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Hardie Grant acquires Age Against the Machine book

Wednesday, 24 November 2021
Hardie Grant Books has acquired world print, ebook and audio rights to journalists Melissa Doyle and Naima Brown’s book How to Age Against the Machine, in a deal negotiated by...

Melbourne City of Lit meets Barcelona’s Laie

Tuesday, 23 November 2021
In this series, run in partnership with the Melbourne City of Literature Office, we get to know some of the bookstores in the UNESCO Cities of Literature network. Meet Barcelona's beloved,...

‘The lost dog poster’: designers on book covers in 2021

Tuesday, 23 November 2021
As we move towards an increasingly visual world, book covers play a vital role in enticing readers and showcasing what a book is about, and in 2021 we saw bright...

Ober wins 2021 French HiP prize

Tuesday, 23 November 2021
Jules Ober has won the 2021 Histoires Photographiques (HiP) prize for best photography book in the youth category with the French version of Jacqueline: A soldier’s daughter (Le Seuil Jeunesse)....

Wheeler Centre to host free series on representation in publishing

Tuesday, 23 November 2021
The Wheeler Centre, Spread the Word and the Melbourne City of Literature Office have partnered to created a free online event series exploring power, representation and diversity in publishing in...

Publishers accuse Internet Archive of ‘stonewalling’ discovery

Tuesday, 23 November 2021
In the US, lawyers representing publishers in a copyright lawsuit against the Internet Archive over the scanning and lending of print library books are claiming that the Internet Archive is...

NZ book sales up as Auckland retail reopens

Monday, 22 November 2021
Since bricks-and-mortar booksellers in Auckland and Waikato reopened for in-store trading following almost four months of lockdown, New Zealand print book sales are up in value on the same period...

Get to know the SPN Book of the Year shortlist

Monday, 22 November 2021
The winner of the 2021 Small Press Network (SPN) Book of the Year Award will be announced this Friday, 26 November during the annual SPN Independent Publishing Conference. Each Monday,...

O’Hanlon wins Varuna/NEWC Fellowship

Monday, 22 November 2021
James O’Hanlon has won the 2021 Varuna/New England Writers’ Centre (NEWC) Fellowship for his manuscript ‘I Love Spiders’. O’Hanlon receives a one week writing residency at Varuna, The National Writers’...

McDermid, Weiden to headline Terror Australis festival

Monday, 22 November 2021
The program has been announced for this year’s Terror Australis Readers and Writers Festival, which is running as a digital event from 27–28 November under the theme ‘CSI: Tasmania’. Among...

Scribner acquires Chingaipe’s ‘Black Convicts’

Friday, 19 November 2021
Scribner Australia has acquired ANZ rights to Black Convicts: How slavery shaped colonised Australia by journalist, filmmaker and author Santilla Chingaipe, via Grace Heifetz of Left Bank Literary. Based on...

National Book Awards 2021 winners

Friday, 19 November 2021
In the US, the winners of the 2021 National Book Awards have been announced. The winning titles in each category are: Fiction Hell of a Book (Jason Mott, Trapeze) Nonfiction All...

Apolonio wins 2021 Deborah Cass Prize

Friday, 19 November 2021
Bryant Apolonio has won Writers Victoria’s 2021 Deborah Cass prize for his story ‘Independencia’. Apolonio’s story was chosen from a shortlist of nine, He receives $3000 and a mentorship to assist in...

PANZ Book Design Awards 2021 winners announced

Friday, 19 November 2021
The winners of the 2021 Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) Book Design Awards have been announced. The winners in each category were: Gerard Reid Award for Best Book Nature...

PRH acquires Daily Aus guide ‘Break the News’

Thursday, 18 November 2021
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired world rights to Break the News: The Daily Aus explains the stuff you need to know by Sam Koslowski and Zara Seidler, founders...

Keefe wins 2021 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction

Thursday, 18 November 2021
In the UK, Patrick Radden Keefe has won the £50,000 (A$92,850) Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction for his book Empire of Pain: The secret history of the Sackler dynasty (Picador)....

Cuthbert joins Pantera

Thursday, 18 November 2021
Pantera Press has appointed Kate Cuthbert to the newly created position of editorial director, for a 14-month contract role while managing editor Lucy Bell is on parental leave. Previously managing...

Pause on east coast consignments as trade works to mitigate XL supply issues

Wednesday, 17 November 2021
Book distributors Alliance Distribution Services (ADS) and Harper Entertainment Distribution Services (HEDS) have informed booksellers of a pause on stock going into XL Express's Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne depots, as...