Affirm Press signs Sweatshop mentees Nour and Barnette
Thursday, 14 March 2024
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to books by Egyptian-Australian writer and journalist Daniel Nour and African-American Australian writer Tyree Barnette. Nour and Barnette were recipients of the 2021 Affirm...
Carnegie Medal 2024 shortlists announced
Thursday, 14 March 2024
In the UK, the 2024 shortlists for the Carnegie Medal for Illustration (previously known as the Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration) and the Carnegie Medal for Writing have been announced....
Berry wins overall Writers’ Prize for ‘The Home Child’
Thursday, 14 March 2024
Poet Liz Berry is the winner of the 2024 Writers' Prize overall Book of the Year award, worth £30,000 (A$58,000), for The Home Child (Vintage). Berry’s novel-in-verse was inspired by the...
Fullagar wins 2024 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship
Thursday, 14 March 2024
Social and cultural historian Kate Fullagar is the winner of the 2024 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship, worth $20,000. Fullagar was awarded the fellowship for her proposed biography, ‘The Secret Life...
Prime Minister’s Literary Awards closing date 19 March
Wednesday, 13 March 2024
Entries close soon for the richest literary prize in the nation. Up to $100,000 will be awarded in each of the six categories: fiction, non-fiction, young adult literature, children’s literature,...
Global book report highlights growing book prices
Wednesday, 13 March 2024
A new Nielsen BookData-GfK study of the global book market has found that publishing revenue and book prices grew in many countries in 2023, reports Publishing Perspectives. The Global Book...
Shankari Chandran recommends
Wednesday, 13 March 2024
Winnie Dunn’s debut, Dirt Poor Islanders (Hachette). She explores Australian Tongan life with defiance and audacious honesty. It’s something we’ve never seen in Australian literature before. It was ferocious and...
SWF 2024 program released, Needham wins MUD Literary Prize, International Booker Prize longlist announced
Wednesday, 13 March 2024
Over the past week, the program for the 2024 Sydney Writers’ Festival was announced, featuring international guests including Bonnie Garmus, Ann Patchett, Michael Connelly and Celeste Ng, and local guests...
The Changing Room
Wednesday, 13 March 2024
As a young girl in Sydney, Rachel pays more attention than she perhaps should to a cartoon character who accesses different personas on separate adventures, each time he goes into...
Marketing executive, Melbourne
Wednesday, 13 March 2024
Thames & Hudson Australia Thames & Hudson Australia is a global publisher of art and culture for the modern reader. We work with the world’s best authors, artists and designers...
Change for Storey Publishing & Timber Press
Wednesday, 13 March 2024
Publisher: Storey Publishing & Timber Press Old distributor: Peribo Pty Ltd. New distributor: Hachette Australia (ADS) Changeover date: 1 July 2024 Returns cut-off: 31 July 2024
Needham wins 2024 MUD Literary Prize
Tuesday, 12 March 2024
Kylie Needham has been announced as the winner of the 2024 MUD Literary Prize, at an event at the Adelaide Festival, for her novel Girl in a Pink Dress (Hamish...
International Booker Prize 2024 longlist
Tuesday, 12 March 2024
The longlist for the 2024 International Booker Prize, worth £50,000 (A$96,900), has been announced. The titles in the running for this year’s prize are: Crooked Plow (Itamar Vieira Junior, trans...
Zhan receives 2024 Kat Muscat Fellowship
Tuesday, 12 March 2024
Express Media and the Kat Muscat Fellowship Committee have announced that Xiaole Zhan is the recipient of the 2024 Kat Muscat Fellowship. Selected from a shortlist of six announced last...
Garmus, Patchett, Connelly, Ng to headline SWF
Friday, 8 March 2024
The program for this year’s Sydney Writers' Festival (SWF), which runs 20–26 May under the theme Take Me Away, has been announced. The program includes almost 300 guests and comprises...
No newsletter on Monday
Friday, 8 March 2024
There will be no Books+Publishing newsletter on Monday, 11 March, due to the Labour Day public holiday in Victoria. The next Books+Publishing newsletter will be published Tuesday, 12 March. The...
Penguin Literary Prize 2024 shortlist announced
Thursday, 7 March 2024
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has announced the shortlist for the 2024 Penguin Literary Prize. The shortlisted manuscripts are: ‘What Is Left for Us’ by Sophie Stern (Sydney, NSW)—When Rebecca...
Aotearoa publishers receive audiobook funding
Thursday, 7 March 2024
The successful recipients of the second round of funding in the Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture & Heritage audiobook publishing seed program in Aotearoa New Zealand have been announced by...
Former PRH, Macmillan executives launch new profit-share publishing venture
Thursday, 7 March 2024
In the US, three former high-level staff from Penguin Random House (PRH) and Macmillan have launched a new publishing company, Authors Equity, reports Publishers Weekly. Former PRH US CEO Madeline...
Australian Book Design Awards 2024 longlists announced
Wednesday, 6 March 2024
The longlists for the 2024 Australian Book Design Awards, presented by the Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA), have been announced. The longlisted titles in the first three categories, and the...
Ockham 2024 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 6 March 2024
The shortlists for the 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards have been announced. Chosen from longlists announced earlier this year, the shortlisted titles in each category are: Jann Medlicott Acorn...
Grenville longlisted for 2024 Women’s Prize for Fiction
Wednesday, 6 March 2024
In the UK, the longlist for the 2024 Women’s Prize for Fiction has been announced. Local author Kate Grenville has been longlisted for Restless Dolly Maunder (Text). The longlisted titles...
Amazon ebook anticompetition lawsuit to proceed
Wednesday, 6 March 2024
In the US, a federal judge has formally adopted a magistrate judge’s recommendation that a consumer class action against Amazon for anticompetitive conduct in relation to the ebook market be...
Stella longlist, gender pay gaps in publishing and bookselling, Booktopia revenue and profit down
Wednesday, 6 March 2024
On Monday, the Stella Prize longlist was announced, with the shortlist to follow next month. In other news this week, the Australian Government's Workplace Gender Equality Agency data has revealed...
Bookings are closing soon for Think Australian’s Bologna issue, out 21 March
Wednesday, 6 March 2024
Bookings are closing soon (13 March) for Think Australian’s Bologna issue, out 21 March. Promote your children's and young adult titles to over 55K international readers via our subscriber list...
Voss Literary Prize 2024
Wednesday, 6 March 2024
The Australian University Heads of English and the estate of Vivian Robert de Vaux Voss are pleased to call for nominations to the tenth annual Voss Literary Prize. The prize,...
Digital content lead, Melbourne
Wednesday, 6 March 2024
Readings Readings is looking for a Digital Content Lead to work 5 days a week (38 hours), on a permanent full-time basis. This is a hybrid role with a minimum...
Professional development and events manager, Sydney
Wednesday, 6 March 2024
Australian Society of Authors The ASA is seeking a Professional Development and Events Manager to develop a diverse program of bold and engaging online presentations and workshops that will educate,...
National accounts coordinator: DDS, Sydney
Wednesday, 6 March 2024
Hachette Australia Hachette Australia has an exciting opportunity to join our sales team in the role of National Accounts Coordinator: DDS. This is a permanent full-time position based in our...
Change for Welbeck Publishing Group
Wednesday, 6 March 2024
Publisher: Welbeck Publishing Group Old distributor: Allen & Unwin (UBD) New distributor: Hachette (ADS) Changeover date: 1 April 2024 Returns cut-off: 30 April 2024
