Five Mile acquires Barnes children’s book; Echo acquires Jones’ novel
Wednesday, 18 January 2017
Bonnier Publishing Australia imprint Five Mile has acquired two children’s books by Jimmy Barnes for publication in April 2017. The two books will revolve around the adventures of Och Aye,...
Two Sally Rippin series to launch in 2017
Wednesday, 18 January 2017
Two new children’s book series by Sally Rippin will launch in 2017. In June, Hardie Grant Egmont will publish the first book in the ‘Polly & Buster’ junior fiction series aimed...
Eddington appointed CEO of UQP
Tuesday, 17 January 2017
Australia Council literature director Jill Eddington has been appointed CEO of the University of Queensland Press (UQP), effective from 6 March. Eddington will replace former CEO Greg Bain, who stepped down...
‘KYD’ announces inaugural New Critic Award winner
Tuesday, 17 January 2017
Tasmanian arts journalist and musician Stephanie Eslake has won the inaugural Kill Your Darlings New Critic Award. Eslake receives $4000, a mentorship with senior KYD staff and publication of up...
NGV announces new prize for art and design books
Tuesday, 17 January 2017
The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) has announced a new prize for art and design books. The Cornish Family Prize for Art and Design Publishing, which is open to international entries,...
Australian Romance Readers Awards 2016 finalists announced
Monday, 16 January 2017
The finalists for the 2016 Australian Romance Readers Awards have been announced. Ten authors have been shortlisted for the Favourite Australian Romance Author. They are: Amy Andrews Anna Campbell Anne...
Margaret River Short Story Competition finalists announced
Monday, 16 January 2017
The finalists for the annual Margaret River Short Story Competition have been announced. The shortlisted authors and their works are: Emily Paull for ‘Miss Lovegrove’ Jo Morrison for ‘Of the...
Indie Book Awards 2017 shortlists announced
Monday, 16 January 2017
Leading Edge Books has announced the shortlists for the 2017 Indie Book Awards. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Fiction The Good People (Hannah Kent, Picador) Truly Madly Guilty (Liane Moriarty,...
‘Griffith Review’ Fellowship recipients announced
Friday, 13 January 2017
Griffith Review has announced the recipients of its writers’ fellowships, launched last year in conjunction with the Queensland Literary Awards. They are: Lech Blaine Laura Elvery Jim Hearn Bri Lee...
Full program announced for Perth Writers Festival 2017
Friday, 13 January 2017
The full program has been announced for the 2017 Perth Writers Festival, which runs from 23-26 February. Events at the festival include ‘Pondering our most precious liquid’, a panel discussion...
Patrić’s ‘Black Rock White City’ sells to US and UK
Friday, 13 January 2017
Transit Lounge has sold North American and UK rights to A S Patrić’s 2016 Miles Franklin Literary Award winner Black Rock White City to Melville House, New York. The deal...
Hazel Rowley Fellowship 2017 finalists announced
Thursday, 12 January 2017
Writers Victoria has announced the seven finalists for the 2017 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship, awarded annually to an Australian writer for a proposed biographical work. The shortlisted writers and their...
Donovan appointed literary scout for Hollywood producer
Wednesday, 11 January 2017
Los Angeles-based Australian Philippa Donovan has been appointed literary scout for Mad Rabbit, a production company for high-end drama. Donovan, who will cover World English Language territories, told Books+Publishing that...
‘Dropping In’ makes 2017 IBBY disability books selection
Wednesday, 11 January 2017
Geoff Havel’s Dropping In (Fremantle Press) has been included in the 2017 IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) Selection of Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities. Havel’s...
2017 Stella Sparks campaign to celebrate nonfiction
Wednesday, 11 January 2017
The Stella Prize’s 2017 fundraising and awareness campaign Stella Sparks will focus on women’s nonfiction writing. Readers will be encouraged to share their ‘nonfiction Stella Spark’ on social media using...
Writers, literary orgs among OzCo October grant round recipients
Tuesday, 10 January 2017
A number of writers and literary organisations have received funding in the Australia Council’s October 2016 grant round. Sixteen writers received arts projects grants of up to $50,000 each. There...
Rowling tops 2016 bestsellers chart, volume down and value up
Tuesday, 10 January 2017
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the playscript by J K Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany (Hachette), was the highest selling book in Australia in 2016 with 426,000 copies...
MWF and Jaipur Literature Festival launch program for JLF Melbourne
Tuesday, 10 January 2017
Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) has announced it will partner with Jaipur Literature Festival to present JLF Melbourne, a two-day ‘pop-up’ festival running from 11-12 February that will celebrate ‘the best...
Scribe acquires book on Belle Gibson cancer hoax
Tuesday, 10 January 2017
Scribe has acquired world rights to The Woman Who Fooled the World, a book on the Belle Gibson cancer hoax by Beau Donelly and Nick Toscano, the Fairfax journalists who...
Wyndham to leave ‘SMH’
Tuesday, 10 January 2017
Sydney Morning Herald literary editor Susan Wyndham is leaving the publication at the end of January. Wyndham told the publishing industry that she was ‘ready for a change’ after ‘thirty-six...
Former HarperCollins, Leading Edge Books communications specialist Simon Milne dies
Monday, 9 January 2017
Simon Milne, who worked in the Australian book industry for many years as a marketing communications director at HarperCollins ANZ, marketing and communications manager at Leading Edge Group and general...
New award to recognise editorial excellence
Monday, 9 January 2017
A new award for editorial excellence has been launched by Editors Queensland, a branch of the Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd). The Rosanne Fitzgibbon Editorial Award, or ‘Rosie’, honours the...
Productivity Commission releases final report; reiterates call for PIR repeal, adoption of ‘fair use’
Wednesday, 21 December 2016
The Productivity Commission released its final report into Intellectual Property Arrangements on 20 December, reiterating the previous recommendations from its draft report to repeal parallel import restrictions (PIRs) on books...
Pre-Christmas survey 2016: Stable sales at chain stores, indies divided
Friday, 16 December 2016
Christmas sales are tracking at similar levels to last year for the majority of booksellers (63%), with just 13% reporting an increase and 24% reporting a decrease. This compares to...
Nielsen BookScan figures: Volume and value down as colouring books dry up
Friday, 16 December 2016
Sales in the 10 weeks to 5 December are down 5.9% in value and seven percent in volume this year compared to the same period in 2015, reports Nielsen BookScan....
The books: Strong across the board; big-name fiction, cookbooks missing
Friday, 16 December 2016
Most booksellers think there’s a strong (53%) or moderate (44%) offering of books this season, with only three percent considering it a weak line-up of titles. Booksellers are more confident...
Supply, stock, staff and sales
Friday, 16 December 2016
Many booksellers have expressed cautious satisfaction with the availability and supply of stock so far this Christmas, although concerns regarding delivery services, damages and unavailable titles persist. ‘Supply has generally been...
Online sales and ebooks
Friday, 16 December 2016
Twenty-nine percent of bookstores surveyed aren’t selling print books online this Christmas, with 10% not having a store website at all. For those that have embraced ecommerce, print book sales...
Publishers’ perspectives
Friday, 16 December 2016
Australia’s large and medium-sized publishers are reasonably happy with sales in the lead-up to Christmas, with most reporting that sales are either ‘about the same’ as last year or down...
All down to the last week
Friday, 16 December 2016
Booksellers are hoping for a big final week of sales, but are preparing themselves for Christmas sales that are somewhere between ‘okay’ and ‘excellent’. Just under half of booksellers (47%)...
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