Spotify adds audiobook-only subscription offer
Monday, 4 March 2024
Music streaming platform Spotify has announced a new subscription category ‘for literary enthusiasts who are looking for more audiobook-specific content’. The new audiobooks access tier, available only in the US...
Kat Muscat Fellowship 2024 shortlist announced
Thursday, 29 February 2024
Express Media and the Kat Muscat Fellowship Committee have announced the shortlist for the 2024 Kat Muscat Fellowship, which offers support and development to a young Australian writer and/or editor...
MWF announces Cunningham, Murray and Jamison as first guests
Thursday, 29 February 2024
Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) has announced the first guests for the 2024 event, which will take place from 6 to 12 May. Pulitzer Prize–winner Michael Cunningham, Booker-nominee Paul Murray and New York Times bestselling...
Lagardère global publishing revenue up 2.2%
Thursday, 29 February 2024
Lagardère, the parent company of Hachette, has reported its publishing revenue for 2023 came in at €2.8 billion (A$4.7b) for 2023, up 2.2% on 2022 as reported and up 1.9%...
Bri Lee recommends
Wednesday, 28 February 2024
Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood! She’s the G.O.A.T. Huge fan. How she does so much in so few pages always astounds me. A master at work, for sure.
Hardie Grant Explore, Intrepid Travel announce publishing joint venture
Wednesday, 28 February 2024
Hardie Grant Explore (HG Explore) has announced a new joint venture with Intrepid Travel to publish a new series of travel books. The list will begin with The Intrepid List,...
Vale Marion Halligan
Wednesday, 28 February 2024
The award-winning novelist, essayist, and short story writer Marion Halligan died in Canberra on 19 February, aged 83. Halligan was the author of 11 novels, five short story collections, and...
Self-publishing platform secures funding for AI-powered publishing
Wednesday, 28 February 2024
Publishing figures Stefan von Holtzbrinck, the owner of Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, which owns Macmillan, and former Penguin CEO Michael Lynton are among those investing in Inkitt, a self-described data-driven publishing...
Entries to the 2024 NSW Premier’s History Awards are now open
Wednesday, 28 February 2024
Entries to the 2024 NSW Premier’s History Awards, with a prize pool of $85,000, are now open. Discounted early-bird entry fees are available until 5pm, Thursday 7 March. Entries officially...
The Dark Man, By Referral and Less Pleasant Tales
Wednesday, 28 February 2024
Step into the world of the Dark Man. Please have your referral ready... In this collection of dark fiction by award-nominated author Chuck McKenzie, you'll find tales of zombies, kaiju,...
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...
