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International Booker Prize shortlist announced

Friday, 23 April 2021
The shortlist for the 2021 International Booker Prize for translated fiction has been announced. The six shortlisted titles are: At Night All Blood is Black (David Diop, trans from French by...

S&S US to publish Pence books despite staff petition

Thursday, 22 April 2021
Simon & Schuster US (S&S) will proceed with publishing two books by former US vice president Mike Pence despite a petition from staff, reports the Bookseller. In the petition, staff...

Cook, Rajwar join Ultimo Press 

Thursday, 22 April 2021
Ultimo Press MD James Kellow has announced the appointment of Emily Cook and Katherine Rajwar to the positions of community & media manager and community & media coordinator respectively. Cook...

Chrissy Brincat on interning at UQP 

Wednesday, 21 April 2021
Each year Vision Australia runs a 12-month graduate program for graduates who are blind or who have low vision, with a component of the program involving a three-month external placement....

Meet the ABIA Rising Stars 2021: Bianca Jafari 

Wednesday, 21 April 2021
The Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) Rising Star of the Year is awarded to an emerging talent in Australian publishing who has spent less than 10 years in the industry....

Hachette acquires Temple middle-grade series 

Wednesday, 21 April 2021
Hachette Australia has acquired ANZ rights to a middle-grade series by Kate Temple. The first book in the series of the same name, The Dangerous Business of Being Trilby Moffat...

Hughes-d’Aeth to head new UWAP advisory board 

UWAP logo Wednesday, 21 April 2021
The University of Western Australia (UWA) has announced its publishing arm will open for submissions from May, following UWA Publishing’s (UWAP) shift to a hybrid publishing model from late 2020....

Lisa Emanuel on ‘The Covered Wife’

Tuesday, 20 April 2021
Lisa Emanuel's 2019 Kill Your Darlings Unpublished Manuscript Award–shortlisted debut The Covered Wife (Pantera, June) centres on Sarah, a lawyer whose new relationship leads to involvement with an oppressive and...

Zable honoured for Lifetime Achievement in Literature

Monday, 19 April 2021
Arnold Zable has won the Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature, which ‘acknowledges the achievements of eminent literary writers over the age of 60 who have made an outstanding...

ABC Books acquires Om memoir 

Friday, 16 April 2021
HarperCollins Australia has acquired ANZ rights to ABC 7.30 reporter Jason Om’s debut memoir All Mixed Up, via Benython Oldfield of Zeitgeist Agency, to be published under the ABC Books...

Meet the ABIA Rising Stars 2021: Stef Italia 

Friday, 16 April 2021
The Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) Rising Star of the Year is awarded to an emerging talent in Australian publishing who has spent less than 10 years in the industry. In the...

Folio Books to relocate

Friday, 16 April 2021
Brisbane’s Folio Books is closing temporarily, due to the planned demolition of the building in which the store is located. The store, which is holding a sale on all stock...

ABA 2021 conference program announced 

Friday, 16 April 2021
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced the first guests for its two-day conference, to be held in person and online from 20–22 June at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne....

LBF to run as digital-only event

Friday, 16 April 2021
This year’s London Book Fair (LBF) will run as a series of digital-only events at the beginning and end of June, after having previously been rescheduled to run from 29...

Rathbones Folio loses £30k prize money to cyber scam

Thursday, 15 April 2021
In the UK, the Bookseller has revealed that the Rathbones Folio Prize lost £30,000 (A$53,500) to an email fraudster last year, while other awards, publishers, agents and industry bodies have...

Pan Mac sells ‘Heartsick’ to US, UK 

Wednesday, 14 April 2021
Pan Macmillan Australia has sold US and UK rights to debut nonfiction title Heartsick (Jessie Stephens) after ‘a highly contested auction’. US rights were sold to Henry Holt in a...

Meet literary agent Jacinta di Mase 

Wednesday, 14 April 2021
As the pandemic keeps rights sellers from meeting face-to-face, Books+Publishing is shining a regular spotlight on the work of Australian rights agents. Today, we hear from  Jacinta di Mase, the founder and lead agent...

Meet the ABIA Rising Stars 2021: Pooja Desai 

Wednesday, 14 April 2021
The Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) Rising Star of the Year is awarded to an emerging talent in Australian publishing who has spent less than 10 years in the industry. In...