Jacobson wins 2018 Thomas Shapcott Prize Archive
Tuesday, 28 August 2018
Poet Anna Jacobson has won the 2018 Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize for her manuscript ‘I know I may not escape unscathed’. Jacobson receives $2000 and a publishing contract with University...
Sulari Gentill wins the 2018 Ned Kelly Awards with ‘Crossing the Lines’ Archive
Tuesday, 28 August 2018
Sulari Gentill’s novel Crossing the Lines ISBN 9781921997860 has won Best Crime Novel at the 2018 Ned Kelly Awards. Stock has been stickered to announce the win and is available...
New York Public Library initiates ‘Insta Novels’ on Instagram Archive
Monday, 27 August 2018
The New York Public Library (NYPL) has established a program of public-domain literary classics produced as Instagram stories in order to test Instagram users’ interest in long-form reading, reports Publishing...
Gentill, Bailey win 2018 Ned Kelly Awards Archive
Sunday, 26 August 2018
The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) has announced the winners for this year’s Ned Kelly Awards for Australian crime writing. The Best Crime Novel was presented to Sulari Gentill for...
De Kretser wins 2018 Miles Franklin Literary Award for ‘The Life to Come’ Archive
Sunday, 26 August 2018
Michelle de Kretser has won the 2018 Miles Franklin Literary Award for her novel The Life to Come (A&U). The Life to Come is de Kretser’s first novel since Questions of Travel (A&U), which won the...
Night Walk (Alison Binks, Berbay) Archive
Friday, 24 August 2018
This second picture book from Melbourne artist Alison Binks will appeal to gentle souls. In Night Walk, a young boy named Caspar enjoys a night-time adventure while camping with his...
Tales from the Inner City (Shaun Tan, A&U) Archive
Friday, 24 August 2018
This extraordinary companion to Shaun Tan’s 2008 book Tales from Outer Suburbia taps into our subconscious, our ancient primitive longings, and our need for love, acceptance and understanding. In this...
The Rift (Rachael Craw, Walker Books) Archive
Friday, 24 August 2018
Meg is on her way back to Black Water Island after a long absence. Black Water Island is the home of the Rift, a tear between our dimension and another,...
Lenny’s Book of Everything (Karen Foxlee, A&U) Archive
Friday, 24 August 2018
Anticipation for Karen Foxlee’s new novel is sky-high given her recent gem A Most Magical Girl. Rest assured, Lenny’s Book of Everything will exceed all expectations. Lenny’s younger brother Davey...
Jameyson wins 2018 Lady Cutler Award Archive
Friday, 24 August 2018
The School Magazine editor Karen Jameyson has won this year’s Lady Cutler Award, presented by the New South Wales branch of the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) for distinguished service...
US study finds digital media has displaced reading for teens Archive
Friday, 24 August 2018
In the US, the American Psychological Association (APA) has released a report showing that for teens, the time spent online has displaced the time spent engaging with 'legacy media' such...
Harlequin announces commercial fiction fellowship for First Nations writers Archive
Friday, 24 August 2018
Harlequin Australia has partnered with Flinders University and Writers SA to launch a new commercial fiction fellowship for First Nations writers. The fellowship is open to one First Nations writer...
‘Whisper’ tops Australian YA bestsellers chart Archive
Thursday, 23 August 2018
Bestselling YA fantasy author Lynette Noni occupies the top five spots in the Australian YA bestsellers chart for July. At the top of the chart is Whisper, the first book...
Introducing Dirt Lane Press Archive
Thursday, 23 August 2018
Dirt Lane Press launched its first children’s book—a mash-up of several Norwegian folk tales—in 2017 and has since sold the rights to a UK publisher. Further books include a ‘fable...
Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards announced Archive
Thursday, 23 August 2018
The winners and honour books for this year’s Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards, one of the most influential awards on the Australian children’s book...
