Iranian-Australian writer Shokoofeh Azar has been longlisted for the 2020 International Booker Prize for her novel The Englightenment of the Greengage Tree (trans by Anonymous, Wild Dingo Press). Azar is... Read more
The Australian Publishers Association has announced the first keynote speakers for its inaugural book industry conference BookUp. Demographer Claire Madden will present ‘Generational change: where is Australia going?’, a look... Read more
Ingram’s print-on-demand service Lightning Source will remove from its catalogue print content that ‘does harm’ to buyers’ and affects the reputations of its retail and publishing partners. In a notice... Read more
The University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired world rights to Adam Thompson’s debut short story collection Born into this. Set in Tasmania, Thompson’s stories deal with Aboriginal identity and... Read more
