Wednesday, 1 October 2014
British novelist Lionel Shriver has won this year’s BBC National Short Story Award for her story ‘Kilifi Creek’. Shriver, whose short stories have previously been shortlisted twice for the award,...

Tuesday, 30 September 2014
UK book trade publication the Bookseller has launched a prize for young adult books in response to a lack of existing awards. The first Bookseller YA Book Prize will award £2000 (A$3730)...

Tuesday, 30 September 2014
In the UK, Centum Books has partnered with Sainsbury’s to develop an exclusive range of children’s titles over a three-year period, reports the Bookseller. The publisher and retailer will develop a range...

Monday, 29 September 2014
New research from the UK has found that 73% of young people aged 16 to 24 prefer print over digital and audio formats, reports the Bookseller. The Voxburner survey of...

Monday, 29 September 2014
Hachette UK will merge its three children’s divisions into the one business on 1 January 2015, reports the Bookseller. The new Hachette Children’s Group will combine Hachette Children’s Books, Orion...

Friday, 26 September 2014
The French Embassy is opening a bookstore in New York City and will work with independent booksellers to create ‘French corners’ in their stores, reports Publishers Weekly. The US$5.3 million...

Friday, 26 September 2014
More than £130,000 (A$241,280) has been allocated to 73 independent bookshops in the UK and Ireland in the first round of UK grants funded by author James Patterson, reports the...

Friday, 26 September 2014
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has accepted the invitation for France to be Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF) in 2017, the France Ministry of Foreign Affairs has...

Thursday, 25 September 2014
The American Library Association (ALA) has released the list of most frequently challenged books in 2013 as part of Banned Books Week, which runs from 21-27 September. Three hundred and...

Thursday, 25 September 2014
Two months after Amazon launched its ebook subscription service Kindle Unlimited in the US, the service has arrived in the UK. According to the Bookseller, none of the UK’s major...

Thursday, 25 September 2014
In the UK, the shortlist for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award has been announced. The award, worth £30,000 (A$55,000), is presented annually to the...

Thursday, 25 September 2014
In the US, Penguin Random House (PRH) has partnered with Universal Pictures with the aim of adapting more books to film, reports Publishers Weekly. Random House Studios head Peter Gethers will...

Wednesday, 24 September 2014
Amazon is planning to launch a crowd-sourced publishing program, reports the Bookseller. The retailer has told authors who self-publish using Kindle Direct Publishing that they will be invited to submit...