Stella Schools to hold ‘Girls Write Up’ festival
Thursday, 14 April 2016
The Stella Schools Program will hold a one-day ‘wordfest’ for teenagers in Melbourne and Sydney in June that ‘teaches empowerment through writing and sharing stories’. Events include workshops on radical...
ABDA Book Design Awards 2016 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 13 April 2016
The Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA) has announced the shortlists for the 2016 Book Design Awards. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Best Designed Commercial Fiction Book Guilt (Matt...
Small publisher spotlight: Rockpool Publishing
Wednesday, 13 April 2016
Sydney-based Rockpool Publishing was established in 2006 and specialises in health, recreation and family titles. ‘We publish what we know and love, concentrate on Australian content and authors, and understand...
Small publisher spotlight: Rockpool Publishing
Wednesday, 13 April 2016
Sydney-based Rockpool Publishing was established in 2006 and specialises in health, recreation and family titles. Publishing director Lisa Hanrahan spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘small publisher spotlight’ series: Describe your...
Working the crowd: The ins and outs of crowdfunding campaigns
Wednesday, 13 April 2016
Crowdfunding can be a smart way for small and self-publishers to raise cash and kickstart their marketing campaign, but the odds of success are slim, writes Brad Jefferies. Read his...
Victoria Park council launches Little Free Libraries scheme
Wednesday, 13 April 2016
The Town of Victoria Park council in Perth is rolling out a Little Free Libraries scheme to boost community literacy levels, reports Community News. The first of 10 mini-libraries, which...
International Dublin Literary Award 2016 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 13 April 2016
The shortlist for the 2016 International Dublin Literary Award has been announced. The 10 shortlisted titles are: Outlaws (Javier Cercas, trans by Anne McLean, Bloomsbury) Academy Street (Mary Costello, Text)...
PEN Literary Awards 2016 winners announced
Wednesday, 13 April 2016
In the US, the winners of the 2016 PEN Literary awards have been announced, reports Publishers Weekly. Among the winners announced at the annual awards ceremony in New York are...
Readings wins Bookstore of the Year award at LBF
Wednesday, 13 April 2016
Readings has won the inaugural Bookstore of the Year Award at the 2016 London Book Fair International Excellence Awards. Readings was cited for ‘its community outreach, support of Australian authors...
Auckland Uni Press wins LBF publishing award
Wednesday, 13 April 2016
New Zealand publisher Auckland University Press (AUP) has won the Academic and Professional Publisher Award at this year’s London Book Fair (LBF) International Excellence Awards, presented on 12 April. AUP...
Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction 2016 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 12 April 2016
The shortlist for the 2016 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction has been announced. The six shortlisted titles (which include three debuts) are: Ruby (Cynthia Bond, Hodder & Stoughton), The Green...
New Copyright Agency fund to support mid-to-late career authors
Tuesday, 12 April 2016
The Copyright Agency has announced a new fund to support mid-to-late career authors and visual artists. The Create Career Fund will offer two $50,000 rounds each year, comprised of grants...
UK book exports fall on the back of weak sales in the US, Australasia
Monday, 11 April 2016
UK book exports fell three percent in 2015 due in part to a weak market in the US, reports the Bookseller. Total exports were worth £1.4bn (A$2.62bn), down from £1.5bn...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 11 April 2016
The Treehouse Fun Book by Jill Griffiths, Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton (Pan) has climbed from fifth to first place in this week’s top 10 bestsellers chart—also making it this...
Co-op opens six SA stores
Monday, 11 April 2016
The Co-op has opened four stores at the University of South Australia and will open two more at Flinders and Adelaide universities by the end of the month. The stores...
Guardian First Book Award to close
Friday, 8 April 2016
In the UK, the Guardian First Book Award is closing, citing a crowded awards landscape as the reason, reports the Bookseller. The £10,000 (A$18,704) prize was established in 1999, and...
Woodley appointed MD of ALS Library Services
Friday, 8 April 2016
ALS Library Services general manager Simon Woodley has been promoted to the role of managing director. Woodley replaces ALS owner Patricia Genat in the role. ALS said in a statement...
New ‘Books+Publishing Junior’ reviews out now
Friday, 8 April 2016
Books+Publishing’s latest Junior newsletter contains eight reviews of children’s and YA books publishing in June 2016. Jeannie Baker’s picture book about the migration of bar-tailed godwits, Circle (Walker Books), received...
Wordstorm 2016 program released
Thursday, 7 April 2016
The 2016 Northern Territory writers’ festival Wordstorm program has been launched. Indonesian writer Eka Kurniawan, author of Beauty is a Wound (Text), will be the international guest at this year’s...
Book Island wins Bologna Prize for children’s publishing
Thursday, 7 April 2016
New Zealand publisher Book Island has won the Bologna Prize for Best Children’s Publisher of the Year in the Oceania category. Book Island was chosen from a shortlist of three,...
Random House US to launch Dunham imprint
Thursday, 7 April 2016
In the US, Random House is launching a new imprint based around Lena Dunham and her producing partner Jenni Konner’s feminist newsletter Lenny Letter, reports Publishers Weekly. The Lenny imprint...
On tour: Liz Pichon
Wednesday, 6 April 2016
UK writer and illustrator Liz Pichon is the author of the ‘Tom Gates’ books for young readers, including the forthcoming Super Good Skills (Almost) (Scholastic, June). Pichon will visit the...
Small publisher spotlight: Berbay Publishing
Wednesday, 6 April 2016
Melbourne-based children’s publisher Berbay was established in 2009 by Alexandra Yatomi-Clarke. She spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘small publisher spotlight’ series: Describe your company in under 50 words. Berbay is...
RiP George Dale
Wednesday, 6 April 2016
Australian book designer George Dale has died, aged 74. Dale was Penguin’s first in-house designer, and went on to design over 2000 covers during his 30 years with the publisher....
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 6 April 2016
‘Scribe, Text, Transit Lounge, UQP and Wakefield Press all have titles longlisted for this year’s Miles Franklin. That means titles by SPN members make up more than half the list!’—the...
Storylines National Writers’ Awards 2016 winners announced
Wednesday, 6 April 2016
The Storylines Children’s Literature Trust of New Zealand has announced the 2016 winners of its three national writers’ awards . The winning entries in each category are: Joy Cowley Award...
Rosoff wins 2016 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
Wednesday, 6 April 2016
US-born author Meg Rosoff has won the 2016 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the world’s richest prize for children’s and young adult literature. Rosoff, who is based in the UK, is...
Horin appointed Five Mile Press publishing director
Wednesday, 6 April 2016
Hardie Grant Egmont publisher Niki Horin has joined Bonnier Publishing Australia as Five Mile Press publishing director. Horin began her publishing career at Five Mile Press 13 years ago as...
Dempsey joins SPN as general manager
Wednesday, 6 April 2016
Former Books+Publishing editor-in-chief Matthia Dempsey has joined the Small Press Network as general manager. Dempsey takes over from Hannah Cartmel, who is returning to freelance editing. Cartmel has been acting...
Australian titles featured on USBBY outstanding international books list
Wednesday, 6 April 2016
Two Australian titles have been selected for the 2016 United States Board of Books for Young People (USBBY) list of Outstanding International Books for children and young adults. Irena Kobald’s...
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