Harry Potter play conceived as ‘eighth story in the series’
Monday, 26 October 2015
The forthcoming Harry Potter play, to open on West End in London next year, has been conceived as ‘the eighth story in the Harry Potter series’, according to the Pottermore...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 26 October 2015
Two Millie Marotta colouring books are at the top of the bestsellers chart for the second week in a row, with Tropical Wonderland and Animal Kingdom (both Batsford) in first...
Ubud cancels sessions following government scrutiny
Monday, 26 October 2015
The Ubud Writers & Readers Festival has cancelled a number of events in its 2015 program, which runs from 28 October to 1 November in Bali, Indonesia, on the advice...
Walkley Book Award 2015 longlist announced
Friday, 23 October 2015
The longlist for the 2015 Walkley Book Award, which recognises excellence in Australian nonfiction literature and long-form journalism, has been announced. The longlisted titles are: The Rise and Fall of...
Disney to launch digital subscription service in Europe
Friday, 23 October 2015
Disney is launching a digital subscription service that bundles movies, books, TV series and music in the one app, reports TechCrunch. The DisneyLife service, which will launch in the UK...
‘Kirkus’ Prize 2015 winners announced
Friday, 23 October 2015
US publication Kirkus Reviews has announced the winners of its second annual literary prize. Hanya Yanagihara won the fiction prize for A Little Life (Picador), with the judges observing: ‘The phrase...
Court rules in favour of Google book-scanning after decade-long dispute
Thursday, 22 October 2015
In the US, a federal appeals court has ruled that Google has not violated copyright laws by digitising more than 20 million books, reports CNBC. The 2nd US Circuit Court...
The Nib’s Anzac Centenary Literary Prize announced, shortlist released
Thursday, 22 October 2015
The Waverley Library Award for Literature, known as ‘the Nib’, will include an additional award this year to mark the Anzac centenary. The Nib’s Anzac Centenary Literary Prize, worth $3000,...
Voss Literary Prize 2015 shortlist announced
Thursday, 22 October 2015
The shortlist for the 2015 Voss Literary Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles, selected from a longlist of 10, are: The Tribe (Michael Mohammed Ahmad, Giramondo) In Certain Circles...
Stella Count publishes gender breakdown of reviews in ‘Saturday Paper’, ‘Sydney Review of Books’
Thursday, 22 October 2015
The Stella Prize, with assistance from Books+Publishing, has published statistics showing the gender breakdown of reviews in the Sydney Review of Books (SRB) and the Saturday Paper. The Stella Count ‘Redux’...
Books+Publishing magazine Issue 4 2015
Wednesday, 21 October 2015
Books+Publishing magazine’s fourth issue for 2015 is out now! Inside you’ll find 18 reviews of adult and children’s books publishing in November 2015 to February 2016. The highest-rated adult books...
NZ Prime Minister’s Awards for literary achievement 2015 announced
Wednesday, 21 October 2015
The winners of the 2015 New Zealand Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement have been announced. Joan Metge, a social anthropologist who has written several books on Māori history and society...
Pew survey finds slightly fewer Americans reading print books
Wednesday, 21 October 2015
A new survey from the Pew Research Centre has found the number of print book readers in the US has dropped slightly from the previous year, while the number of...
Selling strong: Australian publishers’ rights highlights
Wednesday, 21 October 2015
Books+Publishing asked a range of Australian publishers to share their recent rights successes ahead of this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair. This article first appeared in Think Australian. Allen & Unwin Kate Morton...
Fletcher wins $5000 top prize at Victorian Community History Awards
Wednesday, 21 October 2015
Meredith Fletcher has won the top prize at the Victorian Community History Awards (VCHA) for her book Jean Galbraith: Writer in a Valley (Monash University Publishing). Fletcher’s biography of Galbraith,...
