Self-service library to open in regional NZ
Wednesday, 1 May 2019
A new self-service library sharing a space with a hairdressing salon will open in Castlecliff, New Zealand, on 4 May. The library is a partnership between Whanganui District Library, community...
‘Call me Zebra’ wins 2019 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
Wednesday, 1 May 2019
In the US, Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi has won the 2019 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for her novel Call me Zebra (Alma Books), reports the Washington Post. The judges...
Hardie Grant Egmont sells two Sophie Beer titles to the US
Wednesday, 1 May 2019
Hardie Grant Egmont has sold North American rights to two books by illustrator Sophie Beer to Penguin imprint Dial Books for Young Readers. Beer’s book Love Makes a Family sold...
Screen Australia announces funding for ‘Zac Power the Movie’
Wednesday, 1 May 2019
Screen Australia has announced story development funding for Zac Power the Movie, an animated feature film based on the children’s book series of the same name published by Hardie Grant...
Program for inaugural Storyfest announced
Wednesday, 1 May 2019
The program for the inaugural Storyfest, running on the NSW South Coast from 21-23 June, has been announced. The festival’s gala dinner, featuring a conversation with Maggie Beer at Cupitt’s...
US orgs partner on ‘library-controlled’ ebook lending platform
Wednesday, 1 May 2019
In the US, a new collaboration aims to provide all public libraries with a free and open, library-controlled platform to manage ebooks and audiobooks, reports Publishers Weekly. The Digital Public...
NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2019 winners announced; Griffiths wins book of the year
Tuesday, 30 April 2019
The winners of the 2019 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards were presented at a ceremony at the State Library of NSW on 29 April. Deep Time Dreaming: Uncovering Ancient Australia, by...
Stanford University proposes to end funding of university press
Tuesday, 30 April 2019
In the US, Stanford University is moving to end its annual US$1.7 million (A$2.4m) in financial support to its university press, reports Inside Higher Ed. University provost Persis Drell told...
S&S announces 100,000 in sales of ‘The Fast 800’; brings forward companion recipe book
Tuesday, 30 April 2019
Simon & Schuster Australia has brought forward the publication date of The Fast 800 Recipe Book (Claire Bailey & Justine Pattison) from September to 20 June, to coincide with Michael...
Women’s Prize for Fiction 2019 shortlist announced
Monday, 29 April 2019
In the UK, the shortlist for the 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction has been announced. The six shortlisted titles are: The Silence of the Girls (Pat Barker, Hamish Hamilton) My Sister,...
The Little Bookroom and Lost in Books collaborate on ‘All the Ways to be Smart’ giveaway
Monday, 29 April 2019
Melbourne specialist children’s bookshop The Little Bookroom and Sydney-based multilingual children’s bookshop and social enterprise Lost in Books are collaborating on a picture book giveaway. Based in the culturally diverse...
PRH Write It! fellowship 2019 shortlist announced
Friday, 26 April 2019
The shortlist for Penguin Random House (PRH) Australia's inaugural Write It! fellowship program has been announced. The shortlisted writers and their manuscripts are: Alyse Lloyd for 'If The Full Moon...
St Martin’s Press acquires North American, audio rights to ‘Cilka’s Journey’
Friday, 26 April 2019
St Martin’s Press has acquired North American and audio rights to Cilka’s Journey, the sequel to Heather Morris’ bestseller The Tattooist of Auschwitz (Echo). Publishers Weekly reports that St Martin’s...
Barakat wins US$50,000 International Prize for Arabic Fiction
Friday, 26 April 2019
Lebanese author Hoda Barakat has won the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) for her epistolary novel, The Night Mail (Dar al-Adab), reports the Bookseller. Barakat receives US$50,000 (A$70,470) and...
IPEd, APA to launch guide to inclusive publishing
Friday, 26 April 2019
The Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) and the Australian Publishers Association (APA) will launch a guide to inclusion and accessibility in the publishing process at the IPEd National Conference on...
