The longlists for the 2017 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) have been announced. The titles in each category are: General fiction book of the year... Read more |
The program has been announced for the 2017 Auckland Writers Festival, which runs from 16-21 May. The line-up of 42 international writers includes Man Booker Prize-winning... Read more |
Affirm Press publisher Fiona Henderson has been appointed publishing director of Simon & Schuster, effective from 3 April. Henderson has worked in publishing for more... Read more |
Pan Macmillan’s Picador imprint has acquired ANZ rights to Hannah Kent’s next two novels. Picador publisher Geordie Williamson told Books+Publishing the deal ‘gives Hannah time... Read more |
Black Inc. has commissioned a series of six short books featuring Australian writers reflecting on other Australian writers who have inspired and influenced them. The first two... Read more |
A number of writers have been awarded international residencies for 2017-18 as part of the Australia Council’s program. The writers are: Josephine Rowe, to build... Read more |
US-based ebook analysts Author Earnings has included Australian data in its reporting for the first time, with its quarterly report expanded to cover the top... Read more |
The Copyright Agency has appointed Nicola Evans as the head of its Cultural Fund and Reading Australia programs. Evans’ previous roles include program manager for... Read more |
Granta has acquired Australian and UK rights to Booker Prize-winning New Zealand author Eleanor Catton’s third novel Birnam Wood. Victoria University Press (VUP) will publish the... Read more |
Penguin Australia will publish a new novel from Peter Carey, A Long Way from Home, in November. The book will also be published by Faber... Read more |
Black Inc. has acquired the rights to Josephine Rowe’s short story collection Horse Latitudes, to be published in mid-2018. Publisher Aviva Tuffield told Books+Publishing she has... Read more |
Scribe UK publicity and operations manager Sarah Braybrooke has been promoted to managing director of Scribe UK. Braybrooke’s promotion is one of four at Scribe’s... Read more |
The Queensland Literary Awards is introducing a new digital literature award in 2017. The $10,000 prize, sponsored by the Queensland University of Technology, is open... Read more |
Australian authors Charlotte Wood and Foz Meadows have been commended in the US-based Tiptree Award, which is presented for science-fiction and fantasy that expands or explores the... Read more |
The Storylines Children’s Trust has announced its 2017 Notable Books list for children’s and young adult books published in 2016. The 33 notable books on... Read more |
The Australian Book Review (ABR) has reopened its $7500 gender fellowship with broader criteria, following its decision not to award the inaugural fellowship. The revised fellowship calls... Read more |
Tasmanian publisher Transportation Press has launched an international microfiction competition, with a collection of winning and highly commended stories to be published later in the... Read more |
‘It’s refreshing to see how books generally, and print books in particular, are still appealing to younger consumers, both male and female, despite so many... Read more |
Sales Nonfiction—Black Inc. imprint Nero has sold Czech rights to Destination Simple (Brooke McAlary) to Grada. Bonnier Publishing Australia has sold UK rights to The... Read more |
There’s a new title at the top of the bestsellers chart this week, with The CSIRO Low-Carb Diet (Grant Brinkworth & Pennie Taylor, Macmillan) leading... Read more |
Books+Publishing magazine’s first issue for 2017 is out now! Reviews: It’s a strong start to the year for reviews, with four adult books scoring 4.5... Read more |
New Zealand cartoonist Murray Ball has died, aged 78. Ball was best known for creating the ‘Footrot Flats’ comic series, and was made an Officer of... Read more |
The longlist for the 2017 Man Booker International Prize has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Compass (Mathias Enard, trans by Charlotte Mandell, Fitzcarraldo Editions)... Read more |
France’s Shakespeare and Company has been named Bookstore of the Year at the London Book Fair (LBF) International Excellence Awards. Shakespeare and Company is the... Read more |
UK bricks-and-mortar booksellers saw a 4% increase in book sales volume in 2016 while online sales held steady, according to Nielsen’s Books and Consumer survey... Read more |
Hachette UK revenue was up 11% in 2016, with the growth credited with driving parent company Lagardère’s publishing division revenue up 2.5% on the previous... Read more |
In the UK, John Keene’s Counternarratives (Fitzcarraldo Editions) has won the inaugural Republic of Consciousness Prize for small presses, reports the Bookseller. The £3000 ($4860)... Read more |
Swedish-owned Bonnier Books is launching a new print and digital self-publishing platform in the UK, reports the Bookseller. Type & Tell, which launches at the... Read more |
Former Australia Library and Information Association (ALIA) president Christine Mackenzie has been elected president-elect of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) from... Read more |
The Supreme Court will hear a case brought by the City of Sydney against two companies over the construction of the glass facade at the... Read more |
With the tally of Australian literary festivals reaching more than 90 in 2017, Jo Case takes a look at the role festivals play in an... Read more |
‘Brennan’s depiction of Garner’s fearless approach to the very difficult subjects of The First Stone, Joe Cinque’s Consolation and This House of Grief is beautifully... Read more |
Publisher: Smudge ISBN prefix: 978099 Old distributor: Woodslane Pty Ltd New distributor: Dennis Jones Changeover date: 1 April 2017 Returns cut-off: 28 April 2017 Contact... Read more |
Publisher: Distributed Art Publishers Old distributor: None New distributor: Books at Manic Changeover date: 1 February 2017 Publisher: Design for Today Old distributor: None New distributor: Books at Manic Changeover... Read more |
Emily Banyard has joined the Australian Society of Authors (ASA) as marketing and communications manager following the departure of communications manager Jacqui Dent. Banyard has... Read more |
Our congratulations to Maxine Beneba Clarke for her shortlisting in the 2017 Stella Prize for The Hate Race (9780733632280, $32.99). To order copies please contact... Read more |
Dennis Jones will be distributing Smudge Publishing books from 1 April 2017. Smudge Publishing thanks Woodslane for all their hard work over the last 3... Read more |
Catherine de Saint Phalle’s Poum and Alexandre: A Paris memoir (Transit Lounge) has been shortlisted for the 2016 Stella Prize, along with five other writers.... Read more |
NewSouth Books would like to congratulate Ali Cobby Eckermann for winning the 2017 Windham-Campbell Prize for poetry. Eckermann is an Indigenous poet and artist from... Read more |
Footrot Flats author and cartoonist Murray Ball has passed away in New Zealand, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. Hachette Australia Publishing Director Fiona Hazard said,... Read more |
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