WHSmith high street store Christmas sales down four percent
Thursday, 25 January 2018
In the UK, sales at bookselling chain WHSmith’s high street stores fell four percent like-for-like over the Christmas period—a decline partly attributed to the fall in sales of spoof humour...
No ‘Daily’ on Friday
Thursday, 25 January 2018
Please note that, due to the Australia Day holiday on Friday, the next Daily newsletter will be published on Monday, 29 January.
RiP Meme McDonald
Wednesday, 24 January 2018
Author Meme McDonald has died, aged 63. McDonald was the author of nine books for adults and younger readers, including The Binna Binna Man (A&U), which was co-written with Aboriginal...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 24 January 2018
Sales Fiction—Allen & Unwin has sold US rights to The Museum of Modern Love (Heather Rose) to Algonquin; and German and Turkish rights to The Dark Lake (Sarah Bailey) to...
Regional WA library launches free online movie-streaming service
Wednesday, 24 January 2018
The City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder in regional WA has launched a free online movie-streaming service, for members of the William Grundt Memorial Library. Library members can access more than 30,000 films...
Fifteen Somserset libraries under threat of closure
Wednesday, 24 January 2018
In the UK, 15 out of Somerset County’s 34 libraries are under threat of closure unless voluntary staff can be found to run the service, reports the Guardian. The council...
Author Earnings to capture real-time sales data; releases 2017 US sales report
Wednesday, 24 January 2018
US-based ebook analysts Author Earnings has expanded its tracking of online US print, audio and digital book sales to capture daily data. The data analysis company previously released quarterly reports...
Margaret River Short Story Competition 2018 winner announced
Wednesday, 24 January 2018
Andrew Roff has won the 2018 Margaret River Short Story Competition for his story ‘Pigface’. Cassie Hamer came in second place with her story, ‘Habitat’, while Tiffany Hastie was selected...
Hachette acquires new novel by Hannah Richell
Wednesday, 24 January 2018
Hachette Australia has acquired Australian and New Zealand rights to Hannah Richell’s new novel, The Peacock Summer, in a joint deal with Orion UK. Hachette describes the novel as ‘an...
Serong shortlisted for 2018 Edgars
Wednesday, 24 January 2018
Australian author Jock Serong has been shortlisted for the 2018 Edgar Allan Poe Awards (the Edgars), which honour ‘the best in mystery fiction and nonfiction’ published in the US in...
EWF, MWF, Express Media, Writers Vic to stay open on 26 January
Tuesday, 23 January 2018
The offices of the Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF), Express Media, Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) and Writers Victoria will remain open on 26 January in support of the movement to change...
Walker Books to publish middle-grade fiction book by Zoe Norton Lodge and sister Georgia
Tuesday, 23 January 2018
TV presenter and comedian Zoe Norton Lodge has teamed up with her sister Georgia, a graphic designer and illustrator, for a new middle-grade fiction title, Elizabella Meets Her Match, to be published...
Writers awarded OzCo international residencies for 2018-19
Tuesday, 23 January 2018
A number of writers have been awarded international residencies for 2018-19 as part of the Australia Council’s program. Authors Emily Bitto and Fiona McFarlane will each undertake a six-month residency...
Copyright Agency announces recipients of $1.035m funding grants
Monday, 22 January 2018
Thirty-five arts organisations have received a total of $1.035m in the latest round of funding from the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund. Literary organisations and projects that received funding in the...
Waterstones’ annual profits rise by 80%
Monday, 22 January 2018
UK bookselling chain Waterstones has reported an 80 percent jump in annual profits, reports the Guardian. Waterstones reported that pre-tax profits increased from £9.9m (A$17.1m) to £18m (A$31.25m) in the...
Hachette acquires Pomare’s debut novel ‘In My Skull’
Friday, 19 January 2018
Hachette Australia has acquired ANZ rights to Melbourne-based writer J P (Joshua) Pomare’s debut novel In My Skull in a six-publisher auction. Rights were acquired by Hachette Australia head of...
Full program announced for 2018 Perth Writers Week
Friday, 19 January 2018
The full program has been announced for the 2018 Perth Festival Writers Week, which runs from 19-25 February. Events at the festival include the pairing of ‘literary giants’ Kim Scott...
Ferrante joins ‘Guardian Weekend’ as columnist
Friday, 19 January 2018
Bestselling author of the ‘Neapolitan’ series Elena Ferrante will write a regular newspaper column—her first ever—for Guardian Weekend magazine, reports the Guardian. Beginning on 20 January, Ferrante’s weekly column will...
Inaugural Translators’ Association First Translation Prize shortlist announced
Thursday, 18 January 2018
In the UK, the shortlist for the inaugural Translators’ Association First Translation Prize, worth £2000, has been announced, reports the Bookseller. The shortlisted works are: Eve Out of Her Ruins...
Women dominate UK literary fiction bestsellers
Thursday, 18 January 2018
Nine out of the top 10 bestselling literary fiction authors in 2017 were women writers, reports the Bookseller. Margaret Atwood topped the list, benefiting from the TV adaptations of The...
Cowley shortlisted for 2018 Hans Christian Andersen Awards
Thursday, 18 January 2018
New Zealand children’s book author Joy Cowley has been shortlisted for the 2018 Hans Christian Andersen Awards, administered by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY). Cowley is...
Chen-Meyer awarded Tiptree Fellowship
Thursday, 18 January 2018
Australian writer Ineke Chen-Meyer has been announced as one of two recipients of the 2017 Tiptree Fellowship. The fellowship, run by the US-based James Tiptree Jr Literary Award, provides ‘support...
Robinsons to open 10th Melbourne store
Thursday, 18 January 2018
Independent bookselling chain Robinsons Bookshop is opening a new store in Plenty Valley Westfield in Melbourne’s north in March. Robinsons owner Susanne Horman told Books+Publishing that construction on the new...
Writers Vic announces second round of women writers of colour bursary recipients
Thursday, 18 January 2018
Writer’s Victoria has announced the recipients of its second series of professional development opportunities for women writers of colour and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women. The second round of commissions and...
Speak their language: Reflecting on the ILF ‘Binjari Buks’ project
Wednesday, 17 January 2018
In December 2017, a group of Indigenous Literacy Foundation staff, volunteers and publishing industry supporters visited the Katherine region in the Northern Territory to launch ‘Binjari Buk’, a children’s book...
Wheels in motion: new recruits at the Wheeler Centre
Wednesday, 17 January 2018
Veronica Sullivan, Hiroki Kobayashi and Stella Charls recently joined the Wheeler Centre’s programming team, but many in the industry will already know these three from their previous work. Sullivan was...
Live performance repository AusStage in funding jeopardy
Wednesday, 17 January 2018
Australia’s most comprehensive index of live performances, AusStage, is in jeopardy due to uncertain funding, reports InDaily. AusStage has been funded by grants from the Australian Research Council’s research infrastructure...
ALIA prepares for Library Lovers’ Day on 14 February
Wednesday, 17 January 2018
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) will host its annual Library Lovers’ Day on 14 February. The event will be launched by the Parliamentary Friends of Australian Books and...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 17 January 2018
Sales Fiction—Allen & Unwin has sold Bulgarian rights to The Eye of the Sheep (Sofie Laguna) to Ednorog Publishers. Nonfiction—Allen & Unwin has sold German and Czech rights to Buddhism...
HarperCollins to publish Purcell’s ‘The Girl on the Page’
Wednesday, 17 January 2018
HarperCollins Australia has acquired The Girl on the Page, an ‘industry insider’ novel by Booktopia director of books John Purcell. Described as ‘a smart, sexy, provocative and powerful novel of...
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