Best of the best books of 2022
Wednesday, 11 January 2023
Across five major ‘best books of 2022’ articles published late last year, over 120 individual titles were mentioned by Australian critics, authors and book industry figures as their favourite reads...
Release of issues paper kicks off copyright review
Wednesday, 11 January 2023
The Attorney-General’s Department has released an issues paper on copyright enforcement as part of a review into whether Australia’s current copyright enforcement regime is fit-for-purpose. Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said the...
Affirm acquires Lord debut YA spec-fic
Wednesday, 11 January 2023
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to Anomaly, the debut young adult novel by Sydney-based writer Emma Lord. Described by the publisher as Tomorrow When the War Began meets The...
Print sales drop in US, UK in 2022
Tuesday, 10 January 2023
In the US, Publishers Weekly has reported that sales of print books fell by 6.5% in 2022 compared to 2021, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Sales totalled 788.7 million...
Law to adapt Pung’s ‘One Hundred Days’ for screen
Tuesday, 10 January 2023
Black Inc. has sold screen rights to Alice Pung's novel One Hundred Days to author and screenwriter Michelle Law, in a deal made by Black Inc. international director Sophy Williams. Pung’s...
Mascara, Varuna residency winners announced
Tuesday, 10 January 2023
The winners of the inaugural Mascara Varuna Writers’ and Editors’ Residency have been announced. The successful writers and their manuscripts are: Timmah Ball, for experimental nonfiction collection 'Blue Print for Another World'...
Clarke joins HGCP with two-book deal
Monday, 9 January 2023
Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing (HGCP) has acquired two books by Maxine Beneba Clarke. Releasing in June 2023, the first title, It’s the Sound of the Thing: 100 new poems for...
VPLAs 2023 shortlists announced
Monday, 9 January 2023
The shortlists for the 2023 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards were announced in December. The shortlisted and highly commended works in each category are: Fiction ($25,000) An Exciting and Vivid Inner...
Dohle steps down as PRH CEO
Monday, 9 January 2023
Bertelsmann, parent company of Penguin Random House (PRH), announced in December last year that PRH CEO Markus Dohle was stepping down from the role at the end of 2022, ‘and...
Tasmanian Literary Awards 2022 winners announced
Monday, 9 January 2023
The recipients of the 2022 Tasmanian Literary Awards were announced in December. The winners in each category, chosen from shortlists announced in November, are: Young readers and children ($25,000) Ella...
Splatt awarded Beatrice Davis Editorial Fellowship
Monday, 9 January 2023
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced Allen & Unwin editor Sophie Splatt as the recipient of the 2022–23 Beatrice Davis Editorial Fellowship (BDEF). An editor of books for children...
PMLAs 2022 winners announced
Tuesday, 13 December 2022
The recipients of the 2022 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards (PMLAs) have been announced. The winners in each category receive $80,000 and the shortlisted writers each receive $5000. All prizes are...
Final ‘Books+Publishing’ newsletter for 2022
Friday, 9 December 2022
This Books+Publishing newsletter is the last for 2022. The daily newsletter will return on Monday, 9 January 2023. The Books+Publishing team wishes our readers all the best for the holiday season...
Paramount recommits to selling S&S
Friday, 9 December 2022
In the US, Simon & Schuster (S&S) parent company Paramount CEO Bob Bakish said the company still plans to sell the publisher, reports Publishers Weekly. Speaking at a UBS media...
Magabala 2022 fellowship and scholarships recipients, inaugural AIC grant winners
Friday, 9 December 2022
Magabala Books has recently partnered with Australian Indigenous Coffee (AIC) to launch the AIC Creative Grant which supports First Nations creators at any stage of their journey. The winners of...
HarperCollins addresses stalled union negotiations
Thursday, 8 December 2022
HarperCollins US CEO Brian Murray has written an open letter to authors and agents addressing details behind the publisher’s stalled negotiations with the union representing its striking workers, reports Publishers...
Burland assumes APA presidency from Kellow
Thursday, 8 December 2022
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has appointed Penguin Random House ANZ CEO Julie Burland as its new president. Burland will replace Ultimo Press managing director James Kellow, who recently announced...
Indie Book Awards 2023 longlists announced
Thursday, 8 December 2022
Leading Edge Books has announced the longlists for the 2023 Indie Book Awards. The longlisted titles in each category are: Fiction Limberlost (Robbie Arnott, Text) Cold Enough for Snow (Jessica...
Hay wins 2022 Blake-Beckett Trust Scholarship
Thursday, 8 December 2022
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced Ashley Hay as the winner of the $20,000 Blake-Beckett Trust Scholarship for her manuscript ‘The Running Dream’. Selected from a shortlist of...
New category added to WA Prem’s awards
Wednesday, 7 December 2022
The Western Australian Premier's Book Awards has added a new category for the 2023 awards. The Premier's Prize for Book of the Year Award, worth $15,000, will be sponsored by...
Credit for the edit?
Wednesday, 7 December 2022
Should editors come out from behind the curtain? Alice Grundy ponders the benefits of a more visible role for publishing's 'invisible menders'. Having worked in publishing for 15 years, a...
Rich encounters: Terri-ann White on the Sharjah International Book Fair
Wednesday, 7 December 2022
Each year the Sharjah International Book Fair brings publishing professionals to the United Arab Emirates through its fellowship program. Terri-ann White of Upswell Publishing, who attended in 2022, reports on...
Ultimo acquires Knight memoir
Wednesday, 7 December 2022
Ultimo Press has acquired world rights to the memoir Strange Little Girl by Melbourne-based writer, performer and zine maker Jess Knight. Described by the publisher as a ‘heart-warming, unapologetic and...
A&U, Voices from the Intersection mentorship recipients announced
Wednesday, 7 December 2022
Allen & Unwin (A&U) and Voices from the Intersection have announced the recipients of their partnership mentorship program for emerging children’s and YA own voices writers and illustrators. The successful...
Miller wins FT Book of the Year for ‘Chip War’
Wednesday, 7 December 2022
In the UK, Chip War: The Fight for the world’s most critical technology (Chris Miller, S&S) has won the 2022 Financial Times (FT) Book of the Year Award. In Chip War, Miller unpicks the...
Hachette UK acquires Welbeck
Tuesday, 6 December 2022
Hachette UK has acquired independent Welbeck Publishing Group (WPG), reports the Bookseller. Welbeck’s adult trade, gift and illustrated titles will become part of Headline Publishing Group, while Welbeck’s children’s list...
Booktopia sells stake in Welbeck ANZ
Tuesday, 6 December 2022
Online bookseller Booktopia has sold its share in Welbeck Publishing Australia New Zealand (Welbeck ANZ) for $1.5 million. Booktopia, which invested $3 million for a 25% stake in Welbeck ANZ...
Copyright Agency funding: Au, Tsao receive $25k Create grants, new fellowship for young writers
Tuesday, 6 December 2022
Twenty-one arts organisations have received a total of $274,517 in the latest round of funding from the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund. The major capital city writers’ festivals and Byron Writers’...
Hachette Aotearoa launches Moa Press
Tuesday, 6 December 2022
Hachette Aotearoa has established a new imprint, Moa Press, which ‘aims to champion a diverse range of voices, representing a multitude of cultures and perspectives from within Aotearoa New Zealand’....
UWAP acquires Akhurst YA novel
Tuesday, 6 December 2022
UWA Publishing (UWAP) has acquired ANZ rights to Graham Akhurst’s young adult novel Borderland, via Danielle Binks of Jacinta di Mase Management. Set in Brisbane and the fictional rural town of...
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