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Earlier this week, the organisers of the #AuthorsForFireys campaign—which saw more than 500 authors, illustrators and publishing professionals auction items for bushfire relief—confirmed it had raised nearly $500,000 in donations from over 1000 auction items. Meanwhile, the Children’s Book Council of Australia and children’s bookseller The Little Bookroom are also organising book drives for children affected by the bushfire crisis.
International authors Julia Donaldson, Chike Frankie Edozien, Arif Anwar, Tommy Orange and Julia Phillips are among the guests attending this year’s Perth Festival Literature & Ideas weekend, happening next month, and eight Australian writers have received international development residencies from the Australia Council to support their overseas travel. In awards news, the Hazel Rowley Fellowship shortlist and the Australian Romance Readers Awards finalists were announced; A Frances Johnson was named the winner of this year’s Peter Porter Poetry Prize; and Booktopia has opened voting for the new Favourite Australian Book award, worth $5000.
Publishers have acquired new nonfiction books by Jennifer Byrne, Sam van Zweden and Christopher Raja, and several personnel changes have also been announced: former Text sales and marketing manager Kirsty Wilson is moving to Berbay Publishing, and Léa Antigny and Kajal Narayan are joining Pantera Press, replacing current publicity and marketing director Anabel Pandiella.
Our neighbours in New Zealand reported book sales were up 2.3% in value and 3.5% by volume in 2019, with the Chinese and German book markets also reporting growth. In other international news, the UK Publishers Association says it’s ‘closely monitoring’ the situation in China after the country’s Ministry of Education issued guidelines that ban the use of foreign teaching materials in schools.
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Despite a Bluey-led boost to children’s book sales, the value of the Australian book market fell by over four percent, year-on-year, in the 10-week pre-Christmas... Read more |
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Sales Fiction Jeanne Ryckmans from Cameron’s Management has sold North American rights to The Mothers (Genevieve Gannon, A&U) to William Morrow (see news). Left Bank... Read more |
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The Australian top 10 bestsellers chart for the second week of 2020 shows little change from the previous week’s, with Bluey: Time to Play! (Puffin)... Read more |
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In this board book, Melbourne-based artist and illustrator Alice Lindstrom uses her stunning cut-paper style of illustration to introduce the tradition of egg decoration across... Read more |
‘The climate crisis will continue to dominate headlines [in 2020], but it will affect us more on a practical, day-to-day level, including how we operate our businesses and how we behave as consumers. Speaking to young people who are joining us in entry-level roles, it’s becoming clear that this new generation expects more from us and we must listen to them to stay relevant.’—Bonnier Books UK CEO Perminder Mann argues that publishers must listen more to younger generations who expect action on climate change.
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Australian YA author Steph Bowe has died, aged 25, due to complications from T-cell acute lymphoblastic lymphoma, a form of leukemia. Bowe began her career... Read more |
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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 limited time. This... Read more |
Nielsen BookScan Australia has appointed Claire West to the role of senior account executive—publishers. Previously, West held various positions within Berkelouw/BookFace and Dymocks. West begins... Read more |
The Australian University Heads of English (AUHE) and the estate of Vivian Robert de Vaux Voss are pleased to call for nominations to the 17th annual Voss Literary Prize.
The prize, for the best novel published in Australia in 2019, carries a cash prize and will be presented at the AUHE AGM in November 2020.
A nomination form and details of entry can be found at vossliteraryprize.com. Entries must be received by COB, 6 March 2020.
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