Pyke’s ‘Family Tree’ selected for National Simultaneous Storytime 2022
Monday, 20 September 2021
Josh Pyke’s forthcoming book Family Tree (Scholastic) has been selected for the Australian Library and Information Association’s (ALIA) National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS) 2022, which will be held on Wednesday, 25...
Ultimo acquires Khalil, Davidow memoir
Monday, 20 September 2021
Ultimo Press has acquired world rights to Runaways by Shaimaa Khalil and Shelley Davidow. The deal was brokered by Sarah McKenzie at Sarah McKenzie Literary Management. Khalil and Davidow met...
Joyce wins £10,000 Wilbur Smith prize for ‘Miss Benson’s Beetle’
Monday, 20 September 2021
In the UK, Rachel Joyce has won the £10,000 (A$18,900) Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize for her novel Miss Benson’s Beetle (Black Swan), reports the Bookseller. Set in 1950, the book follows Margery...
Walker Books launches new imprint Walker Studio
Monday, 20 September 2021
Walker Books Australia is launching a new ‘beautifully produced, design-driven’ imprint, Walker Studio. While the Studio imprint has been previously launched by Walker Books in the UK and Candlewick in...
Rival French publishing company ups stake in Lagardère
Friday, 17 September 2021
In France, media company Vivendi has upped its stake in Hachette Livre parent company Lagardère to over 45% ownership, reports the Financial Times. Vivendi, which owns French publisher Editis, has...
Sales, Crabb and Rees to celebrate Love Your Bookshop Day
Friday, 17 September 2021
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced that this year’s Love Your Bookshop Day (LYBD) celebrations on Saturday, 9 October will take place online ‘so that everyone can engage from...
Baragwanath wins 2021 Michael Gifkins Prize
Friday, 17 September 2021
Tom Baragwanath has won the 2021 Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel for his crime novel Paper Cage. Baragwanath was chosen as the winner from a shortlist of three...
Liminal & Pantera Press nonfiction prize longlist announced
Thursday, 16 September 2021
The longlist for the inaugural $10,000 Liminal & Pantera Press Nonfiction Prize has been announced. The longlisted writers are: André Dao Barry Corr Brandon K Liew Elizabeth Flux Frankey Chung...
Varuna announces 2022 residential fellowships
Thursday, 16 September 2021
Varuna the National Writers’ House has announced the recipients of the Varuna Residential Fellowships for 2022. The writers and their projects are: The Eleanor Dark flagship fellowship Katherine Brabon, for...
Fernandez joins Alex Adsett Literary
Thursday, 16 September 2021
Rochelle Fernandez has joined Alex Adsett Literary as an Australian literary agent. Fernandez, who has almost 20 years’ experience in Australian publishing, was publisher for HarperCollins’ speculative fiction imprint Voyager...
Ngaio Marsh Awards 2021 shortlists announced
Thursday, 16 September 2021
The shortlists for this year’s Ngaio Marsh Awards for New Zealand crime, mystery or thriller writing have been announced. The titles shortlisted in each category are: Best novel The Murder...
Melbourne Prize for Literature finalists announced
Wednesday, 15 September 2021
The Melbourne Prize Trust has announced the finalists for the triennial Melbourne Prize for Literature. The finalists are: Melbourne Prize for Literature ($60,000) Jordie Albiston Maxine Beneba Clarke Pi O...
Exploring the natural world: Australian environment-themed children’s books
Wednesday, 15 September 2021
The forthcoming final edition for 2021 of Books+Publishing’s sister publication Think Australian is shining a light on Australian titles ahead of the Frankfurt Book Fair. In this sneak peek, Think Australian rounds...
Bray to leave Bloomsbury Australia
Wednesday, 15 September 2021
Bloomsbury Australia managing director Liz Bray has decided to step down from the role later this year. In a statement, Bray said she is leaving ‘to create some time and...
