Landman, Grill win Carnegie, Greenaway medals
Tuesday, 23 June 2015
In the UK, Tanya Landman has won the Carnegie Medal for Buffalo Soldier (Walker Books) and debut author and illustrator Will Grill has won the Kate Greenaway Medal for Shackleton’s...
Miles Franklin 2015 winner announced tonight
Tuesday, 23 June 2015
The winner of the 2015 Miles Franklin Literary Award will be announced around 7pm AEST this evening at the State Library of Victoria.The shortlisted titles are: Golden Boys (Sonya Hartnett,...
Sale of adult ebooks to be restricted until after 10pm in Germany
Tuesday, 23 June 2015
In Germany, a recent legal ruling has restricted the sale of ebooks with exclusively adult content to between 10pm and 6am local time, reports the Indepdenent. The restricted sale window...
NZ Book Trade Industry Awards 2015 winners announced
Monday, 22 June 2015
The winners of the 2015 New Zealand Book Trade Industry Awards were announced in Auckland on 21 June.The winners in each category are: Publisher of the YearPotton & Burton, newly...
First-day UK sales of ‘Grey’ ‘record-breaking’
Monday, 22 June 2015
UK publisher Cornerstone has described first-day sales of E L James’ Grey as ‘record-breaking’ for an adult paperback in the UK, reports the Bookseller. The publisher did not release exact figures,...
Fairfax introduces direct links to Booktopia
Monday, 22 June 2015
Book reviews on Fairfax’s the Age and the Sydney Morning Herald websites now include links to buy books directly from online bookseller Booktopia.‘While bricks-and-mortar bookshops are essential to our book industry, Booktopia...
Jones, Whittaker win 2015 black&write! fellowships
Monday, 22 June 2015
Jannali Jones and Alison Whittaker are the winners of the 2015 black&write! Indigenous Writing Fellowships.Each fellowship is worth $10,000 and includes publication by Magabala Books.Jones’ novel My Father’s Shadow is ‘an...
Mudgee Readers’ Festival 2015 program announced
Friday, 19 June 2015
The Mudgee Readers’ Festival (MRF) in regional NSW has announced the program for its 2015 festival, to be held on 15 and 16 August. The line-up includes authors Don Watson, Ramona...
Oyster introduces feature to reduce ereading eyestrain
Friday, 19 June 2015
Ebook subscription service Oyster has introduced a new feature designed to reduce ereading eyestrain by adjusting a device’s screen to the light around it, reports Publishers Weekly. Lumin, which is...
PRH, Amazon reach sales agreement
Friday, 19 June 2015
Penguin Random House (PRH) has signed new print and ebook sales agreements with in the US and the UK, reports the Bookseller. PRH was the last of the big five...
Senate to hold inquiry into Australia Council cuts
Friday, 19 June 2015
The federal senate will hold an inquiry into the impact of the funding cuts to the Australia Council in the 2015/16 federal budget.A motion to hold the ‘Impact of the...
Dymocks Hay Street to reopen
Thursday, 18 June 2015
Dymocks’ flagship store in Perth will reopen in July.The Hay Street store, which closed on 14 June as its lease had come to an end, announced on its Facebook page...
Jim Crace wins IMPAC Dublin award
Thursday, 18 June 2015
British author Jim Crace has won the 2015 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for his novel Harvest (Picador). The €100,000 (A$205,140) award is presented annually for a novel written in...
France named 2017 FBF guest of honour
Thursday, 18 June 2015
France has been named as the guest of honour at the 2017 Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF), reports the Bookseller. This is the second time the country has been guest of...
Edmond wins Creative NZ Michael King Fellowship
Thursday, 18 June 2015
New Zealand author Martin Edmond is the recipient of this year’s Creative New Zealand Michael King Writers’ Fellowship, worth NZ$100,000 (A$83,717). Edmond, who won the 2013 NZ Prime Minister’s Award for Literary...
Amazon to pay self-published authors ‘per-page-read’
Wednesday, 17 June 2015
Amazon will pay self-published authors in its Kindle Unlimited and Kindle Owners Lending Library on a new pay-per-page-read model from 1 July, reports Publishers Weekly. The change is in response...
New organisation to support women in the literary industry
Wednesday, 17 June 2015
A new organisation to support women working in the literary industry has been launched.Women in Literary Arts Australia (WILAA) was founded by writer and producer Lefa Singleton Norton, and also...
Boer War records stolen from State Library of South Australia
Wednesday, 17 June 2015
Security is being upgraded at the State Library of South Australia after the disappearance of more than 150 Boer War papers, diaries and artefacts, reports InDaily. The material, taken from...
Free WiFi, non-traditional services boost NSW public library usage
Wednesday, 17 June 2015
NSW public library usage is at an all-time high thanks to free WiFi and ‘non-traditional library services’, according to statistics provided by local councils for 2013/14.Physical visits to over 360...
SLV wins top international design award
Wednesday, 17 June 2015
The State Library of Victoria (SLV) has taken out the award for ‘overall service design in public sector services’ in the international Good Design Awards, reports Government News. The SLV...
NSW State Library awards announced
Wednesday, 17 June 2015
The recipients of the Honours of the Library Council of NSW have been announced at an awards ceremony at the State Library of NSW. Established in 2014, the honours are...
International library news
Wednesday, 17 June 2015
Ferguson wins US ‘Library of the Year’In the US, the Ferguson Municipal Public Library (FMPL) in Missouri has been voted the Gale/Library Journal ‘Library of the Year’ for 2015. FMPL was...
Green appointed ‘Meanjin’ editor
Wednesday, 17 June 2015
Broadcaster and journalist Jonathan Green has been appointed editor of literary journal Meanjin, from 1 July. (See news.)
David and Goliath: Jane Curry on distribution challenges for small publishers
Wednesday, 17 June 2015
Jane Curry Publishing recently rebranded as Ventura Press and partnered with Simon & Schuster Australia for sales and distribution. Managing director Jane Curry explains how small publishers can benefit from an...
David and Goliath: Jane Curry on distribution challenges for small publishers
Wednesday, 17 June 2015
Jane Curry Publishing recently rebranded as Ventura Press and partnered with Simon & Schuster Australia for sales and distribution. Managing director Jane Curry explains how small publishers can benefit from an...
LIANZA Children’s Book Awards 2015 winners announced
Tuesday, 16 June 2015
The winners of the 2015 Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA) Children’s Book Awards have been announced.The winning titles are: Russell Clark Illustration Award Mrs Mo’s Monster (Paul Beavis,...
Robotham longlisted for CWA Gold Dagger
Tuesday, 16 June 2015
Life or Death by Australian author Michael Robotham (Sphere) has been longlisted for the 2015 Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Gold Dagger award for best crime novel in the UK.Life or...
Spurling wins Walter Scott Prize
Tuesday, 16 June 2015
British author John Spurling has won the £25,000 (A$50,217) Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for The Ten Thousand Things (Duckworth), reports the Bookseller. The judges described Spurling’s novel, which...
Fenton wins PEN/Pinter Prize
Tuesday, 16 June 2015
British poet James Fenton has won the 2015 PEN/Pinter Prize, reports the Bookseller. The award, established by English PEN in memory of Nobel-Laureate playwright Harold Pinter, is presented annually for...
‘Rivertime’ wins 2015 Readings Children’s Book Prize
Tuesday, 16 June 2015
Rivertime by Trace Balla (A&U) has won the 2015 Readings Children’s Book Prize.The book was chosen from a shortlist of six. Also on the shortlist were: The Mapmakers Chronicles: Race...
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