Book buyer spotlight: Collins Booksellers’ Diana Johnston
Wednesday, 24 April 2019
Collins Booksellers national buying manager Diana Johnston ran the Collins Bairnsdale store in regional Victoria for over 15 years before becoming a buyer in the company’s head office. She spoke...
IPEd announces shortlist for Rosanne Fitzgibbon Editorial Award 2019
Wednesday, 24 April 2019
The Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) has announced the shortlist for the Rosanne Fitzgibbon Editorial Award 2019, known as the ‘Rosie’. The shortlisted editors are: Julia Carlomagno, for her work...
McConnochie wins Green Earth Book Award for Children’s Fiction
Wednesday, 24 April 2019
Australian author Mardi McConnochie’s book The Flooded Earth (Pajama Press) has won the Best Children’s Fiction category of the US-based Green Earth Book Awards. Each year, environmental nonprofit the Nature...
UK publishers report uplift in non-traditional outlet sales
Wednesday, 24 April 2019
In the UK, publishers have reported an uplift in sales from non-traditional outlets, reports the Bookseller. While Nielsen’s Books and Consumers research has found that the ‘other shop’ sector, which...
Norma K Hemming Award 2019 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 24 April 2019
The shortlists for the 2019 Norma K Hemming Award have been announced. The award is presented by the Australian Science Fiction Foundation for a work of speculative fiction published in...
No ‘Daily’ on Thursday
Wednesday, 24 April 2019
The Books+Publishing Daily newsletter will not be published tomorrow, 25 April, due to the Anzac Day public holiday. The next Daily will be published Friday, 26 April.
PRH US introduces reader loyalty program
Tuesday, 23 April 2019
In the US, Penguin Random House has introduced a loyalty program for customers to earn points that can be redeemed for free books, reports Publishers Weekly. Readers can create a...
NT Writers’ Festival 2019 program announced
Tuesday, 23 April 2019
The program for the 2019 NT Writers’ Festival, to be held from 16-19 May, has been announced. The annual festival alternates between Darwin and Alice Springs, and will this year...
‘Steve Smith’s Men’ wins the Cricket Society & MCC Book of the Year
Tuesday, 23 April 2019
Geoff Lemon’s Steve Smith’s Men (Hardie Grant) has won the Cricket Society and MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club) Book of the Year award, presented at a ceremony at Lords Cricket Ground...
Jane Curry: What makes a good author?
Thursday, 18 April 2019
In her first opinion column of the year, Ventura Press founder Jane Curry shares her thoughts on the traits that make a successful author. Writing is a solitary and fiercely...
Walsh, Kozlowski to be inducted into ABIA Hall of Fame; Chapman wins 2019 Rising Star award
Thursday, 18 April 2019
Publisher and author Richard Walsh and children’s book specialist Kathy Kozlowski will be inducted into the ABIA Hall of Fame at the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) on Thursday, 2...
Local writers awarded Krakow City of Literature residency
Thursday, 18 April 2019
Two Australian authors, one New Zealand author and another from the UK have been awarded a two-month residency in Krakow, Poland as part of a Cities of Literature program. Melbourne...
Hachette UK releases results of ethnicity pay gap report
Thursday, 18 April 2019
Hachette UK has published an ethnicity pay gap report that compares the average wage earnings of the company's Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic (BAME) staff to the average earnings...
HarperCollins acquires Waterland’s commercial fiction debut in two-book deal
Thursday, 18 April 2019
HarperCollins has acquired world rights to the commercial fiction debut by author and comedian Rosie Waterland, in a two-book deal. Waterland’s yet-to-be-titled first novel tells the story of Olive Alexander,...
Deakin University replaces Scribe as partner for Nonfiction Prize for Young Writers
Thursday, 18 April 2019
Express Media has partnered with Deakin University to present the 2019 Nonfiction Prize for Young Writers. The prize began as a joint venture between Scribe and Express Media in 2013....
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