Stella Prize 2024 shortlist announced
Thursday, 4 April 2024
The shortlist for the $60,000 Stella Prize for women and non-binary writers has been announced. The shortlisted books are: Praiseworthy (Alexis Wright, Giramondo) Feast (Emily O’Grady, A&U) Abandon Every Hope: Essays for...
Ultimo acquires Clement nonfiction ‘Desire Paths’
Wednesday, 3 April 2024
Ultimo Press has acquired ANZ rights to the nonfiction work Desire Paths by journalist Megan Clement, via Martin Shaw at Shaw Literary. The book is partly based on Clement’s essay...
S&S Aus launches Summit Books, appoints Palfreyman publishing director
Wednesday, 3 April 2024
Simon & Schuster (S&S) Australia has announced that it will introduce imprint Summit Books in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, following the announcement late last year that the imprint would...
Bleedthrough: censorship and book banning in Australia
Wednesday, 3 April 2024
When Australian writers, publishers, and librarians look at the state of US book banning, we are shocked at the violence and scale of book banning groups. Could attempts to fire...
Windham-Campbell Prizes 2024 recipients announced
Wednesday, 3 April 2024
In the US, the recipients of the 2024 Windham-Campbell Prizes, worth US$175,000 (A$268,500) each, have been announced. For fiction, the prize recognised Irish author Deirdre Madden, whose work—including Molly Fox’s Birthday...
Spotify extends audiobook streaming to Aotearoa New Zealand
Wednesday, 3 April 2024
Spotify has announced that its audiobook limited-streaming offer has been extended to Premium subscribers in Aotearoa New Zealand, as well as Canada and Ireland. As previously reported by Books+Publishing, the...
Creative Australia announces 2024 VIPs
Tuesday, 2 April 2024
Creative Australia has announced the ten international publishers, editors and agents participating in the 2024 Visiting International Publishers (VIPs) program. This year’s participants are: Tamar Brazis (vice president and publisher,...
Spineless Wonders, AAWP announce new novella prize
Tuesday, 2 April 2024
Spineless Wonders has announced the inaugural Novella Prize, in partnership with the Australasian Association of Writing Programs (AAWP). Spineless Wonders publisher Bronwyn Mehan said the collaboration with the AAWP on...
Small Press Distribution closes in the US
Tuesday, 2 April 2024
In the US, independent book distributor Small Press Distribution (SPD) has closed, effective immediately, reports Publishers Weekly (PW). SPD executive director Kent Watson said SPD staff are in the process...
Ena Noël Award 2024 winners announced
Tuesday, 2 April 2024
The Australian branch of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) has announced the winners of the 2024 Ena Noël Award. Meg Gatland-Veness and Holden Sheppard were jointly...
Gleebooks completes renovation
Tuesday, 2 April 2024
The renovation of the Gleebooks building at 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe, NSW, has been completed. Gleebooks co-owner David Gaunt described the updated building as ‘fit for the 21st century’...
Williams tops Dymocks Top 101
Tuesday, 2 April 2024
Bookselling chain Dymocks has announced its 2024 Top 101 list, voted on by readers, with Pip Williams’s The Bookbinder of Jericho (Affirm) taking out the top spot. The top 10...
Inaugural DANZ winners announced
Friday, 29 March 2024
The winners of the inaugural the inaugural DANZ (Diversity in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand) Children’s Book Award have been announced. Chosen from shortlists announced in February, the winners are: Picture book...
Australian Book Design Awards 2024 shortlists announced
Thursday, 28 March 2024
The shortlists for the 2024 Australian Book Design Awards, presented by the Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA), have been announced. The shortlisted titles in selected categories are: Best designed commercial...
B+P Easter publishing schedule
Thursday, 28 March 2024
Due to the Easter long weekend, the Books+Publishing newsletter will not be published tomorrow, Friday, 29 March or Monday, 1 April. The deadline for classifieds and job advertisements in the next...
