Duncan and Diana Johnston have announced the sale of the Collins Booksellers franchise, with 25 franchised outlets sold to owners of the Moonee Ponds Collins... Read more |
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The winner of the Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal is Debra Dank for We Come with This Place (Echo). The judges called the book... Read more |
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The Copyright Agency has named Bridget Forster, a Victorian teacher with over 20 years of experience, the 2023 Reading Australia Fellow for Teachers of English... Read more |
The UK Society of Authors (SoA) has welcomed the news that authors in the US are suing OpenAI for copyright infringement, reports the Bookseller. The... Read more |
HarperCollins Australia has settled a long-running defamation suit brought against it by John Gill, a former doctor from the defunct Chelmsford psychiatric hospital in Sydney; Booktopia has announced it will end a consultation agreement with founder and former CEO Nash, and the intended resignation of CCO Traurig, as it looks to raise $8.1 million; and Berbay Publishing has announced a partnership with Hardie Grant Australia for the sale and distribution of its titles.
In prize and funding news, recipients of the artsACT Arts Activities and Arts Organisation funding have been announced, including several literature-related projects, and the winners of the ACT Notable Book Awards 2023 have also been announced. The 2023 Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction has gone to Sydney Khoo.
Overseas, at the first in-person Beijing International Book Fair since 2019, over 200,000 visitors attended the event; the UK government has launched a consultation into its Public Lending Right scheme; and sales by French book publishers fell 5.4% in 2022, while Canada’s leading book retailer, Indigo Books & Music, recorded a small decline in sales.
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Books+Publishing rounds up Australian publishers’ top local fiction titles releasing in time for Christmas 2023. Also see our features for nonfiction as well as children’s... Read more |
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Ash Barty is an Australian former professional tennis player and cricketer from Queensland. Those who pick up the new Young Readers edition of her memoir,... Read more |
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Top 10 Bestsellers RecipeTin Eats: Dinner (Nagi Maehashi, Macmillan) Love Theoretically (Ali Hazelwood, Hachette) Cross Down (James Patterson, Century) The Voice to Parliament Handbook (Thomas Mayo & Kerry... Read more |
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Anxious in a Sweet Store is the playful and nostalgic second full-length poetry collection from writer and artist Anna Jacobson. Divided into four parts, each... Read moreBooks+Publishing pre-publication reviews are supported by the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund. |
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Backwaters by Emma Ling Sidnam is the 2022 winner of the distinguished Michael Gifkins Text Prize for an Unpublished Novel by a New Zealand writer.... Read moreBooks+Publishing pre-publication reviews are supported by the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund. |
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Alarmism in both the media and popular politics over China has done a disservice to Australia’s relationship with the neighbouring nation. So argues Engaging China,... Read moreBooks+Publishing pre-publication reviews are supported by the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund. |
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Winner of the 2022 HarperCollins Banjo Prize for Fiction, Steph Vizard’s debut novel The Love Contract is a tantalising romance set in Melbourne that combines... Read moreBooks+Publishing pre-publication reviews are supported by the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund. |
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Erin Riley’s A Real Piece of Work traverses the vast continent of modern Australian identity through 20 short essays. Each essay is a testament to... Read moreBooks+Publishing pre-publication reviews are supported by the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund. |
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Reputation can make or break a small town, and the bloody history of Rainier will always be the first thing people remember. Nearly two decades... Read moreBooks+Publishing pre-publication reviews are supported by the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund. |
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Ash Barty hardly needs an introduction. She has captivated the world with her tennis skills, infectious personality and unwavering fair-mindedness since her first Women’s Tennis... Read moreBooks+Publishing pre-publication reviews are supported by the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund. |
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Sixteen-year-old Abby’s life may not be perfect, but it is manageable. With a best friend like Ella, it doesn’t matter that there’s tension between Abby... Read moreBooks+Publishing pre-publication reviews are supported by the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund. |
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Nicki Greenberg is one of Australia’s most versatile authors, whose work for young readers encompasses fiction, picture books, nonfiction, and critically acclaimed graphic novels. Mighty... Read moreBooks+Publishing pre-publication reviews are supported by the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund. |
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Nedingar: Ancestors is the first picture book from First Nations creators Isobel Bevis and Leanne Zilm. It is a simple story, told in Noongar and English,... Read moreBooks+Publishing pre-publication reviews are supported by the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund. |
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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 |
Jaclyn Booton has left the role of creative director and co-CEO at the Stella Prize. Booton had joined the organisation in 2019 in the role... Read more |
Now in its fifth year, the Smart WFM Australian Business Book Awards are back bigger and better than ever. The ABBAs were established to recognise entrepreneurs, businesspeople and business owners who have written and published a book demonstrating their skill, knowledge and experience in their industry or area of expertise.
Previous winners and finalists have received publicity, speaking engagements, industry recognition and sales due to their books being in the awards, and as one winner puts it: ‘Being part of the ABBAs was amazing for my book … and winning an award was not just a huge honour, but a huge impact to awareness and sales – which is what every author really wants!’
The awards are open to Australian and New Zealand authors who have published their books between 1 July 2022 and 30 June 2023.
Any profits from the awards are donated to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation.
Entries open on 10th July 2023. For more information go to: www.businessbookawards.com.au
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This book is for anyone going through a tough time, about celebrating the awkward and messy middle bits of life. Samuel’s artwork and writing celebrate... Read more |
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