New England Illustration Prize 2023 winners announced
Wednesday, 8 November 2023
The New England Writers' Centre has announced the winners of this year’s New England Illustration Prize for Children’s Picture Book Publishing. The winners of the 2023 award are: First prize...
Nature Writing Prize 2023 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 8 November 2023
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) Australia has announced the writers shortlisted for the 2023 Nature Writing Prize. The shortlisted writers are: Bonny Cassidy (Chewton Bushlands) for 'A Custodial Species', which 'draws...
Handsel offers Hardie Grant books in gift packs
Wednesday, 8 November 2023
Hardie Grant is selling books in gift packs through its new online gift-giving service Handsel. Created by HGX, the Hardie Grant–owned digital venture studio, Handsel is described as ‘reimagining the...
FTC files ‘long-awaited’ antitrust suit against Amazon
Wednesday, 8 November 2023
In the US, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a long-awaited antitrust lawsuit against Amazon on 26 September, reports Publishers Weekly (PW). The FTC’s 172-page complaint—which is supported by 17...
Cathro to leave Campion in 2024
Monday, 6 November 2023
Campion Education managing director James Cathro will leave his position in late 2024, after over 25 years with the company. In a statement, Cathro said: ‘After more than two decades...
US survey finds drop in reading participation
Monday, 6 November 2023
In the US, a new report from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) found reading rates among adults declined over the past five years, reports Publishers Weekly. The report...
Woollahra Digital Literary Award shortlists announced
Monday, 6 November 2023
The shortlists for the 2023 Woollahra Digital Literary Award have been announced. The shortlisted works in each category are: Fiction 'The Life of a Folk Devil' (Michael Mohammed Ahmad, Meanjin)...
Neilma Sidney Travel Fund recipients announced
Monday, 6 November 2023
Writers Victoria has announced the tenth round of recipients for the Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund. The nine successful recipients—who share in a total of $69,761—are: Alana Hicks (NSW), to...
No newsletter on Tuesday
Monday, 6 November 2023
Due to the Melbourne Cup public holiday in Victoria, Books+Publishing will not publish a newsletter tomorrow, Tuesday, 7 November.
Danger Awards 2023 winners announced
Friday, 3 November 2023
The winners of the 2023 Danger Awards have been announced at the BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival. Novelist Chris Hammer, who took out the award for best crime fiction, has...
Walkley Book Award shortlist announced
Friday, 3 November 2023
The shortlist for the Walkley Book Award has been announced. The shortlisted works are: Ghosts of the Orphanage (Christine Kenneally, Hachette Australia) The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel exports the technology of...
Sawyer wins 2023 Richell Prize
Thursday, 2 November 2023
Alex Sawyer is the 2023 winner of the Richell Prize for Emerging Writers for the manuscript ‘Rat Daniels’, Hachette Australia has announced. Sawyer is a clinical psychologist, volunteer firefighter and...
Hobart named a UNESCO City of Literature
Thursday, 2 November 2023
The United Nations’ cultural arm UNESCO has named Hobart a City of Literature. The Hobart City of Literature Working Group (HCLWG) was formed in January 2023 to present the bid...
Eckermann’s ‘She Is the Earth’ sells to North America
Thursday, 2 November 2023
Magabala Books has sold North American rights to Ali Cobby Eckermann’s She Is the Earth to Flood Editions. The publisher said She Is the Earth is ‘a luminous verse novel...
PRH UK to cut 38 roles
Thursday, 2 November 2023
In the UK, Penguin Random House (PRH) has proposed removing 38 roles as the publisher faces ‘longer-term’ challenges to profitability ‘in the face of increasing cost pressures’, reports the Bookseller....
Australian Reading Hour to end
Thursday, 2 November 2023
Australia Reads will retire its annual Australian Reading Hour event in favour of 'a practical, unified, and year-round approach to advocating for reading in Australia'. In a statement, Australia Reads...
Completely Normal (and Other Lies) wins inaugural Gab Williams Prize
Wednesday, 1 November 2023
Completely Normal (and Other Lies) by Biffy James (HGCP) is the winner of the inaugural Gab Williams Prize. Readings established the Gab Williams Prize in addition to its annual Readings...
McNicol Smith to depart Affirm
Wednesday, 1 November 2023
Affirm Press publicity manager Laura McNicol Smith is departing the organisation. Discussing the move, McNicol Smith said: 'After six wonderful years at Affirm Press, I’ve decided it’s time for a...
AI, Spotify, high/low fiction: Australian impressions of Frankfurt
Wednesday, 1 November 2023
AI dominated conversations at this year's Frankfurt Book Fair, according to Australians in attendance. 'A day didn’t pass at the book fair without a conversation about AI, the good, the...
Transit Lounge acquires Downes novel
Wednesday, 1 November 2023
Transit Lounge has acquired world rights to Stephen Downes’ new novel, Mural. Publisher Barry Scott said Mural is 'a haunting "confession" by a psychopath held in a secure facility'. Told...
New S&S imprint Bundyi acquires Walton historical novel
Wednesday, 1 November 2023
Simon & Schuster Australia imprint Bundyi Publishing has announced its first acquisition, acquiring world rights to I Am Nan’nert’garrook, a historical fiction novel from author and actor Tasma Walton. Walton...
KKR completes S&S purchase
Wednesday, 1 November 2023
Private equity firm KKR has completed its US$1.6 billion (A$2.5b) purchase of Simon & Schuster (S&S) from Paramount Global in an all-cash transaction, reports Publishers Weekly. S&S is a now...
Mayo, O’Brien donate The Voice to Parliament Handbook royalties to the ILF
Wednesday, 1 November 2023
Thomas Mayo and Kerry O’Brien have donated royalties from The Voice to Parliament Handbook (Hardie Grant) to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF). Totalling $30,080.66, the authors’ donation is from the...
Yumna Kassab on ‘Politica’
Tuesday, 31 October 2023
Yumna Kassab is a writer from Western Sydney. She is the author of The House of Youssef (Giramondo, 2019), Australiana (Ultimo, 2022), and The Lovers (Ultimo, 2022). She has been listed...
Yumna Kassab recommends
Tuesday, 31 October 2023
I think the standout book for 2023 has to be Only Sound Remains by Hossein Asgari. The writing has great clarity, and it evokes such a strong sense of place....
Ottley wins at World Fantasy Awards
Tuesday, 31 October 2023
Australian author, visual artist and composer Matt Ottley has been recognised in the category of special award—professional in the 2023 World Fantasy Awards for his book The Tree of Ecstasy...
Lim, Sworder on 2024 IBBY Honour List
Tuesday, 31 October 2023
IBBY Australia has announced its 2024 selection for the biennial IBBY Honour List: for writing, Rebecca Lim’s Tiger Daughter (A&U, 2021), and for illustration, Zeno Sworder’s My Strange Shrinking Parents...
Hearts ‘reignite’ for 20th Ubud program
Tuesday, 31 October 2023
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF) recorded over 15,000 festival attendees for its 20th-anniversary festival program, held from 18–22 October 2023 in Ubud, Indonesia. Festival director Janet DeNeefe said, ‘We...
My Little Bookshop wins National Retail Association award
Monday, 30 October 2023
West Australian indie bookshop My Little Bookshop was named Small Retailer of the Year (shopfront) at the National Retail Association’s National Retail Awards on 26 October. My Little Bookshop is...
Shaw sells US and Canada rights to Adam novel
Monday, 30 October 2023
Martin Shaw from Shaw Literary has sold North American rights to Aotearoa New Zealand author Pip Adam's latest novel, Audition. Audition was acquired in the US by Coffee House Press...
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