Museum of Literature Ireland to open in Dublin in September Archive
Wednesday, 7 August 2019
The Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI), a new landmark cultural institution costing €11m (A$11.3m), will open in Dublin in September, reports the Irish Times. MoLI is a partnership between the...
The Big Issue announces 2019 fiction edition line-up Archive
Wednesday, 7 August 2019
The Big Issue has announced the writers who will feature in its annual fiction edition. The edition will feature stories from five commissioned writers: Heather Rose, Michael Mohammed Ahmad, Mark...
IPEd: Editing Digital Content Archive
Wednesday, 7 August 2019
The Victorian branch of the Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) is running a professional development session on editing digital content with John Ryan. This session will help attendees understand the...
Walker Books Australia to publish new middle-grade fiction by Alison Croggon Archive
Wednesday, 7 August 2019
Walker Books Australia will publish Alison Croggon’s first middle-grade fantasy adventure, The Threads of Magic, in March 2020.The book follows a young pickpocket, Pip, who lives on his wits in...
Dymocks Subiaco wins top award at Dymocks conference for second year running Archive
Wednesday, 7 August 2019
Dymocks Subiaco in Perth has won its second consecutive Chairman’s Award for Retail Excellence, presented at the 2019 Dymocks national conference in Melbourne from 4-6 August. Dymocks managing director Steve...
Book designer spotlight: Evi O Archive
Wednesday, 7 August 2019
Evi O spent a decade working as a designer at Penguin Books Australia, where she specialised in illustrated books on food, design, art, architecture and gardens, before opening her own...
Harlequin announces shortlist for First Nations Fellowship Archive
Wednesday, 7 August 2019
Harlequin has announced the shortlist for the 2019 First Nations Fellowship for commercial fiction. The shortlisted writers and titles are: Julie Janson for ‘Desert Lands’ Melanie Saward for ‘Barks and the City’...
Program announced for 2019 Blak & Bright festival Archive
Wednesday, 7 August 2019
The program for this year’s Blak & Bright First Nations Literary Festival, to be held in Melbourne from 5-8 September, has been announced. More than 60 First Nations writers and...
Most Underrated Book Award 2019 shortlist announced Archive
Wednesday, 7 August 2019
The Small Press Network (SPN) has announced the shortlist for the 2019 Most Underrated Book Award (MUBA). The shortlisted titles are: Brontide (Sue McPherson, Magabala) Antidote to a Curse (James...
There Was Still Love (Favel Parrett, Hachette) Archive
Tuesday, 6 August 2019
Favel Parrett’s third novel, There Was Still Love, is a meticulously observed and masterfully crafted immigrant story about a displaced Czech family. The novel oscillates in nearly every way—between the...
Books by design: B+P magazine Issue 3 out now Archive
Tuesday, 6 August 2019
Issue 3 of Books+Publishing magazine is here, featuring Tyson Yunkaporta’s Sand Talk (Text, September) on the cover. Inside, Yunkaporta speaks with reviewer Karen Wyld about his motivations, his wood carving...
UK sales of Booker Prize longlisted titles up nearly 200% Archive
Tuesday, 6 August 2019
In the UK, the titles longlisted for the Booker Prize sold a combined 4740 copies according to Nielsen BookScan, up 198% on the week before the announcement, reports the Bookseller. Oyinkan...
A&U to publish Rodda’s new junior fiction series Archive
Tuesday, 6 August 2019
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired a new three-book junior fiction series by Emily Rodda. The Monty’s Island series, which is illustrated by Lucinda Gifford, is aimed at children aged...
Colin Roderick Award 2019 longlist announced Archive
Monday, 5 August 2019
The longlist for this year’s Colin Roderick Award, administered by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies at James Cook University, has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Sun Music: New...
Trump renews threat of tariffs on Chinese imports Archive
Monday, 5 August 2019
In the US, president Donald Trump has threatened to impose 10% tariffs on US$300 billion (A$442b) worth of goods imported from China, including ‘virtually all books’, reports Publishers Weekly. The...
