Prose and poetry must be approved by Maldives government before publication
Tuesday, 16 September 2014
In the Maldives, new regulations require all prose and poetry be approved by the government prior to publication, reports Minivan News. The ‘Regulations on approving literature published in the Maldives’,...
HarperCollins introduces watermarking for ebooks
Tuesday, 16 September 2014
In the US, HarperCollins is using watermarking technology to increase the security of its ebooks, reports Publishers Weekly. According to chief digital officer Chantal Restivo-Alessi, HarperCollins has adopted Digimarc’s Guardian...
ALIA conference kicks off
Tuesday, 16 September 2014
The 2014 Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) national conference main program kicks off today.The event, which is being held at the Pullman hotel in Albert Park, Melbourne, began with...
Being an editor in New York
Tuesday, 16 September 2014
Allen & Unwin’s Susannah Chambers spent three months in New York as part of her Beatrice Davis Editorial Fellowship. In this extract from her report she examines the ‘notable differences’...
Naipaul dropped from Ubud after ‘11th hour requests’
Monday, 15 September 2014
VS Naipaul has been dropped from this year’s Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF) after the festival was unable to meet his ‘11th hour requests’, organisers have announced. UWRF founder...
Johnson to leave S&S
Monday, 15 September 2014
Lou Johnson, managing director of Simon & Schuster Australia, has resigned and will leave the company after a ‘smooth transition to new leadership’.‘Lou has decided to seek challenges in her...
Vook acquires Byliner
Monday, 15 September 2014
In the US, digital publishing service provider Vook has acquired digital publisher Byliner, reports Publishers Weekly. Byliner’s catalogue of 60-70 longform nonfiction and fiction titles and small team of staff will be...
Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing 2014 shortlist announced
Monday, 15 September 2014
The shortlist for this year’s Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing has been announced. The shortlisted pieces are: ‘Eleven Grams of Trouble’ by Frank Bowden (Inside Story) ‘TB and...
‘NYT Book Review’ adds 12 new bestseller lists
Friday, 12 September 2014
The New York Times Book Review has announced it will publish 12 new bestseller lists, reports Publishers Weekly. The new categories, which will be rotated in groups of four on a weekly basis,...
Co-op to open stores at James Cook University
Friday, 12 September 2014
The campus bookselling chain the Co-op has announced it will open its first two stores at Queensland’s James Cook University.The stores will be located at the university’s Cairns and Townsville...
New office, more staff planned for Amazon UK
Friday, 12 September 2014
In the UK, Amazon has announced plans to move into a new office in London and increase its head office staff to 5000, ‘nearly trebling its head office workforce’, reports...
Chambers releases Beatrice Davis Editorial Fellowship report
Friday, 12 September 2014
Susannah Chambers, commissioning editor of books for children and young adults at Allen & Unwin, has released her Beatrice Davis Editorial Fellowship report into YA literature following her three-month placement...
PRH to close teen book community
Thursday, 11 September 2014
In the UK, Penguin Random House (PRH) has announced that it will close its teen book community Spinebreakers, saying it needs to move to online spaces where ‘our audiences are...
Otago Uni announces 2015 fellows
Thursday, 11 September 2014
The University of Otago in New Zealand has announced the recipients of its 2015 fellowships for literature and children’s writing. The Robert Burns Fellowship has been awarded to Wellington-based poet...
Canberra Uni poetry prize awarded to David Adès
Thursday, 11 September 2014
The University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor’s International Poetry Prize, worth $15,000, has been awarded to David Adès for his poem ‘Dazzled’, reports Sydney Morning Herald. Adès, an Adelaide poet and author of Mapping...
Author enters ‘Big Brother’ house
Wednesday, 10 September 2014
Sam Bramham, paralympian and author of the memoir Three-Quarter Man (Affirm Press) is a housemate in the current season of reality TV show ‘Big Brother’.Bramham entered the ‘Big Brother’ house...
Flanagan on Man Booker Prize shortlist
Wednesday, 10 September 2014
Richard Flanagan’s The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Vintage) is on the shortlist for this year’s Man Booker Prize. The shortlist of six, selected from a longlist of 13,...
UK to be guest of honour at Mexico’s Guadalajara book fair
Wednesday, 10 September 2014
The UK will be the guest of honour at next year’s Guadalajara International Book Fair in Mexico, reports the Bookseller. A delegation of editors, writers and artists will represent British culture and literature...
Webster appointed SPN chair
Wednesday, 10 September 2014
The Small Press Network (SPN) has announced the appointment of Michael Webster as chair of the SPN board. (See news.)
Wakefield Press moves premises
Wednesday, 10 September 2014
Wakefield Press has moved from its Kent Town premises to 16 Rose Street, Mile End in Adelaide. The new office opened on 8 September.
Horgan joins Boffins
Wednesday, 10 September 2014
Barbara Horgan has joined Boffins Bookshop in Perth in the role of business development manager, fiction and children’s books. (See news.)
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 10 September 2014
‘I’m speechless in Seattle’—Richard Flanagan on his shortlisting for the Man Booker Prize. He also said he was overwhelmed, delighted, thrilled and honoured. Flanagan is currently promoting his book in the...
Dramatic increase in Ballarat library loans
Wednesday, 10 September 2014
The City of Ballarat in Victoria has found that loans from its four libraries have increased dramatically in the last financial year despite an apparent statewide trend of declining loans,...
Shanghai Library adds two million records to WorldCat
Wednesday, 10 September 2014
Shanghai Library, China’s largest public library and one of the largest libraries in the world, has contributed two million records to global library resource WorldCat.The records include 770,000 bibliographic records,...
Sleeping pods installed in Perth university library
Wednesday, 10 September 2014
Edith Cowan University in Perth has installed two sleeping pods on its Joondalup campus, reports the ABC. The pods, which are equipped with music and lighting, are designed for a...
‘The 52-Storey Treehouse’ inspires Guinness World Record
Wednesday, 10 September 2014
Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton’s The 52-Storey Treehouse (Pan) has inspired a Guinness World Record for the Largest Gathering of People Dressed as Trees. Pan Macmillan publicist Charlotte Ree collaborated...
Penguin Random House NZ to merge offices, close Random House NZ distribution centre
Tuesday, 9 September 2014
Penguin New Zealand and Random House New Zealand ‘will merge all our functions and become one fully integrated business from January 2015’, according to a statement from managing director Margaret Thompson....
Man Booker 2014 shortlist announced tonight
Tuesday, 9 September 2014
The shortlist for the 2014 Man Booker Prize will be announced in the UK overnight. As previously reported by Books+Publishing, Australian author Richard Flanagan has been longlisted for the prize...
‘Forbes’ releases list of top-earning authors
Tuesday, 9 September 2014
Forbes has released its annual list of the world’s top-earning authors. James Patterson is at the top of the list earning US$90 million (A$97 million) over the past 12 months,...
Horgan joins Boffins
Tuesday, 9 September 2014
Boffins Bookshop in Perth has announced that Barbara Horgan has joined the business. Horgan, who previously owned Shearer’s Bookshop in Sydney with her husband Tony, has moved with her husband to...
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