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Scribner acquires Beecher’s ‘The Men Who Killed the News’

Date: 25 March 2024
Category: 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

Books in the media this weekend, 2–3 December

Date: 1 December 2023
Category: Books in the media

A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Rogue Corporations: Inside Australia's biggest business scandals (Quentin Beresford, NewSouth) The Secret... Read more

ASA makes submission to inquiry on safe and responsible AI

Date: 27 July 2023
Category: Local news

Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has raised concerns of authors and illustrators on the risk posed by generative artificial intelligence (AI) in a submission to the government inquiry into safe... Read more

Christmas 2023 all wrapped up: Local fiction

Date: 5 July 2023
Category: Features Title preview feature

Books+Publishing rounds up Australian publishers’ top local fiction titles releasing in time for Christmas 2023. Also see our features for nonfiction as well as children’s and YA titles. Familiar names... Read more

Marketing coordinator, Melbourne

Date: 17 November 2021
Category: Jobs

Cengage Learning Australia Pty Ltd A little about us Cengage Australia creates learning solutions that use technology, pedagogy and content to enrich student engagement in the school, higher education/vocational and... Read more

MWF 2021 full program launched

Date: 29 July 2021
Category: Local news

The program for the 2021 Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF), which will run from 3–12 September, has been announced. In its 35th year, MWF will bring together celebrated figures in fiction,... Read more

Publish or postpone? Which titles are being delayed due to Covid-19

Date: 29 April 2020
Category: Local news

With Covid-19 disrupting book launches, author events, festivals and the retail sector as a whole, Australian publishers are weighing up which titles should be postponed, which go ahead regardless, and... Read more

‘Changes start small’: Behind the union push at PRH

Date: 5 February 2020
Category: Features Opinion

Elena Gomez was part of a core team of editorial and publicity staff at Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) who initiated collective bargaining with their employer last year, resulting in... Read more

Marketing coordinator secondary, Melbourne

Date: 9 October 2019
Category: Jobs

Cengage Cengage Australia creates learning solutions that use technology, pedagogy and content to enrich student engagement in the school, higher education/vocational and professional educational sectors in Australia and New Zealand.... Read more

Dharker turns down British poet laureateship

Date: 7 May 2019
Category: International news

In the UK, poet Imtiaz Dharker has turned down the British poet laureateship, reports the Guardian. ‘I had to weigh the privacy I need to write poems against the demands... Read more

Marketing executive, Melbourne

Date: 17 October 2018
Category: Jobs

Cengage Are you all about using your marketing savvy to deliver results? Do you love to create product promotions, run sales promotions and work on promotions? Are you interested in... Read more

Gold Coast Council changes privacy rules to access library user information

Date: 16 August 2017
Category: Library news

The Gold Coast Council has changed privacy rules to gain greater access to library users’ personal information, reports the Gold Coast Bulletin. Councillors, council officers and ‘authorised contractors’ will now... Read more

Editor—Trade Books, Brisbane

Date: 24 August 2016
Category: Jobs

University of Queenland Press UQP is seeking an experienced book editor to work on our adult trade and custom titles for a part-time fixed-term contract (until May 2017). Applicants should... Read more