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Wednesday, 14 August 2024
Bookings are open for Think Australian’s Frankfurt issue, out 26 September. Promote your titles to over 55K international readers via our subscriber list and distribution partnerships with Publishers Weekly in...
Sales and marketing administrator, Sydney
Wednesday, 14 August 2024
Echo Publishing (imprint of Bonnier Books UK) Echo is a small publisher in Australia, curating a range of titles that surprise, delight and inform our readers. Internationally, Echo is part...
Readings Children’s Book Prize 2024 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 13 August 2024
The shortlist for the 2024 Readings Children’s Book Prize has been announced. This year’s six shortlisted books are: The Lonely Lighthouse of Elston-Fright (Reece Carter, illus by Simon Howe, A&U...
Creative Australia to combine International Travel Fund with other programs
Tuesday, 13 August 2024
Creative Australia has announced it is reviewing how it delivers funding to support international engagement, travel and presentations, ‘with the aim of reducing duplication’ across programs. Creative Australia said the...
Byron Writers Festival attendance up 18%
Tuesday, 13 August 2024
The 2024 Byron Writers Festival, which ran from 9 to 11 August, was a ‘great success’, according to organisers. The festival reported an 18% increase on the previous year’s box...
Hugo Awards 2024 winners announced
Tuesday, 13 August 2024
The winners of this year’s Hugo Awards, presented annually by the World Science Fiction Convention, have been announced. Among the winners are: Best novel Some Desperate Glory (Emily Tesh, Orbit)...
South Australian Literary Awards 2024 shortlists announced
Monday, 12 August 2024
The 2024 South Australian Literary Awards shortlists have been announced. The shortlisted works in each category are: Fiction award ($15,000) All That's Left Unsaid (Tracey Lien, HQ) Hydra (Adriane Howell,...
Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award 2024 shortlist announced
Monday, 12 August 2024
The Foundation for Australian Literary Studies (FALS) at James Cook University has announced the shortlist for the $50,000 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award. The eight titles shortlisted for the...
HarperCollins audio sales up 18%, overall sales up 6%
Monday, 12 August 2024
HarperCollins parent company News Corp has announced its fourth quarter and annual results. The company reported that its book publishing division saw sales rise 6% for the 2024 fiscal year...
Ned Kelly Awards 2024 shortlists announced
Monday, 12 August 2024
The Australian Crime Writers Association has announced the 2024 Ned Kelly Awards shortlists. The shortlisted works in each category are: Best crime fiction Killer Traitor Spy (Tim Ayliffe, S&S) Ripper...
Hammer wins 2024 ACT Book of the Year
Monday, 12 August 2024
Chris Hammer has won the 2024 ACT Book of the Year Award, worth $10,000, for The Seven (A&U). Untethered (Ayesha Inoon, HQ Fiction) and The Measure of Sorrow: Stories (J...
NSW Premier’s History Awards 2024 shortlists announced
Thursday, 8 August 2024
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced the shortlists for the 2024 NSW Premier’s History Awards. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Australian history prize ($15,000) Donald Horne:...
Dunn awarded 2024 Rising Star Award
Thursday, 8 August 2024
Alliance Distribution Services (ADS) distribution director Riikka Dunn has been named the Australian Publishers Association (APA) 2024 Rising Star. Dunn was selected from a shortlist that also included Rebecca Allen...
Nib Literary Award 2024 longlist announced
Thursday, 8 August 2024
The longlist for the 2024 Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award, worth $40,000, has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Because I'm Not Myself, You See (Ariane Beeston, Black...
Orbit UK launches horror imprint
Thursday, 8 August 2024
Orbit UK has launched a new horror imprint, Run For It, reports the Bookseller. The imprint is Hachette UK’s first dedicated horror list and shares its name with a new...
Wright becomes two-time Miles Franklin winner; UBD to rebrand; Hazard to join Keeperton
Wednesday, 7 August 2024
Alexis Wright has won the 2024 Miles Franklin Literary Award, worth $60,000, for her novel Praiseworthy (Giramondo), becoming a two-time winner; former Hachette Australia group publishing director Fiona Hazard has joined...
Aotearoa New Zealand Book Industry Awards 2024 announced
Wednesday, 7 August 2024
The winners of the 2024 Aotearoa New Zealand Book Industry Awards have been announced. Moa Press, an imprint of Hachette, was named publisher of the year, while Petronella’s Bookstore and...
‘In Ascension’ wins 2024 Arthur C Clarke Award
Wednesday, 7 August 2024
In the UK, Scottish writer Martin MacInnes has won this year’s Arthur C Clarke award for In Ascension (Atlantic), reports the Guardian. MacInnes’s third novel, In Ascension follows marine biologist...
Publishing assistant, Sydney
Wednesday, 7 August 2024
Hachette Australia x MDA In partnership with Media Diversity Australia, Hachette Australia has an exciting opportunity for a talented, enthusiastic, and highly organised individual to join our award-winning publishing team...
A Cold Season
Wednesday, 7 August 2024
A Cold Season is rich in voice, character and landscape. The novel tells the story of fourteen-year-old Beth. Her brother Sam and her father, Owens, have gone missing in a...
Duke the Wonder Horse
Wednesday, 7 August 2024
A young horse named Duke has moved to a new home. He has to open his heart and find acceptance and a mummy who will love him. Duke the Wonder...
Hazza the Huntsman
Wednesday, 7 August 2024
This simple little story teaches all of us the importance of being willing to challenge our beliefs about one another, so that the world will be a safer place for...
Library sales consultant, Melbourne
Wednesday, 7 August 2024
James Bennett Pty Ltd Join our dynamic sales team! Australia’s leading library supplier is seeking a full-time sales consultant to work with our senior sales team in managing our existing...
Senior publicist, Sydney
Wednesday, 7 August 2024
Simon & Schuster Following the launch of new imprint Summit Books Australia, Simon & Schuster Australia is looking for an experienced senior publicist to join the marketing and publicity team....
Membership officer, Sydney
Wednesday, 7 August 2024
Australian Society of Authors The Australian Society of Authors has an exciting opportunity for an organised, enthusiastic, and customer-centric person to join our team as a membership officer. In this...
Marketing manager, Sydney
Wednesday, 7 August 2024
Allen & Unwin Faber Writing Academy is the creative writing school within Allen & Unwin, Australia’s largest independent book publisher, and is affiliated with Faber & Faber in the UK....
Unlock Books+Publishing
Wednesday, 7 August 2024
Unlock Books+Publishing, Australia’s number-one source of news about the book industry, keeping subscribers up to date with the latest book industry news, events, features, interviews, opinion, personnel changes, job advertisements...
Hachette, Media Diversity Australia partner on new traineeship
Tuesday, 6 August 2024
Hachette Australia and Media Diversity Australia (MDA) have announced ‘a significant partnership’, with Hachette becoming the inaugural book publisher member of MDA. Announcing the partnership, Hachette and MDA have also...
‘Limberlost’ wins 2024 Dick and Joan Green Family Award for Tasmanian History
Tuesday, 6 August 2024
Robbie Arnott has won the 2024 Dick and Joan Green Family Award for Tasmanian History, worth $25,000, for his novel Limberlost (Text). Limberlost is based on the life of Arnott’s...
United Independent Distributors enters administration
Tuesday, 6 August 2024
In the UK, the United Independent Distributors (UID) group, which comprises Marston Book Services, Orca Book Services and Eurospan, and which was acquired by the US-based Independent Publishers Group (IPG)...
