Australian Book Design Awards 2022 longlists announced
Date: 16 March 2022Category: Awards Local news
The longlists for the 2022 Australian Book Design Awards, presented by the Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA), have been announced. The longlisted titles in some of the categories are: Best... Read more
Sales and distribution
Date: 9 March 2022Category: Classifieds
The National Library of Australia have opened a tender for the sales and distribution contract for NLA Publishing. The tender will close on 1 April, 2022 at 2:00pm. More information... Read more
Product manager, Sydney
Date: 2 March 2022Category: Jobs
Bloomsbury Publishing Bloomsbury Australia publishes many of the world’s biggest children’s and adult authors, including J K Rowling, Katherine Rundell, Neil Gaiman, Sarah J Maas, Elizabeth Gilbert, Ann Patchett, Susanna... Read more
Books in the media this weekend 26–27 February
Date: 25 February 2022Category: Daily Newsletter Feature Features
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper The Ethical Investor (Nicole Haddow, Black Inc.) The Keepers (Al Campbell,... Read more
CBCA 2022 Notable Books announced
Date: 23 February 2022Category: Junior Local news
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has announced its list of Notable Books for 2022. The list acts as the longlist for the CBCA Book of the Year Awards.... Read more
Rights round-up
Date: 2 February 2022Category: Rights round-up
Sales Children’s/YA Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing has sold North American, French Canadian and Spanish rights to School of Monsters Learn and Play (Sally Rippin, illus by Chris Kennett); North American... Read more
Ockham NZ Book Awards 2022 longlists announced
Date: 27 January 2022Category: Awards Local news
The longlists for the 2022 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards have been announced. The longlisted titles in each category are: Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction A Good Winter (Gigi Fenster,... Read more
The Imagineer (Christopher Cheng, illus by Lucia Masciullo, NLA Publishing)
Date: 22 January 2022Category: Junior Reviews
In the vein of Andrea Beaty’s delightful Rosie Revere and friends, Christopher Cheng and Lucia Masciullo’s The Imagineer introduces us to a resourceful, inquisitive and (obviously) imaginative child who is... Read more
PMLA 2021 winners announced
Date: 15 December 2021Category: Awards Local news News
The winners of the 2021 Prime Minister's Literary Awards (PMLA) have been announced. Selected from shortlists announced in October, the winning titles in each category are: Fiction The Labyrinth (Amanda Lohrey,... Read more
Rights round-up
Date: 8 December 2021Category: Rights round-up
Sales Fiction Penguin Random House Australia has sold UK rights (world English-language ex ANZ) to The Rabbits (Sophie Overett) to Gallic Books; Slovakian translation rights to The Eighth Wonder (Tania Farrelly) to... Read more
VPLAs 2022 shortlists announced
Date: 7 December 2021Category: Local news
The shortlists for the 2022 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted and highly commended works in each category are: Fiction After Story (Larissa Behrendt, UQP) Bodies of... Read more
McCartney wins Waterstones Book of the Year for ‘The Lyrics’
Date: 3 December 2021Category: International news
In the UK, Waterstones has named Paul McCartney’s The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present (Allen Lane) its Book of the Year for 2021, reports the Bookseller. Waterstones MD James Daunt said,... Read more
Aus picture books chosen for IFLA catalogue
Date: 25 November 2021Category: Junior Local news
Ten Australian picture books have been selected for the third edition of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) World Picture Books exhibit, which will be launched at... Read more
‘The lost dog poster’: designers on book covers in 2021
Date: 23 November 2021Category: Features
As we move towards an increasingly visual world, book covers play a vital role in enticing readers and showcasing what a book is about, and in 2021 we saw bright... Read more
Reality bites: 2022 nonfiction preview
Date: 10 November 2021Category: Features Title preview feature
New books by Hannah Gadsby, Tom Tilley, Osman Faruqi and Kim Mahood are among next year’s most anticipated nonfiction releases. Here's a look at Australian publisher’s 2022 nonfiction titles. Memoir and... Read more
Stories we tell: 2022 fiction preview
Date: 4 November 2021Category: Features Title preview feature
Prime Minister’s Literary Awards 2021 shortlists announced
Date: 22 October 2021Category: Local news
November reviews round-up
