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Oswald wins Warwick Prize 2013 

Wednesday, 25 September 2013
In the UK, British poet Alice Oswald has won the 2013 Warwick Prize for Writing for her poetry book Memorial (Faber). Oswald wins a cash prize of £25,000 (approximately A$42,600) and...

SCBWI launches award for self-published children’s books 

Tuesday, 24 September 2013
The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) has launched an annual award for independently published children’s book writers and illustrators, called the Spark Award. The award, which has...

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Penguin Random House US announces united fulfilment team 

Thursday, 19 September 2013
In the US, Penguin Random House has announced the creation of a management team to combine the two publishers’ fulfilment operations, reports Publishers Weekly. Penguin Random House US president and COO Madeline...

Patterson pledges US$1 million to US indies 

Wednesday, 18 September 2013
Bestselling author James Patterson has increased his ongoing support of the book industry by pledging US$1 million (A$1.07 million) to US independent bookstores, reports the LA Times. Patterson, who made headlines earlier this...

Orion to publish ‘A Suitable Boy’ sequel 

Tuesday, 17 September 2013
Orion has acquired the rights to publish A Suitable Girl, the sequel to Vikram Seth’s bestselling A Suitable Boy, after it was originally signed to Penguin, reports the Bookseller. The announcement...

Judge rejects claims of fraud in Armstrong memoirs 

Thursday, 12 September 2013
A federal judge in California has sided with cyclist Lance Armstrong and publishers Random House US and Penguin Group US in a lawsuit that alleged that Armstrong’s denials about using performance-enhancing drugs in his...

Scottish book awards winners announced 

Wednesday, 11 September 2013
The category winners of this year’s Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Book Awards have been announced. Ewan Morrison won the Fiction Award for Close Your Eyes (Jonathan Cape) and Gavin Francis won the Nonfiction...

Kobo to launch ebooks, devices in the Philippines 

Wednesday, 11 September 2013
Kobo will enter the Philippines ereading market this month, with a number of its ereading devices to be available from bookselling chain National Book Store from 20 September. Kobo said in a...

Atwood, Jacobson join Hogarth’s Shakespeare project 

Tuesday, 10 September 2013
In the UK, authors Margaret Atwood and Howard Jacobson have joined Random House’s Shakespeare publishing project, reports the Bookseller. As part of the ‘Hogarth Shakespeare’ project, Atwood and Jacobson will...

CNP eReading platform sends ebooks into China 

Tuesday, 10 September 2013
Chinese readers will have access to foreign-language online journals and ebooks via the CNP eReading platform, which has been launched by UK company Publishing Technology and China National Publications Import and Export (Group)...

Judge signs final order in Apple ebook pricing case 

Monday, 9 September 2013
In the US, the judge in Apple’s ebook pricing case has signed a final order for injunctive relief, reports Publishers Weekly. The parties in the case last week submitted a ‘final, scaled-back...

Samuel Johnson Prize 2013 longlist announced 

Monday, 9 September 2013
The longlist for this year’s Samuel Johnson Prize for Nonfiction has been announced in the UK. The longlisted titles are: Small Wars, Far Away Places (Michael Burleigh, Macmillan) Empires of...

Sourcebooks to publish Wattpad titles 

Friday, 6 September 2013
In the US, independent publisher Sourcebooks has partnered with online writing platform Wattpad to publish some of its popular YA titles, reports Publishers Weekly. The partnership will see Sourcebooks edit,...

Doctorow, Angelou to receive National Book Foundation medals 

Friday, 6 September 2013
In the US, the National Book Foundation will present the 2013 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters to E L Doctorow and the 2013 Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary...