Atkinson wins 2015 CHASS Australia Book Prize Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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’ Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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...
Lagercrantz to write two more ‘Millenium’ series novels Archive
Friday, 16 October 2015
Swedish author David Lagercrantz has been contracted to write two more novels in the ‘Millenium’ series (Quercus), reports the Bookseller. The fifth novel in the late Stieg Larsson’s series will...
Christmas Press awarded $10,000 grant to set up new imprint Archive
Thursday, 15 October 2015
Children’s book publisher Christmas Press has received $10,000 from Australia Post’s ‘Our Neighbourhood’ grant program to set up a new imprint. The publisher, which is based in Armidale, NSW, will use...
National Book Award 2015 shortlists announced Archive
Thursday, 15 October 2015
In the US, the shortlists for the 2015 National Book Awards have been announced in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and young people’s literature. On the fiction shortlist are:...
Ban lifted on NZ YA novel ‘Into the River’ Archive
Thursday, 15 October 2015
The New Zealand Film and Literature Board has lifted a ban on the sale and supply of New Zealand author Ted Dawe’s YA novel Into the River. The Board’s decision...
Melbourne writers, literary organisations receive council arts grants Archive
Thursday, 15 October 2015
Several writers and literary organisations have received a share of more than $1m in funding from the City of Melbourne as part of its annual Arts Grants program. The First...
Teen talk: Meet the 2015 Inky Awards judges Archive
Wednesday, 14 October 2015
Each year, the longlist and shortlist for the Inky Awards for youth literature are selected by a panel of teen judges, with the winners determined via an online vote. Following...
JCU Colin Roderick Award 2015 winner announced Archive
Wednesday, 14 October 2015
The Foundation for Australian Literary Studies at James Cook University has awarded Michael Wilding the $10,000 Colin Roderick Award and H T Priestley Memorial Medal 2015 for his book Wild Bleak...
Tozer, Rowell win 2015 Inky Awards Archive
Wednesday, 14 October 2015
The winners of the 2015 Inky Awards, presented by the Centre for Youth Literature, were announced at the State Library of Victoria on 13 October. Gabrielle Tozer won the Gold...
James wins 2015 Man Booker Prize Archive
Wednesday, 14 October 2015
Jamaican novelist Marlon James has won the £50,000 (A$105,550) Man Booker Prize for his novel A Brief History of Seven Killings (Bloomsbury). Set across three decades, the 686-page novel ‘uses...
New website for Echo Publishing Archive
Wednesday, 14 October 2015
Echo Publishing has launched its website. The mobile-friendly site, which was launched in early October, features dedicated author pages with links to authors’ social media and websites, book extracts, reviews...
Ben Sanders’ American Blood Archive
Wednesday, 14 October 2015
‘From the opening lines of American Blood you know you’re in the hands of a master storyteller’ … read Deborah Crabtree’s full review here.
Butler to leave ABA Archive
Wednesday, 14 October 2015
Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) member services officer Sallie Butler is leaving the ABA to join Hardie Grant as a publicity assistant. (See jobs.)
Teen talk: Meet the 2015 Inky Awards judges Archive
Wednesday, 14 October 2015
‘I believe YA needs more original ideas and less unrealistic love triangles and character stereotypes’—Genevieve, 15. ‘More diverse characters that are not there just for the sake of having a...
1700 Dymocks members vote for favourite children’s book of all time Archive
Tuesday, 13 October 2015
More than 1700 Dymocks Booklovers members have voted for their favourite children’s book of all time, with 13 Australian titles making the top 51. The ‘Treehouse’ series by Andy Griffiths and...
ACT Book of the Year 2015 shortlist announced Archive
Tuesday, 13 October 2015
The shortlist for the 2015 ACT Book of the Year has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: The Snow Kimono (Mark Henshaw, Text) Into the Heart of the Himalayas (Jono...
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