Bunting books sold to China Archive
Thursday, 23 August 2018
Scholastic Australia has sold simplified Chinese rights to several quirky, humorous picture books by Australian husband-and-wife duo Laura and Philip Bunting. They include: Mopoke, Koalas Eat Gum Leaves and Kookaburras...
Southeast Asian storytelling inspires new picture book Archive
Thursday, 23 August 2018
Australian picture books continue to find publishers overseas, with several large (Scholastic) and smaller publishers (Scribe, Fremantle Press) recently selling the rights to their titles to the US and China...
Oceanofpdf piracy website returns Archive
Thursday, 23 August 2018
US-hosted ebook piracy website Oceanofpdf, which was recently shut down, has returned under a .net domain, reports the Bookseller. The Bookseller reported on 22 August that the website was offering...
Rae wins 2018 Ashton Wylie Mind Body Spirit Literary Award Archive
Thursday, 23 August 2018
Murray Rae has won the NZ$10,000 (AU$9120) Ashton Wylie Mind Body Spirit Literary Award for his book Architecture and Theology: The Art of Place (Baylor University Press). Rae is an architect...
UQP acquires Mundell’s second novel Archive
Thursday, 23 August 2018
The University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired world rights to The Trespassers, the second novel by Melbourne-based author Meg Mundell. Martin Shaw from Alex Adsett Publishing Services sold rights...
HEDS to distribute Black Library Archive
Wednesday, 22 August 2018
Publisher: Black Library Old distributor: self-distributed New distributor: Harper Entertainment Distribution Services Changeover date: 1 October (See classified.)
Louisiana mayor wants library’s Drag Queen Story Hour event cancelled Archive
Wednesday, 22 August 2018
In the US state of Louisiana, mayor-president of Lafayette Joel Robideaux has said he wants a Drag Queen Story Hour event planned at the Lafayette Public Library cancelled, reports Louisiana...
East Arnhem Land community library re-organises according to Yolngu culture Archive
Wednesday, 22 August 2018
In Galiwin'ku, a remote community in the Northern Territory, the community library has replaced the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system with a system of organisation based on local Indigenous concepts. It...
UK family halts library closures in high court challenge Archive
Wednesday, 22 August 2018
In the UK, a family has halted plans to close 21 libraries, after winning a high court challenge against Northamptonshire county council, reports the Guardian. The council is technically insolvent...
Podcast spotlight: The Fitzroy Diaries Archive
Wednesday, 22 August 2018
Launched in mid-2018, The Fitzroy Diaries (TFD) is 'a hybrid between the radio play format, the audiobook format, and the podcast format' that originally aired as part of ABC Radio National's...
Change for Little Pink Dog Books Archive
Wednesday, 22 August 2018
Publisher: Little Pink Dog Books Old distributor: Dennis Jones and Associates New distributor: Exisle Publishing Changeover date: 1 September 2018 Contact URL: www.exislepublishing.com
Screen rights to ‘The Nowhere Child’ acquired Archive
Wednesday, 22 August 2018
Australian production company Carver Films and US-based production company Anonymous Content have acquired screen rights to Christian White’s debut thriller The Nowhere Child (Affirm). Carver Films is known for producing...
‘Books+Publishing’ book industry employment survey Archive
Wednesday, 22 August 2018
Books+Publishing is conducting research on wages in the Australian book industry for a feature article, which will be published in Issue 4 of Books+Publishing magazine. We last conducted this survey in 2013 and received...
PRH acquires ‘Fixed It’ book by Gilmore Archive
Wednesday, 22 August 2018
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired rights to a nonfiction book by Melbourne-based writer, commentator and journalist Jane Gilmore. Titled Fixed It: One Woman's Movement Against the Real Fake...
Chronicle launches Chinese-language children’s books imprint Archive
Wednesday, 22 August 2018
US publisher Chronicle Books has launched an imprint for Chinese-language editions of its children's titles, reports Publishers Weekly. Chronicle Books is partnering with international investment firm Trustbridge Global Media to...
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