Small Press Network in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | Publisher
Small Press Network
Locality: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Phone: +61 3 9094 7896
Address: 176 Little Lonsdale St 3000 Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Website: http://smallpressnetwork.com.au
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25.01.2022 remember, SPN members get up to five free entries!
25.01.2022 another virtual Frankfurt event
24.01.2022 BTLF shared a report at the Frankfurt Book Fair on The Effect of Metadata on Book Sales. As we help our client publishers and distributors with bibliographic da...ta, we are happy to share some helpful advice, tips and tricks for publishers. Today, let's focus on the impact of a cover image for lower-selling authors. Get your final cover to the bibliographic databases early. Industry analysis shows it will have a positive impact on sales... See more
24.01.2022 Get an early start on your Father's Day gift ideas - we've got an absolutely perfect blend of travel writing and gift book, sure to charm the socks off any disc...erning Dad! Two antique cars, a few old mates, 20,000km across Eurasia, and the trip of a lifetime. What could go wrong? (hahaha, lots!) Bondi to the Baltic is the best kind of travel writing, full of humour, adventure, humility, sticky situations, and the the joy of discovery. You will laugh along with this group of Aussie blokes having the time of their lives driving halfway across the world in vintage cars. Available to buy from your local bookstore or our WDP online shop. . . . @bonditothebaltic #wilddingopress #roadtrip #travelwriting #bookstagram #bookreview #bookish #fathersday
23.01.2022 A shortlist of seven emerged from 130 submissions. Congratulations to the shortlisted books for the inaugural Book of the Year award. Learn about the novels on our brand new website: http://smallpressnetwork.com.au/book/book-of-the-year-2020/
23.01.2022 https://jacobinmag.com/2020//book-industry-union-organizing
23.01.2022 The glamorous side of running a literary award
22.01.2022 What a book stack, what a year! Thank you for supporting our creators and thank you for loving what we do. It's hard to find the words to describe everything ...that has happened this year, so we'll leave it to one of our creators - they always say it best anyway. "...We ask ourselves in the stillness Of contemplations And stay reminded That beauty still resides here after 228 years..." - Lorna Munro, Guwayu, Red Room Poetry Magabala Books will be closed from Mon 21 Dec - Mon 4 Jan 2021. We hope you have a safe and happy Christmas and we'll see you in the new year Thanks from the Magabala team!
21.01.2022 We’re so excited to introduce the Spark Prize! A new prize, opened together with our friends at RMIT Writing and Publishing, for fresh voices and stories in nar...rative non-fiction. Think you have a budding idea that could grow into a book? We want to hear from you. Submit your book proposal and you could win $2000, an editorial mentorship with Hardie Grant and a one-week residency on the Mornington Peninsula! Submissions open 17 September. Click here for more information: https://www.hardiegrant.com/au/books/spark-prize-2020
21.01.2022 Penguin Random House India will sell and distribute titles published by more than 100 international independent publishers, who are a part of the Independent Publishers Group, in the Indian subcontinent.
21.01.2022 The Educational Publishing Awards are live-streaming now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQcr7nmT3gU&feature=em-lsp
20.01.2022 The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the lives and livelihoods of creators across the country. We understand that many writers and illustrator...s may be struggling, whether financially, emotionally, or both, so we’ve compiled a list of resources for support: https://www.asauthors.org//resources-for-support-during-co See more
20.01.2022 We're over 75% of the way to our target in a week. Thanks to everyone for the vote of confidence in what we do and practical support to help us keep doing it. I...f anyone wants to help us get over the line, please follow the link below. Warmest thanks to everyone who has supported the fundraiser. In other good news, after a nearly two months long delay, our shipment from the printers will arrive next Tuesday. Thanks to everyone who has been patiently waiting for their copies of Natalie Harkin's 'Archival Poetry' and 'Poems of Hwang Yuwon, Ha Jaeyoun & Seo Dae-kyung'. We'll be getting them in the post to you along with a little present to say thanks for the patience as soon as we have them. https://www.gofundme.com/f/keep-vagabond-press-publishing
19.01.2022 Just love our kids' story illustrators and want them to star!!!!! The inaugural SCBWI Australia East & New Zealand Illustrator Picture Book awards is driven by... that. So proud to introduce our award winning illustrator team of Marjorie Crosby-Fairall Illustration, Nina Rycroft and Liz Anelli Illustrator at today's incredible portfolio webinar. It's free for members of SCBWI Australia East & New Zealand and our partner organisation Australian Society of Authors. We are running 2 webinars - next one 29th Sept. It's for all illustrators from emerging to hugely published. Thankyou for illustrating my books -Serena Geddes, Anna Pignataro, Marjorie Crosby-Fairall and Cathy Wilcox - how would I survive without you! I'll see you there. https://scbwiaustralianz.squarespace.com/scbwi-australian-p Thankyou to the Copyright Agency for sponsoring this award!!!! Walker Books Australia HarperCollins Books Australia Allen & Unwin Books Pan Macmillan Australia Hachette Australia Books EK Books Scholastic books Berbay Books Penguin Kids Australia MidnightSun Publishing Hardie Grant Books The Children's Bookshop
18.01.2022 Just a reminder that entries for the Australian Business Book Awards are now open!, go to: for more information or to enter.
