shortlist for its annual Book of the Year award. The 10 shortlisted titles are: The Marriage Portrait (Maggie O’Farrell, Tinder Press) Heartstopper Volume...
‘When Women Kill’ wins British Academy Book Prize
Thursday, 27 October 2022
In the UK, Chilean writer Alia Trabucco Zerán has won the £25,000 (A$44,770) British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding for When Women Kill: Four crimes retold (trans by...
Around 90,000 attend Frankfurt
Monday, 24 October 2022
Around 90,000 visitors from more than 100 nations attended Frankfurt Book Fair’s (FBF) official trade days, reports Publishing Perspectives. FBF president and CEO Juergen Boos said the number of visitors...
US$75K Cundill History Prize finalists announced
Friday, 21 October 2022
The finalists for the 2022 Cundill History Prize, which rewards ‘the best history writing in English’, have been announced. The finalists are: Cuba: An American history (Ada Ferrer, Scribner) All That...
Frankfurt Book Fair opens
Thursday, 20 October 2022
The first full-scale Frankfurt Book Fair in three years has opened. The Bookseller reported rights-traders have noted ‘an appetite for literary works’ and a ‘later’ Frankfurt season, with ‘more pre-empts...
HarperCollins US staff vote to strike
Wednesday, 19 October 2022
Representatives for unionised HarperCollins US employees will go on strike on 7 November, reports Publishers Weekly. Employees have been negotiating for 11 months for a new employment agreement but have...
Karunatilaka wins Booker Prize for ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida’
Tuesday, 18 October 2022
In the UK, Sri Lankan writer Shehan Karunatilaka has won the 2022 Booker Prize, worth £50,000 (A$90,250), for The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida (Sort Of Books). The Seven Moons of...
HarperCollins US lays off ‘small number’ of employees
Monday, 17 October 2022
HarperCollins US has eliminated ‘a small number of positions’ due to slowing industry sales and rising costs, reports Publishers Weekly. In a memo to employees, CEO Brian Murphy said job...
T S Eliot Prize shortlist announced
Friday, 14 October 2022
In the UK, the shortlist for this year’s T S Eliot Prize for Poetry, worth £25,000 (A$45K), has been announced. The 10 shortlisted poetry collections are: Quiet (Victoria Adukwei Bulley,...
US print sales down 4.8% YTD
Wednesday, 12 October 2022
In the US, unit sales of print books were down 4.8% in the first nine months of the year compared to the same period in 2021, reports Publishers Weekly. According...
Baillie Gifford Prize 2022 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 11 October 2022
In the UK, the shortlist for this year’s Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction has been announced. The six shortlisted books are: Legacy of Violence: A history of the British Empire...
Ernaux wins Nobel Prize in Literature
Friday, 7 October 2022
The Swedish Academy has announced French writer Annie Ernaux as the winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature, worth 10 million Swedish krona (A$1.4m). Ernaux, whose work is mostly...
Goldsmiths Prize 2022 shortlist announced
Thursday, 6 October 2022
In the UK, the shortlist for the 2022 Goldsmiths Prize, worth £10,000 (A$17,500), has been announced. The shortlisted novels are: Somebody Loves You (Mona Arshi, And Other Stories) Seven Steeples...
National Book Award Finalists announced
Wednesday, 5 October 2022
In the US, the finalists for the 2022 National Book Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Fiction The Rabbit Hutch (Tess Gunty, Knopf) The Birdcatcher (Gayl Jones, Beacon)...
Walker Books operating profit up 30% in 2021
Tuesday, 4 October 2022
Walker Books's operating profit grew 30% in 2021 to £6.8 million (A$11.3m), up from £5.3 million (A$9.2m) in 2020, reports the Bookseller. Walker attributed its profit growth to cost reductions....
Authors accuse publishers of undermining libraries
Monday, 3 October 2022
More than 300 authors have signed an open letter asking publishers and trade organisations to ‘cease efforts to undermine the essential contributions of libraries to an accessible and inclusive world...
Amazon changes Kindle returns policy after author complaints
Friday, 30 September 2022
In the US, Amazon will shorten the Kindle ebook returns window following complaints from authors. Amazon’s current ebooks return policy allows readers to receive a full refund for up to...
Royal Society 2022 Science Book Prize shortlist announced
Thursday, 29 September 2022
In the UK, the Royal Society has announced the shortlist for the 2022 Science Book Prize for popular science books written for a non-specialist audience. The shortlisted tites are: Age...
FT Business Book of the Year Award shortlist announced
Wednesday, 28 September 2022
In the UK, the shortlist for the 2022 Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award has been announced. The shortlisted books are: Dead in the Water: Murder and fraud...
France to impose minimum €3 delivery fee for online orders
Tuesday, 27 September 2022
The French government has announced plans to impose a minimum €3 (A$4.50) delivery fee for online book orders of less than €35 (A$52), reports Reuters. The law is designed to...
US$75k Cundill History Prize shortlist announced
Monday, 26 September 2022
The shortlist for the 2022 Cundill History Prize, which rewards ‘the best history writing in English’, have been announced. The shortlisted titles are: In the Forest of No Joy: The...
Spotify US unveils audiobook catalogue
Wednesday, 21 September 2022
In the US, audio streaming platform Spotify has unveiled its catalogue of 300,000 audiobook titles, reports the Bookseller. Audiobooks on Spotify will sit alongside the platform’s music and podcast catalogues...
Hollis wins 2022 Klaus Flugge Prize
Monday, 19 September 2022
In the UK, Joseph Namara Hollis has won the £5000 (A$8495) Klaus Flugge Prize for most promising newcomer to children’s picture book illustration for Pierre’s New Hair (Tate Publishing). The book...
Bologna rights centre to open to adult publishers
Tuesday, 13 September 2022
Bologna Children’s Book Fair (BCBF) will expand its current BCBF Agents' Centre to include rights professionals from across the industry, including adult general trade publishers. BCBF director Elena Pasoli said:...
Harper wins Glass Bell Award for ‘The Wolf Den’
Monday, 12 September 2022
In the UK, Elodie Harper has won the £2000 (A$3390) Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award for her novel The Wolf Den (Head of Zeus), reports the Bookseller. Harper’s novel is the first in a...
Shortlist for £25k British Academy Book Prize announced
Thursday, 8 September 2022
In the UK, the shortlist for the £25,000 (A$42,650) British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding has been announced, reports the Bookseller. The shortlisted books are: The Invention of...
Booker Prize 2022 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 7 September 2022
The shortlist for the 2022 Booker Prize has been announced. The six books shortlisted for the £50,000 (A$85,510) prize are: Glory (NoViolet Bulawayo, Viking) The Trees (Percival Everett, Influx) Treacle...
