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
Scribner acquires Beecher’s ‘The Men Who Killed the News’
Date: 25 March 2024Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired world rights to The Men Who Killed the News by Crikey publisher Eric Beecher under its Scribner imprint. This work of nonfiction is... Read more
Award winners to look out for
Date: 20 March 2024Category: Think Australian awards
Illustrated books Open Your Heart to Country by Dharug author/illustrator Jasmine Seymour (Magabala) won in the children’s category of the 2023 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards (PMLAs) and is described by Books+Publishing... Read more
Good Thing Productions acquires ‘Cherrywood’ screen rights
Date: 20 March 2024Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Screen rights to the forthcoming novel Cherrywood by Jock Serong (Fourth Estate) have been optioned by Good Thing Productions, via Melanie Ostell Literary. Good Thing Productions’ recent screen projects include Nitram and Nude... Read more
Woehlert and Lake list Imprint Booksellers for sale
Date: 20 March 2024Category: Local news News
Katherine Woehlert and Jason Lake, proprietors of Adelaide bookstore Imprints Booksellers, have placed the business on the market. In a statement shared on the bookstore’s Facebook page earlier this month,... Read more
Learning consultant primary (QLD), Brisbane
Date: 20 March 2024Category: Jobs
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,... Read more
Learning consultant primary (WA/SA), Perth
Date: 20 March 2024Category: Jobs
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,... Read more
Publishers ask court to uphold finding against Internet Archive
Date: 19 March 2024Category: International news
In the US, publishers Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, Penguin Random House and Wiley have filed a brief in the Second Circuit court of appeals asking that the court uphold Judge... Read more
Yarros tops 2023 ebook charts
Date: 18 March 2024Category: Local news
Rebecca Yarros’ romantasy titles Fourth Wing and Iron Flame (both Piatkus) have taken out the top two places in Nielsen BookScan’s 2023 ebook charts—and the second and third place overall... Read more
Christmas Press acquires Kelleher SF novel ‘The Lastling’
Date: 13 March 2024Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Christmas Press has acquired world rights to The Lastling, a science fiction novel for upper middle-grade readers by Victor Kelleher, via Margaret Connolly of Margaret Connolly and Associates. The Lastling,... Read more
Hachette acquires Paris debut ‘The Unravelling’ in two-book deal
Date: 13 March 2024Category: Local news News Rights and acquisitions
Hachette Australia and Hachette New Zealand have acquired world rights to The Unravelling, a debut novel from Rachel Paris, in a six-figure two-book deal. Describing the book, Hachette said it... Read more
Cora Seen and Heard (Zanni Louise, Walker)
Date: 12 March 2024Category: Reviews
When Cora’s family moves to Tasmania to renovate a decrepit theatre, Cora, 12, is thrilled at the opportunity to reinvent herself as Cora 2.0: more confident, admired, and interesting. But... Read more
Book publicity in the TikTok age: What moves the needle now?
Date: 6 March 2024Category: Features
With the consolidation of print reviews that appear in some of Australia’s key newspapers and a reduction in the number that appear in others, how much effort should publishers expend... Read more
Rights round-up
Date: 28 February 2024Category: Rights round-up
Sales Fiction Hachette Australia has sold world large print rights to The Girl from London (Olivia Spooner) to Ulverscroft; and ANZ large print rights to Mrs Winterbottom Takes a Gap... Read more
Brooks wins 2023 Judith Wright Poetry Prize
Date: 26 February 2024Category: Awards Local news News
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... Read more
Zhang wins 2023 Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize
Date: 26 February 2024Category: Awards Local news News
Rights round-up
Date: 21 February 2024Category: Rights round-up
Can ChatGPT edit fiction? Four editors put it to the test
Date: 21 February 2024Category: Features
HarperCollins acquires Gardiner, Kumar cosy crime
Date: 21 February 2024Category: News Rights and acquisitions
Learning consultant, secondary, Melbourne
Date: 21 February 2024Category: Jobs
Bundyi acquires Stan Grant memoir
Date: 13 February 2024Category: Rights and acquisitions
Maas takes first, fifth and seventh spots
Date: 9 February 2024Category: Bestsellers
How international markets performed in 2023
Date: 7 February 2024Category: Features
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
Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize shortlist announced
Date: 5 February 2024Category: Awards
Craig leaves Ultimo
Date: 5 February 2024Category: Local news
Publishers on Christmas 2023: Black Friday changes buying patterns as fiction holds strong
Date: 31 January 2024Category: Features
Gecko Press acquired by Lerner Publishing Group
Date: 24 January 2024Category: Local news
Strong Christmas sales, local authors on Dublin longlist, Aus Romance Readers Awards finalists
Date: 24 January 2024Category: This week’s news
Trade & academic sales assistant, Sydney
Date: 24 January 2024Category: Jobs
Education resource consultant, NSW
Date: 24 January 2024Category: Jobs
Newbery, Caldecott, Printz 2024 winners announced
Date: 23 January 2024Category: International news
Explainer: Why did the costs of printing a book go up?
Date: 17 January 2024Category: Features
HarperCollins acquires Dalgarno novel
Date: 17 January 2024Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
S&S restructure, Gougoulis departs Text, Ferguson departs PANZ
Date: 17 January 2024Category: This week’s news
POD and the pandemic: How are publishers using print on demand now?
