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
ABIAs book shortlists; MWF, BWF programs; Marr wins Indie Book of the Year
Date: 27 March 2024Category: This week’s news
The Australian Publishers’ Association this week announced the book shortlists for the 2024 ABIAs; both the Brisbane and Melbourne Writers Festivals announced their 2024 programs; Copyright Licensing New Zealand has... 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
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
Young adult titles on offer at Bologna
Date: 20 March 2024Category: Think Australian feature
From First Nations publisher Magabala Books, winner of last year's Bologna Prize for the Oceania region, comes a young adult novel ‘and gripping thriller’ Robert Runs by Mariah Sweetman, winner... Read more
Aus publishers’ latest acquisitions
Date: 20 March 2024Category: Think Australian feature
Among the latest children’s and YA acquisitions by Australian publishers: Junior Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to Landovel, a three-part junior fantasy adventure story from Emily Rodda.... Read more
Rights round-up
Date: 20 March 2024Category: Rights round-up
Sales Fiction North American rights to The Heart Is a Star (Megan Rogers, HarperCollins) have been sold in a pre-empt to Central Avenue Publishing by Benython Oldfield at Zeitgeist Agency.... Read more
Hachette signs Pei Yin’s ‘When Sleeping Women Wake’
Date: 20 March 2024Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
In a joint acquisition, Hachette Australia and Quercus UK have secured UK and Commonwealth rights at auction for Canberra author Emma Pei Yin’s debut novel When Sleeping Women Wake, in... Read more
North American rights sold for Rogers’ ‘The Heart Is a Star’
Date: 19 March 2024Category: Local news News Rights and acquisitions
North American rights to The Heart Is a Star (Megan Rogers, HarperCollins) have been sold in a pre-empt to Central Avenue Publishing by Benython Oldfield at Zeitgeist Agency. The novel—Rogers’... Read more
New York, New York: Insights from the 2024 Australian publishing delegation
Date: 13 March 2024Category: Features
This year’s New York Publishers’ Program took place between 12 and 16 February, with nine delegates accompanying Creative Australia’s Jo Simpson as part of the program. Alex Adsett of Alex... Read more
No newsletter on Monday
Date: 8 March 2024Category: B+P announcements
There will be no Books+Publishing newsletter on Monday, 11 March, due to the Labour Day public holiday in Victoria. The next Books+Publishing newsletter will be published Tuesday, 12 March. The... Read more
Breen appointed Affirm agency manager
Date: 6 March 2024Category: Local news
Affirm Press has announced former marketing and publicity manager Grace Breen has returned from parental leave to take up the newly created role of agency manager. Breen will head Affirm’s... Read more
Stella longlist, gender pay gaps in publishing and bookselling, Booktopia revenue and profit down
Date: 6 March 2024Category: This week’s news
On Monday, the Stella Prize longlist was announced, with the shortlist to follow next month. In other news this week, the Australian Government's Workplace Gender Equality Agency data has revealed... Read more
Gender pay gaps revealed for large Australian booksellers
Date: 5 March 2024Category: Local news
Many larger Australian booksellers’ gender pay gaps are now viewable through the Australian Government’s Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) data explorer, which was made available last week. As reported by... Read more
T&H announces sales and marketing staff changes
Date: 4 March 2024Category: Local news
Gender pay gaps revealed for larger Australian publishers
Date: 29 February 2024Category: Local news
Rights round-up
Date: 28 February 2024Category: Rights round-up
Product manager, Sydney
Date: 28 February 2024Category: Jobs
Work Backwards (Tim Duggan, Pantera)
Date: 27 February 2024Category: Reviews
Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing acquires Rossell middle-grade novel
Date: 26 February 2024Category: Local news News Rights and acquisitions
HG Explore acquires Mayo’s Always Was, Always Will Be
Date: 26 February 2024Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Affirm Press sells screen rights to Funny Ethnics
Date: 22 February 2024Category: Rights and acquisitions
The Heart Is a Star screen option sold to Aquarius Films
Date: 22 February 2024Category: Rights and acquisitions
Rights round-up
Date: 21 February 2024Category: Rights round-up
Kroetsch appointed Writers SA CEO, Cultural Fund grants for literary orgs, Funder on inaugural Women’s Prize for Nonfiction longlist
Date: 21 February 2024Category: This week’s news
Product manager, Sydney
Date: 21 February 2024Category: Jobs
Thames & Hudson Australia relocates head office
Date: 21 February 2024Category: Classifieds
Copyright Agency announces recipients of $440k in Cultural Fund grants
Date: 20 February 2024Category: Local news
A&U acquires Beer middle-grade novel
Date: 19 February 2024Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
New York Publishers’ Program 2024 to take place next week
Date: 7 February 2024Category: Local news
Rights round-up
Date: 7 February 2024Category: Rights round-up
APA to join Attorney-General’s AI reference group
Date: 1 February 2024Category: Local news
Hardie Grant to move distribution to TDLC
Date: 30 January 2024Category: Local news
Hachette acquires Hampton, Daniher picture books
Date: 24 January 2024Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
‘Get Your Story Straight’ sells to Levine Querido
Date: 18 January 2024Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Agency administration coordinator, Sydney
Date: 17 January 2024Category: Jobs
Rights round-up
Date: 10 January 2024Category: Rights round-up
