Tuesday, 18 February 2014
The finalists for the 2013 Aurealis Awards, presented for science-fiction, fantasy and horror writing in Australia, have been announced. Among the categories announced are: Fantasy novel Lexicon (Max Barry, Mulholland)...

Tuesday, 18 February 2014
SalesFiction—Fremantle Press has sold North American rights to Whisky Charlie Foxtrot (Annabel Smith) to Source Books.  Children’s—Era Publications has sold Swedish rights to 24 ‘Wings Traditional Tales’ titles. Ford Street...

Monday, 17 February 2014
The film tie-in of Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief (Picador) is still number one on the bestsellers chart, while John Green’s YA novel The Fault in Our Stars (Penguin)—the film...

Monday, 17 February 2014
Literary journal Seizure has announced the shortlist for this year’s Viva La Novella competition. The eight shortlisted authors are: Daniel Davis Wood Ben Hobson Nicole Holyer Hoa Pham Julie Proudfoot Anna Snoekstra...

Friday, 14 February 2014
A book authored and edited by staff and students from the Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand has won the 2013 UK Art Book Prize, worth £1000 (A$1853). Art...

Friday, 14 February 2014
New Zealand children’s book Grandma McGarvey by Jenny Hessell and Trevor Pye (Scholastic) has won the 2014 Gaelyn Gordon Award for a much-loved book. The award is presented annually by...

Thursday, 13 February 2014
China’s biggest publishing company Phoenix Publishing & Media Group (PPMG) opened an office in Melbourne in October last year.PPMG is the parent company of 12 Chinese publishing houses that have a combined publishing...

Wednesday, 12 February 2014
Children’s book publisher Koala Books is calling for picture book submissions for the first time since it was acquired by Scholastic in early 2013. Koala Books’ ‘Picture Book Festival of...

Wednesday, 12 February 2014
‘Let’s improve it, by all means, but let’s not transform it into a hub’—Author and Giramondo Books publisher Evelyn Juers argues against proposed changes to the State Library of NSW’s...

Tuesday, 11 February 2014
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) and the Australia Council for the Arts have announced the editors selected to attend the 2014 Residential Editorial Program (REP), which will be held at...

Monday, 10 February 2014
The film tie-in edition of The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (Picador) remains in number one spot on the bestsellers chart this week, followed by the film tie-in edition of The...

Friday, 7 February 2014
Children’s publisher Wombat Books has launched a new imprint called Rhiza Press to publish ‘family friendly’ titles for readers over the age of 14, including YA fiction, adult fiction and nonfiction.Rhiza...

Thursday, 6 February 2014
Melbourne-based publisher Arcade Publications has announced the closure of its business after five years. Arcade announced at the end of January that it will not be publishing any new titles....

Thursday, 6 February 2014
Murray St Leger has been appointed chief executive of the Copyright Agency.St Leger, a former managing director of McGraw-Hill Australia and former president of the Australian Publishers Association, has been...

Wednesday, 5 February 2014
Parsons Books & Music in Wellington will close in March after 66 years of trading. The Lambton Quay store was opened in 1948 by Roy Parsons and was later handed...

Wednesday, 5 February 2014
Bolinda has formed a publishing and distribution partnership with Walker Books to co-publish new release audiobooks, distribute backlist audiobooks and distribute digital content, including ebooks, via its BorrowBox platform.The partnership...

Wednesday, 5 February 2014
‘I have changed covers and titles for Big W—it might mean a thousand sales. It’s literally been a case of me getting to say “stop the presses” but these chains...