Publish or postpone? Which titles are being delayed due to Covid-19
Wednesday, 29 April 2020
With Covid-19 disrupting book launches, author events, festivals and the retail sector as a whole, Australian publishers are weighing up which titles should be postponed, which go ahead regardless, and...
HGE sells ‘Real Pigeons’ to UK, announces YouTube series
Wednesday, 29 April 2020
Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) has sold its ‘Real Pigeons’ series by Andrew McDonald (illus by Ben Wood) to an as-yet-unnamed UK publisher, which will ‘crash the series into early 2021’,...
More than online sales: What being a virtual bookstore looks like in shut-down
Wednesday, 29 April 2020
While the first four recipients of Copyright Agency emergency funding for innovative online projects went to a podcast, two online author interview platforms and a speakers agency, booksellers have been...
ABIA 2020 shortlists announced
Tuesday, 28 April 2020
The shortlists for the 2020 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) have been announced. The titles in each category are: General fiction book of the year Bruny (Heather Rose, A&U) Cilka’s Journey (Heather...
UK to introduce micro-loan scheme for small businesses
Tuesday, 28 April 2020
In the UK, the government will introduce a new micro-loan scheme for small businesses, in response to the impact of the coronavirus lockdown, reports the Bookseller. From 4 May, businesses...
Online initiatives by Llewellyn, Spicer receive Copyright Agency emergency funding
Tuesday, 28 April 2020
Two new initiatives to promote books and writers online have received funding from Copyright Agency’s Covid-19 emergency funding. Former artistic director of the Sydney Writers’ Festival Caro Llewellyn will host...
Newman to join Dymocks as new MD
Tuesday, 28 April 2020
Dymocks has announced the appointment of Mark Newman as its new managing director, effective from Monday 4 May. Newman replaces outgoing managing director Steve Cox, who announced in February that...
Pearson reports 5% decline in first quarter update
Monday, 27 April 2020
Pearson has announced a 5% decline in revenue in its first quarter update, in line with revised expectations reported in March due to Covid-19. It also reported a 10% decline...
States announce new Covid-19 arts funding
Monday, 27 April 2020
Arts funding bodies in Victoria and New South Wales have announced new funding initiatives for the creative sector in response to Covid-19. Victoria: $16.8 million ‘survival package’, including $2.2 million...
Bologna releases schedule for virtual book fair
Monday, 27 April 2020
Organisers of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair (BCBF) have released the schedule for the virtual book fair, which will take place across BCBF's digital channels from 4–7 May. Among the...
Ernest Scott Prize 2020 shortlist announced
Monday, 27 April 2020
The shortlist for the 2020 Ernest Scott Prize for History has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Bedlam at Botany Bay (James Dunk, NewSouth) The Seventies: The personal, the political...
‘The Yield’ takes hat-trick at 2020 NSW Prem’s Awards
Monday, 27 April 2020
The Yield by Tara June Winch (Hamish Hamilton) has swept the 2020 New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards, winning Book of the Year, the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction and...
Abadee launches new books podcast with Copyright Agency relief funding
Friday, 24 April 2020
Books writer and festival moderator Nicole Abadee has received Copyright Agency Covid-19 relief funding to produce a new books podcast. Abadee told Books+Publishing the weekly Books, Books, Books podcast would...
Lotterywest establishes $159m Covid-19 relief fund
Friday, 24 April 2020
The WA State Government has allocated Lotterywest's direct grants budget to a new Covid-19 relief fund, worth up to $159 million. The funding will be used to support organisations helping...
Global publishing bodies call for economic stimulus for book trade
Friday, 24 April 2020
The International Publishers Association (IPA), along with several other peak publishing industry bodies, has urged governments around the world to adopt ‘economic stimulus packages to sustain their respective publishing sectors...
Amazon revealed as anonymous £250k donor to UK bookseller hardship fund
Friday, 24 April 2020
In the UK, Amazon has been revealed as the anonymous donor that pledged £250,000 (A$488,600) to a crowdfunding campaign to help booksellers affected by the Covid-19 crisis, reports the Bookseller....