Morris shortlisted for Glass Bell Award Archive
Friday, 2 August 2019
In the UK, Heather Morris’ The Tattooist of Auschwitz (Echo) has been shortlisted for the Glass Bell Award. Selected from a longlist of 12, the shortlisted titles are: Our House (Louise Candlish,...
Liminal Fiction Prize longlist announced Archive
Friday, 2 August 2019
Liminal magazine has announced the longlist for the inaugural Liminal Fiction Prize. The longlisted authors and their works are: Bryant Apolonio, for ‘Bad Weather’ Kasumi Borczyk, for ‘Cheese Me Please’...
The Glimme (Emily Rodda, illus by Marc McBride, Scholastic) Archive
Thursday, 1 August 2019
The Glimme starts in a perfectly ordinary and dull fishing village with a boy called Finn sketching dragons and monsters. But it’s not long before Finn is standing in front...
‘Too Much Lip’ optioned for screen adaptation Archive
Thursday, 1 August 2019
Melissa Lucashenko’s Miles Franklin Literary Award-winning novel Too Much Lip (UQP) has been optioned for screen by production company Cenozoic Pictures. The deal, which was negotiated by Lucashenko’s agent Alex...
Ngaio Marsh Award 2019 shortlist announced Archive
Thursday, 1 August 2019
The shortlist for this year’s Ngaio Marsh Award for New Zealand crime fiction has been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Best crime novel This Mortal Boy (Fiona Kidman,...
Shortlists for 2019 NSW Premier’s History Awards announced Archive
Thursday, 1 August 2019
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced the shortlists for the 2019 NSW Premier’s History Awards. The shortlisted works in each category are: Australian history prize Taking Liberty: Indigenous...
ALA denounces Macmillan’s new ebook lending restrictions Archive
Wednesday, 31 July 2019
‘When a library serving many thousands has only a single copy of a new title in ebook format, it’s the library, not the publisher, that feels the heat. It’s the...
MEAA info session for book publishing staff Archive
Wednesday, 31 July 2019
The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) is holding a session for book publishing staff wondering how to go about organising their own workplace and what supports/entitlements are available. The...
SoA calls for PLR expansion amid boom in volunteer-run community libraries Archive
Wednesday, 31 July 2019
In the UK, the Society of Authors (SoA) is campaigning for the Public Lending Rights (PLR) system to include loans from volunteer-run community libraries, reports the Bookseller. Since 1979, the...
ALIA calls for public access to Australian Standards Archive
Wednesday, 31 July 2019
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has called for a non-exclusive distribution model of Standards information in Australia, in its submission to the Standards Australia Distribution and Licensing Policy...
All hands on deck: Inside The Little Bookroom with Michael Earp Archive
Wednesday, 31 July 2019
Situated in Melbourne’s inner north, The Little Bookroom is Australia’s oldest dedicated children’s bookshop. In his bookseller’s diary, children’s literature specialist Michael Earp reveals how a combination of experience, new ideas...
Book designer spotlight: Mark Campbell Archive
Wednesday, 31 July 2019
Mark Campbell got his break in the book industry at Hardie Grant Books, where he worked in marketing before moving over to design. He is currently head of design at...
NT Literary Awards 2019 winners announced Archive
Wednesday, 31 July 2019
The winners of this year’s Northern Territory Literary Awards have been announced. The winners in each category are: Short story award ($1000) ‘Centring’, by Glen Hunting Poetry award ($1000) ‘Lyapirtneme/No...
PRH to face Fair Work over ‘adverse treatment’ Archive
Wednesday, 31 July 2019
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) will face a hearing at the Fair Work Commission after refusing to withdraw a ‘first and final warning’ to an editor who tweeted in support...
US student groups urge government to block Cengage and McGraw-Hill merger Archive
Wednesday, 31 July 2019
In the US, more than 40 college student organisations are urging the Department of Justice (DoJ) to block the proposed merger of educational publishers Cengage and McGraw-Hill, reports the Bookseller....
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