Affirm Press title raises $20,000 for Reach Foundation
Tuesday, 20 September 2016
Letter to My Teenage Self (ed by Grace Halphen, Affirm Press) has raised $20,000 for the Reach Foundation in its first two weeks of release. The book features letters from...
Royal Society Science Book Prize 2016 winner announced
Tuesday, 20 September 2016
In the UK, The Invention of Nature by Andrea Wulf (John Murray) has won the 2016 Royal Society Science Book Prize for ‘outstanding popular science books’ written for a non-specialist...
‘PW’ salary survey finds no improvement in gender pay gap, diversity in US publishing
Tuesday, 20 September 2016
In the US, men who worked in publishing in 2015 earned an average of US$96,000 (A$127,310), compared to women who earned an average of US$61,000 (A$80,900), according to Publishers Weekly’s...
Settlement reached in ‘Fifty Shades’ royalty lawsuit
Tuesday, 20 September 2016
American Jennifer Lynn Pedroza has reached an out-of-court settlement with Australian Amanda Hayward, her former partner in the epublishing business The Writers Coffee Shop (TWCS), over Pedroza’s claim she was...
Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing 2016 shortlist announced
Monday, 19 September 2016
The shortlist for this year’s Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing has been announced. The shortlisted pieces are: ‘Slippery migrants’ by James Bradley (the Monthly) ‘Beautiful contrivances’ by Susan...
National Book Award 2016 longlists announced
Monday, 19 September 2016
In the US, the longlists for the 2016 National Book Awards have been announced in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and young people’s literature. Longlisted for fiction are: The...
Waverley Library Award 2016 shortlist announced
Monday, 19 September 2016
The shortlist for the 2016 Waverley Library Award for Literature, known as ‘the Nib’, has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Talking to My Country (Stan Grant, HarperCollins) Santamaria, A...
Filming begins on NZ thriller ‘The Changeover’
Friday, 16 September 2016
Filming of the big-screen adaption of Margaret Mahy’s ‘coming-of-age’ YA thriller The Changeover: A Supernatural Romance (HarperCollins) will begin in Christchurch this week, reports the New Zealand Herald. The film, which...
UK authors welcome EC proposals on copyright reform
Friday, 16 September 2016
The European Commission (EC) has released its draft proposals for copyright reform as part of its Digital Single Market (DSM) strategy, reports the Bookseller. Society of Authors president Philip Pullman...
‘SRB’, NSW State Library to present Australian women’s writing symposium
Friday, 16 September 2016
A one-day symposium on Australian women’s writing will be held at the State Library of NSW (SLNSW) on 3 November. The symposium is presented by the SLNSW, Western Sydney University’s...
Māori Book Awards 2016 finalists announced
Thursday, 15 September 2016
The finalists in Massey University’s Ngā Kupu Ora Awards celebrating Māori books and journalism have been announced. The finalists in each category are: Te Mahi Toi—Arts Māori Art: History, Architecture,...
Disney announces Rick Riordan imprint
Thursday, 15 September 2016
In the US, Disney has announced it will launch a new imprint called ‘Rick Riordan Presents’ that is ‘devoted to mythology-based books for middle grade readers’, reports Publishers Weekly. Riordan,...
Ryckmans resigns as Nero publisher
Wednesday, 14 September 2016
Jeanne Ryckmans has resigned from the position of Nero Books publisher at Black Inc. Ryckmans was appointed to the position in 2013, when Black Inc. announced it was relaunching its...
Man Booker Prize 2016 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 14 September 2016
The shortlist for the 2016 Man Booker Prize has been announced. The six shortlisted titles are: The Sellout (Paul Beatty, Oneworld), Hot Milk (Deborah Levy, Hamish Hamilton), His Bloody Project...
ILF’s Great Book Swap raises $150,000
Wednesday, 14 September 2016
Over 20,000 students, libraries and other organisations have raised $150,000 from Great Book Swap campaigns for Indigenous Literacy Day (ILD), held this year on 7 September. More than 500 schools...
