French named Senior Australian of the Year
Tuesday, 27 January 2015
Australian author Jackie French has been named the 2015 Senior Australian of the Year.French was presented with the honour at a ceremony in Canberra on 25 January, where she spoke...
‘Overland’ launches ‘Fair Australia Prize’
Tuesday, 27 January 2015
Overland has launched a new Fair Australia Prize to encourage writers and artists ‘to be part of setting a new agenda for Australia’.The winner of each category—short fiction, essay, poetry, and...
Shortlist for ‘Seizure’ Viva La Novella competition announced
Tuesday, 27 January 2015
Literary journal Seizure has announced the shortlist for this year’s Viva La Novella competition.The six shortlisted authors are: Mark Brandi Christy Collins Nick Gadd Jane Rawson Libby Sommer Marlee Jane Ward. This...
Monash University Publishing receives Vice Chancellor’s Award
Tuesday, 27 January 2015
Monash University Publishing has been presented with a Vice Chancellor’s Award for Exceptional Performance by Professional Staff.The award was one of four given to teams within Monash University in 2014,...
Lahiri wins 2015 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature
Friday, 23 January 2015
Indian-American author Jhumpa Lahiri has won the 2015 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature for her novel The Lowland (Bloomsbury). Lahiri’s novel was selected from a shortlist of five to...
Productivity Commission to review minimum wage and penalty rates
Friday, 23 January 2015
The effect of the minimum wage and penalty rates on businesses will be examined as part of the Productivity Commission’s wider review of the industrial relations system. Five papers released...
Philanthropists donate $5m to found Chair of Australian literature
Friday, 23 January 2015
A philanthropist couple has donated $5m to the University of Melbourne to establish a new professorship to ‘advance the teaching, understanding and public appreciation of Australian literature’.The Boisbouvier Founding Chair...
John Flanagan voted ‘Australia’s Favourite Author’ in Booktopia poll
Friday, 23 January 2015
Children’s book author John Flanagan has been voted ‘Australia’s Favourite Author’ in Booktopia’s annual poll.Booktopia announced the top 10 finalists on its website on 23 January. They were (from one to 10): John...
Nielsen BookScan Christmas figures: value and volume up
Friday, 23 January 2015
Local booksellers have recorded a boost in sales over the Christmas period. According to Nielsen BookScan, sales were up 1.5% in volume and 0.7% in value over the 13 weeks to 27 December...
Junot Díaz novel voted best 21st-century novel so far
Thursday, 22 January 2015
Junot Díaz’s 2007 novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Faber) has been voted in a poll of US critics as the best novel published since 2000, reports the...
Egmont closes US division
Thursday, 22 January 2015
Egmont Publishing has closed its US division after failing to establish a market-leading position, reports Publishers Weekly. The Danish publisher had put the US division up for sale in October 2014...
European booksellers asked to join #mynextread campaign
Thursday, 22 January 2015
The European International Booksellers Federation (EIBF) is encouraging booksellers and readers to share their reading choices on social media along with the #mynextread hashtag, reports the Bookseller. The campaign’s message is...
Second annual Great Kiwi Classic poll launched
Thursday, 22 January 2015
Nominations for the second annual Great Kiwi Classic poll have opened in New Zealand. First launched in 2014 by the New Zealand Book Council and Auckland Writers Festival, the initiative sees...
NZ guest of honour program announced for Taipei
Thursday, 22 January 2015
The program for New Zealand’s guest of honour pavilion at the Taipei International Book Exhibition (TIBE) has been announced.Eighty-five delegates will represent New Zealand at TIBE, which runs from 11-16 February. The...
National Readathon Day to debut in the US
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
In the US, the first National Readathon Day will take place on Saturday 24 January. The event, which is sponsored by the National Book Foundation, Penguin Random House, GoodReads and...
New app lets travelling parents share picture books with kids
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
A new Australian-made app that lets parents read books with their children when they’re away from home launched on the Apple iTunes store in late December.The Quality Time app, which is available for iPad, with...
ALIA announces new VP and board candidates
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has announced that Patricia Genat has been elected unopposed as its new vice-president. Genat, who is director of ALS Library Services and president of the Australia Booksellers...
NSW state library seeks digital expert
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
The State Library of NSW is looking to hire a ‘director of digital experience and chief information officer’ who can transform the organisation into a ‘centre for digital excellence’, reports...
Library Lovers’ Day celebrations planned
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
Libraries around Australia will be participating in Library Lovers’ Day celebrations on Saturday 14 February. The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), which runs the initiative, offers a list of...
International library news
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
Czech library network densest in EUThe Czech library network is the densest in the EU, according to a report in the Prague Post. Of the EU’s 63,000 public libraries, 5408...
‘Visually sophisticated, quirky, funny and daring’: Mike Shuttleworth reports from the Paris children’s book festival
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
‘France is producing some of the finest books for children in the world,’ writes Mike Shuttleworth, reporting from the Paris children’s book festival Salon du livre et de presse jeunesse...
‘Visually sophisticated, quirky, funny and daring’: Mike Shuttleworth reports from the Paris children’s book festival
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
‘While it’s true that the French embrace topics and styles that more timid Anglophone picture book publishers would reject, right now, France is producing some of the finest books for...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
‘With e-books and e-readers, there was a crazy, massive spike in the past few years and it was scaring retailers. Now the e-book has 20 per cent of the market...
Digital Writers’ Festival announces events
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
The Digital Writers’ Festival has announced a number of events in the 2015 program ahead of the full launch on 4 February.The online-only festival, which is hosted by the Emerging Writers’...
RiP Jim Thorburn
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
James Alexander (Jim) Thorburn, former bookseller at Pocket Bookshops in Sydney, has died, aged 90. His daughter, Rosemary Thorburn, writes:‘Jim ran the Pocket Bookshops from 1959 to 1979 with his wife, Hilda....
Adelaide Writers’ Week 2015 program launched
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
The 2015 Adelaide Writers’ Week program has been launched.The event will run from Saturday 28 February to Thursday 5 March at the Pioneer Women’s Memorial Garden in Adelaide. As previously reported...
Case appointed program manager at MWF
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
The Melbourne Writers Festival has appointed writer, editor and bookseller Jo Case as its new program manager. Case will replace program manager and schools’ program director Mike Shuttleworth. (See news.)
Booktopia counting down ‘Australia’s favourite author’
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Booktopia is counting down the top 50 finalists in its annual ‘Australia’s Favourite Author’ promotion. On 19 January, Booktopia began announcing the top 50 finalists, with 10 finalists revealed each...
S&S, HarperCollins launch direct-to-consumer programs
Monday, 19 January 2015
In the US, Simon & Schuster and HarperCollins have announced new channels for direct-to-consumer sales, reports Publishers Weekly. HarperCollins has launched a pilot program with cloud reader Aerbook, which enables...
Case appointed program manager at MWF
Monday, 19 January 2015
Writer, editor and bookseller Jo Case has joined the Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) as its new program manager.Case, who joins the team in February, will replace program manager and schools’...
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