Lohrey wins 2021 Voss Literary Prize
Wednesday, 15 December 2021
Amanda Lohrey has won the 2021 Voss Literary Prize for her novel The Labyrinth (Text). Lohrey, whose book was chosen from a shortlist of five, receives $5000. This year’s judges...
Final ‘B+P Daily’ for 2021
Friday, 10 December 2021
This issue of the Books+Publishing Daily is the last for 2021. The Daily will return on Monday, 10 January 2022. The Books+Publishing team wishes our readers all the best for the holiday...
Bookface Macarthur Square closed
Friday, 10 December 2021
Bookface in Macarthur Square Shopping Centre in Campbelltown, New South Wales has closed. In a statement the shop said it had made ‘the difficult decision’ to close due to Covid-19...
Some supply improvements amid ‘record’ orders
Friday, 10 December 2021
Following severe supply chain disruption in Australia’s eastern states, some booksellers report delivery times have improved for recently ordered stock, although several report they are still waiting on overdue consignments....
Shortlist for $20,000 Blake-Beckett Trust Scholarship announced
Friday, 10 December 2021
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced the shortlist for the $20,000 Blake-Beckett Trust Scholarship. The annual scholarship is offered to an Australian author ‘to provide them with valuable...
UQP acquires two books by debut crime writer Mottram
Friday, 10 December 2021
The University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired ANZ rights to Nikki Mottram’s debut crime novel Crows Nest, via Benjamin Paz at Curtis Brown. UQP also acquired rights to the...
Gabaldon tops charts again
Friday, 10 December 2021
The top of the bestsellers chart is unchanged with Diana Gabaldon’s Go Tell the Bees that I Am Gone in first spot for the second week in a row. Anh...
Books in the media this weekend, 11–12 December
Friday, 10 December 2021
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. Please note, several publications are running 'best of' features in lieu of reviews this week....
ABA campaign to promote books ‘missed during Covid’
Friday, 10 December 2021
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has received Copyright Agency funding for a new campaign to promote Australian books ‘missed during Covid’. The campaign, which receives $20,000 in funding, will promote...
Authors, literary orgs among latest Cultural Fund recipients
Friday, 10 December 2021
The Copyright Agency has announced the 22 successful recipients of a total $715,522 in funding from its Cultural Fund, as well as the five writer and visual artist recipients of...
UK supply chain challenges ‘most extreme’ seen: Hachette CEO
Thursday, 9 December 2021
Hachette UK CEO David Shelley has warned ongoing supply chain problems are causing the ‘most extreme’ challenges he’s seen in his career, reports the Bookseller. In his annual letter to...
Hardy wins 2021 Children’s Peace Literature Award
Thursday, 9 December 2021
How to Write the Soundtrack to Your Life by Fiona Hardy (Affirm) is the winner of the 2021 Children's Peace Literature Award. Hardy's book was chosen by a judging panel...
Scribner acquires Sullivan’s ‘Calcium-Magnesium’
Thursday, 9 December 2021
Scribner has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to Helen Sullivan’s nonfiction collection Calcium-Magnesium, via James Pullen at Wylie Agency. Calcium-Magnesium blends reportage and memoir to explore ‘how encounters with the...
Johnston appointed Copyright Agency CEO
Thursday, 9 December 2021
The Copyright Agency has appointed Josephine Johnston as its new CEO. She replaces Adam Suckling, who announced earlier this year that he would not renew his contract, having been in...
Last WBN for 2021
Wednesday, 8 December 2021
This is the last Weekly Book Newsletter (WBN) for 2021. The first WBN for 2022 will be published Wednesday, 12 January. The final Books+Publishing Daily for the year will be...
Christmas closing dates 2021
Wednesday, 8 December 2021
Books+Publishing has collated company closing dates for the Christmas and New Year holiday period. (more…)
February reviews round-up
Wednesday, 8 December 2021
A round-up of local books to look out for next year, as recommended by Books+Publishing reviewers in the past month. Fiction In February 2022, readers can anticipate the release of...
US ed publishers sue Shopify over alleged selling of pirated material
Wednesday, 8 December 2021
In the US, educational publishers have filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for Eastern Virginia accusing ecommerce platform Shopify of selling pirated material, reports Goodereader. Pearson Education, Macmillan...
HQ acquires Lien’s ‘All That’s Left Unsaid’
Wednesday, 8 December 2021
HQ has acquired UK & Commonwealth rights to Tracey Lien’s debut novel All That’s Left Unsaid as part of a two-book deal, in a 'competitive nine-way auction’. Commonwealth & UK...
NLNZ suspends planned Internet Archive donation amid criticism
Wednesday, 8 December 2021
The National Library of New Zealand (NLNZ) has suspended its planned donation of 600,000 books from its overseas collection to the Internet Archive. In a statement, the library said it...
‘The Conversation’ launches new Books & Ideas section
Wednesday, 8 December 2021
Australian academic news and culture website the Conversation is expanding its books coverage with a new dedicated Books & Ideas section. Former Conversation arts and culture editor Suzy Freeman-Greene has...
Affirm acquires new Sanders picture book series
Wednesday, 8 December 2021
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to 'Life Lessons for Little Ones', a new picture book series written by Jess Sanders. Aimed at under-10s, the series will cover 'a diverse...
Melbourne City of Lit meets Wonju’s Tudeukgol Bookshop
Wednesday, 8 December 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. In the...
Indie Book Awards 2022 longlists announced
Tuesday, 7 December 2021
Leading Edge Books has announced the longlists for the 2022 Indie Book Awards. The longlisted titles in each category are: Fiction After Story (Larissa Behrendt, UQP) The Good Wife of...
Perlroth wins FT and McKinsey Book of the Year, Keefe donates £10k over sponsor’s actions
Tuesday, 7 December 2021
In the UK, This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The cyber weapons arms race (Nicole Perlroth, Bloomsbury) has won the 2021 Financial Times and McKinsey Book of...
VPLAs 2022 shortlists announced
Tuesday, 7 December 2021
The shortlists for the 2022 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted and highly commended works in each category are: Fiction After Story (Larissa Behrendt, UQP) Bodies of...
Transit Lounge acquires new Day novel
Tuesday, 7 December 2021
Transit Lounge has acquired world rights to Gregory Day’s sixth novel The Bell of the World, in a deal brokered by Jeanne Ryckmans at Cameron’s Management. The Bell of the...
Aitken wins 2021 Patrick White Award
Tuesday, 7 December 2021
Poet Adam Aitken is the winner of this year’s $15,000 Patrick White Award. Aitken is the author of several books of poetry including Archipelago (Vagabond Press), shortlisted in 2018 for...
Kars wins Cundill History Prize for Blood on the River
Monday, 6 December 2021
Marjoleine Kars has won the US$75,000 (A$107,100) 2021 Cundill History Prize for Blood on the River: A chronicle of mutiny and freedom on the wild coast, reports the Bookseller. For Blood on...
Christmas Press acquires new Kelleher middle-grade novel
Monday, 6 December 2021
Christmas Press has acquired world rights to Wanderer, a new novel by Victor Kelleher, in a deal brokered by Margaret Connolly of Margaret Connolly and Associates. For upper middle-grade readers,...
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