Australian publishers headed to Bologna
Date: 27 March 2024Category: Local news
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... Read more
Rights round-up
Date: 27 March 2024Category: Rights round-up
Sales Fiction Bold Type Agency has sold Light at Lavelle (Paullina Simons) to Poland, Italy and Israel; Crimson Lake, Redemption Point and Gone by Midnight (Candice Fox) to Russia; Red Leaves (Paullina Simons)... Read more
Australians in London: ‘Plenty of deals’ at ‘electric’ LBF
Date: 27 March 2024Category: Local news
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... Read more
Walker acquires Zaslavsky nonfiction ‘Splodge!’
Date: 27 March 2024Category: Local news News Rights and acquisitions
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... Read more
Under the Stars Camping Australia & New Zealand
Date: 27 March 2024Category: Advance copy giveaway
Sleep under the stars in Australia and New Zealand's most spectacular spaces. Discover more than 200 out-of-this-world camping hotspots in this epic guide that features breathtaking wild camping pitches, picturesque... Read more
A Small Collection of Happinesses (Zana Fraillon, illus Stephen Michael King, Lothian)
Date: 26 March 2024Category: Reviews
In the first pages of acclaimed author Zana Fraillon’s A Small Collection of Happinesses, Ada is ‘blown in…and dumped… right at the front gates of number 9 Hawkhurst Lane’. I... Read more
Book of Hours (Clare McFadden, Walker)
Date: 26 March 2024Category: Reviews
Book of Hours, written and illustrated by Clare McFadden (The Flying Orchestra), tells a life story in a series of dreamy vignettes. These postcard moments capture memories by the sea—of... Read more
Author events: Report highlights relationships as key, problematic
Date: 26 March 2024Category: Local news
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... Read more
Blake Poetry Prize 2024 shortlist announced
Date: 25 March 2024Category: Awards Local news
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, in collaboration with WestWords, has announced the shortlist for the 68th Blake Poetry Prize, worth $5000. The Blake Prize is an open poetry prize that ‘challenges... Read more
QBD named in Deloitte’s Best Managed Companies program
Date: 25 March 2024Category: Awards Local news News
Bookselling chain QBD has been named as one of Australia’s Best Managed Companies in an award program run by Deloitte Australia. Accepting the award on behalf of the organisation, QBD... Read more
Pham named UTS writer in residence
Date: 25 March 2024Category: Awards Local news
Vietnamese-Australian novelist, essayist and poet Vivian Pham has been awarded the Copyright Agency–UTS New Writer in Residence fellowship for 2024. Pham is the author of the novel The Coconut Children... Read more
‘The Gut Repair Plan’ enters top 10
Date: 22 March 2024Category: Bestsellers
Top 10 bestsellers What Happened to Nina? (Dervla McTiernan, HarperCollins) Bluey: Horray, It’s Easter! (Puffin) Bluey: Happy Easter (Puffin) Bluey: Easter (Puffin) RecipeTin Eats: Dinner (Nagi Maehashi, Macmillan) Atomic Habits (James Clear, RH Business) Fourth Wing (Rebecca... Read more
ABIAs 2024 shortlists announced
Date: 21 March 2024Category: Awards Local news
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced the shortlists for the 2024 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs). The APA will announce the business awards shortlists, including the categories of publisher,... Read more
Who from Australia is at Bologna? Come and say hello at the Australian Stand party
Date: 20 March 2024Category: Think Australian editorial
In this Bologna Book Fair issue of Think Australian, we introduce you to Nicola Robinson, who will be attending Bologna for the first time, representing the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. See... Read more
Asian-Australian booksellers championing diversity
Date: 20 March 2024Category: Features
