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New Walker Books website for teachers and librarians

Friday, 17 October 2014
Walker Books Australia has launched a new website for teachers and librarians. Walker Books Classroom features classroom ideas, book lists, interviews and other resources, which are organised by theme, title,...

National Book Award finalists announced

Thursday, 16 October 2014
In the US, the National Book Award has announced the finalists in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and young people’s literature. In fiction the finalists are: An Unnecessary Woman (Rabih...

Attendance dips at 2014 Frankfurt Book Fair

Thursday, 16 October 2014
Attendance at the Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF) is down for the second year in a row, but only ‘modestly’, reports Publishers Weekly. FBF officials have reported that 140,291 trade visitors...

Authors announced for Adelaide Writers’ Week

Thursday, 16 October 2014
Adelaide Writers’ Week has announced the line-up for its 2015 festival. Among the international guests are UK authors John Lanchester, Michel Faber, Esther Freud and Tom Rob Smith; US author...

Flanagan wins 2014 Man Booker Prize

Wednesday, 15 October 2014
Richard Flanagan has won the 2014 Man Booker Prize for his novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Vintage).Flanagan was presented with the £50,000 (A$91,233) award at London’s Guildhall...

Saunders wins 2014 Dromkeen Librarian’s Award

Wednesday, 15 October 2014
Melbourne University head of library Pam Saunders has won the 2014 Dromkeen Librarian’s Award.The award is given to a school, children’s librarian or teacher for ‘their dedication to improving the...

Creative New Zealand releases draft ‘Review of Literature’

Wednesday, 15 October 2014
New Zealand arts development agency Creative New Zealand (CNZ) has released a draft report into its support for New Zealand literature.The ‘Review of Literature’ report presents the results of the organisation’s research into the...

International Publishers Association (IPA) appointments

Wednesday, 15 October 2014
Bloomsbury executive director Richard Charkin has been elected president of the International Publishers Association (IPA) after serving as vice-president since 2013. Charkin will take over from current president Youngsuk ‘Y S’ Chi when...

Wrapped up in books: Christmas 2014 titles

Wednesday, 15 October 2014
With Christmas just over two months away, most publishers have already released their key titles for the Christmas selling period. Brad Jefferies rounds up some of the favourites.

John Marsden’s ‘South of Darkness’

Wednesday, 15 October 2014
South of Darkness is John Marsden’s first novel for an adult audience, set in London in the late 1700s. Barnaby Fletch has no memory of his parents. For as long as...

Quote of the week

Wednesday, 15 October 2014
‘We need book programming of depth and breadth. I believe there is a huge hunger out there for news and views on books and writing, and a particular interest in...

In brief

Wednesday, 15 October 2014
Director of Libraries ACT nominated for Telstra Business Women’s AwardsDirector of Libraries ACT Vanessa Little has been named as a finalist in the 2014 Telstra ACT Business Women’s Awards. Little,...

New charitable trust to govern NZ Book Awards

Wednesday, 15 October 2014
The New Zealand Books Awards and the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults will be governed by a new charitable trust, with ‘major changes’ planned for the...

Man Booker Prize winner announced tonight

Tuesday, 14 October 2014
The winner of the 2014 Man Booker Prize will be announced in the UK overnight.As previously reported by Books+Publishing, Australian author Richard Flanagan has been shortlisted for the prize for...

Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Awards winners announced

Tuesday, 14 October 2014
UK supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has announced the winners of the first Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Awards, reports the Bookseller. That’s Not My Piglet (Fiona Watt, illus by Rachel Wells, Usborne) was the...

Gleitzman, Tan on UK cultural diversity list

Tuesday, 14 October 2014
Books by Morris Gleitzman and Shaun Tan have been included in a list of ‘50 of the best children’s books celebrating cultural diversity in the UK’.The inaugural ‘Diverse Voices’ list...

Kobo releases ebook statistics report

Tuesday, 14 October 2014
Kobo has released a report aimed at publishers and authors that explains its method of analysing ebook statistics. The report says that reader engagement statistics gathered from ereading devices can...

Vale Morris Lurie

Tuesday, 14 October 2014
Australian author Morris Lurie has died, aged 75.Penguin Australia writes:‘Penguin Australia is saddened by the passing of acclaimed Melbourne writer Morris Lurie. During a career which spanned almost 50 years,...

Malala awarded 2014 Nobel Peace Prize

Monday, 13 October 2014
The 2014 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Pakistani activist and author Malala Yousafzai and Indian activist Kailash Satyarthi ‘for their struggle against the suppression of children and young...

Harry Potter Book Night announced for February 2015

Monday, 13 October 2014
Bloomsbury Children’s Books has announced it will run a Harry Potter Book Night on 5 February 2015. The publisher is inviting schools, bookshops, libraries and community groups to participate in the...

Bestsellers this week

Monday, 13 October 2014
Not That Kind of Girl (HarperCollins)—a collection of personal essays by Lena Dunham, writer and creator of hit US TV show ‘Girls’, is the highest new entry in this week’s bestsellers...

‘The Wake’ wins 2014 Gordon Burn Prize

Monday, 13 October 2014
In the UK, Paul Kingsnorth’s crowdfunded novel The Wake (Unbound) has won the Gordon Burn Prize, reports the Bookseller. The prize, worth £5000 (A$9246), celebrates writers whose works follows in the ‘fearless footsteps’...

International library news

Monday, 13 October 2014
Library book therapy to tackle dementiaIn the UK, the Reading Agency and the Society of Chief Librarians will introduce a new initiative in libraries in January 2015 to promote ‘book-based therapy’ for dementia sufferers,...

 

 

 

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