Trade Christmas closing dates 2023
Date: 13 December 2023Category: B+P announcements
Books+Publishing has collated company closing dates for the Christmas and New Year holiday period. (See table below.) The Books+Publishing office will close on Friday, 15 December and reopen Monday, 8... Read more
Trade Christmas closing dates 2022
Date: 30 November 2022Category: B+P announcements
Books+Publishing has collated company closing dates for the Christmas and New Year holiday period (see table below). The Books+Publishing office will close on Wednesday, 14 December and reopen Monday, 9... Read more
WBN published Thursday next week
Date: 8 June 2022Category: B+P announcements
Due to the Queen's Birthday public holiday on Monday, 13 June, the Weekly Book Newsletter will be published on Thursday, 16 June next week. The deadline for classifieds and job... Read more
WBN published Thursday next week
Date: 21 April 2022Category: B+P announcements
Due to the Anzac Day public holiday on Monday, 25 April the Weekly Book Newsletter will be published on Thursday, 28 April next week. The deadline for classified and job... Read more
WBN published Thursday next week
Date: 13 April 2022Category: B+P announcements
Due to the Easter Monday public holiday on Monday, 18 April, the Weekly Book Newsletter will be published on Thursday, 21 April next week. The deadline for classified and job... Read more
WBN published Thursday this week
Date: 15 March 2022Category: B+P announcements
Due to the public holiday in Victoria on Monday, 14 March, the Weekly Book Newsletter (WBN) will be published on Thursday, 17 March this week. Classifieds and job advertisements for inclusion... Read more
WBN published Thursday this week
Date: 25 January 2022Category: B+P announcements
The Weekly Book Newsletter will be published Thursday this week, due to the public holiday tomorrow, Wednesday, 26 January.
WBN published Thursday next week
Date: 19 January 2022Category: B+P announcements
Next week’s Weekly Book Newsletter will be published Thursday, 27 January, due to the public holiday on Wednesday, 26 January.
Last WBN for 2021
Date: 8 December 2021Category: B+P announcements
This is the last Weekly Book Newsletter (WBN) for 2021. The first WBN for 2022 will be published Wednesday, 12 January. The final Books+Publishing Daily for the year will be... Read more
February reviews round-up
Date: 8 December 2021Category: Features
A round-up of local books to look out for next year, as recommended by Books+Publishing reviewers in the past month. Fiction In February 2022, readers can anticipate the release of... Read more
Final ‘WBN’ for 2021 next week
Date: 1 December 2021Category: B+P announcements
The final Weekly Book Newsletter (WBN) for 2021 will be published next Wednesday, 8 December. Classifieds, job advertisements and Christmas closing dates for inclusion in the final WBN should be... Read more
WBN published Thursday next week
Date: 27 October 2021Category: B+P announcements
The Weekly Book Newsletter (WBN) will be published on Thursday, 4 November, next week due to the Melbourne Cup public holiday on Tuesday, 2 November The deadline for classifieds and... Read more
No Daily on Monday, WBN published Thursday next week
Date: 11 June 2021Category: B+P announcements
The Daily newsletter will not be published on Monday 14 June, due to the Queen's Birthday public holiday in Victoria. The next Daily will be published Tuesday, 15 June. Next week’s... Read more
No Daily until Tuesday; WBN published Thursday next week
Date: 1 April 2021Category: B+P announcements
The Daily newsletter will not be published tomorrow, 2 April, or on Monday, 5 April, due to the Easter public holidays. The next Daily will be published Tuesday, 6 April. Next week's Weekly... Read more
Next ‘WBN’ to be published Thursday
Date: 31 March 2021Category: B+P announcements
Please note that, due to the Easter Monday public holiday on 5 April, the next Weekly Book Newsletter will be published on Thursday, 8 April. The deadline for classifieds and... Read more
Next ‘WBN’ to be published on Thursday
Date: 20 January 2021Category: B+P announcements
Final ‘WBN’ for 2020
Date: 9 December 2020Category: B+P announcements
Final WBN next week
Date: 2 December 2020Category: B+P announcements
‘WBN’ published Thursday next week
Date: 28 October 2020Category: B+P announcements
Australian children’s, YA titles headed for screen
Date: 30 September 2020Category: Think Australian rights
‘The Dressmaker’ sequel among recent Oz acquisitions
Date: 30 September 2020Category: Think Australian rights
Award-winners among recent rights sales successes
Date: 30 September 2020Category: Think Australian rights
‘WBN’ published Thursday next week
Date: 3 June 2020Category: B+P announcements
Book industry job ads show sharp decline from mid-April
Date: 3 June 2020Category: Local news
Change to Books+Publishing schedule
Date: 27 May 2020Category: B+P announcements
Changes at Books+Publishing
Date: 16 April 2020Category: B+P announcements
‘WBN’ published Thursday next week
Date: 8 April 2020Category: B+P announcements
We’re changing the way we deliver reviews
Date: 26 March 2020Category: Reviews newsletter intro
Educational picture books on ‘microbial worlds’ sold to Korea, China
Date: 19 March 2020Category: Think Australian rights
‘WBN’ published Thursday next week
Date: 4 March 2020Category: B+P announcements
Debut novel sold into multiple territories; children’s guide to changing the world snapped up
Date: 11 February 2020Category: Think Australian rights
‘WBN’ published Thursday next week
Date: 22 January 2020Category: B+P announcements
Introducing the new WBN
Date: 15 January 2020Category: This week’s news
Save 25% on individual annual subscriptions
