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Scholastic Australia congratulates Mem Fox  Archive

Wednesday, 23 August 2017
Scholastic Australia wishes to congratulate Mem Fox as the 2017 recipient of the CBCA’s prestigious biennial Nan Chauncy Award, honouring those who have made an outstanding contribution to the field...

Simon & Schuster now distributing Manuscript  Archive

Wednesday, 23 August 2017
Simon & Schuster Australia is pleased to announce a new sales and distribution partnership with Manuscript, publisher of visual arts, culture, design, and fashion books. Manuscript was established in Australia...

NZ publishing projects awarded CLNZ funds  Archive

Tuesday, 22 August 2017
A number of New Zealand publishers will share in NZ$75,000 (A$69,248) of funding in the latest round of Copyright Licensing New Zealand’s (CLNZ) Contestable Fund. The successful publishers and authors...

Ubud releases festival program for 2017  Archive

Tuesday, 22 August 2017
The Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF) has released the full program for its 2017 festival, which will run from 25-29 October in Ubud, Indonesia. Among the newly announced international...

Mem Fox receives CBCA Nan Chauncy Award  Archive

Monday, 21 August 2017
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has presented Mem Fox with the 2017 CBCA Nan Chauncy Award for her contribution to Australian children’s literature. The award was presented on...

Hardy appointed MWF artistic director  Archive

Friday, 18 August 2017
Writer and producer Marieke Hardy has been appointed artistic director of the Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF), with general manager Shona Barrett to take on the role of CEO. As previously...

CBCA Awards 2017 winners announced  Archive

Friday, 18 August 2017
The winners of this year’s Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The winning titles in each of the categories are: Older readers...

CBCA Awards 2017 winners announced today  Archive

Friday, 18 August 2017
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) will announce the winners of the 2017 Book of the Year Awards at an event in Hobart at 12pm AEST today. Books+Publishing will publish...

Quarto terminates sales talks  Archive

Thursday, 17 August 2017
The Quarto Group has terminated discussions with an unsolicited bidder on the ‘mutual agreement’ of both parties, reports the Bookseller. As previously reported by Books+Publishing, Quarto announced the offer from...

Rights round-up  Archive

Wednesday, 16 August 2017
Sales Fiction—Allen & Unwin has sold German-language rights to Girl in Between (Anna Daniels) to Heyne Verlag. Hachette has sold UK & Commonwealth rights (ex ANZ and Canada) to Nineteen...

Quote of the week  Archive

Wednesday, 16 August 2017
‘It is always wonderful and heartwarming to see so many kids who love books—and treat authors like rockstars!’—Readings marketing manager Nina Kenwood on the launch of Andy Griffiths and Terry...

ALIA Excellence Award winners named  Archive

Wednesday, 16 August 2017
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has announced the winners of the 2017 ALIA Excellence Award, which honours contributions to the library and information sector. The recipients are: Kerry...

Inky Awards 2017 shortlists announced  Archive

Wednesday, 16 August 2017
The Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria has announced the shortlists for the 2017 Inky Awards for young adult literature. The shortlisted books in each category...

Book blogger spotlight: ReadLikeWildfire  Archive

Wednesday, 16 August 2017
BookTuber Chami Rupasinghe experimented with different platforms before settling on YouTube. ‘Although YouTube does take quite a bit more effort to produce content for compared to other platforms like Twitter...