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‘I laughed. I cried. Sometimes at the same time!’ —Tim Ferguson ‘Portolan and Cheong’s voices stitch seamlessly together to lay out a funny, honest and... Read more |
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The program has been announced for the Australian Publishing Association’s BookUp conference, which will run online and in-person in Sydney on Tuesday, 27 April. Hachette... Read more |
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired a memoir by Brittany Higgins. Higgins, whose decision to speak publicly about her alleged rape in a ministerial... Read more |
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Pan Macmillan Australia has sold US and UK rights to debut nonfiction title Heartsick (Jessie Stephens) after ‘a highly contested auction’. US rights were sold... Read more |
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The shortlist for the UK’s Jhalak Prize for Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) writers, and the inaugural Jhalak Children’s & Young Adult Prize have... Read more |
The shortlists for this year’s ABIAs have been announced, as has the shortlist for the ABIA Rising Star of the Year Award.
In other news, Clunes Booktown is returning with a month-long festival, albeit without booksellers’ stalls due to safety concerns. Also this week, Booktopia announced its partnership with online ed-tech company Zookal, local author Josephine Rowe was named a New York Public Library Cullman Center Fellow and the Varuna First Nations Fellowships for 2021 were announced.
Overseas, Penguin Random House reported a revenue rise of 4.6% and an earnings rise of 23.3% in 2020. Meanwhile, Bologna has cancelled in-person events for this year’s fair, and a survey of UK publisher catalogues shows representation of Black UK authors is on the rise.
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The Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) Rising Star of the Year is awarded to an emerging talent in Australian publishing who has spent less than 10... Read more |
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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 Jacinta di Mase,... Read more |
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In May Anita Heiss will release her latest work of historical fiction, Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray (River of Dreams), which reviewer Joanne Shiells loved and said deserves... Read more |
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With school holidays in full swing across most of the country, Bluey books are dominating the bestsellers chart, with Bluey: Easter Fun! at number one... Read more |
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Who Gets to be Smart opens with a walking tour of Oxford. Author Bri Lee is at the university to visit her friend, a freshly... Read more |
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Xander Maze’s best friend is his Nanna. When she is diagnosed with stage four cancer and asks him to write a list of 100 Remarkable... Read more |
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A pair of pears are good friends who like to spend their days together, playing games that are just right for the two of them.... Read more |
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Kunyi, an illustrated memoir of Kunyi June Anne McInerney’s childhood, collects snapshot moments and stories of her life, told in her own words and accompanied... 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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Kirsty Wilson has been appointed sales manager at UQP. Wilson begins the role Tuesday, 4 May and will be working from Victoria.
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Love coffee and books? New to the market is a family-owned and run second-hand book cafe which has been operating for decades. It is a well-established business and the only one like it in the Sutherland Shire. More information can be found here.
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