NCACL launches First Nations children’s book resource Archive
Thursday, 13 August 2020
The National Centre for Australian Children’s Literature (NCACL) has produced a new, freely accessible database of children’s books by and about Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. Stage one,...
German-language market reports enduring digital sales growth post-lockdown Archive
Thursday, 13 August 2020
Ebook sales have seen continuous growth before, during and after the Covid-19 lockdown period, according to a Bookwire Insights Report on ebook and audiobook sales in the German-language book market....
NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2020 winners announced Archive
Thursday, 13 August 2020
The winners of the 2020 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults have been announced. New Zealand poet laureate Selina Tusitala Marsh’s first book for children, Mophead, took...
Auckland booksellers enter stage three lockdown Archive
Wednesday, 12 August 2020
In New Zealand, Auckland bookshops have entered stage three lockdown for at least three days as the country responds to four new cases of Covid-19 contracted from an unknown source....
Meet the ABDA Emerging Designers of the Year: Vanessa Masci Archive
Wednesday, 12 August 2020
In the lead-up to the 2020 Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA) awards, Books+Publishing spoke to the two shortlisted nominees for Emerging Designer of the Year. In this second and final instalment we talk...
CBCA Book Week 2020 postponed to October Archive
Wednesday, 12 August 2020
This year's CBCA Book Week, which usually runs in late August during term three, will now take place in term four, from October 17–23. The rescheduled dates are due to...
Ngaio Marsh Award 2020 shortlists announced Archive
Tuesday, 11 August 2020
The shortlists for this year’s Ngaio Marsh Award for New Zealand crime fiction has been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Best novel Whatever it Takes (Paul Cleave,...
Arab-Australian writers auction signed books for Beirut Archive
Tuesday, 11 August 2020
An online auction has been established by Arab-Australian authors, academics and artists to raise funds for Impact Lebanon, a charity providing disaster relief for the victims of the Beirut explosion....
Guidelines for $75m RISE and $35m Arts Sustainability funds released Archive
Tuesday, 11 August 2020
The federal government has released guidelines for the $75 million Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) Fund and $35 million Arts Sustainability Fund announced in June in response to...
Create NSW funding recipients announced; future of Writing NSW ‘at risk’ Archive
Monday, 10 August 2020
Create NSW has announced the recipients of its Multi-Year Organisations Funding. In the literature category, four organisations received combined funding of $570,000: Red Room Poetry ($125,000): To support its vision for...
Hardie Grant acquires Ellis’ ‘Sex, Lies and Question Time’ Archive
Monday, 10 August 2020
Hardie Grant Books has acquired Sex, Lies and Question Time: The successes and struggles of women in Australia’s parliament by former Australian politician Kate Ellis. The publisher said Ellis’ book...
HarperCollins revenue down 5% Archive
Monday, 10 August 2020
HarperCollins’ total revenue fell 5% in the year to 30 June, according to parent company News Corp. In its annual earnings report, News Corp reported that the publisher’s full year...
Magabala acquires Reid’s ‘Our Matriarchs Matter’ Archive
Monday, 10 August 2020
Magabala Books has acquired Our Matriarchs Matter by Wiradjuri and Wailwan activist, lawyer and co-founder of Instagram account Blackfulla Bookclub, Teela May Reid. The publisher acquired the work of junior...
Scott joins WA Writers Hall of Fame, WA Prem’s Book Award winners announced Archive
Monday, 10 August 2020
The winners of the 2019 Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards have been announced, with Kim Scott inducted into the Western Australian Writers Hall of Fame. Scott's works include the award-winning...
A&U announces new crime fiction prize Archive
Monday, 10 August 2020
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has announced a new prize for an unpublished crime or thriller manuscript, with the winner to receive a publishing contract and advance against royalties of $25,000....
Changes to JobKeeper, Victorian business grants Archive
Friday, 7 August 2020
Businesses will now only need to show their GST turnover has fallen in the June quarter to qualify for the extended JobKeeper scheme, reports the ABC. Previously businesses needed to...
UQP acquires Walker’s ‘The First Time I Thought I was Dying’ Archive
Friday, 7 August 2020
UQP has acquired world rights to The First Time I Thought I was Dying, a collection of personal essays and cultural criticism on ‘the unruly body in late capitalism’ from...
S&S acquires Rogers autobiography Archive
Friday, 7 August 2020
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired the autobiography of rugby player Mat Rogers. The book, scheduled for Christmas 2021, is the first major acquisition by new S&S nonfiction publisher...
WHSmith plans restructure, 1500 redundancies Archive
Thursday, 6 August 2020
In the UK, bookselling chain WHSmith has announced plans for a restructure that could lead to 1500 roles made redundant across the business, reports the Bookseller. In a trading update,...
Parritt joins ABA Archive
Thursday, 6 August 2020
Former Lonely Planet Asia Pacific marketing manager David Parritt has joined the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) as product and member services assistant. The ABA said Parritt brings with him ‘a...
Woodley purchases ALS Library Services Archive
Thursday, 6 August 2020
Patricia Genat has sold ALS Library Services to managing director Simon Woodley. Genat, who has owned the business for 13 years, said, ‘It was a privilege to own and run...
Shortlists for 2020 NSW Premier’s History Awards announced Archive
Wednesday, 5 August 2020
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced the shortlists for the 2020 NSW Premier’s History Awards, worth $15,000 each. The shortlisted works in each category are: Australian history prize...
Queensland Literary Awards 2020 shortlists announced Archive
Wednesday, 5 August 2020
The shortlists for the 2020 Queensland Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Queensland Premier's Award for a Work of State Significance ($25,000) Heartland:...
Glowing up: Claire Christian on ‘It’s Been a Pleasure, Noni Blake’ Archive
Wednesday, 5 August 2020
Claire Christian's second novel It's Been a Pleasure, Noni Blake (Text, October) is a queer romantic comedy that follows the eponymous Noni, who decides to overhaul her life after the end...
HarperCollins acquires Mattinson’s ‘We Were Not Men’ Archive
Wednesday, 5 August 2020
HarperCollins has acquired ANZ rights to Campbell Mattinson's debut novel We Were Not Men, from Tara Wynne at Curtis Brown. ‘It only took the first 22 pages of this novel—which...
Byron Writers Fest releases digital program, Langton delivers 2020 Thea Astley Address Archive
Wednesday, 5 August 2020
The annual Byron Writers Festival (BWF) Thea Astley Address, presented by Marcia Langton this year, will be available as a podcast, and the festival is offering free digital sessions in...
Wakefield acquires Parker’s ‘Endo Days’ Archive
Wednesday, 5 August 2020
Wakefield Press has acquired world rights to journalist Libby Trainor Parker’s debut nonfiction book, which has the working title Endo Days: Life, love and laughs with endometriosis. Endo Days is...
Meet the ABDA Emerging Designers of the Year: Akiko Chan Archive
Wednesday, 5 August 2020
In the lead-up to the 2020 Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA) awards, Books+Publishing spoke to the two shortlisted nominees for Emerging Designer of the Year. In this first instalment we...
Black Inc. acquires ‘We’ve Got This’ anthology Archive
Tuesday, 4 August 2020
Black Inc. has acquired world rights to We've Got This: Parenting with a disability, an anthology to be edited by journalist and disability advocate Eliza Hull, creator of the ABC...
Melbourne booksellers enter stage four lockdown Archive
Tuesday, 4 August 2020
On Sunday, 2 August Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced that the state has enacted a state of disaster due to the continued rise in Covid-19 cases. Subsequently, metropolitan Melbourne has...
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