Emma Pei Yin is a British-born Hong Kong-Chinese author. She was also nominated for Bookseller of the Year in 2023. In this feature, Emma writes for Books+Publishing on the insights of three Asian-Australian... Read more
The Bookshop Bowral and Kiama to change hands
Date: 20 March 2024Category: Local news News
Making Shadows
Date: 20 March 2024Category: Title showcase
Psykhe (Kate Forsyth, Vintage)
Date: 19 March 2024Category: Reviews
Cheer Up, Blobfish! (Julie Murphy, illus Rachel Tribout, Affirm)
Date: 19 March 2024Category: Reviews
Love Across Class (Rose Butler & Eve Vincent, MUP)
Date: 19 March 2024Category: Reviews
All the Beautiful Things You Love (Jonathan Seidler, Macmillan)
Date: 19 March 2024Category: Reviews
Berry wins overall Writers’ Prize for ‘The Home Child’
Date: 14 March 2024Category: International news
S&S acquires three titles by Heiss
Date: 14 March 2024Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
The party’s over: Publicists, burnout and a ‘far more creative’ role
Date: 13 March 2024Category: Features
Larrikin House acquires ‘I Can’t Believe…’ nonfiction series
Date: 13 March 2024Category: Local news News Rights and acquisitions
New York, New York: Insights from the 2024 Australian publishing delegation
Date: 13 March 2024Category: Features
Hachette acquires Paris debut ‘The Unravelling’ in two-book deal
Date: 13 March 2024Category: Local news News Rights and acquisitions
The Changing Room
Date: 13 March 2024Category: Advance copy giveaway
Circadia (Judith Bishop, UQP)
Date: 12 March 2024Category: Reviews
The Land Recalls You (Kirli Saunders, illus David Cragg & Noni Cragg, Scholastic)
Date: 12 March 2024Category: Reviews
Garmus, Patchett, Connelly, Ng to headline SWF
Date: 8 March 2024Category: Local news
Aotearoa publishers receive audiobook funding
Date: 7 March 2024Category: Local news
Book publicity in the TikTok age: What moves the needle now?
Date: 6 March 2024Category: Features
What influences book sales? ‘It’s still maddeningly difficult to tell,’ says Richard Charkin
Date: 6 March 2024Category:
Stella longlist, gender pay gaps in publishing and bookselling, Booktopia revenue and profit down
Date: 6 March 2024Category: This week’s news
How to Measure the Ocean (Inda Ahmad Zahri, A&U Children’s)
Date: 5 March 2024Category: Reviews
The Deed (Susannah Begbie, Hachette)
Date: 5 March 2024Category: Reviews
Spotify adds audiobook-only subscription offer
Date: 4 March 2024Category: International news
Booktopia half-year revenue down 21%; profit down 34%
Date: 4 March 2024Category: Local news
Lagardère global publishing revenue up 2.2%
Date: 29 February 2024Category: International news
Work Backwards (Tim Duggan, Pantera)
Date: 27 February 2024Category: Reviews
HG Explore acquires Mayo’s Always Was, Always Will Be
Date: 26 February 2024Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Smith wins 2024 Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize
Date: 22 February 2024Category: Awards Local news
UK indies struggling to find distribution post-Grantham
Date: 21 February 2024Category: International news
Can ChatGPT edit fiction? Four editors put it to the test
Date: 21 February 2024Category: Features
Perth Writers Weekend programming remains unchanged, despite open letter
Date: 21 February 2024Category:
The Love Interest
Date: 21 February 2024Category: Advance copy giveaway
Thames & Hudson Australia relocates head office
Date: 21 February 2024Category: Classifieds
Maas holds onto top spot
Date: 16 February 2024Category: Bestsellers
B&N plans to open five stores in Chicago angers Volumes
Date: 15 February 2024Category: International news
Graham longlisted for Carnegie Medal for Illustration
Date: 14 February 2024Category: Awards Local news
The Ministry of Time
Date: 14 February 2024Category: Advance copy giveaway
Pidge’s Poppies (Jan Andrews, illus Timothy Ide, Ford St)
Date: 13 February 2024Category: Reviews
Alice™: The biggest untold story in the history of money (Stuart Kells, MUP)
Date: 13 February 2024Category: Reviews
Robinson receives Scotland fellowship
