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Lonely Planet announces food imprint  Archive

Tuesday, 23 August 2016
Lonely Planet has announced a new imprint for food-themed titles, called Lonely Planet Food. The imprint follows the launch of Lonely Planet’s recipe book series ‘From the Source’ last year,...

Hugo Awards 2016 winners announced  Archive

Monday, 22 August 2016
The winners of the 2016 Hugo Awards for the best science-fiction and fantasy titles of the previous year have been announced, with N K Jemisin’s The Fifth Season (Orbit) winning...

Kickstarter reaches milestone of US$100m for publishing  Archive

Monday, 22 August 2016
Crowdfunding website Kickstarter has reached a milestone of US$100m (A$132m) in pledges for general-publishing projects since launching in 2009, reports Publishers Weekly. On Kickstarter, the general-publishing category includes nonfiction, fiction,...

RWA awards 2016 winners announced  Archive

Monday, 22 August 2016
The winners of the 2016 Romance Writers of Australia (RWA) Romantic Book of the Year awards, known as the ‘RUBYs’, were announced on 20 August at the RWA’s 25th national...

Bestsellers this week  Archive

Monday, 22 August 2016
The 78-Storey Treehouse (Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton, Pan) has debuted at the top of this week’s highest new entries and overall bestsellers charts, unseating Harry Potter and the Cursed...

NYWF 2016 program announced  Archive

Monday, 22 August 2016
The full program for the 2016 National Young Writers’ Festival (NYWF) has been announced. The festival, which runs from 29 September to 2 October in Newcastle, will include over 114...

CBCA Awards 2016 winners announced  Archive

Friday, 19 August 2016
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...

Sisters in Crime releases diversity report  Archive

Friday, 19 August 2016
In the US, a recent survey of 1,100 Sisters in Crime members found that white, non-Hispanic people make up 93% of the total membership, reports Publishers Weekly. The organisation, which...

Adsett partners with US agency Wolf Literary  Archive

Thursday, 18 August 2016
Alex Adsett Publishing Services (AAPS) has announced a partnership with former UQP marketing coordinator Rachel Crawford at Wolf Literary Services in New York. The deal will see Crawford represent AAPS...

ALIA makes My Big Idea shortlist  Archive

Wednesday, 17 August 2016
The Australian Library and Information Association’s (ALIA) submission to the Concern for Future Generation’s My Big Idea national competition has made the shortlist. ALIA’s suggestion is for every child to...

Text acquires Macarthur biography  Archive

Wednesday, 17 August 2016
Text has acquired world rights to a biography of Anglo-Australian settler and pioneer Elizabeth Macarthur by writer Michelle Scott Tucker in a two-book deal negotiated by Jacinta Di Mase Management....

Fairfax to host #SaveOzStories debates  Archive

Wednesday, 17 August 2016
Fairfax newspapers the Age and the Sydney Morning Herald will host panel discussions in Melbourne and Sydney next week to debate how the Productivity Commission’s proposed changes to Australian intellectual...

Inky Awards 2016 shortlists announced  Archive

Tuesday, 16 August 2016
The shortlists for the 2016 Inky Awards have been announced. The awards are presented by the Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria for local and international...

New combined website for PRH  Archive

Tuesday, 16 August 2016
Penguin Random House (PRH) has launched its redesigned joint website. The site at www.penguin.com.au combines the previously separate Penguin and Random House websites under the one URL, with all previous...

Bestsellers this week  Archive

Monday, 15 August 2016
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child playscript (J K Rowling, John Tiffany & Jack Thorne, Hachette) has debuted at the top of this week’s highest new entries and overall bestsellers chart...

First Bookshop Day planned for the UK  Archive

Monday, 15 August 2016
In the UK, the Booksellers Association (BA) is planning for its first Bookshop Day for the UK and Ireland on 8 October, reports the Bookseller. The BA is encouraging stores...