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Australia Council literature director Jill Eddington has been appointed CEO of the University of Queensland Press (UQP), effective from 6 March. Eddington will replace former... Read more |
A government-commissioned Ernst & Young (E&Y) report, Cost Benefit Analysis of Changes to the Copyright Act 1968, has found that an open-ended fair-use exception is... Read more |
Leading Edge Books has announced the shortlists for the 2017 Indie Book Awards. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Fiction The Good People (Hannah Kent,... Read more |
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The Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) will be held on 25 May at the Art Gallery of NSW this year. The awards will be hosted... Read more |
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The finalists for the 2016 Australian Romance Readers Awards have been announced. Ten authors have been shortlisted for the Favourite Australian Romance Author. They are:... Read more |
The full program has been announced for the 2017 Perth Writers Festival, which runs from 23-26 February. Events at the festival include ‘Pondering our most... Read more |
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The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) has announced a new prize for art and design books. The Cornish Family Prize for Art and Design Publishing, which... Read more |
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Two new children’s book series by Sally Rippin will launch in 2017. In June, Hardie Grant Egmont will publish the first book in the ‘Polly... Read more |
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Bonnier Publishing Australia imprint Five Mile has acquired two children’s books by Jimmy Barnes for publication in April 2017. The two books will revolve around... Read more |
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Transit Lounge has sold North American and UK rights to A S Patrić’s 2016 Miles Franklin Literary Award winner Black Rock White City to Melville... Read more |
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Writers Victoria has announced the seven finalists for the 2017 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship, awarded annually to an Australian writer for a proposed biographical work.... Read more |
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The finalists for the annual Margaret River Short Story Competition have been announced. The shortlisted authors and their works are: Emily Paull for ‘Miss Lovegrove’... Read more |
Tasmanian arts journalist and musician Stephanie Eslake has won the inaugural Kill Your Darlings New Critic Award. Eslake receives $4000, a mentorship with senior KYD... Read more |
Griffith Review has announced the recipients of its writers’ fellowships, launched last year in conjunction with the Queensland Literary Awards. They are: Lech Blaine Laura... Read more |
In the US, the finalists for the 2016 National Book Critics Circle Awards have been announced. The finalists in the best fiction category are: Moonglow... Read more |
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In the UK, Jacob Polley has won the 2016 T S Eliot Prize for poetry, reports the Telegraph. Polley won the £20,000 (A$32,190) prize for... Read more |
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In the UK, Vintage has announced the launch of a new series called ‘Vintage Minis’, a range of short books on ‘big subjects’ drawn from... Read more |
In the UK, the shortlist for the inaugural Republic of Consciousness Prize, recognising ‘brave, bold and brilliant’ literature from small presses, has been announced, reports the... Read more |
Sales Fiction—Bonnier has sold UK and US rights to Resurrection Bay (Emma Viskic) to Pushkin Press; audio rights to Resurrection Bay (Emma Viskic) to Wavesound;... Read more |
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The Barefoot Investor (Scott Pape, Wrightbooks) has spent its first week in top spot on the overall bestsellers chart. Pape’s personal finance guide, which is... Read more |
‘Goats are the new ducks, it would seem, as the successful team of Ursula Dubosarsky and Andrew Joyner (The Terrible Plop, Too Many Elephants) reunite... Read more |
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English children’s author and illustrator Babette Cole has died, aged 66. Cole wrote and illustrated more than 150 children’s books, including the revisionist fairytale picture... Read more |
The City of Perth library received two more architectural awards late last year, reports Community News. The library won the National Entertainment and Recreation Facility... Read more |
Dudley Denny City Library in Mackay, Queensland, has introduced a 1.2m emotionally intelligent robot called Pepper as an ambassador for the library, reports the ABC.... Read more |
In the US, Paula Hawkins’ The Girl on the Train (Black Swan) has been identified as the most checked-out book at eight of 14 metropolitan... Read more |
In 2014, Harry Hartog Woden store manager James Redden had the ‘humbling and terrifying’ experience of launching a new bookselling brand. Read his bookseller’s diary... Read more |
 Bonnier Publishing Australia’s warehouse, TL Distribution, will undertake our annual stocktake from Monday 30 January—Friday 3 February. This means that orders for BPA titles will not be picked, packed or distributed during these five days. Orders will recommence on Monday 6 February.
For price and availability please visit www.tldonline.com.au. For all other enquiries please email info@bonnierpublishing.com.au and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
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 UQP is delighted to announce the appointment of Jill Eddington as its new CEO. ‘Jill is highly respected across Australian literary and cultural sectors’, says Acting CEO Madonna Duffy. ‘She brings a deep knowledge of UQP and its iconic cultural status to the role. Jill is the first female leader in our 69-year history, which is an achievement in itself. Her new ideas and energy will help position us well for the future.’ Jill will be commencing work at UQP on Monday, 6 March 2017.
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New Holland are pleased to announce that Regency Media, who are also based in Sydney, will take control of our book warehousing and distribution from 1 February 2017.
Their address is: 6 Goulburn St, Kings Park, NSW, 2148.
Orders to be placed via email at: NHPorders@regencymedia.com.au.
For customer service enquiries: NHPcustomerservice@regencymedia.com.au or 02 8884 4073.
All existing New Holland customers will need to set up a direct account with New Holland. Please contact your representative to secure an Account Application Form, or feel free to contact Coral Kuhn on 02 8986 4700.
Note our ‘Trading Terms’ will remain unchanged from what currently exists with UBD and it is business as usual. All returns will be honoured at UBD up until 31 March 2017, after which time this will transfer to Regency Media: NHPreturns@regencymedia.com.au.
UBD will be still supplying all backlist and January titles until 31 January 2017.
All February new releases will be supplied from Regency Media.
Please note that the minimum order value at Regency Media will be $150.00; orders below this amount will incur an $11.00 surcharge.
Should you have any queries whatsoever, please email lesley@newholland.com.au.
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