IPEd announces inaugural ambassadors
Friday, 29 March 2019
The Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) has announced its inaugural ambassadors. The IPEd ambassadors are: Karin Hosking (ACT) Rebecca Harris (Qld) Matthew Sidebotham (ACT) Sophie Dougall (Qld) Hazel Baker (NSW)...
Antrobus wins 2019 Ted Hughes Award
Thursday, 28 March 2019
In the UK, British Jamaican poet Raymond Antrobus has won the 2019 Ted Hughes Award for his debut collection The Perseverance (Penned In The Margins), reports the Guardian. The Perseverance explores family...
European Parliament passes copyright reform bill
Thursday, 28 March 2019
The European Parliament has passed the EU’s copyright reform bill 348 votes to 274, reports the Bookseller. The Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market aims to update digital...
Over 200 attend 2019 Leading Edge Books conference
Wednesday, 27 March 2019
Just over 100 booksellers, more than 100 publishers and suppliers and 35 authors attended this year’s Leading Edge Books (LEB) conference, which was held in Adelaide from 17-19 March. LEB...
PRH to publish new McInerney novel, debut children’s book
Wednesday, 27 March 2019
Penguin Random House has acquired ANZ rights (including audio) to a new novel and debut children’s book by Monica McInerney. The two-book deal was struck by Fiona Inglis at Curtis...
British Library plans expansion into northern England
Wednesday, 27 March 2019
The British Library is planning to open a branch in the city of Leeds as part of an expansion of its activities in northern England, reports the Guardian. According to...
ABA announces 2019 conference program; Halls to give keynote
Wednesday, 27 March 2019
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced the program for its 2019 conference, to be held at Pullman Melbourne on the Park from 23-24 June. The conference will be organised around the...
LBF ‘as busy as ever’; Australians report interest in ‘uplifting nonfiction’ and self-help for kids
Wednesday, 27 March 2019
Australian publishers attending the 2019 London Book Fair (LBF) reported an interest in ‘uplifting or inspiring nonfiction’ and ‘self-development, self-esteem, resilience and mental health books for children and adolescents’, among...
SLV launches $75,000 appeal to acquire Bruce Postle Archive
Wednesday, 27 March 2019
The State Library of Victoria (SLV) has launched a public appeal to raise $75,000 by the end of June to acquire and preserve the archive of award-winning photojournalist Bruce Postle....
First AWW from Jo Dyer attracts new audiences; Dalton tops bestsellers
Wednesday, 27 March 2019
Adelaide Writers’ Week (AWW) has reported it brought new demographics to the 2019 festival, which ran from 2-7 March 2019. In her first year as AWW director, Jo Dyer said...
Sales, earnings up at PRH in 2018
Wednesday, 27 March 2019
Penguin Random House (PRH) parent company Bertelsmann has reported a slight rise in sales and earnings at the publisher in 2018, with revenue up 1.9% to €3.4 billion ($A5.37bn) and...
Ledden-Lewis wins 2019 Kestin Indigenous Illustrator Award
Wednesday, 27 March 2019
Bundjalung artist Charmaine Ledden-Lewis has won Magabala Books’ 2019 Kestin Indigenous Illustrator Award. A freelance artist based in Blackheath, NSW, Ledden-Lewis receives $10,000, a mentorship and the opportunity to illustrate...
MidnightSun acquires debut picture book about pioneer aviator
Wednesday, 27 March 2019
MidnightSun Publishing has acquired world rights to Beverly McWilliams’ first picture book Born to Fly, illustrated by Timothy Ide. Born to Fly follows the life of Australian farmer Harry Butler,...
CBCA Awards 2019 shortlists announced
Tuesday, 26 March 2019
The shortlists for this year’s Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Older readers Between Us (Clare Atkins, Black...
Waterstones staff campaign for ‘real living wage’
Tuesday, 26 March 2019
In the UK, staff at bookselling chain Waterstones are campaigning to be paid the ‘real living wage’, reports the Bookseller. Piccadilly Waterstones bookseller April Newton set up the online petition...