Date: 6 October 2021Category: Features
Books in the media this weekend
Date: 1 October 2021Category: Daily Newsletter Feature Features
Lohrey wins Miles Franklin Literary Award for seventh novel
Date: 29 September 2021Category: Think Australian awards
The bigger picture: Australian books respond to climate change
Date: 29 September 2021Category: Think Australian feature
Wiradjuri Country (Larry Brandy, NLA Publishing)
Date: 29 September 2021Category: Junior Reviews
Ghosh to headline Ubud Writers & Readers Festival Perth
Date: 9 September 2021Category: Local news
#BookTok 101: Your guide to a major new force in publishing
Date: 8 September 2021Category: Features
Bluey Father’s Day titles top charts
Date: 3 September 2021Category: Bestsellers
Walker Books Australia congratulates Meg McKinlay and Matt Ottley
Date: 1 September 2021Category: Classifieds
Melbourne City Reads boosts sales, ‘camaraderie and solidarity’
Date: 27 August 2021Category: Daily Newsletter Feature Features
WA Premier’s Book Awards announced
Date: 26 August 2021Category: Awards Local news
CBCA Book of the Year 2021 winners announced
Date: 20 August 2021Category: Local news
Larrikin House acquires Freeman picture book
Date: 12 August 2021Category: Junior Local news Rights and acquisitions
Queensland Literary Awards 2021 shortlists announced
Date: 5 August 2021Category: Awards Local news
September reviews round-up
Date: 4 August 2021Category: Features
Melbourne bookshops create new initiative to attract customers
Date: 3 August 2021Category: Local news
Christmas in July: children’s and YA
Date: 28 July 2021Category: Features Junior
Christmas in July
Date: 21 July 2021Category: Features
In Moonland (Miles Allinson, Scribe)
Date: 21 July 2021Category: Daily newsletter ICYMI review Reviews Think Australian top reviews
Rights round-up
Date: 21 July 2021Category: Rights round-up
ACT Book of the Year 2020 shortlist announced
Date: 6 July 2021Category: Awards Local news
Nicholls wins 2021 CBCA Nan Chauncy Award
Date: 25 June 2021Category: Awards Local news
Meet the ABDA Emerging Designers of the Year: Mika Tabata
Date: 23 June 2021Category: Features
Key account manager, Sydney
Date: 23 June 2021Category: Jobs
WA Premier’s Book Awards shortlists announced
Date: 18 June 2021Category: Awards Local news
Miles Franklin 2021 shortlist announced
Date: 16 June 2021Category: Awards Local news
Bookshop-set middle-grade adventure bags multiple prizes
Date: 26 May 2021Category: Think Australian awards
Magabala picture book scores North American sale
Date: 26 May 2021Category: Think Australian rights
Civica library index: Australians turn to local fiction during pandemic
Date: 24 May 2021Category: Local news
Miles Franklin Literary Award 2021 longlist announced
Date: 18 May 2021Category: Awards Local news
‘How to Make a Bird’ wins SCBWI Crystal Kite Award
Date: 14 May 2021Category: Awards Local news
The Nordic Edge: Policy possibilities for Australia (ed by Andrew Scott & Rod Campbell, MUP)
Date: 5 May 2021Category: Reviews
Thaker awarded 2021 Boundless Indigenous Writer’s Mentorship
Date: 4 May 2021Category: Awards Local news
Product manager: varied list of academic and professional titles, Sydney
Date: 28 April 2021Category: Jobs
Sales and marketing executive: varied list of academic and professional titles, Sydney
Date: 28 April 2021Category: Jobs
CBCA 2021 Book of the Year shortlists announced
Date: 30 March 2021Category: Awards Junior Local news
NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2021 shortlists announced
Date: 24 March 2021Category: Awards Local news
International outlook: Translated books in the Australian market
Date: 11 March 2021Category: Features
Rights round-up
Date: 3 March 2021Category: Rights round-up
CBCA 2021 Notable Books announced
Date: 24 February 2021Category: Awards Junior Local news
Australian Book Design Awards 2021 longlists announced
Date: 22 February 2021Category: Awards Local news
Assistant director, publishing, Canberra
Date: 17 February 2021Category: Jobs
Assistant director, publishing, Canberra
Date: 10 February 2021Category: Jobs
Fremantle Press launches podcast aimed at writers
Date: 4 February 2021Category: Local news
Kapil wins T S Eliot Prize 2020
Date: 27 January 2021Category: International news
UK supply chain hit by border delays, Brexit issues
Date: 13 January 2021Category: International news
Debut fiction you might have missed in 2020
Date: 9 December 2020Category: Features
‘Fireflies’ establishes book publisher
Date: 8 December 2020Category: Local news
Footprints on the Moon (Lorraine Marwood, UQP)
Date: 2 December 2020Category: Junior Reviews
How did picture book sales fare during lockdown?
