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Fuller wins Desmond Elliott Prize

Thursday, 2 July 2015
In the UK, Claire Fuller’s Our Endless Numbered Days (Penguin) has won the £10,000 (A$20,438) Desmond Elliott Prize for new fiction. Fuller’s debut novel was chosen from a shortlist that...

Robotham shortlisted for CWA Gold Dagger

Thursday, 2 July 2015
Life or Death by Australian author Michael Robotham (Sphere) has been shortlisted for the 2015 Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Gold Dagger award for best crime novel in the UK.Life or...

Neurosurgery memoir wins PEN/Ackerley Prize

Wednesday, 1 July 2015
The £3000 (A$6115) PEN/Ackerley Prize for a work of memoir or autobiography has been awarded to neurosurgeon Henry Marsh for his memoir Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and...

Emma Viskic’s Resurrection Bay

Wednesday, 1 July 2015
Caleb Zelic’s deafness has made him an astute observer of the minute details of world around him, and of people in particular, a skill he has parlayed into a career...

Budding romance: Lili Wilkinson on ‘Green Valentine’

Wednesday, 1 July 2015
Lili Wilkinson’s latest YA novel Green Valentine (A&U) is a romantic comedy with an environmental twist, that explores ‘the cliché that popular girls are always mean girls’. Read her interview with reviewer Sarah...

Black to leave Aboriginal Studies Press

Wednesday, 1 July 2015
Rhonda Black has retired as publisher at Aboriginal Studies Press (ASP) after 12 years in the role. Black was instrumental in developing many resources at ASP, including the publisher’s information...

Williams appointed chair of the Copyright Agency

Tuesday, 30 June 2015
Former News Corp CEO Kim Williams has been appointed chair of the Copyright Agency. Williams replaces Hardie Grant Publishing chief executive Sandy Grant, who has been chair of the board...

Lonely Planet launches cookbook series

Tuesday, 30 June 2015
Lonely Planet has launched a series of ‘destination’ cookbooks called ‘From the Source’.The publisher will release the first two cookbooks in August—From the Source: Italy and From the Source: Thailand—and...

ALA Andrew Carnegie Medals 2015 winners announced

Monday, 29 June 2015
In the US, the American Library Association (ALA) has announced the winners of the 2015 Andrew Carnegie Medals. Anthony Doerr won the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction for...

‘Overland’ Fair Australia Prize shortlist announced

Monday, 29 June 2015
Literary journal Overland and the National Union of Workers (NUW) have announced the shortlists for the inaugural Fair Australia Prize. Shortlists have been released for the Essay Prize, Fiction Prize, Poetry...

Locus Awards 2015 winners announced

Monday, 29 June 2015
The winners of the 2015 Locus Awards for science-fiction and fantasy writing have been announced. Winners include: Ancillary Sword (Ann Leckie, Orbit) in the Science-fiction Novel category; The Goblin Emperor...

NZ book sales up in 2015

Monday, 29 June 2015
New Zealand’s book sales are up in volume and value in the first half of 2015, according to new figures released by Nielsen Book. New Zealand’s total market for the...

Cohen wins inaugural Russell Prize for Humour Writing

Friday, 26 June 2015
Bernard Cohen’s The Antibiography of Robert F Menzies (HarperCollins) has won the inaugural Russell Prize for Humour Writing. The book was chosen for the $10,000 biennial prize from a shortlist...

New ‘Books+Publishing’ reviews out now

Friday, 26 June 2015
Books+Publishing’s latest Reviews newsletter contains 13 reviews of books publishing in August and September.Included is a five-star review of Fever of Animals by Miles Allinson (Scribe, September), winner of the...

French publishers’ income down 1.3% in 2014

Friday, 26 June 2015
French publishers’ net income fell by 1.3% to €2652m ($A3842m) in 2014—the fourth year running that French publishers have recorded a decline, reports the Bookseller. Book sales dropped by 1.7% to...

S&S UK signs debut Australian author

Thursday, 25 June 2015
Simon & Schuster UK has purchased UK, Commonwealth and ANZ rights for a novel by Australian author Aoife Clifford.All These Perfect Strangers is the first novel from Clifford, who was...

Laville-Moore elected PANZ president

Thursday, 25 June 2015
Allen & Unwin NZ director Melanie Laville-Moore has been elected president of the Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) at the organisation’s recent AGM.Laville-Moore, who was previously vice-president, replaces Auckland...

Amazon UK website records £5.3bn sales in 2014

Thursday, 25 June 2015
Amazon’s UK website has recorded sales of £5.3bn (A$10.8bn) for the year ending December 2014, up 14% from £4.49bn (A$9.1bn) the previous year, reports the Bookseller. The net sales for...

On Tour: Meet the author Chigozie Obioma

Thursday, 25 June 2015
Nigerian author Chigozie Obioma’s debut novel The Fisherman (Scribe) is the story of four brothers whose encounter with a madman and a prophecy threatens the stability of their lives and...

PRH US selling books on Twitter

Wednesday, 24 June 2015
In the US, Penguin Random House (PRH) is a launch partner for a new direct purchasing initiative on Twitter, reports GoodEreader. The initiative allows readers to click on a book-related...

Site-blocking legislation passes senate

Wednesday, 24 June 2015
The federal senate has passed legislation that allows Australian publishers to apply to have sites hosting pirated content, including ebooks, films and TV series, blocked by internet service providers (ISPs).The...

Harlequin launches reader rewards program

Wednesday, 24 June 2015
In the US and Canada, Harlequin has launched a new rewards program for its readers, reports the Bookseller. Readers who sign up to the Harlequin My Rewards website earn rewards...

World’s largest atlas on display at SLNSW

Wednesday, 24 June 2015
Earth Platinum, the world’s largest atlas, published by Australian publisher Millennium House in 2012, is on display at the State Library of NSW (SLNSW), reports ABC News. The atlas weighs...

International library news

Wednesday, 24 June 2015
Canadian libraries protest high ebook pricesCanadian library organisations have launched a joint protest against the high ebook prices being charged to libraries by major publishers, reports GoodEReader. The Toronto Public...