SPN conference 2021: ‘stimulating, diverse and accessible’ Archive
Wednesday, 1 December 2021
The 10th annual Small Press Network (SPN) Independent Publishing Conference was held online on 25–27 November. The 2021 conference ran entirely online for the second year running, but returned to...
‘The Underdogs’ series sells to North America Archive
Wednesday, 1 December 2021
Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing (HGCP) has sold North American rights to ‘The Underdogs’ series by Kate and Jol Temple (illus by Shiloh Gordon) to Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Random...
Hammer, Jubelin joint 2021 Danger Prize winners Archive
Wednesday, 1 December 2021
Trust (Chris Hammer, A&U) and I Catch Killers (Gary Jubelin with Dan Box, HarperCollins) have jointly won the 2021 Danger Prize. Administered by the BAD: Sydney Crime Writers Festival, the...
Ultimo acquires new Henry-Jones novel Archive
Wednesday, 1 December 2021
Ultimo Press has acquired ANZ rights to Eliza Henry-Jones’s latest novel Salt and Skin, in a deal brokered by Pippa Masson of Curtis Brown. Salt and Skin follows a troubled...
Young wins first prize in Scarlet Stiletto Awards 2021 Archive
Tuesday, 30 November 2021
Sisters in Crime Australia has announced the winners of the 2021 Scarlet Stiletto Awards. Canberra-based, first-time crime writer Hayley Young won first prize and receives $1500 for her outback police...
Angry Robot acquires Gold Coast BookTokker debut Archive
Tuesday, 30 November 2021
UK publisher Angry Robot has acquired world, translation and audio rights to Ledge, the adult fantasy debut by Australian BookTokker Stacey McEwan, via Amy Collins of Talcott Notch Literary Agency....
SPN Book of the Year 2021 winners announced Archive
Monday, 29 November 2021
The Small Press Network (SPN) has announced the joint winners of the 2021 SPN Network Book of the Year Award (BOTY). The winning books, both essay collections, are: Echoes (Shu-Ling...
‘Still Life’ named Dymocks 2021 Book of the Year Archive
Monday, 29 November 2021
UK author Sarah Winman’s novel Still Life (Fourth Estate) has been named Dymocks Book of the Year for 2021. In 1944, over one night in a ruined wine cellar of...
S&S acquires Wright biography Archive
Monday, 29 November 2021
Simon & Schuster (S&S) has acquired world rights to the biography of Australian surfer Owen Wright. In 2015 Wright was on the brink of a world title only to have...
New survey: Engaged readers behind pandemic book sales Archive
Friday, 26 November 2021
A national survey by Australia Reads has found 75% of Australians read at least one book a year, with 25% indicating they had not read or listened to a book...
Walkley Book Award 2021 longlist announced Archive
Friday, 26 November 2021
The Walkley Book Award longlist for 2021 has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Toxic: The rotting underbelly of the Tasmanian salmon industry (Richard Flanagan, Penguin) Red Zone: China’s challenge...
ADS adds carriers, staff, says booksellers can ‘start to expect high volumes’ Archive
Friday, 26 November 2021
Australian Distribution Services (ADS) has announced it is working with ‘multiple carriers’ and has added staff to work through supply congestion in the lead up to Christmas. The distributor said...
Aus picture books chosen for IFLA catalogue Archive
Thursday, 25 November 2021
Ten Australian picture books have been selected for the third edition of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) World Picture Books exhibit, which will be launched at...
‘Amnesia Road’ wins 2021 Nib Literary Award Archive
Thursday, 25 November 2021
Luke Stegemann's book Amnesia Road: Landscape, violence and memory (NewSouth) has won Waverley Council’s $20,000 Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award. Amnesia Road is a literary examination of historic violence...
APA, UniMelb funding ‘baseline’ survey on diversity and inclusion in publishing workforce Archive
Wednesday, 24 November 2021
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) and the University of Melbourne are jointly funding a research survey to provide data on diversity and inclusion in the publishing industry workforce in Australia....