Atkinson wins 2015 CHASS Australia Book Prize
Wednesday, 21 October 2015
Alan Atkinson’s The Europeans in Australia: Volume Three: Nation (NewSouth) has won the 2015 Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) Australia Book Prize. The prize, worth $3500,...
CLNZ Educational Publishing Awards 2015 finalists announced
Wednesday, 21 October 2015
The finalists for this year’s Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) Educational Publishing Awards have been announced. The finalists in each of the categories are: Best Resource in Primary Education ‘Connectors’ fiction...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 21 October 2015
‘The recent debates around the Book Council funding and membership belie the work already undertaken on behalf of creators by ALAA and by many of the industry partners involved’—Australian Literary...
Expressions of Interest sought for India Literature Exploratory program
Wednesday, 21 October 2015
Expressions of interest are now open to join a delegation of Australian publishers and literature programmers to travel to Kolkata, Delhi and Jaipur in January 2016. The 12-day visitors program...
Flanagan named Melbourne University’s inaugural Boisbouvier Chair in Australian Literature
Tuesday, 20 October 2015
The University of Melbourne has appointed author Richard Flanagan as the Boisbouvier Founding Chair in Australian Literature at the University of Melbourne, a new professorship to ‘advance the teaching, understanding...
Australians nominated for 2016 Carnegie, Greenaway medals
Tuesday, 20 October 2015
Several Australian authors and illustrators have been nominated for the 2016 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals, presented by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) in the UK....
Paul Kelly to headline inaugural Kampot Writers & Readers Festival in Cambodia
Tuesday, 20 October 2015
The inaugural Kampot Writers & Readers Festival in Cambodia, running 5-8 November, has announced its program. Australian musician and author Paul Kelly and Cambodian human rights activist and musician Arn...
Attendance up at Frankfurt Book Fair 2015; ‘strong’ interest in translation rights
Tuesday, 20 October 2015
Professional attendance at the 2015 Frankfurt Book Fair was approximately level with 2014, with 140,474 attendees this year compared to 140,291 last year, reports Publishers Weekly. Total attendance was up...
Inaugural Australian Sports Book of the Year award shortlist announced
Tuesday, 20 October 2015
The shortlist for the inaugural Australian Sports Book of the Year award has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Roy Higgins (Patrick Bartley, Penguin) The Short Long Book (Martin Flanagan, Random House) Sonny...
ABA, Leading Edge conferences to be held in Canberra in 2016
Tuesday, 20 October 2015
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) and Leading Edge Books will hold their 2016 conferences at the QT Hotel in Canberra. This is the fourth year in a row that the...
Amazon files lawsuit against ‘fake reviewers’
Monday, 19 October 2015
In the US, Amazon has filed a lawsuit against more than 1000 people it claims are writing fake reviews on its website, reports the Guardian. The company claims the defendants...
Heather Fisher wins 2015 Lady Cutler Award
Monday, 19 October 2015
Librarian and teacher Heather Fisher has won this year’s Lady Cutler Award, presented by the New South Wales branch of the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) for distinguished service...
Shortlists for the 2015 ‘Bookseller’ Futurebook Innovation Awards announced
Monday, 19 October 2015
In the UK, the shortlists for the Bookseller’s Futurebook Innovation Awards have been announced. Award categories include Best Adult Digital Book, Best Children’s Digital Book, Best Digital Marketing Campaign, Best...
SPN announces 2015 Independent Publishing Conference program; Indyk, Chapman to deliver keynotes
Monday, 19 October 2015
The Small Press Network (SPN) has announced the program for its 2015 Independent Publishing Conference, which will run in Melbourne from 19-21 November. The conference kicks off with an Industry...
Six Oz, two NZ authors and illustrators nominated for 2016 Astrid Lindgren Award
Friday, 16 October 2015
Six Australians and two New Zealanders have been nominated for the 2016 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. Australians Ursula Dubosarsky, Libby Gleeson, Morris Gleitzman, Alison Lester, Melina Marchetta and Markus Zusak...
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