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Bookshop in Kerang to close

Tuesday, 16 January 2024
The Little Blue Book Shop in Kerang, Victoria, has announced that it will close at the end of March. Bookseller Amanda Day told Books+Publishing: ‘The business was doing okay until...

Pearl Prize finalists announced

Tuesday, 16 January 2024
Midsumma Festival has announced the 15 finalists for its inaugural Pearl Prize. The prize accepted entries of short pieces of unpublished prose and/or poetry from LGBTIQA+ writers and their allies...

Allen-Paisant wins 2023 T S Eliot Prize

The book cover of Jason Allen-Paisant's Self-Portrait as Othello Tuesday, 16 January 2024
In the UK, Jason Allen-Paisant has won the 2023 T S Eliot Prize, worth £25,000 (A$47,773), for his collection Self-Portrait as Othello (Carcanet Press), reports the Bookseller. Self-Portrait as Othello...

S&S announces staff restructure, new appointments 

Monday, 15 January 2024
Simon & Schuster (S&S) Australia has announced several staff changes, including the creation of several new roles, in a restructure following the resignation of international and client product director Caitlin...

Harper launches YA imprint

Harper Fire logo Monday, 15 January 2024
In the UK, HarperCollins Children’s Books (HCCB) is launching a new YA imprint, Harper Fire, reports the Bookseller. HarperCollins said the new imprint would be a chance to 'publish standout,...

2024 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship shortlist announced

the logo for Writers Victoria Thursday, 11 January 2024
Writers Victoria has announced the shortlist for the 2024 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship. The shortlist includes nine writers: Carolyn Dowley (WA), ‘for a biography of Sadie Canning, a Wongutha woman,...

B&N aims to open 50 stores in 2024

Thursday, 11 January 2024
In the US, Barnes & Noble (B&N) CEO James Daunt has announced the chain has set a goal of opening 50 new stores in 2024, reports Publishers Weekly (PW). According...

Anton Clifford-Motopi recommends 

Wednesday, 10 January 2024
I recently finished reading What About Thao? by Oliver Phommavanh. I loved the portrayal of everyday life in a small country town and the likeable and relatable cast of characters....

Please complete our Christmas survey 

Wednesday, 10 January 2024
Books+Publishing is currently conducting its annual Christmas survey of booksellers and publishers. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey online. We are accepting submissions until Wednesday, 17 January. Booksellers...

Writers’ Prize 2024 shortlist announced

Wednesday, 10 January 2024
The shortlist for the 2024 Writers' Prize, formerly the Rathbones Folio Prize, has been announced. The shortlisted books in each category are: Fiction The Wren, The Wren (Anne Enright, Vintage)...

100 Story Building among Creative Ventures Program recipients

logo of Creative Victoria Wednesday, 10 January 2024
The 100 Story Building in Footscray, Victoria, is among the funding recipients of the Creative Ventures Program, a Creative Victoria program that provides two-year grants to small creative organisations. The program...

Explainer: What is accessible publishing? 

Wednesday, 10 January 2024
Accessibility and inclusivity are broad terms that can have different meanings in different contexts. In the book industry, these terms have surfaced at many conferences and events as people come...

Anton Clifford-Motopi on ‘To and Fro’ 

Tuesday, 9 January 2024
Anton Clifford-Motopi is a Brisbane-based author who likes to write stories that make children laugh. Books+Publishing reviewer Emma Pei Yin described his debut novel, To and Fro (A&U Children, March),...

UK sales value up in 2023 as volume declines

Tuesday, 9 January 2024
In the UK, an increase in average selling prices meant the market was up by 1.3% in 2023, despite volume sales being down by 5%, reports the Bookseller. According to...

APA announces 2024 REP editors

Tuesday, 9 January 2024
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced the 15 editors selected for the 2024 Residential Editorial Program (REP), an intensive program for mid-career editors to work on an unpublished manuscript...

Peter Porter Poetry Prize 2024 shortlist announced

ABR logo Monday, 8 January 2024
The shortlist for the 2024 Australian Book Review (ABR) Peter Porter Poetry Prize has been announced. The shortlisted poems are: ‘Poem of the Dead Woman’ by Judith Nangala Crispin (NSW) ‘Immigration Triction’...

Murphy awarded 2024 Peter Blazey Fellowship

Friday, 15 December 2023
Author, editor and accessibility consultant Fiona Murphy has won the 2024 Peter Blazey Fellowship. Murphy will use the fellowship to work on her second book, 'Livelihood', a narrative nonfiction essay...

Creative Australia funds literature organisations and individuals

Creative Australia logo Thursday, 14 December 2023
Creative Australia has announced the Four Year Investment for Organisations program for 2025–2028. Among the 159 organisations in Creative Australia’s multi-year investment, 14 literature organisations are listed. Creative Australia also...

PRH acquires Hay House 

Thursday, 14 December 2023
Penguin Random House (PRH) has announced the acquisition of mind, body, spirit publisher Hay House. PRH, which did not disclose terms of the acquisition, said Hay House would 'retain its...

 

 

 

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