B&N, PRH cancel Diverse Editions promotion after backlash
Thursday, 6 February 2020
In the US, Barnes & Noble and Penguin Random House have cancelled a planned Black History Month promotion after a social media backlash that accused the companies of ‘literary blackface’,...
Gill wins 2020 Margaret Mahy Medal
Thursday, 6 February 2020
Children’s author Maria Gill has won the 2020 Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal, presented annually for lifetime achievement and distinguished contribution to New Zealand children’s literature. Gill is the author of...
Brow Books acquires graphic novel ‘Stone Fruit’
Thursday, 6 February 2020
Brow Books has acquired ANZ rights to debut graphic novel Stone Fruit by Montreal-based Australian comics artist Lee Lai. Stone Fruit follows queer couple Bron and Ray who ‘enjoy their...
‘Changes start small’: Behind the union push at PRH
Wednesday, 5 February 2020
Elena Gomez was part of a core team of editorial and publicity staff at Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) who initiated collective bargaining with their employer last year, resulting in...
Macmillan USA commits to increasing Latinx representation after ‘American Dirt’ controversy
Wednesday, 5 February 2020
In the US, Macmillan has committed to increasing the number of Latinx authors and staff across the company, in response to the controversy surrounding Jeanine Cummins' novel American Dirt. The...
Oz publishers heading to Bologna in final year of funding
Wednesday, 5 February 2020
Twelve independent publishers will take part in the Australian collective stand at this year’s Bologna Children’s Book Fair, which runs from 30 March to 2 April. The 2020 fair marks...
Black Inc. acquires Manning’s biography of Lachlan Murdoch
Wednesday, 5 February 2020
Black Inc. has acquired world rights to The Unauthorised Biography of Lachlan Murdoch by author and journalist Paddy Manning. The publisher said the book will investigate Murdoch—the eldest son of...
King, Murray awarded 2020 Waitangi Day Honours
Wednesday, 5 February 2020
Writer and WORD Christchurch director Rachael King and science fiction author Lee Murray have been named in the New Zealand Society of Authors’ (NZSA) annual Waitangi Day Honours. King was...
‘You Can Change the World’ sold in multiple territories
Wednesday, 5 February 2020
Pantera Press has sold rights in several territories to Lucy Bell’s You Can Change the World, an illustrated practical guide ‘designed to empower kids to make changes in their lives...
Williams steps down as Wheeler Centre director
Tuesday, 4 February 2020
Michael Williams will step down from his position as the Wheeler Centre director, after 10 years in the role. ‘Being part of establishing, defining and shaping the Wheeler Centre over...
Kitty Flanagan wins inaugural Favourite Australian Book award
Tuesday, 4 February 2020
Kitty Flanagan has won Booktopia’s inaugural $5000 Favourite Australian Book award, for her book 488 Rules for Life (A&U). The award, which replaces Booktopia’s annual Australia’s Favourite Author poll, was...
Brill’s forthcoming novel ‘Symphony for the Man’ optioned for film
Tuesday, 4 February 2020
Sparkplug Films has optioned the film rights to Sarah Brill’s forthcoming novel Symphony for the Man (Spinifex, March). Spinifex describes the novel as ‘a poignant and gritty tale of homelessness...
Furphy Literary Award goes national, offers $15k prize
Tuesday, 4 February 2020
A new national short story prize called the Furphy Literary Award is launching in 2020 with a $15,000 first prize, making it the richest prize for a short story in...
Spheres of influence: Ronnie Scott on ‘The Adversary’
Monday, 3 February 2020
Ronnie Scott’s debut novel The Adversary (Hamish Hamilton) follows an unnamed protagonist as he navigates gay friendship and wrestles with self-doubt over the course of a hot Melbourne summer. Scott spoke...
Pascoe withdraws from Perth and Adelaide festival events
Monday, 3 February 2020
Author Bruce Pascoe has withdrawn from scheduled appearances at Perth Festival and Adelaide Writers’ Week, citing a need to return to his bushfire-affected home in East Gippsland. Pascoe announced he...
