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The Melbourne Prize Trust has announced the finalists for the triennial Melbourne Prize for Literature. The finalists are: Melbourne Prize for Literature ($60,000) Jordie Albiston... Read more |
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Bloomsbury Australia managing director Liz Bray has decided to step down from the role later this year. In a statement, Bray said she is leaving... Read more |
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Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing (HGCP) has sold North American rights to The Boy Who Tried to Shrink His Name by Sandhya Parappukkaran and Michelle Pereira... Read more |
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Screen adaption rights to YA novels Catch Me When You Fall and Invisibly Breathing by New Zealand author Eileen Merriman have been optioned by Enjoy... Read more |
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The shortlist for the 2021 Booker Prize has been announced. The six books shortlisted for the £50,000 (A$94,300) prize are: A Passage North (Anuk Arudpragasam, Granta)... Read more |
Booktopia has secured a new warehousing and distribution space in Sydney’s South West, with the facility to provide increased capacity in time for Christmas.
The program for the inaugural Ubud Readers & Writers Festival Perth, which runs from 8–10 October, has been announced. Ingram has announced a local name change, and the University of Queensland Press has opened a bookshop at the university’s main campus.
The winners of the Queensland Literary Awards, the Environment Award for Children’s Literature, the Stanner Award and the Educational Publishing Awards Australia were all announced over the past week, as was the NZ Writers’ Award. Also announced were the longlists for the $100,000 ARA Historical Novel Prize and the shortlist for the Banjo Prize.
Overseas, Amazon and the Big Five publishers are seeking to dismiss a price-fixing suit filed in a US Court. Susanna Clarke won the UK’s Women’s Prize for Fiction, while the Wainwright Prizes for nature and conservation writing winners were also announced. Canongate has reported revenue growth of 16% in 2020, and a US investment fund has upped its stake in retailer WHSmith to becomes its largest shareholder.
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The forthcoming final edition for 2021 of Books+Publishing’s sister publication Think Australian is shining a light on Australian titles ahead of the Frankfurt Book Fair. In... Read more |
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Sales Fiction Hachette has sold UK and Commonwealth (ex Canada) rights to The Tea Ladies of St Jude’s Hospital (Joanna Nell), and UK and Commonwealth... Read more |
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After debuting in tenth spot last week, Jamie Oliver’s latest cookbook, Together, has risen to first place on the overall bestsellers charts. There are no... Read more |
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Lyrical, rich, oftentimes dark and sometimes hopeful, Danged Black Thing is a speculative fiction collection that takes the reader on a journey from Africa to Australia. The cities and... Read more |
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Thrombolites—living rocks made from microbes—exist in only a few places on Earth, including Lake Clifton, south of Perth. Here, the thrombolites are thousands of years... Read more |
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This sweet picture book debut draws an immediate comparison with children’s bookshelf classic Guess How Much I Love You. As the borders of Big Love’s world unspool, from house... Read more |
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To the library of #LoveOzYA anthologies (Begin, End, Begin; Meet Me at the Intersection; Underdog; Kindred) comes Hometown Haunts, a new collection featuring 12 short stories... 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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Moonee Valley Libraries is proud to present the Strange Days 2021 Writing Award, judged by award-winning author, Helen Garner.
Entries open Monday 20 September.
Full details can be found on our website.
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 Bookings are closing Friday 17 September for Think Australian’s Frankfurt issue out 30 September.
The Frankfurt issue includes a limited number of banner ads and prominently placed title preview ads. Discounts apply for multiple bookings.
View our London issue.
See our media kit for more details or email to book your spot.
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You can’t be what you can’t see! Dream Big, Aim High. This delightful book highlights the many opportunities a surgical career offers beyond the traditional... Read more |
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