Some People Want to Shoot Me (Wayne Bergmann & Madelaine Dickie, Fremantle)
Date: 9 January 2024Category: Friday Unlocked reviews Reviews
APA, ASA welcome establishment of copyright and AI reference group
Date: 13 December 2023Category: Local news
Rights round-up
Date: 13 December 2023Category: Rights round-up
Vale Dale Spender
Date: 13 December 2023Category: Obituaries
Werner Film Productions options Legge memoir screen rights
Date: 12 December 2023Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Transit Lounge acquires Goldsmith novel
Date: 12 December 2023Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Pan Macmillan acquires Hardcastle novel
Date: 11 December 2023Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Running Water Community Press seeks film project funding
Date: 4 December 2023Category: Local news
Rights round-up
Date: 29 November 2023Category: Rights round-up
Rights round-up
Date: 22 November 2023Category: Rights round-up
Melbourne Books acquires Pascoe historical fiction
Date: 21 November 2023Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Rights round-up
Date: 8 November 2023Category: Rights round-up
The Long Lede Anthology (Judith Neilson Institute, Vintage)
Date: 7 November 2023Category: Friday Unlocked reviews Reviews
Australian Reading Hour to end
Date: 2 November 2023Category: Local news
HarperCollins acquires debut crime novel The Wolf Tree
Date: 26 October 2023Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Rights round-up
Date: 18 October 2023Category: Rights round-up
MEAA publishing survey, Copyright Agency fellowships, Arab publishing organisations pull out of Frankfurt
Date: 18 October 2023Category: This week’s news
Text Publishing has acquired two new works from Ruth Ozeki
Date: 18 October 2023Category: Classifieds
Womersley, Mullins, Limbrick awarded Copyright Agency fellowships
Date: 12 October 2023Category: Awards Local news
Affirm Press acquires Duckor-Jones coming-of-age novel
Date: 12 October 2023Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Rights round-up
Date: 11 October 2023Category: Rights round-up
Introducing Key People
Date: 11 October 2023Category: Features
Pickard appointed OUP ANZ general manager
Date: 11 October 2023Category: Local news
The Community Publishing Research Project
Date: 11 October 2023Category: Features
HarperCollins signs Rogers follow-up in two-book deal
Date: 5 October 2023Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Booking coordinator, Melbourne
Date: 4 October 2023Category: Jobs
Come to the Australia party!
Date: 3 October 2023Category: Think Australian editorial
Epics, experiments, escapism, excellence: Australian fiction at Frankfurt
Date: 3 October 2023Category: Features Think Australian feature
Authenticity, truth, wonder: Australian children’s and young adult titles at Frankfurt
Date: 3 October 2023Category: Think Australian feature
Rights sales: Screen
Date: 3 October 2023Category: Think Australian rights
Latest acquisitions: Fiction
Date: 3 October 2023Category: Think Australian rights
Latest acquisitions: Nonfiction
Date: 3 October 2023Category: Think Australian rights
Introducing Key People
Date: 3 October 2023Category: Think Australian profile
Volume symposium: Australia Reads on building a reading nation
Date: 27 September 2023Category: Features
Rights round-up
Date: 20 September 2023Category: Rights round-up
Sport and sportspeople in Australian youth literature
Date: 20 September 2023Category: Features
Publishers attending Frankfurt
Date: 19 September 2023Category: Local news
Rights round up
Date: 13 September 2023Category: Rights round-up
Book industry organisations announce support for Voice
Date: 6 September 2023Category: Local news
Meet the publishers: new small presses to watch
Date: 30 August 2023Category: Features
Rights round-up
Date: 30 August 2023Category: Rights round-up
Transit Lounge acquires Hooper’s debut novel
Date: 25 August 2023Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Australia Reads announces Volume symposium program
Date: 24 August 2023Category: Local news
NewSouth acquires Clift autobiographical novel
Date: 24 August 2023Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Rights round-up
Date: 23 August 2023Category: Rights round-up
Big Issue fiction edition returns
Date: 21 August 2023Category: Local news
HarperCollins signs Drysdale in two-book deal
Date: 17 August 2023Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
New agents at Zeitgeist, Alex Adsett Literary; High Spot agent in Australia
Date: 16 August 2023Category: Local news
Rights round-up
Date: 16 August 2023Category: Rights round-up
HarperCollins acquires Gorman nonfiction
Date: 15 August 2023Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Pitched at MIFF 2023
Date: 9 August 2023Category: Features
Nash’s ‘All the Words We Know’ acquired by A&U, US rights to Atria in pre-empt
Date: 2 August 2023Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Rights round-up
Date: 2 August 2023Category: Rights round-up
Johnson and Ryckmans create new agency; Vincent appointed TWC CEO; new diverse children’s book award
Date: 2 August 2023Category: This week’s news
Johnson, Ryckmans set up new lit agency
Date: 27 July 2023Category: Local news
NZ book trade awards: Lamplight wins Bookshop of the Year, A&U wins Publisher of the Year
Date: 24 July 2023Category: Awards Local news
Publishing manager, Canberra
Date: 19 July 2023Category: Jobs
Rights round-up
Date: 12 July 2023Category: Rights round-up
S&S acquires Le’s ’36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem’
Date: 7 July 2023Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Forster awarded 2023 Reading Australia Fellowship
Date: 5 July 2023Category: Awards Local news
artsACT announces funding recipients
Date: 4 July 2023Category: Local news
Berbay to be distributed by Hardie Grant
Date: 29 June 2023Category: Local news