Hachette Australia has sold UK and Commonwealth (excluding ANZ) and translation rights to Sophie Green’s The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Book Club to Little, Brown UK imprint Sphere. The... Read more
Affirm Press has expanded its younger readers editorial team, appointing Davina Bell as senior editor and promoting Clair Hume to commissioning editor. Bell was previously a senior editor at Penguin... Read more
The Brisbane Powerhouse will host five visiting authors in May as part of its inaugural international Writers + Ideas series. Authors to appear at the events are US journalist and author... Read more
This week’s bestsellers chart has a new number one, with Really Weird! WeirDo (Anh Do, Scholastic) topping both the overall bestsellers and the fastest movers charts. The Barefoot Investor (Scott Pape, Wrightbooks) is in... Read more
In the UK, HarperCollins has recorded a drop in sales from £186m (A$307m) to £184m (A$303m) in the 2015-16 financial year, but an increase in operating profits from £13m (A$21m)... Read more