Hardie Grant acquires Age Against the Machine book Archive
Wednesday, 24 November 2021
Hardie Grant Books has acquired world print, ebook and audio rights to journalists Melissa Doyle and Naima Brown’s book How to Age Against the Machine, in a deal negotiated by...
Ober wins 2021 French HiP prize Archive
Tuesday, 23 November 2021
Jules Ober has won the 2021 Histoires Photographiques (HiP) prize for best photography book in the youth category with the French version of Jacqueline: A soldier’s daughter (Le Seuil Jeunesse)....
Wheeler Centre to host free series on representation in publishing Archive
Tuesday, 23 November 2021
The Wheeler Centre, Spread the Word and the Melbourne City of Literature Office have partnered to created a free online event series exploring power, representation and diversity in publishing in...
NZ book sales up as Auckland retail reopens Archive
Monday, 22 November 2021
Since bricks-and-mortar booksellers in Auckland and Waikato reopened for in-store trading following almost four months of lockdown, New Zealand print book sales are up in value on the same period...
O’Hanlon wins Varuna/NEWC Fellowship Archive
Monday, 22 November 2021
James O’Hanlon has won the 2021 Varuna/New England Writers’ Centre (NEWC) Fellowship for his manuscript ‘I Love Spiders’. O’Hanlon receives a one week writing residency at Varuna, The National Writers’...
McDermid, Weiden to headline Terror Australis festival Archive
Monday, 22 November 2021
The program has been announced for this year’s Terror Australis Readers and Writers Festival, which is running as a digital event from 27–28 November under the theme ‘CSI: Tasmania’. Among...
Scribner acquires Chingaipe’s ‘Black Convicts’ Archive
Friday, 19 November 2021
Scribner Australia has acquired ANZ rights to Black Convicts: How slavery shaped colonised Australia by journalist, filmmaker and author Santilla Chingaipe, via Grace Heifetz of Left Bank Literary. Based on...
Apolonio wins 2021 Deborah Cass Prize Archive
Friday, 19 November 2021
Bryant Apolonio has won Writers Victoria’s 2021 Deborah Cass prize for his story ‘Independencia’. Apolonio’s story was chosen from a shortlist of nine, He receives $3000 and a mentorship to assist in...
PANZ Book Design Awards 2021 winners announced Archive
Friday, 19 November 2021
The winners of the 2021 Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) Book Design Awards have been announced. The winners in each category were: Gerard Reid Award for Best Book Nature...
PRH acquires Daily Aus guide ‘Break the News’ Archive
Thursday, 18 November 2021
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired world rights to Break the News: The Daily Aus explains the stuff you need to know by Sam Koslowski and Zara Seidler, founders...
Cuthbert joins Pantera Archive
Thursday, 18 November 2021
Pantera Press has appointed Kate Cuthbert to the newly created position of editorial director, for a 14-month contract role while managing editor Lucy Bell is on parental leave. Previously managing...
Pause on east coast consignments as trade works to mitigate XL supply issues Archive
Wednesday, 17 November 2021
Book distributors Alliance Distribution Services (ADS) and Harper Entertainment Distribution Services (HEDS) have informed booksellers of a pause on stock going into XL Express's Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne depots, as...
Better Read union members recommence work bans Archive
Wednesday, 17 November 2021
Retail and Fast Food Workers Union (RAFFWU) members at bookshop Better Read Than Dead (BRTD), in the inner-Sydney suburb of Newtown, have recommenced industrial action, with RAFFWU stating BRTD management...
Brumby Sunstate acquires JB Books Archive
Wednesday, 17 November 2021
Book wholesaler Brumby Sunstate has announced the acquisition of South Australian wholesale distributor and publisher JB Books. Brumby Sunstate said the JB Books warehouse would be relocating ‘to integrate with...
BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival in-person 2021 program announced Archive
Tuesday, 16 November 2021
The program for the 2021 BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival, which runs 2–5 December at the State Library of NSW, has been announced. The festival's 40 events include panels, crime...
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