Date: 13 February 2024Category: Local news
Booktopia reports first-half results down, revises forecast
Date: 12 February 2024Category: Local news
Affirm acquires Micallef anthology
Date: 12 February 2024Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Bookseller, authors argue for fixed price law
Date: 12 February 2024Category: Local news
Rural and regional writers’ festival programs announced
Date: 8 February 2024Category: Local news
How international markets performed in 2023
Date: 7 February 2024Category: Features
Yee wins at VPLAs, Vivendi plans to put Hachette on stock market, moves at Scribe and Ultimo
Date: 7 February 2024Category: This week’s news
Not Like Other Girls
Date: 7 February 2024Category: Advance copy giveaway
Excitable Boy: Essays on risk (Dominic Gordon, Upswell)
Date: 6 February 2024Category: Reviews
Writers SA to launch national literary journal
Date: 6 February 2024Category: Local news
Fellowship prize added to City of Fremantle Hungerford Award
Date: 6 February 2024Category: Awards Local news
Romantasy, audio and b-format: Bookseller and publisher predictions for 2024
Date: 31 January 2024Category: Features
Inaugural Nero Book Award category winners announced
Date: 31 January 2024Category: International news
Gus and the Missing Boy (Troy Hunter, Wakefield)
Date: 30 January 2024Category: Friday Unlocked reviews Reviews
Horman, Robinsons Books apologise for X comments
Date: 30 January 2024Category: Local news
Hardie Grant to move distribution to TDLC
Date: 30 January 2024Category: Local news
A&U acquires Scolyer memoir
Date: 29 January 2024Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Best Beaches: 100 of the World’s Most Incredible Beaches
Date: 24 January 2024Category: Advance copy giveaway
Education resource consultant, NSW
Date: 24 January 2024Category: Jobs
Beatrix Bakes: Another Slice (Natalie Paull, Hardie Grant)
Date: 23 January 2024Category: Friday Unlocked reviews Reviews
S&S acquires Aston’s ‘The Chairman’s Lounge’
Date: 23 January 2024Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Audible to cut staff
Date: 17 January 2024Category: International news
Explainer: Why did the costs of printing a book go up?
Date: 17 January 2024Category: Features
Government releases interim report on Safe and Responsible AI
Date: 17 January 2024Category: Local news
POD and the pandemic: How are publishers using print on demand now?
Date: 17 January 2024Category: Features
Alice joins Byron Writers Festival as artistic director
Date: 17 January 2024Category: Local news
Head of marketing and publicity, Melbourne
Date: 17 January 2024Category: Jobs
Publicist—young readers, Sydney
Date: 17 January 2024Category: Jobs
Telesales account manager, Sydney
Date: 17 January 2024Category: Jobs
Head of marketing and publicity, Melbourne
Date: 17 January 2024Category: Jobs
Saturday Is Pancake Day (Bernadette Green, illus Daniel Gray-Barnett, Scribble)
Date: 16 January 2024Category: Friday Unlocked reviews Reviews
The Great Housing Hijack (Cameron K Murray, A&U)
Date: 16 January 2024Category: Friday Unlocked reviews Reviews
A Room for Ryel (Emma Cameron, Wombat)
Date: 16 January 2024Category: Friday Unlocked reviews Reviews
S&S announces staff restructure, new appointments
Date: 15 January 2024Category: Local news
Writers’ Prize 2024 shortlist announced
Date: 10 January 2024Category: International news
Inclusive publishing leaders at the Sharjah Publishers Conference
Date: 10 January 2024Category: Features
Explainer: What is accessible publishing?
Date: 10 January 2024Category: Features
Managing editor, Canberra
Date: 10 January 2024Category: Jobs
Key account manager, Sydney
Date: 10 January 2024Category: Jobs
The Most Amazing Thing (Ian Hayward Robinson, illus Matt Shanks, A&U Children’s)
Date: 9 January 2024Category: Reviews
To and Fro (Anton Clifford-Motopi, A&U Children’s)
Date: 9 January 2024Category: Reviews
Anton Clifford-Motopi on ‘To and Fro’
Date: 9 January 2024Category: Features Interview