SLV, Readings to host Melbourne book club Archive
Wednesday, 25 January 2017
Independent bookselling chain Readings and the State Library of Victoria (SLV) will host a book club series, focusing on 10 recent books by Melbourne authors. Each event, which will be...
Big UK publishers ebook sales continue decline Archive
Tuesday, 24 January 2017
In the UK, ebook sales for the five biggest publishers have declined for the second year in a row, reports the Bookseller. According to data supplied to the Bookseller, the...
ALA Youth Media Awards 2017: Newbery, Caldecott, Printz, Stonewall Archive
Tuesday, 24 January 2017
In the US, the American Library Association (ALA), has announced the winners of its Youth Media Awards, including the Newbery and Caldecott medals, and the Printz and Stonewall awards. Kelly...
Sydney Story Factory to open Parramatta branch Archive
Tuesday, 24 January 2017
The Sydney Story Factory, which runs free creative writing and storytelling workshops for students, will open its second centre in Parramatta in early 2018. More than a quarter of its...
Williams wins HGE Ampersand Prize with middle-grade fantasy manuscript Archive
Tuesday, 24 January 2017
Sydney writer Rhiannon Williams has won Hardie Grant Egmont’s Ampersand Prize for an unpublished manuscript for her middle-grade novel ‘Little Ott Colter’. It’s the first time a middle-grade manuscript has...
Amazon, Apple end exclusive audiobooks deal Archive
Monday, 23 January 2017
Apple and Amazon have ended an exclusive audiobooks deal following ‘pressure from anti-trust regulators in Germany and the European Commission’, reports the BBC. Under Apple and Amazon’s deal, Amazon-owned audiobooks...
Flynn wins inaugural XO Romance Prize Archive
Monday, 23 January 2017
Xoum Publishing has announced Jean Flynn as the winner of the inaugural XO Romance Prize for an unpublished manuscript, for her work Lovesick. Guest judge Alexandra Nahlous called Lovesick ‘a...
On tour: Sebastian Barry Archive
Friday, 20 January 2017
Irish author Sebastian Barry is a novelist, playwright and poet. His latest novel Days Without End (Faber), which won the Costa Novel of the Year, is the story of two American...
Larbalestier, McKinty shortlisted for 2017 Edgars Archive
Friday, 20 January 2017
Australian author Justine Larbalestier and Melbourne-based Irish author Adrian McKinty have been shortlisted for the 2017 Edgar Allan Poe Awards (the Edgars), which honour ‘the best in mystery fiction and...
New Nielsen Bestseller Hall of Fame recognises ‘platinum’ sales Archive
Friday, 20 January 2017
In the UK, Nielsen Book has published its inaugural Bestseller Hall of Fame, recognising titles that have sold more than one million copies between 1998 and the end of 2015,...
Publisher Janet Rowe dies Archive
Friday, 20 January 2017
Former Lake Press, Ice Water Press and Five Mile Press publisher Janet Rowe has died. Hardie Grant key account manager Jane Curtain writes: ‘Much loved friend and colleague within the...
Tiny Owl Workshop partners with online multimedia game Archive
Thursday, 19 January 2017
Brisbane micro-publisher Tiny Owl Workshop is partnering with Wattpad and new online interactive storytelling game The Westbury Faery to host a short story competition, with winners to be published in...
Australian YA debut acquired by PRH Archive
Thursday, 19 January 2017
Penguin Random House (PRH) has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to Australian-born, US-based author Emily Suvada’s debut YA novel This Mortal Coil in a two-book deal. The novel centres around...
Zusak, Fox top 2015-16 lending rights surveys Archive
Thursday, 19 January 2017
Books by Markus Zusak and Mem Fox have topped the lists of the highest scoring books in the most recent report on the Public Lending Rights (PLR) and Educational Lending...
Pearson to sell its stake in Penguin Random House Archive
Thursday, 19 January 2017
Pearson has announced it intends to sell its 47% stake in Penguin Random House (PRH), reports the Bookseller. Pearson will issue an exit notice to joint venture partner Bertelsmann, which...
