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Chloe Wilson wins ‘Iowa Review’ Award for fiction

Thursday, 6 June 2019
Melbourne writer Chloe Wilson has won the Iowa Review Award for fiction for her story ‘Tongue-Tied’. Wilson receives US$1500 (A$2150) and publication in the December issue of the Iowa Review....

Bonnier and Storytel go to war over audiobook fees

Wednesday, 5 June 2019
‘There are some for whom subscription represents a holy grail, as if books must always follow other media sectors. The truth is somewhat thornier ... beneath the veneer of the...

RiP Christobel Mattingley

Wednesday, 5 June 2019
Author Christobel Mattingley has died, aged 87. Mattingley wrote over 50 books, 47 of which were for children. After publishing her first book, The Picnic Dog (Hamish Hamilton), in 1970,...

WA libraries receive statewide innovation awards

Wednesday, 5 June 2019
Two public libraries in WA have received the 2019 Library Board of Western Australia Award for Innovation and Collaboration. In the metropolitan and large regional category, the City of Canning...

UK authors rally to save Essex libraries

Wednesday, 5 June 2019
In the UK, authors including David Walliams, Jacqueline Wilson and David Baddiel are supporting a campaign to save libraries in Essex, reports the Bookseller. Of the 74 libraries in Essex...

Library patrons buy more books, Canadian report finds

Wednesday, 5 June 2019
In Canada, a new report by industry study group BookNet has found consumers who borrow books from libraries purchase more books per month than those who don’t use libraries, reports...

R W R McDonald’s ‘The Nancys’

Wednesday, 5 June 2019
'Cheerfully scattered, this glittering, occasionally grisly and highly original novel is recommended for those who like the bawdiest parts of Phryne Fisher, but stands proudly on its own. Hopefully more...

Three Women

Wednesday, 5 June 2019
‘Absolutely compelling.’—Leigh Sales ‘A masterpiece at the same level as In Cold Blood.’—Elizabeth Gilbert ‘One of the most brilliant books I've ever read.’—Mia Freedman ‘Addictive, totally addictive. Brilliant.’—Dolly Alderton ‘Indescribably...

Personnel changes at Simon & Schuster Australia

Wednesday, 5 June 2019
There have been a number of personnel changes at Simon & Schuster in Sydney, with staff beginning their roles on 11 June. Sophie Zhu is appointed to the newly created...

APA: Australian Reading Challenge

Wednesday, 5 June 2019
Australian Publishers Association (APA) is encouraging readers to be involved in the Australian Reading Challenge. The Australian Reading Challenge is for three types of people: those who would like to...

Octopus buys indie publisher Short Books

Wednesday, 5 June 2019
Octopus Publishing Group, part of Hachette Livre, has acquired independent publisher Short Books for an undisclosed sum, reports the Bookseller. Best known for health and diet publishing, Short Books has...

WA Premier’s Book Awards shortlists announced

Wednesday, 5 June 2019
The shortlists for this year's Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Premier’s Prize for an emerging writer ($15,000) If I Tell...

Karskens wins ‘ABR’ 2019 Calibre Prize

Wednesday, 5 June 2019
Historian Grace Karskens has won the Australian Book Review’s (ABR) 2019 Calibre Prize for her essay ‘Nah Doongh’s Song’. Karskens' essay examines the ‘unusually long life of one of the...

‘WBN’ published Thursday next week

Wednesday, 5 June 2019
Please note that, due to the Queen’s Birthday holiday on Monday in all states except Queensland and Western Australia, the next Weekly Book Newsletter will be published on Thursday 13 June. The...

Sissay wins 2019 PEN Pinter Prize

Tuesday, 4 June 2019
In the UK, poet and playwright Lemn Sissay has been awarded the 2019 PEN Pinter Prize. Prize judge Maureen Freely said: ‘In his every work, Lemn Sissay returns to the underworld...

Turkish prosecutors put novelists under investigation

Monday, 3 June 2019
Turkish prosecutors have launched investigations into the country’s fiction writers, including award-winning novelist Elif Shafak, reports the Guardian, with Shafak calling on the international community to support Turkish authors, journalists...

 

 

 

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