Date: 30 November 2020Category: Junior
HarperCollins acquires Pung, Ng children’s books
Date: 30 November 2020Category: Junior Local news Rights and acquisitions
Prime Minister’s Literary Awards 2020 shortlists announced
Date: 16 November 2020Category: Awards Local news
New Bluey Christmas titles debut in top 10
Date: 16 November 2020Category: Bestsellers
A new leaf: 2021 nonfiction preview
Date: 11 November 2020Category: Features Title preview feature
When worlds collide: Alison Gibbs on ‘Repentence’
Date: 28 October 2020Category: Features
Arnott wins inaugural $30,000 Hedberg residency
Date: 16 October 2020Category: Local news
Christmas buyers’ picks: the Booktopia team
Date: 14 October 2020Category: Features
Award-winners among recent rights sales successes
Date: 30 September 2020Category: Think Australian rights
Light bulb moment: why stories of women in STEM are important
Date: 9 September 2020Category: Features Junior
Product manager: varied list of children’s and adult titles, Sydney
Date: 9 September 2020Category: Jobs
Nathan Hollier on the Malaysian book market
Date: 2 September 2020Category: Features
How to Make a Bird (Meg McKinlay, illus by Matt Ottley, Walker Books)
Date: 26 August 2020Category: Junior Reviews
Rights round-up
Date: 19 August 2020Category: Rights round-up
Walker Books Australia congratulates Meg McKinlay on WA Premier’s Prize
Date: 19 August 2020Category: Classifieds
Rights round-up
Date: 12 August 2020Category: Rights round-up
Scott joins WA Writers Hall of Fame, WA Prem’s Book Award winners announced
Date: 10 August 2020Category: Awards Local news
Two Victorian library services sign with Civica for Spydus LMS
Date: 31 July 2020Category: Local news
Educational Publishing Awards 2020 shortlists announced
Date: 24 July 2020Category: Local news
Speech Pathology Australia book awards 2020 shortlists announced
Date: 3 July 2020Category: Local news
Rights round-up
Date: 1 July 2020Category: Rights round-up
WA Premier’s Book Awards shortlists announced
Date: 1 July 2020Category: Local news
Rights round-up
Date: 17 June 2020Category: Rights round-up
Rights round-up
Date: 11 June 2020Category: Rights and acquisitions Rights round-up
REAL Awards 2020 shortlists announced
Date: 4 June 2020Category: Awards Junior Local news
NLA among institutions able to reopen 30 May
Date: 27 May 2020Category: Local news
Online programs to get young people reading and writing at home
Date: 20 May 2020Category: Junior
Rights round-up
Date: 20 May 2020Category: Rights and acquisitions Rights round-up
ANZ picture books longlisted for World Illustration Awards
Date: 1 May 2020Category: Awards Junior Local news
APA condemns unauthorised distribution of Turnbull memoir
Date: 22 April 2020Category: Quote of the week
Hardie Grant reaches settlement with PM staffer who distributed Turnbull memoir, Kruimink wins 2020 Vogel and more
Date: 22 April 2020Category: This week’s news
Dylan Thomas Prize 2020 shortlist announced
Date: 8 April 2020Category: Awards International news
CBCA Awards 2020 shortlists announced
Date: 31 March 2020Category: Awards Junior Local news
CYL may be gone but YA can still thrive through grassroots advocacy
Date: 25 March 2020Category: Features Junior newsletter Feature story list