Taipei book fair postponed due to coronavirus
Monday, 3 February 2020
The Taipei International Book Exhibition (TIBE), originally scheduled for 4–9 February, has been postponed until 7–12 May as a result of the spreading coronavirus epidemic. The Ministry of Culture, Taiwan...
Brasch joins Melbourne Jewish Book Week as festival director
Monday, 3 February 2020
Writer and teacher Nicolas Brasch has been appointed festival director of Melbourne Jewish Book Week (MJBW). Brasch is the author of more than 400 books, mainly for children and young...
Amazon net sales up by 20% in 2019
Monday, 3 February 2020
Amazon has released its full-year financial results for 2019, reporting a net sales increase of 20% on the previous year. The company's financial results for 2018 showed a net sales...
The books: Lukewarm response to ‘backlist Christmas’
Friday, 31 January 2020
The most mentioned nonfiction, fiction and children’s titles in the 2019 Christmas survey were all books by local authors. Charlotte Wood’s The Weekend was the most mentioned fiction title, ahead...
The publishers: ‘A spread of titles enjoyed the spoils’
Friday, 31 January 2020
Christmas sales in 2019 were close to expectations, or better than expected, for all Australian publishers surveyed by Books+Publishing. More than half of publishers reported sales were ‘about the same’...
BookScan figures: Volume up, value down
Friday, 31 January 2020
There was marginal growth in the sales volume of books and a three percent drop in value in the lead-up to Christmas 2019, compared to the same period in the...
Christmas 2019: Sales up despite mixed feelings, climate chaos
Friday, 31 January 2020
Books+Publishing received feedback from representatives of nearly 100 bookshops around Australia for its annual Christmas survey. According to the results of the survey, for the first time in four years...
Macmillan employees banned from attending DBW conference over ebook embargo
Friday, 31 January 2020
Digital Book World (DBW) has banned Macmillan employees from attending its 2020 conference in solidarity with the American Library Association’s (ALA) campaign against the publisher's restrictions on new release ebooks....
Caffoor to leave Text
Friday, 31 January 2020
Text rights manager Khadija Caffoor is leaving the company to return to the UK. Caffoor has worked in rights at Text since 2016. Caffoor told Books+Publishing she'd decided ‘it was...
Play ‘Counting and Cracking’ wins $100k Victorian Prize for Literature
Friday, 31 January 2020
Sydney playwright S Shakthidharan and associate writer Eamon Flack have won the $100,000 Victorian Prize for Literature for their play Counting and Cracking (Belvoir and Co-Curious) at this year’s Victorian...
Booktopia buys Co-op assets; campus stores to close
Friday, 31 January 2020
Online bookseller Booktopia has bought ‘various’ assets of the Co-op Bookshop from the administrators of the University Co-operative Bookshop. As previously reported by Books+Publishing, the University Co-operative Bookshop, which included...
‘Books that matter and books that sell’: Industry predictions for 2020
Thursday, 30 January 2020
A rise in books tackling climate change and sustainability, personal development and wellbeing titles, and ‘uplifting’ fiction and nonfiction are all predicted by senior figures from across the book trade. Books+Publishing...
US survey finds publishing workforce 76% white, 74% female
Thursday, 30 January 2020
In the US, the results from Lee & Low’s 2019 ‘Diversity Baseline’ survey of the workforce have been released, showing little change from the publisher’s 2015 survey. The survey found...
Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2020 longlists announced
Thursday, 30 January 2020
The longlists for the 2020 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards have been announced. The longlisted titles in each category are: Fiction The Absolute Book (Elizabeth Knox, Victoria University Press) Lonely Asian...
HarperCollins acquires rights to Maley’s debut ‘The Truth About Her’
Thursday, 30 January 2020
HarperCollins has acquired ANZ rights to journalist Jacqueline Maley’s debut novel The Truth About Her, in a two-book deal via Jeanne Ryckmans at Cameron’s Management. The Truth About Her follows...
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