AI dominated conversations at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair, according to Australians in attendance. ‘A day didn’t pass at the book fair without a conversation... Read more |
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Completely Normal (and Other Lies) by Biffy James (HGCP) is the winner of the inaugural Gab Williams Prize. Readings established the Gab Williams Prize in... Read more |
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Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF) recorded over 15,000 festival attendees for its 20th-anniversary festival program, held from 18–22 October 2023 in Ubud, Indonesia. Festival... Read more |
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Thomas Mayo and Kerry O’Brien have donated royalties from The Voice to Parliament Handbook (Hardie Grant) to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF). Totalling $30,080.66, the... Read more |
Affirm Press publicity manager Laura McNicol Smith is departing the organisation. Discussing the move, McNicol Smith said: ‘After six wonderful years at Affirm Press, I’ve... Read more |
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Simon & Schuster Australia imprint Bundyi Publishing has announced its first acquisition, acquiring world rights to I Am Nan’nert’garrook, a historical fiction novel from author... Read more |
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Transit Lounge has acquired world rights to Stephen Downes’ new novel, Mural. Publisher Barry Scott said Mural is ‘a haunting “confession” by a psychopath held... Read more |
Private equity firm KKR has completed its US$1.6 billion (A$2.5b) purchase of Simon & Schuster (S&S) from Paramount Global in an all-cash transaction, reports Publishers... Read more |
Creative Australia has announced the titles shortlisted for the 2023 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, while at the National Retail Association’s awards, West Australian indie My Little Bookshop was named Small Retailer of the Year (shopfront).
In other awards news, IBBY Australia selected Rebecca Lim’s Tiger Daughter and Zeno Sworder’s My Strange Shrinking Parents for the 2024 IBBY Honour List, Niki Savva won the Australian Political Book of the Year for Bulldozed, and Ange Crawford won the inaugural Walker Books Manuscript Prize for her YA novel, How to Be Normal. Meanwhile, in the US, Matt Ottley received the Special Award—professional at the World Fantasy Awards for his book The Tree of Ecstasy and Unbearable Sadness (Dirt Lane Press).
In international news, the UK Society of Authors has called on the UK government to ‘urgently review’ proposed cuts to the Public Lending Right (PLR) rate, while in the US, Scholastic announced plans to stop offering its diverse stories collection, following accusations that its rollout aided censorship at book fairs.
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Yumna Kassab is a writer from Western Sydney. She is the author of The House of Youssef (Giramondo, 2019), Australiana (Ultimo, 2022), and The Lovers (Ultimo,... Read more |
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Sales Fiction Martin Shaw from Shaw Literary has sold North American rights to Aotearoa New Zealand author Pip Adam’s Audition (Giramondo, Te Herenga Waka University... Read more |
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Top 10 bestsellers Mr Einstein’s Secretary (Matthew Reilly, Macmillan) Lola in the Mirror (Trent Dalton, HarperCollins) The Seven (Chris Hammer, A&U) Wildfire (Hannah Grace, S&S)... Read more |
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The world watched in horror from July 2019 to February 2020 as bushfires raged across Australia. The Black Summer fires directly killed 33 people, while... Read moreBooks+Publishing pre-publication reviews are supported by the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund. |
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In Jenna Lo Bianco’s debut romance novel, The Italian Marriage, Sarah and Matthew marry over Zoom so that Matthew can fulfil the requirements of a... Read moreBooks+Publishing pre-publication reviews are supported by the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund. |
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Politica is set in an unnamed Middle Eastern country. It explores the impact of war on those directly involved—as well as those indirectly impacted, but... Read moreBooks+Publishing pre-publication reviews are supported by the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund. |
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Described as a love letter to children everywhere, encouraging them to embrace their true selves and live their lives to the fullest, All You Can... Read moreBooks+Publishing pre-publication reviews are supported by the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund. |
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The Trees: Learning Tree Knowledge with Uncle Kuu is the second picture book by the team behind Looking after Country with Fire, author Victor Steffensen and illustrator... 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 |
In light of the PM Literary Award shortlisting, Upswell is releasing Clean for ordering via PRH. Stock will be at UBD in the next week.
Queries to books@upswellpublishing.com
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A get-together for those who worked at William Collins in the 1980s at the Pyrmont, Birkenhead Point and Clarence Street offices is planned.
Venue is The Strawberry Hills Hotel in Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills on Saturday 11th November 2023.
RSVP 4th November to either:
Denise Maddox: madoaks@icloud.com
Ron Serdiuk: pulpfictionbooks@bigpond.com
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