Open Book publishing internship to launch in 2021
Wednesday, 9 December 2020
A new paid internship aimed at increasing cultural diversity in the Australian publishing workforce will launch in 2021 with funding support from the Australia Council and the Copyright Agency’s Cultural...
Debut fiction you might have missed in 2020
Wednesday, 9 December 2020
For all those readers who spent this year's lockdowns catching up on classics or re-reading comforting favourites, never fear—Australia’s independent booksellers have voted for the best debut fiction of 2020...
A Christmas message to European bookshops
Wednesday, 9 December 2020
Dearest bookshops of Europe, This time last year I was sitting on the train in the dark en route to the cosiest place in London. I feel the only way...
From inertia to action: Zeitgeists, decolonisation and structural change in publishing
Wednesday, 9 December 2020
In her final column for Books+Publishing, Veronica Sullivan looks at the positive changes towards diversity and inclusion brought by 2020, and how publishers can ethically navigate the demand for representation...
ALIA to run digital storytime pilot in 2021
Wednesday, 9 December 2020
Australian publishers can opt to have new or backlist titles included in an Online Storytime pilot being run by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) in 2021. The one-year...
Indie Book Awards 2021 longlists announced
Wednesday, 9 December 2020
Leading Edge Books has announced the longlists for the 2021 Indie Book Awards. The longlisted titles in each category are: Fiction The Tolstoy Estate (Steven Conte, Fourth Estate) All Our...
Final ‘WBN’ for 2020
Wednesday, 9 December 2020
Today’s Weekly Book Newsletter is the last for 2020 and the newsletter will return on Wednesday, 13 January. The final Daily newsletter for 2020 is this Friday, 11 December. It will...
‘Fireflies’ establishes book publisher
Tuesday, 8 December 2020
Film magazine Fireflies has announced the creation of independent publishing house Fireflies Press, which aims to 'champion under-represented and stylistically diverse films and film writing'. The inaugural project for the publisher...
Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2021 shortlists announced
Tuesday, 8 December 2020
The shortlists for the 2021 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted and highly commended works in each category are: Fiction The Living Sea of Waking Dreams (Richard...
White to launch new imprint Upswell
Tuesday, 8 December 2020
Terri-ann White, former director and publisher at UWA Publishing (UWAP), has announced she will launch a new not-for-profit imprint, Upswell, 'to continue my adventures in publishing’. White has entered into...
Langshaw to join Pantera Press
Monday, 7 December 2020
Tom Langshaw, who has held roles as both audio producer and senior editor at Penguin Random House Australia, has been appointed commissioning editor at Pantera Press. Pantera publisher Lex Hirst...
BA, Bookshop.org respond to criticism from booksellers
Monday, 7 December 2020
In the UK, the Booksellers Association (BA) and Bookshop.org have responded to criticism about how effective the website will be at supporting indie bookshops, as well as the BA’s role...
SWF announces two-day January event
Monday, 7 December 2020
Sydney Writers' Festival (SWF) and Sydney Festival have announced Something to Talk About, a series of four events to take place at Carriageworks over the weekend of 16–17 January 2021....
Rannard, Burbidge named reps of the year
Friday, 4 December 2020
The Australian Booksellers Association has announced the NSW and Victorian reps of the year. The reps of the year are: NSW Sales Rep of the Year: Simon Rannard (Penguin Random...
‘Fifth Sun: A new history of the Aztecs’ wins Cundill History Prize
Friday, 4 December 2020
Camilla Townsend has won the 2020 Cundill History Prize for her work on Aztec history, Fifth Sun: A new history of the Aztecs (OUP), reports the Bookseller. Fifth Sun uses Nahuatl-language sources...
Song wins inaugural Spark Prize
Friday, 4 December 2020
Youjia Song has won the inaugural Spark Prize for her book proposal, ‘The Pursuit of Impossible Dreams’. Song’s proposal was chosen from over 200 entries for the biennial developmental prize...
Booktopia completes ASX listing; closes at 17% above issue price
Friday, 4 December 2020
Online bookseller Booktopia completed its initial public offer (IPO) on 3 December, with the company’s shares trading on the Australian Securities Exchange from 11am. Booktopia (BKG) shares opened at $2.86...
First writers announced for Adelaide Writers’ Week 2021
Friday, 4 December 2020
The first writers have been announced for next year’s Adelaide Writers’ Week, which runs from 27 February to 4 March. Seventy-seven local and international guests have been confirmed for the...
Mukherjee wins Deborah Cass Prize 2020
Friday, 4 December 2020
Anith Mukherjee has won Writers Victoria's 2020 Deborah Cass prize for his story 'I Am Full of Love'. Chosen from a shortlist of nine, Mukherjee's story was described by the...
‘Hamnet’ named Waterstones book of the year
Thursday, 3 December 2020
UK bookselling chain Waterstones has named Maggie O’Farrell’s novel Hamnet (Tinder Press) as its book of the year, reports the Bookseller. Waterstones fiction buyer Bea Carvalho said Hamnet—which is inspired...
UQP acquires new Neave novel
Thursday, 3 December 2020
UQP has acquired ANZ rights to a ‘stunning’ second novel from Lucy Neave, via Gaby Naher at Left Bank Literary. Set between the US and Australia, Believe In Me focuses...
Ryan resigns from PRH
Thursday, 3 December 2020
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) publishing manager Louise Ryan has resigned after 16 years with the company. Ryan joined Penguin/Pearson in early 2005 and has been in the role of...
Final WBN next week
Wednesday, 2 December 2020
Please note that next week's Weekly Book Newsletter will be the final one of the year. The deadline for classifieds and job advertisement submissions is 12 noon Tuesday, 8 December.
Christmas closing list 2020
Wednesday, 2 December 2020
Books+Publishing has collated company closing dates for the Christmas and New Year holiday period. (more…)
Online SPN conference a ‘great success’
Wednesday, 2 December 2020
The Small Press Network’s (SPN) ninth Independent Publishing Conference was held online on 26–27 November, with organisers hailing the event a ‘great success’. SPN general manager Tim Coronel told Books+Publishing...
Lessons from the past: Lorraine Marwood on ‘Footprints on the Moon’
Wednesday, 2 December 2020
Lorraine Marwood's middle-grade verse novel Footprints on the Moon (UQP, February) follows Sharnie as she navigates beginning high school during the tumult of Australian society in 1969. Reviewer Erin Wamala...
Walker acquires Uhlmann picture book
Wednesday, 2 December 2020
Walker Books Australia has acquired world rights to author and journalist Chris Uhlmann's debut picture book The Useless Tune, via Jeanne Ryckmans at the Cameron Creswell agency, Cameron’s Management. The Useless...
Red Ventures acquires Lonely Planet
Wednesday, 2 December 2020
Red Ventures has announced it has acquired Lonely Planet from NC2 Media for an undisclosed amount. Red Ventures, a platform of digital businesses including US-based travel website The Points Guy,...
Publishing’s meritocracy myth
Wednesday, 2 December 2020
This year’s Beatrice Davis Fellow Radhiah Chowdhury spoke to a range of BAME (Black, Asian and minority ethnic) publishing professionals in the UK about what one respondent identified as the...
Reed to retire BookExpo
Wednesday, 2 December 2020
BookExpo, the largest publishing trade show in the US, is being retired by Reed Exhibitions, reports Publishers Weekly. Book-focused events BookCon and Unbound will also be retired. Organiser ReedPop, a...
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