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Juliet Rogers has resigned as CEO of the Australian Society of Authors (ASA) after four years in the role. Olivia Lanchester, the ASA’s legal services... Read more |
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The 2018 Stella Count has found that 49% of all book reviews in Australia were of books by women authors—up from 46% in 2017, and... Read more |
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The first union-negotiated enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA) in Australian publishing history has been voted in at Penguin Random House Australia (PRH). PRH delegates in the... Read more |
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The longlists for the Tasmanian Premier’s Literary Prizes have been announced. The longlisted works and their authors are: Tasmania Book Prize for the best book... Read more |
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The Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) has announced the longlist for the 2019 Australia Book Prize. The prize, worth $3500, is... Read more |
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IBBY Australia has selected writer Clare Atkins and illustrator Lisa Kennedy for the 2020 International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) Honour List. Atkins... Read more |
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Victorian book industry professionals will have the chance to visit Quebec City in April next year as part of a new exchange program between the... Read more |
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Writers SA will run a 15-month program to support marginalised and under-represented writers in South Australia, after receiving an $82,000 grant as part of the... Read more |
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UQP has appointed Louise Cornegé as marketing and publicity manager. Cornegé takes over from former marketing, sales and publicity manager Kylie Rathborne, who stepped down... Read more |
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Magabala Books has appointed The Rights Hive agency to represent the publisher on international rights sales. The Rights Hive director Natasha Solomun said she has... Read more |
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Simon & Schuster (S&S) has acquired ANZ rights at auction to Kate Mildenhall’s ‘genre-busting’ sophomore novel The Mother Fault in a two-book deal, via Pippa... Read more |
Allen & Unwin has acquired rights to Larrimah: An outback town, a missing man and 11 people, who mostly hate each other by journalists Kylie... Read more |
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NewSouth Publishing has acquired world rights to Hysteria, the debut nonfiction book by Adelaide writer Katerina Bryant, via Sarah McKenzie Literary Management. Hysteria is a hybrid... Read more |
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Hardie Grant Egmont has sold US rights to Susann Hoffmann’s Girls are Pretty … (smart, clever, fast) and Boys Will Be … (kind, calm, creative)... Read more |
Ventura Press has acquired world rights to Paul Dalgarno’s debut novel, Poly. The rights were acquired via Martin Shaw at Alex Adsett Publishing Services. Shaw... Read more |
The May Gibbs Children’s Literature Trust has announced six fellows for 2020. The recipients of the fellowship are: Mark Carthew Deb Fitzpatrick Sadami Konchi Meg... Read more |
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Australian authors Melissa Lucashenko and Clare Wright will feature among 25 speakers at the inaugural Neilson Hays Bangkok Literature Festival, running from 16–17 November. Lucashenko... Read more |
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In the US, the National Book Award fiction longlist has been announced. The finalists in the fiction category are: Fleishman Is in Trouble (Taffy Brodesser-Akner,... Read more |
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In the US, longlists in four categories of the National Book Award have been announced. The longlists announced so far are: Nonfiction Go Ahead in... Read more |
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In the UK, Caroline Criado Perez has won the £25,000 (A$45,500) Royal Society Science Book Prize for Invisible Women: Exposing data bias in a world... Read more |
In the UK, the popularity of children’s audiobooks has increased by 138% since January 2018, reports the Bookseller. In a report shared at the Bookseller... Read more |
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In the US, the Department of Justice has filed a suit against whistleblower Edward Snowden and his publisher Macmillan, looking to seize proceeds from Snowden’s... Read more |
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In North America, the shortlist has been announced for the Cundill History Prize, which rewards ‘the best history writing in English’. The shortlisted titles are:... Read more |
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While the two titles at the top of the Australian fiction and nonfiction bestsellers charts continue their impressive runs, elsewhere in the top 10 there... Read more |
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The Testaments (Chatto & Windus), Margaret Atwood’s long-awaited sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, has debuted at number one on the Australian bestsellers chart, knocking The 117-Storey... Read more |
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A little boy called Frankie, accompanied by his mother, visits the library and borrows his favourite book about tractors. He is already well versed in... Read more |
‘Historically, feminist counts have come and gone: they have jolted some recognition, made some small gains, but then have been largely forgotten. The task for us now is to ensure that the Stella Count can continue to work as a lever for lasting and meaningful change in the Australian literary landscape.’—Academics Melinda Harvey and Julieanne Lamond on the ‘sustained and significant advances’ in the representation of women authors after seven years of the Stella Count.
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Books+Publishing is partnering with US trade news magazine Publishers Weekly to provide our subscribers with exclusive access to the weekly digital edition of PW magazine for a... Read more |
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In the lead-up to the Frankfurt Book Fair on 16–21 October, Books+Publishing is publishing a three-part feature on Australian fiction rights sales by researcher Airlie... Read more |
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This year’s Blak & Bright festival—the second after the inaugural festival in 2016—ran from 5–8 September in Melbourne. The festival had about 2500 people attend... Read more |
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Hazel Lam began her career as a motion graphics designer before moving into publishing, and has spent the past six years working for HarperCollins. Her... Read more |
Editors Victoria is running a workshop on editing diverse voices. The Australian publishing landscape is always changing, and editors must know how to support diverse... Read more |
Murdoch Books is proud to announce it will publish A Repurposed Life by Ronni Kahn and her daughter-in-law Jessica Chapnik Kahn on 29 September 2020.
Far more than a memoir with a message, A Repurposed Life will explore how the dynamic founder of food rescue movement OzHarvest found her purpose, made change happen, and how you can do the same.
‘During the past 15 years I have learnt so much about myself and the world through starting and growing OzHarvest. I hope this book helps others discover the deep sense of meaning that is available to us when we tap into the joy of living a life of service,’ Kahn said.
‘I’m thrilled to be working with Murdoch Books to bring my journey to the broader public.’
This exciting acquisition from publisher Jane Morrow will sit within Murdoch Books’ Conversation Starters category, and appeal to readers who are drawn to compelling personal stories and the themes of community, generosity, and finding life-purpose.
‘Ronni lights up the room wherever she goes and challenges us all to look outward rather than inward. This book is going to be a unique blend of raw memoir and inspiration,’ Morrow said.
For more information please contact Head of Marketing and Communications, Carol Warwick carolw@murdochbooks.com.au 02 8425 0184.
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