Birchalls bookshop to close Archive
Thursday, 19 January 2017
Australia’s oldest bookshop, Birchalls in Launceston, is set to close this year after being put on the market in March 2016. The ABC reports that the premises were sold in...
McPherson’s ‘Grace Beside Me’ adapted for TV Archive
Thursday, 19 January 2017
Sue McPherson’s YA novel Grace Beside Me (Magabala) has been commissioned by NITV, the National Indigenous Television channel, for a live-action children’s series. The planned 13-episode series marks the first-ever...
ABIAs 2017 date, venue announced Archive
Wednesday, 18 January 2017
The Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) will be held on 25 May at the Art Gallery of NSW this year. The awards will be hosted by actor and author Magda...
Along came Harry: On the launch of Harry Hartog Woden Archive
Wednesday, 18 January 2017
In 2014, Harry Hartog Woden store manager James Redden had the ‘humbling and terrifying’ experience of launching a new bookselling brand. Read his bookseller’s diary here.
‘The Girl on the Train’ tops US libraries’ most-borrowed lists Archive
Wednesday, 18 January 2017
In the US, Paula Hawkins’ The Girl on the Train (Black Swan) has been identified as the most checked-out book at eight of 14 metropolitan libraries surveyed by news publication...
RiP Babette Cole Archive
Wednesday, 18 January 2017
English children’s author and illustrator Babette Cole has died, aged 66. Cole wrote and illustrated more than 150 children’s books, including the revisionist fairytale picture books Princess Smartypants (Puffin) and...
US National Book Critics Circle Awards 2016 finalists announced Archive
Wednesday, 18 January 2017
In the US, the finalists for the 2016 National Book Critics Circle Awards have been announced. The finalists in the best fiction category are: Moonglow (Michael Chabon, HarperCollins) LaRose (Louise...
Two Sally Rippin series to launch in 2017 Archive
Wednesday, 18 January 2017
Two new children’s book series by Sally Rippin will launch in 2017. In June, Hardie Grant Egmont will publish the first book in the ‘Polly & Buster’ junior fiction series aimed...
Eddington appointed CEO of UQP Archive
Tuesday, 17 January 2017
Australia Council literature director Jill Eddington has been appointed CEO of the University of Queensland Press (UQP), effective from 6 March. Eddington will replace former CEO Greg Bain, who stepped down...
Polley wins 2016 T S Eliot Prize Archive
Tuesday, 17 January 2017
In the UK, Jacob Polley has won the 2016 T S Eliot Prize for poetry, reports the Telegraph. Polley won the £20,000 (A$32,190) prize for Jackself (Picador), a collection of...
‘KYD’ announces inaugural New Critic Award winner Archive
Tuesday, 17 January 2017
Tasmanian arts journalist and musician Stephanie Eslake has won the inaugural Kill Your Darlings New Critic Award. Eslake receives $4000, a mentorship with senior KYD staff and publication of up...
NGV announces new prize for art and design books Archive
Tuesday, 17 January 2017
The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) has announced a new prize for art and design books. The Cornish Family Prize for Art and Design Publishing, which is open to international entries,...
On tour: Peadar Ó Guilin Archive
Monday, 16 January 2017
Peadar Ó Guilin (pronounced ‘Padder Oh Gilleen’, according to the author) is an Irish writer, playwright and former stand-up comedian. His latest YA book The Call (David Fickling) is a teenage survival...
Australian Romance Readers Awards 2016 finalists announced Archive
Monday, 16 January 2017
The finalists for the 2016 Australian Romance Readers Awards have been announced. Ten authors have been shortlisted for the Favourite Australian Romance Author. They are: Amy Andrews Anna Campbell Anne...
Vintage launches backlist-inspired ‘Vintage Minis’ series Archive
Monday, 16 January 2017
In the UK, Vintage has announced the launch of a new series called ‘Vintage Minis’, a range of short books on ‘big subjects’ drawn from the publisher’s backlist, reports the...
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