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Dutch library wins 2018 Public Library of the Year Archive

Wednesday, 3 October 2018
The School 7 library in the Netherlands (KopGroep Libraries) has won the Public Library of the Year award for 2018, reports Dutch News. Announced at the World Library and Information...

Christchurch’s $92.7m public library set to open this October Archive

Wednesday, 3 October 2018
The new $NZ92.7 million ($A89m) Tūranga public library, the ‘most modern’ and largest in the South Island of New Zealand, will officially open to visitors on 12 October this year....

RiP David Lovell Archive

Wednesday, 3 October 2018
Publisher David Lovell has died, aged 74. Lovell was the founder and publisher of David Lovell Publishing (DLP), which published books based around the Catholic faith. A co-founder of the...

Change for Eurospan Archive

Wednesday, 3 October 2018
Publisher: Eurospan Old distributor: Self-distributed New distributor: TLD Changeover date: 1 October 2018 Contact URL: tldistribution.com.au (See classified.)

Change for Global Publishing Group Archive

Wednesday, 3 October 2018
Publisher: Global Publishing Group Old distributor: Dennis Jones & Associates New distributor: Booktopia Publisher Services (BPS) Changeover date: 3 October 2018 Returns not accepted Contact URL: www.publisherservices.com.au

Podcast spotlight: Bookish Friends Archive

Wednesday, 3 October 2018
Established in 2016, Bookish Friends is a YA and genre fiction podcast created by Diem Nguyen. Each episode features a mix of conversation, book reviews, and interviews with Australian YA authors. Nguyen...

George and Clare, the Malachite and the Diamonds: Play With Knives Book Five Archive

Wednesday, 3 October 2018
This last novel in Jennifer Maiden's 'Play With Knives' quintet, George and Clare, the Malachite and the Diamonds experiments across poetry, prose, style, person, action and self—as part of the series...

Blakemore wins 2018 Royal Society Science Book Prize Archive

Wednesday, 3 October 2018
In the UK, Sarah-Jayne Blakemore has won the £25,000 (A$44,140) Royal Society Science Book Prize for her book Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain (Doubleday), reports the Guardian....

EU council allows VAT-free status for ebooks and audiobooks Archive

Wednesday, 3 October 2018
The European Union’s (EU) Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) has agreed to allow all EU member states to reduce the amounts of value-added tax (VAT) on ebooks and audiobooks,...

Pages and Pages opens dedicated event space Archive

Wednesday, 3 October 2018
Pages and Pages Booksellers, situated on Sydney's North Shore in the suburb of Mosman, has announced it is opening a new dedicated event space. Following the consolidation of Pages and...

Varuna: Publisher Introduction Program applications open Archive

Wednesday, 3 October 2018
Varuna, the Writers' House is calling for applications for Publisher Introduction Program (PIP). The program includes a seven-day residency at Varuna and a manuscript consultation. In 2019, participating publishers include...

Eurospan announce distribution deal with TLD in Australia Archive

Wednesday, 3 October 2018
Effective from 1 October, Eurospan has appointed TLD to provide its clients with in-territory distribution services for Australia and New Zealand. The relationship will provide local stockholding, dispatch, invoicing and...

PRH acquires Ronnie Scott’s ‘The Adversary’ in two-book deal Archive

Wednesday, 3 October 2018
Penguin Random House (PRH) has acquired ANZ rights to Ronnie Scott’s debut novel The Adversary in a two-book deal. PRH acquired rights at auction to The Adversary and a second...

ASA announces 2018 Barbara Jefferis Award shortlist Archive

Tuesday, 2 October 2018
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced the shortlist for the 2018 Barbara Jefferis Award. The shortlisted titles are: The Trapeze Act (Libby Angel, Text) Troppo (Madelaine Dickie, Fremantle...

Vu, Thomas win 2018 Inky Awards Archive

Tuesday, 2 October 2018
Peter Vu and Angie Thomas have won the 2018 Inky Awards, presented by the Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria. Peter Vu’s Paper Cranes Don’t Fly...

Giller Prize 2018 shortlist announced Archive

Tuesday, 2 October 2018
In Canada, the shortlist for the C$100,000 (A$108,000) 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize for the best Canadian novel or short story collection published in English has been announced. The shortlisted novels...

Love Your Bookstore campaign to run in US Archive

Tuesday, 2 October 2018
In the US, a number of book industry figures have created the Love Your Bookstore campaign to promote physical bookstores, reports Publishers Weekly. The campaign will run from 10-16 November,...

SPN Independent Publishing Conference 2018 program: publishing in the age of Trump, podcasts, disability awareness Archive

Tuesday, 2 October 2018
The Small Press Network (SPN) has announced the full program for its 2018 Independent Publishing Conference, which will run at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne from 22-24 November. The three-day...