To be included in Books+Publishing‘s annual list of publishers’ and distributors’ trade closing dates for the holiday period, please complete our Christmas closing dates survey... Read more
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The final Weekly Book Newsletter (WBN) for 2021 will be published next Wednesday, 8 December. Classifieds, job advertisements and Christmas closing dates for inclusion in... Read more
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The 10th annual Small Press Network (SPN) Independent Publishing Conference was held online on 25–27 November. The 2021 conference ran entirely online for the second... Read more
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Trust (Chris Hammer, A&U) and I Catch Killers (Gary Jubelin with Dan Box, HarperCollins) have jointly won the 2021 Danger Prize. Administered by the BAD:... Read more
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Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing (HGCP) has sold North American rights to ‘The Underdogs’ series by Kate and Jol Temple (illus by Shiloh Gordon) to Razorbill,... Read more
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Amplify Bookstore, an independent online bookseller specialising in books by Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) authors, shares the shop’s picks for 2022, including... Read more
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In this series, run in partnership with the Melbourne City of Literature Office, we get to know some of the bookstores in the UNESCO Cities of... Read more
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Acquisitions Fiction Affirm Press has acquired world rights to the historical novel The Natural History of Love by Caroline Petit, via Jane Novak of Jane... Read more
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On the back of a ‘unique’ marketing campaign urging customers to buy a dozen copies of his book, US entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk’s business title Twelve... Read more
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When ACTU boss John Clare falls to his death from the roof of the family home, a note found on him makes it seem like... Read more
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It’s the 1950s and the Finnish migrants who have made their home on the ruthless terrain of Little Rat Island are accustomed to surviving harsh... Read more
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It’s strange to think that ‘less than a decade ago, most people had never heard of podcasting’, as Siobhán McHugh points out in The Power... Read more
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In the early 1900s the sexually transmitted infection donovanosis ravaged the Marind of New Guinea. Through the lens of this disease, known as tik Merauke... Read more
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Joan is enjoying her summer in London with her eccentric family and dream job at the historic Holland House. After unexpectedly losing several hours out... Read more
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An author, visual artist and composer, Matt Ottley has combined his talents in his latest work to create a multi-modal sensory feast that merges words,... Read more
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Author, poet, playwright, screenwriter, songwriter and editor Doug MacLeod died on 22 November, aged 62. MacLeod wrote 26 books for children and young adults, published... 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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Leslie Loble has joined the Copyright Agency board as an independent director, while Jane Curry, Oliver Watts and Adele Ferguson have been reappointed as publisher... Read more
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Hachette Australia is delighted to continue their partnership with State Library of Queensland for their annual black&write! Writing and Editorial Fellowships for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander writers.
Having originally partnered with State Library on the Fellowships in 2016, this continuation will see two Writing Fellowships awarded annually in 2022 and 2023 to unpublished and published Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander writers. The recipients will each receive $10,000 in prize money, manuscript development with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders editors at black&write! and a Hachette Australia publisher, and a publication opportunity with Hachette Australia.
For more information, and to apply, visit the State Library of Queensland website. The deadline for applications is 5pm Wednesday 2 February 2022.
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