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Dark Matters: A novel by Susan Hawthorne We always think that bad things can’t happen in our country. But they do. In a dawn raid,... Read more
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Publishers, rights managers and agents: If you are buying or selling rights, please spend a few minutes completing our annual Think Australian rights survey here. The survey... Read more
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Zana Fraillon has won the inaugural Readings YA Prize for her novel The Bone Sparrow (Hachette). Fraillon’s novel was chosen from a shortlist of six... Read more
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The program has been announced for the 2017 Brisbane Writers Festival, which runs from 6-10 September. Over 100 authors will appear at the festival, including... Read more
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The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has launched a new digital marketplace to showcase and sell the work of writers to international publishers, agents and... Read more
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Former Penguin Random House (PRH) and Five Mile Press rights manager Natasha Solomun has launched a new rights agency, The Rights Hive, to provide representation... Read more
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The winners of the 2017 Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) Book Design Awards have been announced. The winning title in each category is: Best... Read more
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Writers Victoria has announced it will run a series of professional development opportunities for women of colour writers in late 2017 and 2018. The program... Read more
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The WA Department of Culture and Arts has announced it will undertake a ‘comprehensive review’ of its Organisations Investment Program (OIP) and defer the opening... Read more
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Create NSW has contributed over $400,000 in funding to create eight hubs for a ‘diverse mix of arts, screen and digital projects and organisations’ in... Read more
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The Australian Book Review (ABR) has announced the shortlist for the 2017 Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize. The shortlisted works and their authors are: ‘The... Read more
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Melbourne-based publisher and literary magazine the Lifted Brow has announced the longlist for its Prize for Experimental Nonfiction. The longlisted works are: ‘Hasard Objectif’ by... Read more
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Melbourne University Publishing (MUP) has launched a new website featuring book extracts, author interviews and book tour details, among other overhauled features. The publisher said... Read more
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In the US, an asset management firm with a ‘meaningful’ stake in Barnes & Noble has sent a letter to the company urging it to... Read more
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In the US, Scholastic has reported a four percent increase in revenue over fiscal 2016 for the year ending 31 May 2017, reports Publishers Weekly.... Read more
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Chris Brookmyre’s story of ‘cyber-abuse, sexism and murder’, Black Widow (Little, Brown), has won the 2017 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award, reports... Read more
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In the UK, budget airline easyJet has stocked its UK fleet with 7000 copies of classic children’s books selected by author Jacqueline Wilson, reports the... Read more
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In the US, Pulitzer Prize-winner Junot Díaz has written a picture book for young readers, reports the New York Times. The book, Islandborn, will be... Read more
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Sales Fiction—Jane Novak Literary Agency has sold Spanish-language rights to Voss (Patrick White) to Impedimenta; and German-language rights to The Twyborn Affair, The Eye of... Read more
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Three new crime novels have debuted in the top 10 bestsellers chart this week. The highest new entry The Late Show (Michael Connelly, A&U) has... Read more
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‘It is difficult to overstate the importance of this concise, convincingly argued view of our world’s prospects for its survival and improvement over the next... Read more
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Brisbane City Council library staff are among the council staff taking protected industrial action in response to the council’s 2.5% pay rise offer, reports the... Read more
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In Germany, 13 additional universities have announced they will not renew their subscriptions with Dutch publishing company Elsevier once they end in December, joining around... Read more
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‘Like most in the industry, I read manuscripts, proposals and works in progress out of work hours. If I choose to read a book in... Read more
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Rebecca Gough is a self-described ‘perpetual internet presence’ who blogs about YA and middle-grade titles, with a focus on fantasy and sci-fi. After realising that... Read more
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Varuna will soon be accepting applications for its 2017 Residential Focus Weeks, which promote writing, conversation and creative engagement. A Varuna Focus Week offers a... Read more
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Lisa Berryman, HarperCollins Publisher of Children’s and YA Books, has moved office in Melbourne and please note her new contact details:
Level 11, HWT Tower,
40 City Rd,
Southbank, Victoria, 3006
PO Box 14999,
Melbourne, Victoria 8001
Tel: 03 9292 1082
Email: lisa.berryman@harpercollins.com
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Designer Peter Long has left his position as Senior Designer at Black Inc. Books and is now working freelance once again. Long is a committee member of the Australian Book Designers Association, and has designed hundreds of book covers and many illustrated books over the past 15 years. A selection of his work can be seen at peterlongdesign.com and he can be contacted at peterlong@ozemail.com.au or on 0431 955 897.
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