18.01.2022 Australian communities have been wonderful supporters of their local bookshops during the pandemic, and bookshops have responded in turn with great ingenuity...... It has not been easy, but Australian bookshops continue to trade well, unlike some in the UK and the USA, where uncertainty has proved devastating. "LYBD 2020 is a huge thank you and a celebration of the connection, solace, and relief books and bookshops have provided this year. Robbie Egan, CEO Australian Booksellers Association How do you plan to celebrate your local bookshop on #LYBD2020? https://www.loveyourbookshop.com.au/
18.01.2022 While it's sad that no-one is going to Frankfurt this year, an upside is that events such as this will be readily accessible online (although you may lose a night's sleep ...)
18.01.2022 Activist Teela May Reid Wins Western Australia’s Utemorrah Award | @Porter_Anderson https://bit.ly/3iANcg3 @teelareid @magabalabooks | A Sydney-based attorney in First Nations and women’s issues will see her book ‘Our Matriarchs Matter’ published.
17.01.2022 Congrats to Charmaine Papertalk Green and her Nganajungu Yagu for its shortlisting on the Small Press Book of the Year Award :) https://publishing.artshub.com.au//shortlist-announced-for
17.01.2022 Recently you may have heard about book publishing’s printing problems from outlets such as the New York Times and Publishers Weekly. In the US and UK, spring an...d summer titles were delayed until fall, making for a crowded season. Not only is it challenging to get media attention for new releases right now, but it’s also leading to a printer jama tight printing market. Meanwhile, a surge in print book salesa volume increase of about 12% over the summeris great news for publishers. For the year print book sales are up by nearly 6% versus 2019, and traditional publishing is expected to have its strongest performing year since 2010. But it has come at a cost: reprints that normally take two weeks now sometimes take more than a month. Some publishers have now pushed back release dates to 2021 as a result of low printing capacity.
17.01.2022 Today is International Bibliodiversity day. In a globalised world, megacorp publishing is all about numbers, about sameness, about following a formula based on ...the latest megasuccess. Each book is expected to pay for itself and all the externalities of publishing such as offices and CEO salaries. It means that books which take off slowly but have long lives, the books that change social norms, are less likely to be published. Independent publishers are seeking another way. A way of engagement with society and methods that reflect something important about the locale or the niche they inhabit. Independent and small publishers are like rare plants that pop up among the larger growth but add something different, perhaps they feed the soil, bring colour or scent into the world. Bibliodiversity is a term invented by Chilean publishers in the 1990s as a way of envisioning a different kind of publishing. In this manifesto, Susan Hawthorne provides a scathing critique of the global publishing industry set against a visionary proposal for organic publishing. She looks at free speech and fair speech, at the environmental costs of mainstream publishing and at the promises and challenges of the move to digital. Bibliodiversity: A Manifesto for Independent Publishing by Susan Hawthorne is out now: https://www.spinifexpress.com.au/shop/p/9781742199306
16.01.2022 After a cracking first day of #indpubcon, we're getting set up for the #boty2020 shortlist reveal. It's free, so if you want to join us from 6pm, ask us for the not-so secret password
16.01.2022 This week's Books+Publishing BookBuzz e-news is chock full of excellent books from SPN members Christmas Press Picture Books, Fremantle Press, Spinifex Press and Suzanne Kiraly https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/newslet//2020/08/11/
16.01.2022 We just registered for the ReBoot: Books, Business & Reading one-day conference to stay up-to-date with international trends. If you'd like a discount code, send us a message. https://rebootbooks.org/
14.01.2022 Publish Central Pro Tip: You don't always have control over how much your book will sell for. Depending on the retail outlet and the distribution service you are using, retailers may increase or decrease the price of your book and there’s usually nothing you can do about it.
