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Five Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand publishers have been shortlisted for the 2022 Bologna Prize for Best Children’s Publisher of the Year in the Oceania category, with the winner to be announced at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in March. The Indigenous Literacy Foundation has appointed Zoe Cassim as program manager, and Simon & Schuster Australia was the fastest growing large publisher in Australia last year, reporting 27.2% growth in local total sales.

The Australian Publishers Association has announced the mid-career editors who will attend the 2022 Residential Editorial Program in Sydney, meanwhile Bohdi Byles and Maya Hodge have been selected for the inaugural Open Book Internship pilot program.

Australian children’s author Margaret Wild has been shortlisted for the 2022 Hans Christian Andersen Award, and in the UK, Swiss-born Australian resident Armin Greder was longlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal and Carnegie Medal.

Overseas, Lagardère Publishing grew its revenue by 9.4% in 2021, and Simon & Schuster US reported its operating income was up 52% year-on-year.

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UQP is delighted to announce the appointment of Hayley Tomlinson as rights and contract manager.

Hayley has worked at Bolinda, Macmillan and Melbourne University Press and was most recently acquisitions manager at Wavesound, where she published ABIA award shortlisted audio books Honeybee (Craig Silvey) and Mammoth (Chris Flynn).

Ben James, Director UQP says: ‘We are excited to welcome Hayley to UQP at a time of strong growth in our rights partnerships, and when we are exploring new arrangements and models for our rights and audio.’

Hayley Tomlinson says: ‘I am thrilled to be joining UQP. I’ve long been a huge fan of their publishing lists; they punch well beyond their weight as a small press and I’m looking forward to joining their formidable team.’

Hayley begins on 28 February and replaces Kate McCormack who was UQP rights and contracts manager for five and a half years.