Mel Gibson options Donaldson’s ‘The Crossroad’
Wednesday, 14 September 2016
Actor Mel Gibson and producer Bruce Davey’s Icon Productions has acquired the film adaptation rights to Victoria Cross medal-winner Mark Donaldson’s autobiography The Crossroad (Macmillan). The bestselling book, which was...
Radio host Andy Lee’s children’s book sells 40,000 copies in first two days
Tuesday, 13 September 2016
Radio host Andy Lee’s debut picture book Do Not Open This Book, illustrated by Heath McKenzie, has sold 40,000 copies in its first two days, reports the Age. The book,...
UK Booksellers Association launches young booksellers network
Tuesday, 13 September 2016
The UK Booksellers Association (BA) has launched the Booksellers Network, an ‘informal’ group for young and new booksellers that is backed by ‘significant players’ in UK publishing, reports the Bookseller....
Thirty writers, literary orgs among OzCo June grant round recipients
Monday, 12 September 2016
Thirty writers, publishers and literary organisations have received funding in the Australia Council’s June grant round. Fifteen writers received individual grants of up to $50,000 each: Donna Abela, Jeannie Baker,...
BWF schedules ‘right of reply’ to Lionel Shriver’s controversial BWF keynote
Monday, 12 September 2016
The Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) has responded to US author Lionel Shriver’s controversial opening keynote by scheduling a ‘right of reply’ event. Shriver spoke about cultural appropriation and political correctness...
Queensland Literary Awards 2016 shortlists announced
Friday, 9 September 2016
The shortlists for the 2016 Queensland Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Fiction Ghost River (Tony Birch, UQP) Between a Wolf and a Dog...
‘Wake in Fright’ TV adaptation in production; several book-to-screen projects receive Screen Australia funding
Friday, 9 September 2016
Network Ten has commissioned a two-part TV adaptation of Kenneth Cook’s 1961 novel Wake in Fright (Text), to screen in 2017. The show will be produced by Lingo Pictures in...
‘Financial Times’ Business Book of the Year shortlist announced
Friday, 9 September 2016
In the UK, the shortlist for the £30,000 (A$52,160) Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award has been announced. The six shortlisted titles are: What Works (Iris Bohnet, Harvard University...
Birch wins 2016 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Indigenous Writing
Friday, 9 September 2016
Tony Birch has won the $25,000 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Indigenous Writing for his novel Ghost River (UQP). Birch’s novel, ‘a coming-of-age story’ about two friends ‘who find freedom...
Watson wins Indigenous poetry prize
Friday, 9 September 2016
Samuel Wagan Watson has won the 2016 Scanlon Award for Indigenous Poetry for his collection Love Poems and Death Threats (UQP). The judges said Watson’s voice is ‘provocative’ and his...
F Scott Fitzgerald unpublished short stories to be released in 2017
Thursday, 8 September 2016
A new collection of previously unpublished short stories by F Scott Fitzgerald will be published in the US in April 2017, reports the Guardian. Titled I’d Die for You and...
McWatters wins €3000 ‘Moth’ short story prize
Thursday, 8 September 2016
Australian author Nikki McWatters has won the €3000 (A$4400) Moth Short Story Prize for her story ‘Yellow Belly’. The Irish award is open to all international writers regardless of their...
QWC/Hachette Australia 2016 Manuscript Development Program writers announced
Thursday, 8 September 2016
The Queensland Writers Centre (QWC) and Hachette Australia have announced the writers selected for their annual Manuscript Development Program. The successful writers and their manuscripts are: Shelley Banks for her...
HarperCollins partners with CBCA NSW on mentorship program
Thursday, 8 September 2016
HarperCollins Australia is partnering with the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) NSW branch for the CBCA’s annual Aspiring Writers Mentorship Program for unpublished children’s authors. Awarded as part of...
City of Literature office offering free SPN conference tickets for librarians
Wednesday, 7 September 2016
The Melbourne City of Literature Office is offering ten free one-day tickets for workers in the library sector to the Small Press Network’s (SPN) Independent Publishing Conference in Melbourne on...
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