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VIPs 2023 in-person program to run alongside SWF 

Tuesday, 21 February 2023
The Australia Council has announced the Visiting International Publishers (VIPs) program will return this year as an in-person program, for the first time since 2019. The 2023 VIPs program will...

McFarlane, Serong longlisted for 2023 Walter Scott Prize

Monday, 20 February 2023
Two Australian authors have been longlisted for the UK’s £25,000 (A$43,750) Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. Fiona McFarlane was longlisted for her second novel The Sun Walks Down (A&U),...

US online sales up 5.6% 

Monday, 20 February 2023
In the US, a report from Bookstat found online sales of print books, ebooks and audiobooks grew 5.6% to US$12.13 billion (A$17.7b) in 2022, reports Publishers Weekly. Bookstat covers an...

Racklyeft wins 2023 SCBWI Bologna Scholarship

Friday, 17 February 2023
Melbourne-based author and illustrator Jess Racklyeft has been awarded a Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) International Bologna Scholarship to attend this year’s Bologna book fair. Racklyeft and...

Books in the media this weekend: 18–19 February 

Friday, 17 February 2023
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend.  National The Saturday Paper  Credo: Selected essays (Imants Tillers, Giramondo)  O'Leary of the Underworld (Kate...

US bookstore sales rise 6%

Friday, 17 February 2023
In the US, bookstore sales rose an estimated 6.2% last year over 2021 according to preliminary estimates from the US Census Bureau, reports Publishers Weekly. According to US Census Bureau...

Paramount reportedly exploring sale of S&S

Thursday, 16 February 2023
Simon & Schuster (S&S) parent company Paramount is working with a financial adviser to explore a sale of the publisher, reports Reuters. Reuters reports that, according to people familiar with...

Dinalie Dabarera recommends 

Wednesday, 15 February 2023
I recently finished reading Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner (Picador), which very poignantly deals with some themes similar to those in my own book, like family, culture and...

Dinalie Dabarera on ‘Quiet Time with My Seeya’

Wednesday, 15 February 2023
Dinalie Dabarera's debut picture book Quiet Time with My Seeya tells a gentle story of the relationship between a young child and her Sinhalese grandpa. 'This mutual love and tenderness...

Transit Lounge acquires Cameron literary thriller 

Wednesday, 15 February 2023
Transit Lounge has acquired world rights to The Rewilding, the second novel by Donna M Cameron, via Fiona Johnson at Beyond Words Literary Agency. ‘The Rewilding captures the essence of...

King joins HarperCollins as nonfiction publisher 

Wednesday, 15 February 2023
HarperCollins Australia has appointed Georgia Frances King to the role of publisher, commissioning nonfiction for the ABC Books and HarperCollins imprints. King replaces Jude McGee, who left HarperCollins in December...

PRH signs Johns in two-book deal 

Tuesday, 14 February 2023
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired world rights to the novel The Other Bridget Jones by Rachael Johns in a two-book deal, agented by Helen Breitwieser of Cornerstone Literary....

B&N sales up in 2022

Tuesday, 14 February 2023
In the US, sales at chain bookseller Barnes & Noble (B&N) in 2022 were ‘very comfortably’ above pre-pandemic levels, reports Publishers Weekly (PW). CEO James Daunt told PW 2022 was...

Scribe acquires Smaill’s ‘Bird Life’ 

Monday, 13 February 2023
In the UK, Scribe has acquired world English rights to the novel Bird Life by New Zealand author Anna Smaill via Will Francis at Janklow and Nesbit, reports BookBrunch. Smaill...

Books in the media this weekend, 11–12 February 

Friday, 10 February 2023
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend.  National The Saturday Paper  A Country of Eternal Light (Paul Dalgarno, Fourth Estate) The Matchmaker...

Ultimo acquires ‘The Paris Cooking School’ 

Friday, 10 February 2023
Ultimo Press has acquired world English-language rights to a novel from Sophie Masson, writing as Sophie Beaumont, in a deal brokered by Margaret Connolly of Margaret Connolly & Associates. The...

Waterstones Children’s Book Prize shortlists announced

Friday, 10 February 2023
In the UK, the shortlists for the 2023 Waterstones Children’s Book Prize have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Illustrated books The Fairy Garden (Georgia Buckthorn, illus...

UQP acquires new O’Keeffe novel 

Friday, 10 February 2023
UQP has acquired world rights to The Sitter, a new novel by Angela O’Keeffe, from Shaw Literary. Described by the publisher as ‘startlingly accomplished and multilayered’, The Sitter is about...

BolognaBookPlus 2023 program announced

Thursday, 9 February 2023
Bologna Children’s Book Fair (BCBF) has announced its line-up of events and services for its BolognaBookPlus 2023 program, which takes place alongside the children’s book fair from 6–9 March. BCBF...

Reid steps down at PRH 

Thursday, 9 February 2023
Karen Reid has resigned from Penguin Random House (PRH) after 30 years at the company. 'Reid first joined the Transworld publicity department after a stint in bookselling and very quickly...

Five Mile owner Regency Media appoints administrators 

Thursday, 9 February 2023
Regency Media, the owner of Five Mile Press, has entered administration. Regency Media managing director Fiona Horman told Books+Publishing the company has entered voluntary administration and is 'continuing to operate...

 

 

 

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