Mascara announces winners of Avant-garde Literary Awards
Tuesday, 26 March 2019
Mascara Literary Review has announced the winners of the Avant-garde Literary Awards for literature, criticism and theory. The awards recognise ‘books which are stretching the boundaries of genres radically, philosophically,...
Scribble to begin publishing directly into North America
Tuesday, 26 March 2019
Scribe’s picture-book list Scribble will begin publishing titles directly into North America in September this year. Scribble will launch its North American publishing list with titles All the Ways to be...
Kozlowski wins Leila St John Award
Tuesday, 26 March 2019
Children’s book specialist Kathy Kozlowski has received the annual Leila St John Award, presented by Victorian branch of the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA). Kozlowski has spent over 50...
ANZ authors nominated for 2019 RITA Awards
Monday, 25 March 2019
Several Australian and New Zealand authors have been nominated for the 2019 RITA Awards for excellence in published romance novels and novellas, presented by the Romance Writers of America (RWA)....
Whitcoulls pulls Peterson’s ‘12 Rules for Life’
Monday, 25 March 2019
New Zealand bookselling chain Whitcoulls has pulled Jordan Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life (Penguin Press), reports the NZ Herald. In an email to customers, the chain said it was ‘a...
‘Smash All the Windows’ wins inaugural Selfies Award
Monday, 25 March 2019
In the UK, Jane Davis’ self-published novel Smash All the Windows has won the inaugural Selfies Award for a self-published work of fiction. Smash All the Windows explores the emotional...
Scribe acquires debut novel by Horton
Friday, 22 March 2019
Scribe has acquired world rights to Luke Horton's debut novel, The Fogging, which was highly commended in the 2019 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards unpublished manuscript prize. Rights were acquired at...
‘The Boy at the Back of the Class’ wins Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2019
Friday, 22 March 2019
In the UK, Onjali Q Raúf’s novel The Boy at the Back of the Class (Orion Children's Books) has won the £5000 (A$9230) Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, reports the Bookseller....
Arena Magazine launches $1000 Alan Roberts Prize
Friday, 22 March 2019
The Arena Foundation, in association with Arena Magazine, has launched an annual prize for the best essay related to ‘ecology, social life or a politics for the future’. Entries to...
Red Room Poetry fellowship shortlist announced
Friday, 22 March 2019
Red Room Poetry has announced the shortlist for its 2019 fellowship, which recognises the achievements and artistic goals of contemporary Australian poets. The 11 shortlisted poets are: Richard James Allen...
Report says up to 60 Big W stores could close
Thursday, 21 March 2019
Up to 60 Big W stores may be forced to close according to a recent Macquarie Wealth Management report, first reported in the Australian. Woolworths Group, which owns the discount...
Red Room Poetry expands Poetry in First Languages schools program to QLD, NT, ACT
Thursday, 21 March 2019
Red Room Poetry is expanding its Poetry in First Languages (PIFL) program in 2019 to include Queensland, the Northern Territory and the ACT. The PIFL program teaches poetry, music, dance...
US Christian bookstore chain to close 170 bricks-and-mortar stores
Thursday, 21 March 2019
In the US, Christian bookstore chain LifeWay Christian Resources has announced that it will close all 170 of its physical stores by the end of 2019, reports Publishers Weekly. LifeWay...
Forthcoming Wood novel sold to US, UK
Wednesday, 20 March 2019
Charlotte Wood's forthcoming novel The Weekend (A&U, October) has been sold to Riverhead in the US and Weidenfeld & Nicolson (W&N) in the UK, reports the Bookseller. The novel, Wood's first...
Australian Library Design Awards 2019 winners announced
Wednesday, 20 March 2019
The winners of the 2019 Australian Library and Information Association’s (ALIA) Library Design Awards for new and refurbished libraries have been announced. The winning libraries are: Public libraries Shellharbour City...
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