Harlequin launches literary fiction imprint
Wednesday, 6 July 2016
In the US, Harlequin has announced a new literary fiction imprint called Park Row Books, reports Publishers Weekly. Park Row Books will release its first title Benjamin Ludwig’s The Improbable Flight...
Debut novel ‘Man in the Corner’ optioned for film
Wednesday, 6 July 2016
Film producers Simon Baker and Rebecca Rigg have optioned the film rights to Australian writer Nathan Besser’s debut novel Man in the Corner (Vintage), ahead of its publication on 1...
WORD Christchurch 2016 program announced
Wednesday, 6 July 2016
The program for the 2016 WORD Christchurch Writers & Readers Festival, which runs from 24-28 August, has been announced. Among the international guests attending this year’s festival, which embraces the...
WA inter-library loan program restored
Tuesday, 5 July 2016
Western Australia’s inter-library loan program has been restored to a twice-a-week service following the program’s suspension last week, reports the Australian. As previously reported by Books+Publishing, the courier van service...
Funeral service for Terry Kitson
Tuesday, 5 July 2016
The family of Terry Kitson, former CEO of HarperCollins Australia, regret to announce his passing on Sunday 3 July after a short illness. His funeral service will be held at...
National Biography Award 2016 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 5 July 2016
The State Library of NSW has announced the shortlist for the 2016 National Biography Award for biographical writing and memoir. The shortlisted titles are: Battarbee and Namatjira (Martin Edmond, Giramondo) Comrade...
Howard appointed DWF director
Tuesday, 5 July 2016
Writer and critic Jane Howard has been appointed as Digital Writers’ Festival director. Howard has worked with numerous Adelaide-based arts organisations, been commissioned for work by the Lifted Brow and...
Australian Christian Book of the Year 2016 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 5 July 2016
The 2016 Australian Christian Book of the Year shortlist has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Post-God Nation: How Religion Fell Off the Radar in Australia and What Might be...
French book sales up in 2015 after five-year slump
Tuesday, 5 July 2016
French publishers have reported an increase in book sales in 2015—up 0.6% in value to €2.267bn (A$3.353bn) and 3.5% in volume to 436.7m—after five consecutive years of decline, reports the...
MWF international authors announced
Tuesday, 5 July 2016
The Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) has announced the first of its international authors who will appear at the 2016 festival, which runs from 26 August to 4 September. The line-up...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 4 July 2016
This week’s bestsellers includes a number of film tie-ins and film-related titles moving up the charts. Top of the overall bestsellers for the fourth straight week is the film tie-in...
NZ Book Trade Industry Awards: A&U named Publisher of the Year
Monday, 4 July 2016
The 2016 New Zealand Book Trade Industry Awards were announced at the Booksellers NZ Conference in Auckland on 2 July. Time Out Bookstore in Mt Eden was named Bookseller of...
Amazon’s new education platform facing copyright issues
Monday, 4 July 2016
In the US, Amazon has been forced to remove material from its new educational resources platform Amazon Inspire over copyright issues, reports the New York Times. The free platform, which...
Film rights to Australian YA debut sold to US producers
Monday, 4 July 2016
US film production company Awesomeness Films has acquired film rights to Townsville author Krystal Sutherland’s forthcoming debut YA novel Our Chemical Hearts (Penguin). The book, which will be simultaneously published...
New Books+Publishing reviews out now
Friday, 1 July 2016
Books+Publishing’s latest Reviews newsletter contains 19 reviews of books publishing in July to September 2016. Two books scored the maximum five stars from reviewers: Melina Marchetta’s first novel for adults...
PRH to launch ‘Penguin Living’ events
Friday, 1 July 2016
In the UK, Penguin Random House (PRH) is launching a series of lifestyle events under the brand Penguin Living, reports the Bookseller. The events will promote authors and experts specialising...
Lonely Planet opens new headquarters
Friday, 1 July 2016
Lonely Planet’s new headquarters in the inner-city suburb of Carlton, Melbourne opened this week. The offices are across levels two and three of The Malt Store building, the former Carlton...
Nash named in top 10 influencers on Oz retail ecommerce sector
Friday, 1 July 2016
Booktopia CEO Tony Nash has been named at number nine on a list of Australia’s top 30 influencers on the retail ecommerce sector in Australia and New Zealand. Nash was...
B&N expands self-publishing platform to include print distribution, in-store events
Thursday, 30 June 2016
US bookselling chain Barnes & Noble has expanded its self-publishing platform Nook Press to incorporate print publishing and distribution, as well as in-store events, reports Publishers Weekly. Under the new...
Publishers selected for SPN mentorship program
Wednesday, 29 June 2016
Eight small publishers based in Victoria have been selected for the Small Press Network’s (SPN) mentorship program. The publishers are: Celapene Press, Empowering Resources, Monash University Publishing, Miscellaneous Press, Three...
‘Letters to Tiptree’ wins Locus Award
Wednesday, 29 June 2016
An anthology by Australian speculative-fiction publisher Twelfth Planet Press has won a 2016 Locus Award for science-fiction and fantasy, announced at a ceremony in Seattle, US, on 25 June. Letters...
Book-to-film adaptations coming in 2016
Wednesday, 29 June 2016
From the BFG to the story of a Ugandan chess prodigy, several book-to-film adaptations are due to be released in Australian cinemas in the second half of the year. Read...
Speech Pathology Australia book awards 2016 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 29 June 2016
The titles shortlisted for this year’s Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Birth to three years As Big...
Ex MUP and Black Inc. publicists form PR agency
Wednesday, 29 June 2016
A new PR agency has been launched by former Melbourne University Publishing publicists Terri King and Dina Kluska and former Black Inc. publicist Anna Lensky. Pitch Projects ‘specialises in publicity,...
UK children’s laureates to promote the arts in schools
Wednesday, 29 June 2016
In the UK, children’s laureate Chris Riddell has joined forces with eight former children’s laureates to promote the importance of the arts and creativity in schools, reports the Guardian. Riddell,...
‘The Pearl Frontier’ wins NT History Book Award
Wednesday, 29 June 2016
Julia Martinez and Adrian Vickers have won the 2016 Chief Minister’s Northern Territory History Book Award for their book The Pearl Frontier: Indonesian Labor and Indigenous Encounters in Australia’s Northern...
Xenophon calls on government to keep PIRs
Tuesday, 28 June 2016
South Australian senator Nick Xenophon outlined his objections to the Productivity Commission’s draft recommendation to repeal parallel importation restrictions (PIRs) at a press conference at Matilda Bookshop in Adelaide on...
Diminishing UK book review pages concern publicists
Tuesday, 28 June 2016
In the UK, book publicists have spoken to the Bookseller of their ‘shock’ and ‘concern’ over the lack of books coverage in the country’s national newspapers. Recent cutbacks to UK books...
ASAL conference to focus on Indigenous writing
Tuesday, 28 June 2016
This year’s Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) conference will be held in Canberra from 6-9 July, and will include a focus on Indigenous writing. Melissa Lucashenko, author...
Byron Writers Festival announces new children’s writing bus
Tuesday, 28 June 2016
The Byron Writers Festival has announced a new children’s writing bus to support its regional creative writing program StoryBoard. The bus, which has been funded by a $50,000 grant from Arts...
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