Australia Archives - Publishing Perspectives https://publishingperspectives.com/tag/australia/ International publishing news and opinion Wed, 05 Nov 2025 14:43:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://publishingperspectives.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/cropped-P19-favicon-32x32.png Australia Archives - Publishing Perspectives https://publishingperspectives.com/tag/australia/ 32 32 Australia’s Helen Garner Wins the UK’s £50,000 Baillie Gifford Prize in Nonfiction https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/11/australias-helen-garner-wins-the-uks-50000-baillie-gifford-prize-in-nonfiction/ https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/11/australias-helen-garner-wins-the-uks-50000-baillie-gifford-prize-in-nonfiction/#respond Wed, 05 Nov 2025 14:42:16 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=213509 'A fascinating insight into the creative reality of a writer's life,' Helen Garner's win is a first for a diary.

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]]> https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/11/australias-helen-garner-wins-the-uks-50000-baillie-gifford-prize-in-nonfiction/feed/ 0 Spotify’s ‘Audiobooks Plus,’ Tested in World Markets, Arrives in the States https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/08/spotifys-audiobooks-plus-tested-in-world-markets-arrives-in-the-states/ Wed, 06 Aug 2025 03:10:11 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=210890 Spotify takes its premium subscribers the option to buy 15 hours of extra audiobook listening time as a monthly add-on.

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]]> University Presses Cite World Publishers’ Design Work https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/05/university-presses-cite-several-international-publishers-work/ Tue, 06 May 2025 21:32:58 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=208863 Denmark, Hong Kong, Australia, England, Guam, and Canada are winners of almost 20 recognitions in the 'Book, Jacket, and Journal Show.'

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]]> Spotify Opens French and Dutch Audiobook Production https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/04/spotify-opens-french-and-dutch-audiobook-production/ Fri, 11 Apr 2025 08:01:49 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=208271 Touting an investment of €1 million, Spotify builds on its French and Benelux audiobook operations to open a new production initiative.

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]]> New Study: Half of Australians Say They Want To Read More https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/02/new-study-half-of-australians-say-they-want-to-read-more/ Fri, 28 Feb 2025 19:49:16 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=207030 The Australian Publishers Association and Australia Reads have made a first large study of reading habits in their market.

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]]> Perminder Mann To Be S&S UK’s New International CEO https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/02/perminder-mann-simon-schuster-uks-new-international-ceo/ Tue, 18 Feb 2025 15:14:12 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=206537 One of  London's most prominent women CEOs, Perminder Mann, succeeds Ian Chapman as CEO of Simon & Schuster International.

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]]> S&S UK and International CEO Ian Chapman Stepping Down https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/02/ss-uk-and-international-ceo-ian-chapman-stepping-down/ Mon, 17 Feb 2025 18:48:19 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=206521 After 25 years with Simon & Schuster, the company's UK and International publisher and CEO, Ian Chapman, is to step down in May.

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]]> Australia: Penguin Random House Acquires Melbourne’s Text Publishing https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/01/australia-penguin-random-house-acquires-melbournes-text-publishing/ Fri, 24 Jan 2025 23:35:43 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=205731 More than three decades since its founding, Melbourne's Text Publishing is acquired by Penguin Random House Australia.

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]]> China Bestsellers: Han’s Nobel, and International Fiction https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/01/china-bestsellers-hans-nobel-and-international-fiction/ Tue, 07 Jan 2025 10:45:12 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=205083 In young people's self-help, a November trend was spotted in specialized guidance for male and female teens in China's market.

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]]> Scholastic Makes a Five-Nation Dav Pilkey ‘Dog Man’ Release https://publishingperspectives.com/2024/12/scholastic-makes-a-five-nation-dav-pilkey-dog-man-release/ Wed, 04 Dec 2024 01:28:19 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=204374 Scholastic flexes its international reach in the five-nation release of Dav Pilkey's 13th 'Dog Man' series book.

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