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Debut author Jack Henseleit’s The Witching Hours is the age-appropriate modern horror series the new generation of middle-grade readers have been waiting for. Publishing in August from... Read more |
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The State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW) has announced the shortlist for the $25,000 National Biography Award. The shortlisted works are: The Unknown Judith... Read more |
Rockpool Publishing has moved its North American distribution to Red Wheeler Weiser from 1 July in an effort to expand its presence in the US.... Read more |
The Copyright Agency and industry groups including the Australian Publishers Association, Australian Society of Authors and Books Create Australia have launched #FreeIsNotFair, a new campaign... Read more |
The Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) has announced the shortlist for the inaugural Rosanne Fitzgibbon Editorial Award, known as the ‘Rosie’. The shortlisted editors are:... Read more |
Book Bonding owners Natasha Boyd and Mark Neicho closed their Essendon bookstore on 30 June after deciding to focus their energy on their Gisborne shop.... Read more |
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Melbourne University Publishing (MUP) is taking ‘all reasonable measures’ to withdraw Louise Milligan’s Cardinal: The Rise and Fall of George Pell from sale in Victorian... Read more |
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Stuart Traynor has won the 2017 Chief Minister’s Northern Territory History Book Award for his book Alice Springs: From Singing Wire to Iconic Outback Town... Read more |
NewSouth Books will represent Baker & Taylor’s Global Publishers Services (GPS), which provides small and medium publishers with international sales and marketing services, in Australia... Read more |
Creative Victoria has announced a new Creators Fund, which will offer grants of between $20,000-$50,000 to support individuals and creative collectives during the research and... Read more |
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HarperCollins Australia has acquired world rights to Say Hello: How I Became the Hero of My Story by Australian writer, speaker and appearance activist Carly... Read more |
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The winners of the 2017 Ledger Awards for excellence in Australian comics and graphic novels were announced in Sydney on the 19 June. The winner... Read more |
The finalists have been announced for New Zealand’s Ashton Wylie Mind Body Spirit Literary Awards for 2017. The finalists in the two categories are: Published... Read more |
The line-up has been announced for the third St Albans Writers’ Festival, which runs from 8-10 September in the village of St Albans in NSW.... Read more |
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Scribe has acquired world rights to David Sornig’s Blue Lake: Finding Dudley Flats and the West Melbourne Swamp, a ‘social and psychogeographic history’ of the... Read more |
Sudanese writer Bushra al-Fadil has won the 2017 Caine Prize for African Writing for his short story ‘The Story of the Girl Whose Birds Flew... Read more |
French publishing sales rose in 2016 by 4.25% to €2.8bn (A$4.16bn) according to figures from the French Publishers Association (Syndicat National de l’Edition, SNE), reports... Read more |
Ingrid Persaud from Trinidad and Tobago has won the 2017 Commonwealth Writers’ Short Story Prize for ‘Sweet Sop’, reports the Bookseller. Persuad’s story explores ‘harrowing... Read more |
UNESCO has named Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates as the World Book Capital for 2019. Sharjah was selected for its ‘very innovative, comprehensive and... Read more |
German service provider MVB Marketing, a subsidiary of the German Publishers and Booksellers Association Börsenverein, has purchased the US bookshop ordering systems Pubnet and PubEasy... Read more |
In the UK, a Guardian survey of 80 women and 12 men working in publishing has found that the majority of women feel they are being... Read more |
In the UK, Bonnier Publishing’s romance imprint Totally Entwined has launched an online store and self-publishing platform called First for Romance, reports the Bookseller. The... Read more |
Sales Fiction—HarperCollins has sold Turkish rights to The Gene Thieves (Maria Quinn) to Pegasus Yayinevi. Penguin Random House has sold North American rights and UK... Read more |
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The Barefoot Investor (Scott Pape, Wrightbooks) has climbed back up to the take the top spot in this week’s overall bestsellers chart. Last week’s top-selling... Read more |
‘Ned Kelly Award-winner Jock Serong creates a sense of foreboding from the very start of his third novel, and then constantly ratchets up the tension... Read more |
Books+Publishing’s latest Reviews newsletter contains 12 reviews of books publishing in August and September 2017. Our reviewers were very happy with the books on offer... Read more |
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Food writer and journalist Valli Little has died. Little authored numerous cookbooks, including several under the delicious label (ABC Books). Her latest book, My Kind of... Read more |
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Poet Fay Zwicky has died, aged 83. Zwicky won the Patrick White Award in 2005, and twice won the New South Wales Premier’s Award for... Read more |
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Author Michael Bond has died, aged 91. Bond was the creator of much-loved children’s character Paddington Bear. Born in England in 1926, Bond published his... Read more |
City of Sydney libraries are waiving fines for overdue loans until 30 June 2021 following a successful eight-month trial, reports News.com.au. Fees will still be... Read more |
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The State Library of NSW has launched a free online storybook written and spoken in five Aboriginal languages from across NSW to mark the beginning... Read more |
Shoalhaven City Council on the NSW South Coast will trial opening school libraries to the wider community, reports the South Coast Register. Councilor Bob Proudfoot,... Read more |
US advocacy group We Need Diverse Books has launched OurStory, an app to help readers discover diverse books, at the 2017 American Library Association annual... Read more |
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A delegation of Australian publishers travelled to Beijing and Seoul in June to ‘research market opportunities for authors and publishers in China and Korea’. Nerrilee... Read more |
Simon & Schuster Australia is pleased to announce a new sales and distribution partnership with Insight Editions in Australia and New Zealand.
Insight Editions creates illustrated books that celebrate cultural milestones in entertainment, history and the arts. Licensors include Warner Bros, HBO, Lucas Film, Marvel and Blizzard Entertainment. They also publish books from key brands including Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead, The World of Warcraft, DC Comics, and Star Trek, in addition to an extensive range of journals.
Insight Editions titles previously distributed by NewSouthBooks will not be accepted by HarperCollins for return. All orders to Harper Entertainment Distribution Services at orders@harpercollins.com.au.
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Rockpool Publishing and Herron Distribution are excited to announce the release of the Autobiography: The Naked Witch, ISBN 9781925429633 by best-selling author Fiona Horne. Extensive publicity throughout July/August across TV, Radio, Press and Online, including Stellar, Who, Ch7 Morning Show, Triple M and ABC, Mamamia, more. Books are available in the Herron Warehouse now. Orders to: Herron Books: customerservice@herronbooks.com or 07 3399 8799.
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NewSouth Books is thrilled to offer congratulations to authors and publishers shortlisted for the prestigious award, including John Murphy’s Evatt: A Life (NewSouth Publishing), Georgina Arnott’s The Unknown Judith Wright (UWA Publishing) and Suzanne Falkiner’s Mick: A Life of Randolph Stow (UWA Publishing). To order, please contact TL Distribution on (02) 8778 9999 or orders@tldistribution.com.au.
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NewSouth Books is delighted to congratulate authors and publishers shortlisted for the Colin Roderick Award, including Madeline Gleeson’s Offshore (NewSouth Publishing), Nick Earls’s Wisdom Tree: Five Novellas (Inkerman & Blunt), and Josephine Wilson’s Extinctions (UWA Publishing). To order, please contact TL Distribution on (02) 8778 9999 or orders@tldistribution.com.au.
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