Marketing staff to be covered in proposed PRH EBA
Wednesday, 12 October 2022
The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) union has announced that a proposed changed Enterprise Agreement at Penguin Random House (PRH) will cover marketing staff for the first time. ‘Solidarity...
Pantera Press acquires Vanstone memoir in two-book deal
Wednesday, 12 October 2022
Pantera Press has acquired ANZ rights to the memoir A Thousand Wasted Sundays by writer and podcaster Victoria Vanstone, in a two-book deal, via Sarah McKenzie at Sarah McKenzie Literary...
Reflections on work and the future: Book industry survey 2022
Wednesday, 12 October 2022
In July 2022 Books+Publishing (B+P) surveyed more than 300 people about their employment in the Australian book industry, following up on similar surveys in 2013 and 2018. This report focuses on the qualitative data collected...
QBD opens Ipswich store
Wednesday, 12 October 2022
QBD Books has opened a new store in Ipswich, Queensland. The new store, located at the Ipswich Riverlink Shopping Centre, celebrated its opening on Love Your Bookshop Day, Saturday 8...
A&U acquires Scholte sequel
Wednesday, 12 October 2022
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ and Oceania rights to Shadows of Truth by Astrid Scholte, the sequel to her 2022 YA fantasy League of Liars. Shadows of Truth...
‘Wellmania’ sells to UK ahead of Netflix adaptation
Wednesday, 12 October 2022
Coronet, an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton, has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights (ex ANZ) to Wellmania: Misadventures in the search for wellness by journalist Brigid Delaney (Nero), from Black...
US print sales down 4.8% YTD
Wednesday, 12 October 2022
In the US, unit sales of print books were down 4.8% in the first nine months of the year compared to the same period in 2021, reports Publishers Weekly. According...
ABA rebrands as BookPeople
Tuesday, 11 October 2022
The Australian Booksellers Association has rebranded as BookPeople. CEO Robbie Egan told Books+Publishing: 'The new name is a masterbrand for the association, which will support all activities from Reading Guides...
Richell Prize 2022 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 11 October 2022
Hachette Australia and the Emerging Writers’ Festival have announced the shortlist for the 2022 Richell Prize. The six shortlisted authors, chosen from a longlist of 20 announced in September, are:...
Campion acquires Insight
Tuesday, 11 October 2022
The Campion Group has acquired Insight Publications, an independent publisher of English resources for secondary schools. According to Campion, Insight will continue to operate independently with the support of the...
Baillie Gifford Prize 2022 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 11 October 2022
In the UK, the shortlist for this year’s Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction has been announced. The six shortlisted books are: Legacy of Violence: A history of the British Empire...
Transit Lounge acquires Ryan historical fiction series
Tuesday, 11 October 2022
Transit Lounge has acquired world rights to the first two books in the new historical fiction series ‘The Queens of Navarre’ by Tracy Ryan, via Clive Newman Agency. The first...
SPN 2022 conference program announced
Monday, 10 October 2022
The program for the 2022 Small Press Network (SPN) annual Independent Publishing Conference, which runs from 24–26 November, has been announced. The conference, which will run as a hybrid event...
Anatolitis appointed Meanjin editor
Monday, 10 October 2022
Melbourne University Publishing (MUP) has announced Esther Anatolitis as the next editor of Meanjin. Anatolitis has two decades’ experience working in arts and media leadership roles. She is the former...
Louise Wolhunter on ‘An Afterlife for Rosemary Lamb’
Sunday, 9 October 2022
Perth-based author Louise Wolhunter started making notes for her debut novel in 1996; in December 2022 An Afterlife for Rosemary Lamb will be published by Ultimo Press. Reviewer Joanne Shiells...
Ernaux wins Nobel Prize in Literature
Friday, 7 October 2022
The Swedish Academy has announced French writer Annie Ernaux as the winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature, worth 10 million Swedish krona (A$1.4m). Ernaux, whose work is mostly...
Books in the media this weekend, 8–9 October
Friday, 7 October 2022
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Against Disappearance (ed by Leah Jing McIntosh & Adolfo Aranjuez, Pantera) A Kind...
UQP acquires Turnbull-Roberts debut ‘Long Yarn Short’
Friday, 7 October 2022
UQP has acquired world rights for the first book by Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts, Long Yarn Short: We Are Still Here. Turnbull-Roberts is a Bundjalung, Widubul-Wiabul writer, human rights activist and lawyer...
Polygon acquires world rights to Dalgarno novel
Friday, 7 October 2022
Scottish imprint Polygon has acquired world rights (ex ANZ) for Paul Dalgarno’s forthcoming novel A Country of Eternal Light (HarperCollins, February 2023), in a deal brokered by Martin Shaw of...
Victorian Community History Awards 2022 shortlist announced
Thursday, 6 October 2022
The shortlist for the 2022 Victorian Community History Awards has been announced. A total of 29 projects and publications were shortlisted for 10 prizes ranging from $500 to $2000 each,...
SPN Book of the Year shortlist announced
Thursday, 6 October 2022
The shortlist for the 2022 Small Press Network (SPN) Book of the Year (BOTY) Award has been announced. The shortlisted books are: Friends and Dark Shapes (Kavita Bedford, Text) No...
Goldsmiths Prize 2022 shortlist announced
Thursday, 6 October 2022
In the UK, the shortlist for the 2022 Goldsmiths Prize, worth £10,000 (A$17,500), has been announced. The shortlisted novels are: Somebody Loves You (Mona Arshi, And Other Stories) Seven Steeples...
Forthcoming debut ‘The Wakes’ to be adapted for TV
Wednesday, 5 October 2022
Television rights to forthcoming debut novel The Wakes by Sydney author Dianne Yarwood (Hachette, March) have been acquired by production company Made Up Stories and film and television studio Fifth...
Text acquires Neill memoir
Wednesday, 5 October 2022
Text Publishing has acquired world rights to the memoir Did I Ever Tell You This? by actor Sam Neill. Born in Northern Ireland in 1947, Neill emigrated to New Zealand...
National Book Award Finalists announced
Wednesday, 5 October 2022
In the US, the finalists for the 2022 National Book Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Fiction The Rabbit Hutch (Tess Gunty, Knopf) The Birdcatcher (Gayl Jones, Beacon)...
Text acquires story collection, novels by Boundless mentees
Wednesday, 5 October 2022
Text has acquired two books by John Morrissey and a historical novel by Lenora Thaker, the winners of Text and Writing NSW's Boundless Indigenous Writer’s Mentorship in 2020 and 2021...
Horrocks departs Text
Wednesday, 5 October 2022
After 10 years in the book industry and over seven years at Text Publishing, senior designer Jessica Horrocks has departed the role for a position as senior visual designer at...
Ampersand Prize 2022 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 4 October 2022
Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing (HGCP) has announced the shortlist for the 2022 Ampersand Prize for unpublished young adult and middle-grade manuscripts. The winner receives an advance and publishing contract from...
Walker Books operating profit up 30% in 2021
Tuesday, 4 October 2022
Walker Books's operating profit grew 30% in 2021 to £6.8 million (A$11.3m), up from £5.3 million (A$9.2m) in 2020, reports the Bookseller. Walker attributed its profit growth to cost reductions....
Aus Political Book of the Year 2022 longlist announced
Monday, 3 October 2022
The longlist for the inaugural Australian Political Book of the Year Award has been announced. The longlisted titles, selected from over 35 nominations by judging panel Laurie Oakes, Laura Tingle,...
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