Brothers Geo and Wes are testing their relationship now that their parents have passed away. Geo and Wes rarely agree on anything, especially not the... Read more

Overall growth in value in the Australian book market—which was up 2.5% in value to $1.3 billion in 2021 compared to 2020—has been driven by... Read more

Welbeck ANZ has announced the appointment of Anabel Pandiella as head of publicity and marketing. Pandiella joins the publisher from Simon & Schuster (S&S), where... Read more

Perth Festival’s 2022 Writers Weekend, running across 26–27 February in the gardens of Fremantle Arts Centre (FAC), attracted over 6500 attendees to sessions featuring guests... Read more

The Australian Society of Authors, the Australian Short Story Festival and the Margaret River Readers & Writers Festival are among the latest and final recipients of the Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) funding. The floods in the Northern Rivers area in New South Wales have devastated Lismore Library and the Book Warehouse Lismore, with Lismore Library accepting new book donations to rebuild their collections. Meanwhile, The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has announced the appointment of Cathie Warburton as its new CEO.

The shortlists for the 2022 Penguin Literary Prize and the ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize have been announced, along with the longlist for the 70th Australian Book Design Awards. Varuna has announced Liz Evans and Maddie Godfrey as the inaugural recipients of the Pitch Me! Fellowship, established to connect Australian writers with the publishing industry.

Overseas, the longlist for the International Booker was announced, and Stefanie Posavec and Miriam Quick were awarded the Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize for I Am a Book. I Am a Portal to the Universe. (Particular Books).

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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 most anticipated titles from... Read more

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Publishing simultaneously in Australia and the US, The Callers—Kiah Thomas’s first foray into middle-grade fiction—is a thoughtful, nuanced fantasy adventure in which two young people... Read more

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At the Australian Booksellers Association, Claire Beyer is leaving to take up a role at Thames & Hudson (see classified). Beyer’s replacement is Ben Ripley.

Julie Ligeti has been appointed chair of the Wheeler Centre board, replacing Susan Oliver. Two new board directors, authors Jamila Rizvi and Jock Serong, have... Read more

Thames & Hudson Australia (T&H) have announced a number of new appointments that will support underpin the company’s next stage of growth.

Rick Wiebusch fills a newly created position as sales manager: key accounts/international. Rick joins T&H from Lonely Planet, where he worked as Australia and New Zealand sales manager and Asia Trade Export manager. Rick will manage a portfolio of national accounts and develop the Australian export business with a particular focus on Asia-Pacific.

Claire Beyer joins T&H in the new position of product/inventory manager. Claire joins the product and operations department to support the expansion of the T&H distributed publisher portfolio. Claire was formerly in charge of member services at the ABA, and had previously been a key accounts manager at Lonely Planet.

Tom Saras is the new publicist for T&H, succeeding Michelle Brasington, who will retire at the end of April after 27 years at the company. Tom will lead the company’s publicity efforts across traditional and digital media. Tom relocates to Melbourne from Sydney, where he has been working as a campaign manager at HarperCollins.

Gemma Pass joins T&H in the role of marketing executive to manage lead-title campaigns across Australian and internationally published books. Gemma joins T&H from the Melbourne Writers Festival.

In an internal move, Jackie Money is promoted to head of marketing. Jackie will lead the marketing and communications department. Jackie first joined T&H in a maternity cover position in 2020 and has been instrumental in developing the company’s overall communications strategy.

These changes are the result of a sustained period of significant growth for T&H’s Australian publishing and third-party distributed publisher business.