APA says Liberal members likely distributed ‘well over 1000 copies’ of leaked Turnbull memoir, as initial 45,000 print run ‘almost exhausted’
Friday, 24 April 2020
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has called on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to make an ‘emphatic statement’ that he and the government will ‘uphold the private property rights of Australian...
Mystery donor pledges £250k to UK bookseller hardship fund
Thursday, 23 April 2020
In the UK, a crowdfunding campaign has raised around £380,000 (A$742,700) for booksellers affected by the Covid-19 crisis, after a mystery donor pledged £250,000 (A$488,600), reports the Bookseller. Penguin Random...
Nielsen offers one-off sales reports for ASA members seeking JobKeeper as book market experiences ‘sharp decline’
Thursday, 23 April 2020
Nielsen Book will provide free one-off sales reports for Australian Society of Authors (ASA) members seeking evidence of reduced revenue in order to apply for JobKeeper payments. The arrangement is...
NZ booksellers to begin trading again as restrictions eased, but supply ‘tricky’
Thursday, 23 April 2020
New Zealand’s booksellers are preparing to recommence trade from early next week, with the country’s Covid-19 restrictions due to be eased from late Monday, 27 April. New Zealand has been...
Hardie Grant reaches settlement with adviser who distributed leaked Turnbull memoir
Wednesday, 22 April 2020
Hardie Grant has reached a settlement with Scott Morrison senior adviser Nico Louw, who allegedly distributed leaked electronic copies of Malcolm Turnbull's memoir A Bigger Picture, and the publisher will...
‘It’s been quite amazing to see the shift’: How Farrells fast-tracked its online store during Covid-19
Wednesday, 22 April 2020
After more than 40 years in the business, Farrells on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula launched their online store last week, fast-tracking a three-month process into three weeks to meet customer demand...
Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist announced
Wednesday, 22 April 2020
The 2020 shortlist for the £30,000 (A$58,600) Women's Prize for Fiction has been announced. The shortlisted novels are: Girl, Woman, Other (Bernardine Evaristo, Hamish Hamilton) The Mirror & The Light...
‘When the Ground is Hard’ wins LA Times Book Prize for YA
Wednesday, 22 April 2020
When the Ground is Hard by Sydney-based writer Malla Nunn (A&U) has won the 2019 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for young adult literature. Nunn was shortlisted for the award...
HarperCollins acquires ANZ rights to Jabour book on ‘the most miserable generation yet’
Wednesday, 22 April 2020
HarperCollins Australia has acquired ANZ rights to a new nonfiction book on millennials by journalist and novelist Bridie Jabour. The as-yet-untitled book on ‘the most miserable generation yet’ was acquired...
Writing WA moves Love to Read Local campaign forward amid Covid-19
Wednesday, 22 April 2020
Writing WA’s Love to Read Local initiative, originally intended as a week-long celebration of WA books and storytelling scheduled for May, has been adapted and brought forward in response to...
International Booker postponed amid distribution disruption
Tuesday, 21 April 2020
The Booker Prize Foundation has postponed the International Booker Prize winner announcement due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The award was originally set to be announced on 19 May, but will...
Shortlist for £10,000 Ondaatje Prize announced
Tuesday, 21 April 2020
The 2020 shortlist for the £10,000 (A$19,520) Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize has been announced. The annual award recognises books ‘of the highest literary merit—fiction, nonfiction or poetry—which best...
ANZ writers shortlisted for Commonwealth Short Story Prize
Tuesday, 21 April 2020
One Australian and two New Zealand writers are among the finalists for the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Australian writer Andrea E Macleod was shortlisted for her story ‘The Art...
Booked Out launches virtual visits with Copyright Agency funding
Tuesday, 21 April 2020
The speakers agency Booked Out has received funding from the Copyright Agency’s Covid-19 emergency funding to run a new project during Term two. 'Reaching Out' is a discrete project that...
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