The line-up for the second annual Scribblers Festival, which celebrates children’s literature and arts, has been announced. Running from 8–12 May in the Perth suburb of Claremont, Scribblers Festival will... Read more
Pantera Press has sold UK and Commonwealth rights (excluding ANZ and Canada) to the first 10 books in the ‘Rowland Sinclair Mysteries’ series (Sulari Gentill) to independent UK publisher Oldcastle... Read more
In the UK, Geoff Lemon’s Steve Smith’s Men (Hardie Grant) has won the Wisden Book of the Year award. Lemon’s book is an on-the-ground account of the Test cricket cheating... Read more
The Australian Book Industry Awards’ (ABIA) Rising Star of the Year is awarded to an emerging talent in Australian publishing who has spent less than 10 years in the industry. In this... Read more
Bookshops are one of the top retail growth categories in the UK, according to new research from PricewaterhouseCoopers that also shows a record number of UK shops closed in 2018.... Read more