Women’s Prize for Fiction 2019 shortlist announced
Monday, 29 April 2019
In the UK, the shortlist for the 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction has been announced. The six shortlisted titles are: The Silence of the Girls (Pat Barker, Hamish Hamilton) My Sister,...
Barakat wins US$50,000 International Prize for Arabic Fiction
Friday, 26 April 2019
Lebanese author Hoda Barakat has won the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) for her epistolary novel, The Night Mail (Dar al-Adab), reports the Bookseller. Barakat receives US$50,000 (A$70,470) and...
UK publishers report uplift in non-traditional outlet sales
Wednesday, 24 April 2019
In the UK, publishers have reported an uplift in sales from non-traditional outlets, reports the Bookseller. While Nielsen’s Books and Consumers research has found that the ‘other shop’ sector, which...
PRH US introduces reader loyalty program
Tuesday, 23 April 2019
In the US, Penguin Random House has introduced a loyalty program for customers to earn points that can be redeemed for free books, reports Publishers Weekly. Readers can create a...
Hachette UK releases results of ethnicity pay gap report
Thursday, 18 April 2019
Hachette UK has published an ethnicity pay gap report that compares the average wage earnings of the company's Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic (BAME) staff to the average earnings...
Powers wins 2019 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for ‘The Overstory’
Tuesday, 16 April 2019
In the US, Richard Powers has won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for his novel The Overstory (Vintage). The Overstory tells the story of nine strangers brought together by...
PwC report shows growth in UK bookshops while high street retail declines
Friday, 12 April 2019
Bookshops are one of the top retail growth categories in the UK, according to new research from PricewaterhouseCoopers that also shows a record number of UK shops closed in 2018....
Hachette UK opens new distribution centre
Thursday, 11 April 2019
Hachette UK CEO David Shelley has opened the company's new Hely Hutchinson distribution centre in Oxfordshire. The 23,000 sqm building, which Shelley described as ‘the best distribution centre in Europe,...
Man Booker International Prize 2019 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 10 April 2019
The shortlist for the 2019 Man Booker International Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Celestial Bodies (Jokha Alharthi, trans by Marilyn Booth, Sandstone Press) The Years (Annie Ernaux, trans by...
Waterstones staff deliver petition, self-published book with backing of 9000
Tuesday, 9 April 2019
Staff at UK bookselling chain Waterstones have handed in their petition for a ‘real living wage’, featuring more than 9000 signatures, to the chain’s head office in London, reports the...
Shortlist announced for 2019 Jhalak Prize for BAME writers
Monday, 8 April 2019
The shortlist for the UK’s Jhalak Prize for black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) writers has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Built: The Hidden Stories Behind Our Structures (Roma...
International Dublin Literary Award 2019 shortlist announced
Friday, 5 April 2019
The shortlist for the International Dublin Literary Award 2019 has been announced. The 10 shortlisted titles are: Compass (Mathias Énard, trans by Charlotte Mandell, Fitzcarraldo Editions) History of Wolves (Emily...
Flemish author Bart Moeyaert wins 2019 Astrid Lindgren Award
Wednesday, 3 April 2019
In Sweden, Flemish author Bart Moeyaert has been announced as the winner of the five million krona (A$760,000) Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. Moeyaert is the author of more than 50...
2019 Dylan Thomas Prize shortlist announced
Wednesday, 3 April 2019
The shortlist for the 2019 International Dylan Thomas Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Friday Black (Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, riverrun) Folk (Zoe Gilbert, Bloomsbury) In Our Mad and...
Leaver, Smith announce new publishing business
Tuesday, 2 April 2019
In the UK, former Quarto Group CEO Marcus Leaver and former Bonnier Zaffre CEO Mark Smith have launched a new trade publishing business, Welbeck Publishing Group. Based in London, with...
Macmillan, Scholastic report gender pay gaps
Monday, 1 April 2019
Macmillan and Scholastic are the latest UK publishers to report gender pay gaps as part of government regulations that require companies with 250 or more employees to report the difference...
2019 Republic of Consciousness Prize awards joint winners
Friday, 29 March 2019
In the UK, joint winners have been announced for the Republic of Consciousness Prize, which recognises ‘brave, bold and brilliant’ literature from small presses and is open to publishers with...
Antrobus wins 2019 Ted Hughes Award
Thursday, 28 March 2019
In the UK, British Jamaican poet Raymond Antrobus has won the 2019 Ted Hughes Award for his debut collection The Perseverance (Penned In The Margins), reports the Guardian. The Perseverance explores family...
European Parliament passes copyright reform bill
Thursday, 28 March 2019
The European Parliament has passed the EU’s copyright reform bill 348 votes to 274, reports the Bookseller. The Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market aims to update digital...
Sales, earnings up at PRH in 2018
Wednesday, 27 March 2019
Penguin Random House (PRH) parent company Bertelsmann has reported a slight rise in sales and earnings at the publisher in 2018, with revenue up 1.9% to €3.4 billion ($A5.37bn) and...
Waterstones staff campaign for ‘real living wage’
Tuesday, 26 March 2019
In the UK, staff at bookselling chain Waterstones are campaigning to be paid the ‘real living wage’, reports the Bookseller. Piccadilly Waterstones bookseller April Newton set up the online petition...
‘Smash All the Windows’ wins inaugural Selfies Award
Monday, 25 March 2019
In the UK, Jane Davis’ self-published novel Smash All the Windows has won the inaugural Selfies Award for a self-published work of fiction. Smash All the Windows explores the emotional...
‘The Boy at the Back of the Class’ wins Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2019
Friday, 22 March 2019
In the UK, Onjali Q Raúf’s novel The Boy at the Back of the Class (Orion Children's Books) has won the £5000 (A$9230) Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, reports the Bookseller....
US Christian bookstore chain to close 170 bricks-and-mortar stores
Thursday, 21 March 2019
In the US, Christian bookstore chain LifeWay Christian Resources has announced that it will close all 170 of its physical stores by the end of 2019, reports Publishers Weekly. LifeWay...
2019 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals shortlists announced
Wednesday, 20 March 2019
In the UK, the shortlists for the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals 2019 have been announced. The works shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal for an outstanding book for children and...
Kinokuniya’s oldest Asian store outside of Japan to close
Tuesday, 19 March 2019
In Singapore, Japanese bookstore chain Kinokuniya is closing down its oldest branch in Asia outside of Japan, reports the Straits Times. Opened in 1983, Kinokuniya at Liang Court shopping mall...
National Book Critics Circle Awards 2018 winners announced
Monday, 18 March 2019
In the US, the winners of the 2018 National Book Critics Circle Awards have been announced. Among the winners, chosen from shortlists announced in January, are: Fiction Milkman (Anna Burns,...
HBG and Hachette UK sales up despite Lagardère’s profits down
Friday, 15 March 2019
Hachette Book Group (HGB) in the US and Hachette UK have reported 'strong' sales growth in 2018, despite profits falling by 9.6% at parent company Lagardère Publishing. The UK business...
Man Booker International 2019 longlist announced
Thursday, 14 March 2019
The longlist for the 2019 Man Booker International Prize for translated fiction has been announced. The 13 longlisted titles are: Celestial Bodies (Jokha Alharthi, trans by Marilyn Booth, Sandstone Press) Love...
LBF International Excellence Awards winners announced
Wednesday, 13 March 2019
London Book Fair (LBF), in association with the UK Publishers Association, has announced the winners of the International Excellence Awards. The bookstore of the year award went to Fang Suo...
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