Date: 17 January 2024Category: Features
Marketing coordinator, Sydney
Date: 17 January 2024Category: Jobs
Senior editor, Sydney
Date: 17 January 2024Category: Jobs
Publicist—young readers, Sydney
Date: 17 January 2024Category: Jobs
Harper launches YA imprint
Date: 15 January 2024Category: International news
Rights round-up
Date: 10 January 2024Category: Rights round-up
Create NSW funding recipients, 2024 REP editors, Peter Porter Prize shortlist
Date: 10 January 2024Category: This week’s 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
Production editor, Melbourne
Date: 10 January 2024Category: Jobs
Key account manager, Sydney
Date: 10 January 2024Category: Jobs
Hoover, Yarros buoy adult fiction as US print sales decline
Date: 8 January 2024Category: International news
Combined print and ebook bestsellers for third quarter 2023
Date: 15 December 2023Category: Bestsellers
Australian market down 3% in value YTD, adult fiction strong
Date: 15 December 2023Category: Local news
‘Heartstopper’, ‘The Secret’ top Christmas charts in Aus, Aotearoa NZ
Date: 15 December 2023Category: Bestsellers
UQP becomes ‘carbon positive’ through reduction and offsets
Date: 14 December 2023Category: Local news
Vale Shirley Barber
Date: 13 December 2023Category: Obituaries
New year, new books: Children’s and young adult stories from local publishers
Date: 13 December 2023Category: Features Title preview feature
Curry launches VenX self-publishing business, partners with IPEd
Date: 11 December 2023Category: Local news
HarperCollins acquires Grace illustrated ‘great sex’ handbook
Date: 6 December 2023Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Reading into the year ahead: 2024 fiction and poetry preview
Date: 29 November 2023Category: Features Title preview feature
Five key insights from Nielsen BookScan’s SPN market report
Date: 29 November 2023Category: Features
Independent Publishing Conference 2023: Conversations and communities
Date: 29 November 2023Category: Features
Lynch wins Booker, Arnott wins Voss, Loewenstein wins Walkley
Date: 29 November 2023Category: This week’s news
Bloomsbury Australia congratulates Paul Lynch, winner of the 2023 Booker Prize
Date: 29 November 2023Category: Classifieds
Lynch wins 2023 Booker Prize for ‘Prophet Song’, Aus reprint available from Friday
Date: 27 November 2023Category: International news
AI: The next, best editorial tool?
Date: 22 November 2023Category: Features
Ingram’s David Taylor on POD
Date: 22 November 2023Category:
Inaugural Hope Prize seeks submissions
Date: 21 November 2023Category: Local news
AI and AR at the Sharjah Publishers Conference
Date: 15 November 2023Category: Features
Vale Kevin Weldon
Date: 15 November 2023Category: Obituaries
SPN conference program, consistent Black Friday sales boost, Bashford wins Nib Literary Award
Date: 15 November 2023Category: This week’s news
‘I wanted to make a meaningful impact’: Reflections from the 2023 Open Book interns
Date: 15 November 2023Category: Features
A Dance with Murder (Elizabeth Coleman, Pantera)
Date: 14 November 2023Category: Friday Unlocked reviews Reviews
Nielsen reports consistent Black Friday sales boost
Date: 13 November 2023Category: Local news
Report shows continued growth in UK audiobook sales
Date: 13 November 2023Category: International news
Explainer: What are the costs and considerations of making audiobooks?
Date: 8 November 2023Category: Features
Listen up: How booksellers are getting in on the audiobook boom
Date: 8 November 2023Category: Features
Rights round-up
Date: 8 November 2023Category: Rights round-up
Production assistant, Melbourne
Date: 8 November 2023Category: Jobs
Senior editor/editor, Sydney
Date: 8 November 2023Category: Jobs
Cathro to leave Campion in 2024
Date: 6 November 2023Category: Local news
Britney memoir debuts in top spot
Date: 3 November 2023Category: Bestsellers
AI, Spotify, high/low fiction: Australian impressions of Frankfurt
Date: 1 November 2023Category: Local news
Rights round-up
Date: 1 November 2023Category: Rights round-up
New S&S imprint Bundyi acquires Walton historical novel
Date: 1 November 2023Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Publishing assistant manager, ACT
Date: 1 November 2023Category: Jobs
Lim, Sworder on 2024 IBBY Honour List
Date: 31 October 2023Category: Awards Local news
Shaw sells US and Canada rights to Adam novel
Date: 30 October 2023Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
HarperCollins acquires Almond debut novel
Date: 30 October 2023Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
SoA calls for UK government to ‘urgently review’ proposed cuts to PLR rate
Date: 27 October 2023Category: International news
HarperCollins acquires Fedler novel
Date: 24 October 2023Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
What do teens want to read? Six key insights from the Deakin University Teen Reading research team
Date: 18 October 2023Category: Features
MEAA publishing survey, Copyright Agency fellowships, Arab publishing organisations pull out of Frankfurt
Date: 18 October 2023Category: This week’s news
Editor, Sydney
Date: 18 October 2023Category: Jobs
Nielsen: LYBD sales down on last year, up on 2021
Date: 16 October 2023Category: Local news
US print book sales down 4.1%
Date: 16 October 2023Category: International news
Local editors shortlisted for International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing
Date: 12 October 2023Category: Awards Local news
The Community Publishing Research Project
Date: 11 October 2023Category: Features
Hachette acquires Blakiston and Hawkins nonfiction debut
Date: 10 October 2023Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Rainbow Road board books recalled
Date: 10 October 2023Category: Local news