11.01.2022 You have probably already heard the news - Forgotten Corners won the Small Press Network's 2020 Book of the Year award! Here is what I would have said, had I said more at the awards ceremony yesterday evening.
11.01.2022 thanks to Spineless Wonders Short Australian Stories who have donated some books to The Moat for this offer. Other SPN members, contact HQ if you'd like to participate!
10.01.2022 The brand new Books from Australia rights portal is now live! https://booksfromaustralia.com/
08.01.2022 Who will be the next CEO of Express Media? A fantastic job for someone passionate about helping young writers get a start.
07.01.2022 congrats to all the authors shortlisted for the Ned Kelly Awards, including the two Daves from Fremantle Press
07.01.2022 The Australia Council Translation Fund for Literature is now open for submissions! Publishers can apply for up to $5000 to either translate Australian works of ...creative writing, or to translate foreign language works using Australian translators. Find out more and apply here: https://bit.ly/2E0h7j9
05.01.2022 It is important for everyone to have access to books and stories. Did you know that ReadHowYouWant provides books in accessible formats for people who struggle... with or cannot read standard print editions? These special editions include: * Large print for people with low vision * DAISY and Braille for people with no vision * Dyslexic Books specially designed format for people with dyslexia How great is that! Find them in your local or school library, or you can purchase directly on their website www.readhowyouwant.com
04.01.2022 It’s Father’s Day this weekend, and we have a gift suggestion: BACK YOUR LOCAL BOOKSHOP! Booksellers are magical people who are usually more than happy to sug...gest the perfect book for the father figures in your life, and they usually always get it right! They can also often wrap these books in beautiful paper and even write out cards for you if you’re in lockdown Melbourne. Here’s an amazing list of Melbourne bookstores that can help you out, courtesy of the amazing @backyourbookshop If you don’t see your local bookstore here, or if you live outside of Melbourne, tag your favourite bookstore below so we can get more people buying from them in the lead up to this weekend #backyourbookshop See more
04.01.2022 I've been working with the Society of Women Writers Victoria on this festival. What started as a small idea has grown into an amazing offering for writers and r...eaders. Most of it will be live streamed with some live events, like the launch with Lord Mayor Sally Capp and author Rosalie Ham as well as open mic night at Busybird Publishing. Check out this list of amazing creators we've put together! See more
03.01.2022 Time to hit the hay. There are two huge days of #indpubcon coming up! If you don't have your ticket yet, you have 90 minutes to go ... https://smallpressnetwork.com.au/independent-publishing-co/
03.01.2022 Some exciting news (finally!): our annual MUBA award has been relaunched with a new name -- The SPN Book of the Year Award. Entries are open now for any book published by an SPN member during 2019. https://smallpressnetwork.com.au/introducing-the-small-pre/
03.01.2022 Invisible Boys is set to get more visible! Aussie director Nicholas Verso and producer Tania Chambers have optioned the film and television rights to Holden She...ppard's multi-award-winning YA book, Invisible Boys. Three cheers for Holden's agent Haylee Nash of The Nash Agency, who sealed the deal. She said, ‘I am thrilled that we’ve signed a film and TV option with such a talented and experienced director as Nicholas Verso, and one who so clearly shares Holden’s vision. Invisible Boys is such an important novel, and this gives us the opportunity to bring Holden’s incredible story to a new audience'. Get the whole scoop here: https://buff.ly/34aUDXt The Nash Agency Holden Sheppard
02.01.2022 Disappointing news but not surprising. All the more reason for SPN members to participate in the Australian Publishers Association's new online rights portal https://twitter.com/PublishersWk/status/1303319306323755010
02.01.2022 We were chuffed to see Paul from our favourite Melbourne watering hole The Moat this afternoon. Paul & Rosie and staff are gearing up to sell delicious meals for pick-up/delivery and they'd love to include a great read with every meal. So publishers and authors, if you have books to donate/sell (Melbourne setting preferred but not essential), get in touch with Paul Bonet
