Change for Griffin Publishers
Wednesday, 28 February 2024
Publisher: Griffin Publishers ISBN prefix: 979-12-81437; 978-88-97162; 978-88-86891; 978-88-97438 New distributor: Eurospan Changeover date: 1 March 2024 Contact URL: www.eurospan.co.uk
Publicity assistant, Melbourne
Wednesday, 28 February 2024
Black Inc. & Quarterly Essay Black Inc. is seeking a proactive and detail-oriented individual to join our team as a Publicity Assistant. Responsibilities include: Supporting the department with general admin...
Key account manager (parental leave cover), Sydney
Wednesday, 28 February 2024
Hardie Grant Publishing Hardie Grant Publishing (HGP) has a reputation for originality and innovation. Our books are conversation-starting, creative, intelligent, and commercial, and we pride ourselves on our diverse list...
Product manager, Sydney
Wednesday, 28 February 2024
Allen & Unwin Allen & Unwin, Australia’s largest independent book publisher, is looking for a motivated, proactive and experienced Product Manager to join our International Agencies team. Reporting to the...
Digital content lead, Melbourne
Wednesday, 28 February 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...
CBCA 2024 Notable Books announced
Tuesday, 27 February 2024
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has announced its list of Notable Books for 2024. The list acts as the longlist for the CBCA Book of the Year Awards....
Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award 2023 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 27 February 2024
In the UK, the shortlist for the 2023 Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award has been announced, reported the Bookseller. The prize money for the award is £10,000...
PRH to turn Grantham facility into new hub for PRH US in Europe
Monday, 26 February 2024
In the UK, Penguin Random House (PRH) UK’s Grantham Book Services warehouse will be retrofitted to become a new operational hub for PRH US to fulfil orders from customers in...
Brooks wins 2023 Judith Wright Poetry Prize
Monday, 26 February 2024
Overland has announced that Andrew Brooks is the winner of the 2023 Judith Wright Poetry prize, for his poem ‘Celestial Tree’. Brooks is a lecturer in media and culture, living...
Zhang wins 2023 Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize
Monday, 26 February 2024
Overland has announced that Annie Zhang is the winner of the 2023 Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize, for her story ‘Who Rattles the Night?’. Zhang is a writer and editor...
Smith wins 2024 Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize
Thursday, 22 February 2024
Yasmin Smith has won Island magazine’s 2024 Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize for the poem ‘The Burial Feathers’. Smith’s poem was chosen from about 500 entries. The two runners-up were Emilie...
UK indies struggling to find distribution post-Grantham
Wednesday, 21 February 2024
In the UK, independent publishers are finding distribution ‘particularly challenging’ following last year’s announcement that Grantham Book Services (GBS) will close in 2025, reported the Bookseller. ‘The reality is that...
Can ChatGPT edit fiction? Four editors put it to the test
Wednesday, 21 February 2024
Editors Rose Michael, Sharon Mullins, Renée Otmar and Katherine Day have previously explored how AI tools might work, or be made to work, for editorial. In this extract from an...
Vale Tom Whitton
Wednesday, 21 February 2024
Jodie Dalglish, owner of Megalong Books, writes: We are very sad to report that we have lost a member of our Megalong Books family. Tom Whitton has sadly passed away....
The Love Interest
Wednesday, 21 February 2024
A swoony, hilarious and heartfelt YA romcom with a satirical twist on the conventions of the superhero-verse. This original, speculative debut will be backed by a worldwide Bloomsbury marketing campaign!...
Association director, Auckland
Wednesday, 21 February 2024
Publishers Association of New Zealand PANZ is the member organisation representing and supporting publishing in all its forms across Aotearoa New Zealand. We are now seeking a highly collaborative, communicative...
Voss Literary Prize 2024
Wednesday, 21 February 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,...
Product manager, Sydney
Wednesday, 21 February 2024
Allen & Unwin Allen & Unwin, Australia’s largest independent book publisher, is looking for a motivated, proactive and experienced Product Manager to join our International Agencies team. Reporting to the...
Learning consultant, secondary, Melbourne
Wednesday, 21 February 2024
Cengage Learning Pty Ltd About us Cengage is a leading educational content, technology, and services company for the higher education, vocational, school, professional and library markets. We provide superior content,...
Thames & Hudson Australia relocates head office
Wednesday, 21 February 2024
Thames & Hudson Australia has relocated their head office to Cremorne, Melbourne. Thames & Hudson Australia Wurundjeri Country 132A Gwynne Street Cremorne VIC 3121 All other contact information, including phone...
Text Publishing welcomes two new staff
Wednesday, 21 February 2024
Text has appointed Zara Olifent to the role of Production Coordinator, beginning 18 March. Olifent has previously worked at Te Papa Press in Wellington. She will be contactable at: zara.olifent@textpublishing.com.au...
Change for TCU Press
Wednesday, 21 February 2024
Publisher: TCU Press ISBN prefix: 978-0-87565-; 978-0-912646- New distributor: Eurospan Changeover date: 1 March 2024 Contact URL: www.eurospan.co.uk
Copyright Agency announces recipients of $440k in Cultural Fund grants
Tuesday, 20 February 2024
Twenty-seven arts organisations have received a total of $439,840 in the latest round of funding from the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund, which will also support nine writers' festivals. Among the...
Glasgow Worldcon chair promises transparency following Hugo censorship
Monday, 19 February 2024
In the US, a report by science fiction and fantasy writers Chris M Barkley and Jason Sanford on the 2023 Hugo Awards—which draws on leaked emails from a member of...
Funder longlisted for inaugural Women’s Prize for Nonfiction
Monday, 19 February 2024
Anna Funder is longlisted for the inaugural Women’s Prize for Nonfiction, worth £30,000 (A$58,000), for her book Wifedom: Mrs Orwell’s invisible life (Hamish Hamilton). The fifteen other titles longlisted for the award...
Rodrick wins inaugural Pearl Prize
Monday, 19 February 2024
Spencer M F Rodrick has won the inaugural Pearl Prize, presented by queer arts and cultural organisation Midsumma. Rodrick, who was chosen from a list of 15 finalists, and was...
DANZ Children’s Book Award shortlists announced
Thursday, 15 February 2024
The shortlists for the inaugural DANZ (Diversity in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand) Children’s Book Award have been announced. Chosen from longlists announced last month, the shortlisted titles in each...
Blak & Bright Festival 2024 program announced
Thursday, 15 February 2024
Blak & Bright Festival has announced its 2024 program, with the festival to run from 13 to 17 March in Naarm/Melbourne. The biennial First Nations literature festival will this year...
B&N plans to open five stores in Chicago angers Volumes
Thursday, 15 February 2024
In the US, Barnes & Noble (B&N) has announced plans to open five new bookstores in the Chicago area from the coming US spring, after earlier sharing its goal to...
Graham longlisted for Carnegie Medal for Illustration
Wednesday, 14 February 2024
In the UK, Australian author Bob Graham has been longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Illustration (previously known as the Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration), which was announced along with...
