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Thompson steps down as PRH New Zealand MD

Wednesday, 12 July 2017
Penguin Random House (PRH) New Zealand managing director Margaret Thompson will leave the company on 28 July. Thompson was appointed to the role in 2014 after serving as MD of...

Rolfe wins 2017 Mary Gilmore Award

Wednesday, 12 July 2017
Aden Rolfe has won the 2017 Mary Gilmore Award for his poetry collection False Nostalgia (Giramondo). The award was presented by the Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) at...

Davitt Awards 2017 shortlists announced

Tuesday, 11 July 2017
Sisters in Crime has announced the shortlists for the 2017 Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women. The shortlisted works in each category are: Adult novel Dead...

Booktopia named finalist in Telstra Business Awards

Monday, 10 July 2017
Online bookseller Booktopia has been named a finalist in the Telstra Business Awards in the medium-sized category for New South Wales. The company has entered the awards six times and...

Little Brown signs self-published New Zealand author

Monday, 10 July 2017
In the UK, Little Brown imprint Piatkus has acquired two novels by self-published New Zealand author Tammy Robinson in a five-figure deal, reports the Bookseller. The first book Differently Normal,...

New Maurice Sendak picture book discovered

Monday, 10 July 2017
A new picture book by the late Maurice Sendak and his frequent collaborator Arthur Yorinks has been discovered in Sendak’s archives, reports Publishers Weekly. Presto and Zesto in Limboland was...

New ‘Books+Publishing Junior’ reviews out now

Monday, 10 July 2017
Books+Publishing’s latest Junior newsletter contains 12 reviews of books publishing in September. The ‘profoundly moving love poem’ Pea Pod Lullaby (Glenda Millard, illus by Stephen Michael King, A&U) received five...

Turnover up three percent at OUP

Friday, 7 July 2017
Oxford University Press (OUP) has recorded a 3.3% increase in turnover to £847.4m (A$1450m) for the year ending 31 March 2017, reports the Bookseller. The results, which improve on last...

City of Sydney to waive fines for overdue loans

Wednesday, 5 July 2017
City of Sydney libraries are waiving fines for overdue loans until 30 June 2021 following a successful eight-month trial, reports News.com.au. Fees will still be charged for lost or damaged...

Publishing delegation travels to Seoul and Beijing

Wednesday, 5 July 2017
A delegation of Australian publishers travelled to Beijing and Seoul in June to ‘research market opportunities for authors and publishers in China and Korea’. Nerrilee Weir, senior rights manager for...

Book Bonding closes Essendon store 

Wednesday, 5 July 2017
Book Bonding owners Natasha Boyd and Mark Neicho closed their Essendon bookstore on 30 June after deciding to focus their energy on their Gisborne shop. Boyd told Books+Publishing that running...

HarperCollins acquires rights to Carly Findlay memoir

Wednesday, 5 July 2017
HarperCollins Australia has acquired world rights to Say Hello: How I Became the Hero of My Story by Australian writer, speaker and appearance activist Carly Findlay. Findlay, who has the...

‘Small Things’ wins 2017 Gold Ledger Award

Wednesday, 5 July 2017
The winners of the 2017 Ledger Awards for excellence in Australian comics and graphic novels were announced in Sydney on the 19 June. The winner of the Gold Ledger was...

French publishing sales up in 2016

Tuesday, 4 July 2017
French publishing sales rose in 2016 by 4.25% to €2.8bn (A$4.16bn) according to figures from the French Publishers Association (Syndicat National de l’Edition, SNE), reports the Bookseller. Sales by volume...