Booktopia revenue up 35%, profit up 125%
Tuesday, 31 August 2021
Booktopia has posted revenue growth of 35% for the 2021 financial year—its first full year results since listing on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) in December last year. Revenue grew...
PA: £2.2b book revenue ‘at risk’ in copyright consultation
Tuesday, 31 August 2021
In the UK, Publishing Perspectives has reported new research from the Publishers Association (PA) showing that a total of 64% of its member publishers’ revenue is estimated to be ‘at...
BWF engages curators to build 2022 program
Tuesday, 31 August 2021
Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF), which will celebrate its 60th year in 2022, has engaged five curators to build its festival program for the event. They are Ellen van Neerven, Anne-Marie...
Hachette acquires two Jordan novels
Tuesday, 31 August 2021
Hachette has acquired world rights for two novels by Toni Jordan, in a deal struck between head of fiction Rebecca Saunders and Jane Novak of Jane Novak Literary Agency. The...
Drewe, Krien awarded Copyright Agency fellowships
Monday, 30 August 2021
Robert Drewe and Anna Krien have received writers fellowships, worth $80,000 each, from the Copyright Agency's Cultural Fund. Drewe was awarded the Author Fellowship to write his novel Nimblefoot, which...
Davitt Awards winners announced
Monday, 30 August 2021
Sisters in Crime Australia has announced the winners of the 2021 Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women. The winners in each category are: Adult crime novel...
‘Into Books’ campaign spreads to Paris, New York
Monday, 30 August 2021
The Sharjah Book Authority (SBA) has expanded its new ‘Into Books’ campaign to Paris, New York and Riyadh, reports Publishing Perspectives. The campaign, which has the slogan ‘If you’re into...
Hardie Grant Travel renamed Hardie Grant Explore
Monday, 30 August 2021
Hardie Grant is rebranding its Hardie Grant Travel division as Hardie Grant Explore. According to the publisher, the rebrand 'better reflects the publishing strategy going forward, whilst giving a nod...
Nib Literary Award 2021 longlist announced
Monday, 30 August 2021
The longlist for the $20,000 Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award, known as ‘the Nib’, has been announced. The longlisted titles are: The Truth about China: Propaganda, patriotism and...
Barnes & Noble sales up 5–6%
Friday, 27 August 2021
Barnes & Noble (B&N) CEO James Daunt is confident the bookselling chain can ‘weather the Covid storm’ with book sales ‘resilient’ during the recession, reports Publishers Weekly (PW). In an...
Pybus wins 2021 National Biography Award for ‘Truganini’
Friday, 27 August 2021
Cassandra Pybus has won the 2021 National Biography Award for Truganini: Journey through the apocalypse (A&U). Pybus wins $25,000, while the other authors shortlisted for the award receive $2000 each....
Melbourne City Reads boosts sales, ‘camaraderie and solidarity’
Friday, 27 August 2021
Inner-city Melbourne bookshops report increased sales as a direct result of the Melbourne City Reads scheme, which launched at the start of August and each month offers 25% off the...
Von Reinhold, Ní Ghríofa win James Tait Black prizes
Thursday, 26 August 2021
In the UK, Shola Von Reinhold and Doireann Ní Ghríofa have won the James Tait Black prizes for fiction and biography respectively, reports the Bookseller. Von Reinhold won the fiction prize...
Ned Kelly Awards 2021 winners announced
Thursday, 26 August 2021
The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) has announced the winners of the 2021 Ned Kelly Awards. Crime novels released by Text Publishing swept the fiction categories, with the winning titles...
S&S acquires two books by Heiss
Thursday, 26 August 2021
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired two new books by First Nations writer and cultural activist Anita Heiss. The first book is a picture book for young readers about...
WA Premier’s Book Awards announced
Thursday, 26 August 2021
The winners of the 2020 Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards have been announced. Chosen from shortlists announced in June, the winners in each category are: Premier’s Prize for an Emerging...
Pantera acquires Scott book on mental health
Wednesday, 25 August 2021
Pantera Press has acquired world rights to The One Thing We’ve Never Spoken About by journalist, writer and presenter Elfy Scott. Scott's debut nonfiction book is, according to the publisher,...
Nielsen: Indies ‘key to supporting local authors’
Wednesday, 25 August 2021
Nielsen BookScan data prepared for the Australian Booksellers Association shows that Australian authors account for over half of the top 50 fiction bestsellers sold through independent bookshops this year to...
Malwatta wins 2021 Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize
Wednesday, 25 August 2021
Queensland Poetry has announced that Janaka Malwatta has won the 2021 Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize for his manuscript blackbirds don’t mate with starlings. Malwatta receives $2000 and a publishing contract...
Beijing International Book Fair postponed at last minute
Wednesday, 25 August 2021
The Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF), which was set to run from 25–29 August, has been postponed due to an outbreak of Covid-19 in the city, reports the Bookseller. 'Due...
WORD Christchurch Festival postponed; NZ lockdown extended
Tuesday, 24 August 2021
The 2021 WORD Christchurch Festival, which was due to start on 25 August, has been postponed due to uncertainty around Covid-19 alert levels and lockdowns. Organisers are working on a...
Ultimo acquires new Featherstone novel
Tuesday, 24 August 2021
Ultimo Press has acquired ANZ rights to My Heart is a Little Wild Thing by Nigel Featherstone, in a deal brokered by Gaby Naher of Left Bank Literary. My Heart...
Rooney ARCs sell for hundreds of dollars online
Tuesday, 24 August 2021
Uncorrected proofs of Sally Rooney’s upcoming novel Beautiful World, Where Are You (Faber) have fetched hundreds of dollars on trading sites eBay and Depop, reports the Guardian. A copy listed on...
Bookselling in a pandemic: 18 months later
Monday, 23 August 2021
Brunswick Bound manager Ellen Cregan travelled to the United States in March 2020 as part of Melbourne City of Literature’s Bookseller in Residence program. Although her trip was cut short...
Sydney Opera House Mentorship for Diverse Emerging Writers recipients announced
Monday, 23 August 2021
Writers Patricia Arcilla and Joyce Chew are the two recipients of the Sydney Opera House's inaugural Mentorship for Diverse Emerging Writers, presented in partnership with Sweatshop. Chew and Arcilla each...
Amazon reportedly plans to open US department stores
Monday, 23 August 2021
Amazon is planning to open large department-style stores in the US, reports the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). According to the WSJ, the retail spaces will be around 30,000 square feet...
CBCA Book of the Year 2021 winners announced
Friday, 20 August 2021
The winners of the 2021 Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The winning titles and honour books in each category are: Older...
Sharjah Book Authority launches pro-reading campaign
Friday, 20 August 2021
In the United Arab Emirates, the Sharjah Book Authority (SBA) has launched a new pro-reading campaign with the slogan ‘If you’re into something, you’re into books’, reports Publishing Perspectives. The...
Educational Publishing Awards Australia 2021 shortlists announced
Friday, 20 August 2021
The titles shortlisted for the 2021 Educational Publishing Awards Australia (EPAA) have been announced. Among the finalists are books shortlisted for the primary level educational picture or chapter book, and...
Confusion for NZ booksellers under Level 4 lockdown
Thursday, 19 August 2021
The definition of ‘essential’ items able to be sold online in Aotearoa New Zealand is the subject of some debate as the entire country re-enters Level 4 lockdown. Auckland went...
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