Grenville shortlisted for 2024 Women’s Prize for Fiction
Monday, 29 April 2024
In the UK, the shortlist for the 2024 Women’s Prize for Fiction has been announced. Local author Kate Grenville has been shortlisted for Restless Dolly Maunder (Text). The shortlisted titles are: The Wren,...
Writers boycott SLV over workshop cancellations
Monday, 29 April 2024
Writers Michelle de Kretser, Tony Birch and Grace Yee are refusing to work with State Library Victoria (SLV) over its decision to cancel the library’s Teen Bootcamp workshops, reports the...
Wheeler Centre 2024 Hot Desk Fellows announced
Monday, 29 April 2024
The Wheeler Centre has announced the 22 emerging writers who will receive Hot Desk Fellowships in 2024. This is the 12th year of the fellowship program, which the Wheeler Centre...
‘Enter Ghost’ wins Aspen Words Literary Prize
Monday, 29 April 2024
Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad (Jonathan Cape) has won the 2024 Aspen Words Literary Prize. Worth US$35,000 (A$53,540), the Aspen prize recognises ‘an influential work of fiction that illuminates a...
T&H celebrates 75-year anniversary
Wednesday, 24 April 2024
Thames & Hudson (T&H) is celebrating its 75-year anniversary this year with a series of trade promotions and events. Walter and Eva Neurath founded T&H in 1949 with the ambition...
New literary journal, student press; Age Book of the Year shortlists; Michael Gifkins Prize longlist
Wednesday, 24 April 2024
In this week's news are two new ventures: new independent publishing house Vitagraph Publishing has launched Written Off, a new literary journal dedicated to Australian literature; and student-run Elephant Page...
Vale June Factor
Wednesday, 24 April 2024
Folklorist, social historian and author June Factor has died, aged 87. Factor was the compiler of a list of 1980s children’s schoolyard rhyming books published by Brolly Books, including Far...
No newsletter on Thursday
Wednesday, 24 April 2024
Due to the Anzac Day public holiday, the Books+Publishing newsletter will not be published on Thursday, 25 April.
PEN America cancels 2024 Literary Awards ceremony
Wednesday, 24 April 2024
In the US, PEN America has cancelled its 2024 Literary Awards ceremony, which was to be held on 29 April, reports Publishers Weekly. It comes after 28 authors withdrew books...
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Wednesday, 24 April 2024
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Shop manager, Melbourne
Wednesday, 24 April 2024
Readings Due to an upcoming retirement, Readings is looking for a passionate Shop Manager to work on a full-time, permanent basis. The incumbent is responsible for all aspects of the...
Publishing assistant, Sydney
Wednesday, 24 April 2024
Currency Press Currency Press, Australia’s performing arts publisher, is seeking a Publishing Assistant to join our small and busy team at our office in Surry Hills. Working three days a...
Account manager (QLD, NT & NZ), Brisbane
Wednesday, 24 April 2024
Gale Gale is a world leading provider of research resources, including digital archives, databases, and eBooks. We deliver quality resources to university, national, state and public libraries, as well as...
Change for Paths Publishing Group
Wednesday, 24 April 2024
Publisher: Paths Publishing Group ISBN prefix: 978-1-84464 New distributor: Eurospan Changeover date: 1 May 2024 Contact URL: www.eurospan.co.uk
Where Is the Green Sheep? Celebration Book
Wednesday, 24 April 2024
2024 marks the 20th anniversary of the highly acclaimed, bestselling picture book, Where Is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox and Judy Horacek. To celebrate this incredible milestone, Penguin Random...
Senior editor, Melbourne
Wednesday, 24 April 2024
Hardie Grant Publishing Senior Editor – Hardie Grant Books, Melbourne Join the editorial team at Hardie Grant Books, one of Australia’s leading independent publishers. Our books are conversation-starting, creative, intelligent,...
Marketing executive, Melbourne
Wednesday, 24 April 2024
Scribe Publications We’re one of Australia’s key independent publishers, and we’re looking for a highly motivated marketing executive. This role is primarily to drive brand and title awareness for Scribe...
Hammer, Morton on Daggers longlist
Tuesday, 23 April 2024
In the UK, the Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) has announced the longlists for its Dagger Awards. Chris Hammer’s Dead Man’s Creek (published locally as The Tilt, A&U) and Kate Morton’s...
HarperCollins UK partners with AI company on audiobooks
Tuesday, 23 April 2024
HarperCollins UK has announced a partnership with US-based audio AI company ElevenLabs to create audiobooks for its non-English language business, reports the Bookseller. Under the partnership, ElevenLabs' text-to-speech technology will...
Age Book of the Year 2024 shortlists announced
Tuesday, 23 April 2024
The shortlists for the 2024 Age Book of the Year Award have been announced. The shortlisted works in each category are: Fiction Women & Children (Tony Birch, UQP) Anniversary (Stephanie...
New publisher Vitagraph launches literary journal
Monday, 22 April 2024
New independent publishing house Vitagraph Publishing has launched Written Off, a new literary journal dedicated to Australian literature. Vitagraph said Written Off will highlight the work of writers with broad...
Ferris receives inaugural Meanjin InPlace residency
Monday, 22 April 2024
Literary journal Meanjin has announced Ella Ferris as the inaugural recipient of the Meanjin InPlace residency. Ferris is a Taribelang writer, actor, theatre maker and poet, who now lives on...
Jhalak prizes 2024 shortlists announced
Monday, 22 April 2024
The 2024 shortlists for the Jhalak Prize and Jhalak Children’s & Young Adult Prize have been announced. Titles in the running for each prize are: Jhalak Prize A Flat Place...
Michael Gifkins Prize 2024 longlist announced
Monday, 22 April 2024
Text Publishing and the New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) have announced the longlist for the 2024 Michael Gifkins Prize for an unpublished...
Spotify reports 25% of Premium users ‘engaging’ with audiobooks
Thursday, 18 April 2024
Data released by Spotify shows that 25% of the platform’s Premium users are ‘engaging’ with its audiobooks offering, reports the Bookseller. Spotify said users aged 18 to 34 make up...
Remaining big five publishers join PRH in Iowa lawsuit
Wednesday, 17 April 2024
In the US, Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan and Simon & Schuster, along with Sourcebooks, have joined Penguin Random House (PRH) as plaintiffs in a lawsuit against Iowa to block the book...
Local authors on Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2024 shortlist
Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Three Aotearoa New Zealand authors and one Australian writer are among the finalists for the 2024 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. The authors shortlisted for the Pacific region are: M Donato...
Hazard to leave Hachette, BookPeople conference program, translators losing work to AI
Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Headlining this week's news, Hachette Australia and New Zealand announced that group publishing director Fiona Hazard is leaving the role ‘to pursue other opportunities’. In other local news, BookPeople has...
BookPeople 2024 Book of the Year shortlists announced
Wednesday, 17 April 2024
BookPeople has announced the shortlists for its Book of the Year awards. The shortlists for each category are: Adult fiction Lola in the Mirror (Trent Dalton, Fourth Estate) Green Dot (Madeleine Gray,...
Nominate your staff for the publishing industry’s Rising Star award!
Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Nominations close soon for the Australian publishing industry’s Rising Star award, which recognises and celebrates emerging talent in trade, educational and scholarly publishing. If you have a team member demonstrating...
