Publishers selected for SPN mentorship program Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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...
Bestsellers this week Archive
Monday, 27 June 2016
The top 10 bestsellers remains largely unchanged this week with the film tie-in edition of Me Before You (Jojo Moyes, Michael Joseph) remaining at the top of a fiction-dominated bestsellers...
UK book trade responds to Brexit Archive
Monday, 27 June 2016
In the UK, the Bookseller has spoken to a number of publishers and booksellers in the wake of the country’s vote to leave the UK. Hachette UK CEO Tim Hely...
‘Alice Miranda’ series to be adapted for TV Archive
Monday, 27 June 2016
Jacqueline Harvey’s ‘Alice Miranda’ children’s book series (Random House) will be adapted into an animated TV show to screen on Channel Nine. The 26 half-hour episode series will be produced...
Feminist Writers Festival line-up announced Archive
Friday, 24 June 2016
The line-up for the inaugural Feminist Writers Festival’s (FWF) networking day, to be held on Friday 26 August at the Queen Victoria Women’s Centre in Melbourne, has been announced. Among...
Bilingual Chinese Writers Festival to be held in Melbourne Archive
Friday, 24 June 2016
A ‘completely bilingual’ Chinese Writers Festival will be held at Richmond Library in Melbourne on Sunday 28 August. The festival, presented by Writers Victoria, the Australia Chinese Writers Festival and...
McInerney wins 2016 Desmond Elliott Prize Archive
Friday, 24 June 2016
In the UK, Irish author Lisa McInerney has won the 2016 Desmond Elliott Prize for new fiction for The Glorious Heresies (John Murray). McInerney’s black comedy about five misfits living...
2016 Book-to-Film Adaptations Archive
Thursday, 23 June 2016
There are several book-to-film adaptations hitting the big screens in the second half of 2016. Sophie Teague rounds them up. The BFG The 1982 classic children’s novel The BFG (Roald...
‘Take Me to the River’ wins 2016 Margaret Medcalf Award Archive
Thursday, 23 June 2016
Julian Bolleter has won the 2016 Margaret Medcalf Award for his book Take Me to the River: The Story of Perth’s Foreshore (UWA Publishing). The Margaret Medcalf Award rewards excellence...
HarperCollins UK to offer BAME training contracts Archive
Thursday, 23 June 2016
In the UK, HarperCollins has opened applications for two training contracts targeting black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) graduates, reports the Bookseller. The 12-month rotational training contracts on offer will...
B&N sales drop 3.1% in fiscal 2016 Archive
Thursday, 23 June 2016
US bookselling chain Barnes & Noble’s financial statements for the fiscal year ending 30 April show a 3.1% drop in sales and a negative net income, reports Publishers Weekly. Revenue...
US ebook consumers reimbursed following end of Apple ebook price-fixing case Archive
Wednesday, 22 June 2016
In the US, consumers are receiving reimbursement credits for previously purchased ebooks following the end of the Apple ebook price-fixing case in March, reports the Bookseller. Customers will receive US$6.93...
‘Run, Pip, Run’ wins 2016 Readings Children’s Book Prize Archive
Wednesday, 22 June 2016
J C Jones’ Run, Pip, Run (A&U) has won the 2016 Readings Children’s Book Prize. The book was chosen from a shortlist of six. Also on the shortlist were: 88...
PRH to sell travel business Fodor’s Archive
Wednesday, 22 June 2016
Penguin Random House (PRH) will sell its travel business Fodor’s to US online media and technology company Internet Brands for an undisclosed sum, reports Publishers Weekly. PRH and Internet Brands...
PRH acquires two new novels from Evie Wyld Archive
Wednesday, 22 June 2016
Penguin Random House (PRH) has acquired two new novels from Miles Franklin Award-winning UK-Australian author Evie Wyld, reports the Bookseller. UK and Commonwealth rights were jointly acquired by Nikki Christer,...
ALS Gold Medal 2016 shortlist announced Archive
Wednesday, 22 June 2016
The shortlist for the 2016 Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Six Bedrooms (Tegan Bennett Daylight, Vintage) Clade (James Bradley, Penguin) Second Half...
Wright, Howcroft join Wheeler Centre board Archive
Wednesday, 22 June 2016
Stella Prize-winning author and historian Clare Wright and Ten Network general manager Russel Howcroft have been appointed to the Wheeler Centre board. Wright and Howcroft were appointed following the departures...
Crossan, Riddell win 2016 Carnegie, Greenaway medals Archive
Tuesday, 21 June 2016
The UK Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) has announced the winners of the 2016 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals, with Sarah Crossan’s One (Bloomsbury) winning the Carnegie,...
Mawer wins Walter Scott Prize Archive
Tuesday, 21 June 2016
British author Simon Mawer has won the £25,000 (A$49,170) Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for his 10th novel Tightrope (Little, Brown). The judges described Mawer’s novel as ‘a spy...
Bestsellers this week Archive
Monday, 20 June 2016
Jojo Moyes’ Me Before You film tie-in (Michael Joseph) has retained its top spot in this week’s overall bestsellers chart, with the B-format paperback edition (Michael Joseph) also in the...
« Previous page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 Next page »