Merriman YA novels optioned for screen
Wednesday, 15 September 2021
Screen adaption rights to YA novels Catch Me When You Fall and Invisibly Breathing by New Zealand author Eileen Merriman have been optioned by Enjoy Entertainment, in a deal negotiated...
‘The Boy Who Tried to Shrink His Name’ sells to North America
Wednesday, 15 September 2021
Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing (HGCP) has sold North American rights to The Boy Who Tried to Shrink His Name by Sandhya Parappukkaran and Michelle Pereira to Abrams Books. The deal,...
Booker Prize 2021 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 15 September 2021
The shortlist for the 2021 Booker Prize has been announced. The six books shortlisted for the £50,000 (A$94,300) prize are: A Passage North (Anuk Arudpragasam, Granta) The Promise (Damon Galgut, Chatto & Windus)...
US investment fund becomes largest WHSmith shareholder
Tuesday, 14 September 2021
A US-based investment fund has become the largest shareholder of WHSmith after it upped its stake in the company to around 9%, reports the Times. ‘We are firm believers in...
Hachette acquires Burr crime debut in two-book deal
Tuesday, 14 September 2021
Hachette has acquired world rights to two crime novels by Canberra debut author Shelley Burr in a ‘hotly contested’ international auction. The six-figure, two-book deal was struck between Hachette Australia...
Environment Award for Children’s Literature 2021 winners announced
Tuesday, 14 September 2021
The Wilderness Society has announced the winners of the 2021 Environment Award for Children’s Literature. Selected from shortlists announced in June, the winning titles in each category are: Picture fiction...
Bourke wins 2021 Stanner Award
Tuesday, 14 September 2021
Sarah Bourke has won the 2021 Stanner Award, presented biannually by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) to the best academic manuscript written by an...
Booktopia secures new Enfield facility
Tuesday, 14 September 2021
Booktopia has secured an additional 13,500 sqm of warehousing and distribution space at Enfield in Sydney’s South West. The new facility will complement Booktopia’s existing major distribution centre in Lidcombe,...
Ingram announces local name change
Monday, 13 September 2021
Ingram has announced that its local operation Lightning Source Australia has been renamed Ingram Content Group Australia. The company said the name was changed in order to ‘create a more consistent...
Canongate revenue up 16% in 2020
Monday, 13 September 2021
In the UK, Canongate Books recorded a turnover of £13.9 million (A$26.1m) in 2020, up 16% on its 2019 result, reports the Bookseller. The company’s pre-tax profit totalled £2.6 million...
NZ awards news: Kake wins NZ Writers’ Award, Yang wins Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize
Monday, 13 September 2021
Jade Kake has won the 2021 Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) and New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (PEN NZ) Writers’ Award, worth NZ$25,000 (A$24,150)....
Awards this week
Friday, 10 September 2021
In awards news this past week, Robbie Arnott’s The Rain Heron won the revived Age Book of the Year award; the winners of the $10,000 ACU Poetry Prize and NSW...
Books in the media this weekend
Friday, 10 September 2021
In a new weekly feature for booksellers, Books+Publishing rounds up the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. The Saturday Paper, 11 September Beautiful World, Where...
EPAA 2021 winners announced
Friday, 10 September 2021
The winners of the 2021 Educational Publishing Awards Australia (EPAA) have been announced. The winners in each category are: Secondary publisher of the year Jacaranda Primary publisher of the year...
Amazon, Big Five seek to dismiss indie booksellers’ price-fixing claim
Friday, 10 September 2021
In the US, Amazon and the Big Five publishers have made separate filings asking a federal court to dismiss the latest iteration of a price-fixing claim filed against them on...
Queensland Literary Awards 2021 winners announced
Friday, 10 September 2021
The winners of the 2021 Queensland Literary Awards have been announced. Visual artist Fiona Foley was awarded the $25,000 Queensland Premier's Award for a work of State Significance for her...
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