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Rights People to represent Affirm Press kids list

Wednesday, 5 December 2018
Affirm Press has engaged international agency Rights People to represent its kids list. Affirm sales and marketing director Keiran Rogers says he is anticipating more international rights sales as a...

$20k unpublished manuscript award launched for WA young writers

Wednesday, 5 December 2018
Fremantle Press is partnering with social-purpose organisation the Fogarty Foundation to launch an unpublished manuscript award for young writers in Western Australia, worth $20,000. The biennial award, called the Fogarty Literary...

Findlay to edit ‘Growing Up Disabled in Australia’

Monday, 3 December 2018
Blogger and appearance activist Carly Findlay will edit the forthcoming anthology Growing Up Disabled in Australia, to be published by Black Inc. in 2020. Black Inc. is seeking first-person submissions that...

Davey appointed head of category at Leading Edge

Monday, 3 December 2018
Leading Edge Group has appointed Charlie Davey as head of category. Davey has held senior positions at Big W and WHSmith, and has more than 27 years’ experience working in...

‘Deep Time Dreaming’ wins John Mulvaney Book Award

Monday, 3 December 2018
Billy Griffiths’ Deep Time Dreaming: Uncovering Ancient Australia (Black Inc.) has won the John Mulvaney Book Award, which recognises significant contributions to the publication of Australian archaeology. Deep Time Dreaming,...

Paper prices to increase in February

Friday, 30 November 2018
Australian paper prices are set to increase in February 2019, following price rises by paper suppliers in 2018, reports Print21. Three major Australian paper suppliers, Ball & Doggett, Spicers, and...

Booktopia looks to crowdfund $10m

Friday, 30 November 2018
Online retailer Booktopia is seeking up to $10 million in equity to help expand warehouse automation, buy more stock and fund the liquidity of the business. Booktopia has engaged crowdfunding...

HEDS hires 20 new warehouse staff to address delays 

Thursday, 29 November 2018
Australian booksellers have been experiencing slower than usual order turnaround times from HarperCollins Entertainment Distribution Services (HEDS), as the Christmas retailing period gets underway. In an email dated 27 November,...

Copyright Agency awards record $240,000 in fellowships

Thursday, 29 November 2018
The Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund has awarded a total of $240,000 for three fellowships. Melbourne writer Jeff Sparrow was awarded the $80,000 author fellowship for his project 'Thinking Differently: Other...

The Next Chapter mentors announced

Thursday, 29 November 2018
The recipients of the 2018 Next Chapter grants for developing writers, each worth $15,000, have been matched with their mentors, who will work with them over 12 months to help...

Pasifika dual-language resources win NZ award

Wednesday, 28 November 2018
In New Zealand, a series of books published by the Ministry of Education (MoE) to help Pasifika children with literacy has won the Pacific Service Excellence Award, as part of...

Berbay acquires middle-grade series by Louise Park

Wednesday, 28 November 2018
Berbay Publishing has acquired world rights to a three-book middle-grade fiction series by Australian children's author Louise Park. The first book in the series, titled Grace's Castle, is a fast-paced time-slip adventure...

Scribe acquires Louise Omer memoir ‘Holy Woman’

Wednesday, 28 November 2018
Scribe has acquired world rights to a memoir about 'faith, feminist spirituality, and a search for meaning' by writer and critic Louise Omer, via Jane Novak of Jane Novak Literary...

Serong wins inaugural Staunch Book Prize

Tuesday, 27 November 2018
Australian author Jock Serong has won the inaugural Staunch Book Prize for his novel On the Java Ridge (Text). The UK-based prize aims to 'make space for an alternative to...

Publishers, authors welcome NZ Copyright Act review

Tuesday, 27 November 2018
The New Zealand government’s Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has released an issues paper on the review of the Copyright Act, which has been welcomed by both the Publishers...

Horne Prize 2018 shortlist announced

Monday, 26 November 2018
The Saturday Paper and skin care company Aesop have announced the shortlist for the $15,000 Horne Prize for narrative nonfiction. The shortlisted writers are: Melanie Cheng for 'All the Other Stories', on...

Collins Booksellers opens in Thirroul, NSW

Friday, 23 November 2018
Collins Booksellers has opened a store in the town of Thirroul in New South Wales. Located 70km south of Sydney, Collins Thirroul is the only bookstore in the Northern Illawarra...

‘Living in Hope’ wins 2018 Most Underrated Book Award

Friday, 23 November 2018
A memoir by a member of the Stolen Generations, Living in Hope (Frank Byrne with Gerard Waterford & Francis Coughlan, Ptilotus Press), has won the Small Press Network’s (SPN) Most Underrated Book...

Amazon unblocks Oz shoppers from US store

Thursday, 22 November 2018
Australian consumers are now able to purchase and ship items from Amazon’s international website, according to a statement from Amazon. The retailer suspended shipping to Australian addresses from its international website...

Book-to-screen projects receive Screen Australian funding

Thursday, 22 November 2018
Two book-to-film adaptations feature among the projects receiving story development funding from Screen Australia. The projects, and their producers, are: A feature film adaptation of Finding Sanity: John Cade, Lithium and...

 

 

 

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