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The shortlists for the 2020 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Christina Stead Prize for Fiction ($40,000)... Read more |
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Three out of the five books shortlisted for the £25,000 (A$44,900) Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction are by Australian authors. The five shortlisted novels... Read more |
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The Historical Novel Society of Australasia (HNSA), in partnership with building and infrastructure services provider ARA Group, has announced that the ARA Historical Novel Prize... Read more |
Penguin Random House (PRH) parent company Bertelsmann’s acquisition of Simon & Schuster (S&S) is facing scrutiny from government agencies in both the US and the... Read more |
The program for this year’s Brisbane Writers Festival, running from 7–9 May, has been announced. Meanwhile, Red Room Poetry is planning a series of daily events for the first ever Poetry Month in August this year.
The Retail and Fast Food Workers Union, representing staff at the Readings bookselling chain requesting an Enterprise Bargaining Agreement (EBA), has approached the company to open negotiations for an EBA. In other news, Picador publisher Mathilda Imlah has left Pan Macmillan, Hachette New Zealand announced its name change to Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand and Varuna announced new fellowships for writers with disability.
In awards news, The Dictionary of Lost Words was crowned Book of the Year at the 2021 Indie Book Awards and, internationally, the Windham-Campbell Prize recipients were announced, as were the Greenaway and Carnegie Medal shortlists. Also overseas, UK publishing staff have reported feeling ‘crushed’ and ‘unfocused’ after one year of Covid-19.
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As the pandemic keeps rights sellers from meeting face-to-face, Books+Publishing is shining a regular spotlight on the work of Australian rights agents. Today, we hear from Alex Adsett, a... Read more |
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Anita Heiss’s new historical novel Bila Yarrudanggalangdhuray (S&S, May), the first Australian commercial fiction release to feature the title on the cover solely in an... Read more |
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Bluey: Easter Fun! has reached number one the Australian bestsellers chart, with last week’s number one, Beyond Order, slipping to sixth spot. Debuting at number three... Read more |
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As Beautiful As Any Other is a joyous and thoughtful memoir–travelogue covering the terrains of both the body and the environment. Kaya Wilson’s voice makes... Read more |
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Exploring themes of family, belonging, courage, equality and heartache, this important new historical novel from Anita Heiss raises awareness of First Nations perspectives on the... Read more |
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Kingsley, a dog who has decided to own a human, sets off on a journey to find just the right one. The problem is, there... Read more |
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Curated from the Curious Kids section of the academic-authored news website The Conversation, this book is compiled as a series of questions provided by kids... 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.... Read more |
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