George Robertson Award 2024 winners announced, changes to APA board
Thursday, 28 March 2024
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced the winners of the 2024 George Robertson Awards, which recognises long and distinguished service to the publishing industry. Annette Barlow (publisher, Allen &...
Women’s Prize for Nonfiction 2024 shortlist announced
Thursday, 28 March 2024
The shortlist for the inaugural Women’s Prize for Nonfiction, worth £30,000 (A$58,000), has been announced. The six titles shortlisted for the award are: Thunderclap: A memoir of art and life...
Australian publishers headed to Bologna
Wednesday, 27 March 2024
Thirteen publisher representatives will attend this year’s Bologna Children’s Book Fair as part of the Australian Publishers Association (APA) Australian Collective Stand, which will be managed by APA events manager...
Hachette acquires McNab book on mushroom poisonings
Wednesday, 27 March 2024
Hachette Australia has acquired world rights to Recipe for Murder (Duncan McNab). The book, based on the arrest of Erin Patterson over the alleged killing of three people using poisonous mushrooms, was...
‘Technofeudalism’ tops charts at Adelaide Writers’ Week
Wednesday, 27 March 2024
Book sales at Adelaide Writers’ Week (AWW), which ran from 2 to 7 March 2024 as part of the Adelaide Festival, broke records according to the festival. Themed ‘The Past...
Australians in London: ‘Plenty of deals’ at ‘electric’ LBF
Wednesday, 27 March 2024
A strong contingent of Australian publishers attended the 2024 London Book Fair—which reported overall trade visitor attendance of around 300,000 across the three-day fair—with representatives from Affirm, Allen & Unwin...
Wright shortlisted for 2024 James Tait Black Prize
Wednesday, 27 March 2024
Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright (Giramondo) has been shortlisted for the fiction award in the 2024 James Tait Black Prizes. The works shortlisted for the fiction and biography prizes, each worth...
PRH 2023 results flat, despite revenue rise
Wednesday, 27 March 2024
While Penguin Random House (PRH) recorded a 7% revenue rise worldwide for the full year 2023—to €4.53 billion (A$7.51b), up from €4.22 billion (A$7.00b) in 2022—profit dropped slightly, down by...
Walker acquires Zaslavsky nonfiction ‘Splodge!’
Wednesday, 27 March 2024
Walker Books has acquired world rights to Splodge!, a middle-grade nonfiction book from cookbook author and media personality Alice Zaslavsky. The publisher said that this book ‘will look at everyone’s...
Wright shortlisted for 2024 Dublin Literary Award
Wednesday, 27 March 2024
Alexis Wright has been shortlisted for the €100,000 (A$166,000) International Dublin Literary Award, the world’s most valuable annual prize for a single work of fiction written in or translated into...
Pantera acquires Earp debut novel
Wednesday, 27 March 2024
Pantera has acquired ANZ rights to Painting Portraits of Everyone I’ve Ever Dated, a debut novel by Joseph Earp, in a deal brokered by Jeanne Ryckmans at Key People Literary...
Booktique to open store in Albury
Wednesday, 27 March 2024
Booktique—an independent bookshop currently operating in Wangaratta, Victoria—is opening a second store in Albury, NSW. Michelle Delle Vergin, who owns both stores with husband Mark Bolsius, said that for the...
Jenna Lo Bianco recommends
Tuesday, 26 March 2024
I really enjoyed reading Karina May’s Never Ever Forever, because I just love her narrative voice and her subtle contemporary humour. She’s a clever writer and her fresh takes on...
Jenna Lo Bianco on ‘Love & Rome’
Tuesday, 26 March 2024
Jenna Lo Bianco is a Melbourne-based author whose heart and soul reside in Rome, Italy. Known as 'The Italian Teacher', she is also an educator, PhD candidate and advocate for...
Author events: Report highlights relationships as key, problematic
Tuesday, 26 March 2024
Live Literature in Australia, a new research report jointly conducted by Australia Reads and the University of Melbourne, examined the ‘considerations and barriers’ for booksellers, librarians, and teachers hosting live...