Date: 15 January 2020Category: B+P announcements
Changes to B+P in 2020
Date: 14 January 2020Category: Reader update
Final ‘WBN’ for 2019
Date: 11 December 2019Category: B+P announcements
One more ‘WBN’ this year, last chance to submit job ads
Date: 4 December 2019Category: B+P announcements
‘All of the Factors of Why I Love Tractors’ sold to US, Canada
Date: 21 November 2019Category: Think Junior rights sales
Sara Foster’s suspense thrillers sold into US, UK
Date: 14 November 2019Category: Think Australian rights
‘WBN’ published Thursday next week
Date: 30 October 2019Category: B+P announcements
Windy Hollow makes first North American sale
Date: 17 October 2019Category: Think Junior rights sales
‘The Yield’ sells to US, France
Date: 10 October 2019Category: Think Australian rights
‘Antarctica’ picture book sold to the US
Date: 19 September 2019Category: Think Junior rights sales
Hardie Grant sells multiple rights to new Clive Hamilton book on China
Date: 12 September 2019Category: Think Australian rights
Publishing officer, Melbourne
Date: 11 September 2019Category: Jobs
Wakefield sells debut YA novel to US
Date: 22 August 2019Category: Think Junior rights sales
‘Axiomatic’ sold to UK’s Fitzcarraldo Editions
Date: 9 August 2019Category: Think Australian rights
Five Mile sells UK, US and Canadian rights to ‘Love Your Body’
Date: 18 July 2019Category: Think Junior rights sales
Krien’s debut novel ‘Act of Grace’ sold to UK
Date: 11 July 2019Category: Think Australian rights
HarperCollins, The Other Half of Augusta Hope, Banner
Date: 1 July 2019Category: Book Choice Banner
YA debut ‘What I Like About Me’ sold to US and France
Date: 20 June 2019Category: Think Junior rights sales
Stella Prize-winning memoir sold to US, Canada
Date: 14 June 2019Category: Think Australian rights
‘WBN’ published Thursday next week
Date: 5 June 2019Category: B+P announcements
Shining a spotlight on editors: B+P magazine issue 2 out now
Date: 30 May 2019Category: In the magazine
Sophie Beer board books sold to the US
Date: 16 May 2019Category: Think Junior rights sales
Pantera Press sells 10 books in ‘Rowland Sinclair Mysteries’ to the UK
Date: 7 May 2019Category: Think Australian rights
Hardie Grant Egmont acquires pre-teen period guide
Date: 18 April 2019Category: Think Junior rights sales
‘No Friend but the Mountains’ sells into nine territories
Date: 11 April 2019Category: Think Australian rights
Changes at Books+Publishing in 2019
Date: 9 April 2019Category: Reader update
Big Sky Publishing lands 17-book US deal
Date: 21 March 2019Category: Think Junior rights sales
Oz crime debut sold to UK publisher in two-book deal
Date: 15 March 2019Category: Think Australian rights
‘WBN’ published Thursday next week
Date: 6 March 2019Category: B+P announcements
Multiple deals for Berbay
Date: 21 February 2019Category: Think Junior rights sales
Tumarkin’s prize-winning ‘Axiomatic’ sold to US
Date: 14 February 2019Category: Think Australian rights
B+P launches round-up of forthcoming publicity
Date: 29 January 2019Category: B+P announcements
‘WBN’ published Thursday next week
Date: 23 January 2019Category: B+P announcements
Book-to-screen
Date: 14 November 2018Category: Think Australian rights
‘WBN’ published Thursday next week
Date: 31 October 2018Category: B+P announcements
Book-to-screen
Date: 16 October 2018Category: Think Junior rights sales
Book-to-screen
Date: 11 October 2018Category: Think Australian rights
‘Room on Our Rock’ sold into multiple territories
Date: 20 September 2018Category: Think Junior rights sales
Book-to-screen
Date: 13 September 2018Category: Think Australian rights
Bunting books sold to China
Date: 23 August 2018Category: Think Junior rights sales
Book-to-screen rights sales
Date: 14 August 2018Category: Think Australian rights
HarperCollins announces global deal for ‘Boy Swallows Universe’
Date: 12 July 2018Category: Think Australian rights
‘The Bad Guys’ feature film in development with DreamWorks
Date: 21 June 2018Category: Think Junior rights sales
PRH acquires ‘No Spin’ by Shane Warne
Date: 15 June 2018Category: Think Australian newsletter Think Australian rights
‘WBN’ published Thursday next week
Date: 6 June 2018Category: B+P announcements
Random House acquires Elliot Perlman’s first kids’ book
Date: 17 May 2018Category: Think Junior rights sales
Walker Books acquires world rights to Croggon’s first middle-grade fantasy title
Date: 19 April 2018Category: Think Junior rights sales
‘WBN’ published Thursday next week
Date: 18 April 2018Category: B+P announcements
Australian bestsellers in March: Winton tops fiction, Hamilton number two in nonfiction
Date: 17 April 2018Category: Bestsellers
Brow Books acquires ‘The Impossible Fairytale’ in new co-publishing agreement with Tilted Axis Press
Date: 12 April 2018Category: Think Australian rights
Bestsellers this week
Date: 3 April 2018Category: Bestsellers
‘WBN’ published Thursday next week
Date: 28 March 2018Category: B+P announcements
Feminist fairytale collection lands small press its first US deal
Date: 16 March 2018Category: Think Junior rights sales
Behind the marketing campaign: Kirstin Corcoran on ‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’
Date: 7 March 2018Category: Features
‘WBN’ published Thursday next week
Date: 7 March 2018Category: B+P announcements
Debut picture book builds international buzz
Date: 15 February 2018Category: Think Junior rights sales
Bestsellers this week
Date: 29 January 2018Category: Bestsellers
Two Shaun Tan books coming in 2018
Date: 16 November 2017Category: Think Junior rights sales
Small press scores big rights sale
Date: 9 November 2017Category: Think Australian rights
‘WBN’ published Thursday next week
Date: 1 November 2017Category: B+P announcements