Libraries awarded 2018 NLA Community Heritage Grants
Thursday, 8 November 2018
The National Library of Australia (NLA) has announced the recipients of its 2018 Community Heritage Grants (CHG) program, including three New South Wales organisations that received grants for library collections. The...
A remarkable entry point: Terri-ann White on the Sharjah International Book Fair
Thursday, 8 November 2018
UWA Publishing director Terri-ann White travelled to the United Arab Emirates to attend the Sharjah International Book Fair, which runs from 31 October to 10 November. As a publisher who is...
Booksellers protest Amazon’s AbeBooks withdrawing from several countries
Thursday, 8 November 2018
Hundreds of antiquarian booksellers from around the world have removed their books from Amazon subsidiary AbeBooks, after it announced it would withdraw its services from several countries, reports the New...
McIver wins 2018 Richell Prize for ‘I Shot the Devil’
Thursday, 8 November 2018
Melbourne-based writer Ruth McIver has won the 2018 Richell Prize for her entry ‘I Shot the Devil’. The novel is a dual narrative following a journalist in 2010 who is...
A&U sells ‘The Museum of Modern Love’ to UK
Thursday, 8 November 2018
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has sold UK rights to Heather Rose’s The Museum of Modern Love to Weidenfeld & Nicolson, a division of Orion Publishing. A&U rights associate Maggie Thompson...
French publisher wins $342k Turjuman Award
Wednesday, 7 November 2018
French publishing house Actes Sud has won the Turjuman Award, receiving AED 910,000 (A$342,000) for its French translation of The Nature of Despotism by Syrian author Abdul Rahman Al Kawakibi (trans Hala...
Australians nominated for 2019 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals
Wednesday, 7 November 2018
A number of Australian authors and illustrators have been nominated for the 2019 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals. Australian books including A Different Boy by Paul Jennings and Geoff Kelly (A&U)...
Bowker’s ISBN agency websites hacked in Australia and US; credit card numbers compromised
Wednesday, 7 November 2018
Bowker, which trades in Australia as Thorpe-Bowker, is investigating ‘patterns of unauthorised charges’ to credit cards that have been used on Bowker’s MyIdentifiers websites, which are used to purchase ISBNs...
Leigh wins 2018 Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing
Wednesday, 7 November 2018
Andrew Leigh has won the 2018 Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing for 'From bloodletting to placebo surgery’, an excerpt from his book Randomistas: How Radical Researchers Changed Our World (Black Inc.). Leigh's...
Two books tie for best novel at the 2018 World Fantasy Awards
Wednesday, 7 November 2018
In the US, the winners of the 2018 World Fantasy Awards have been announced at the World Fantasy Convention in Baltimore, with two books tying for best novel. The winning...
Robotham’s ‘The Secrets She Keeps’ to be adapted for TV
Monday, 5 November 2018
Michael Robotham’s thriller The Secrets She Keeps (Hachette) will be adapted into a six-part television miniseries, reports If. Premiering on Channel 10 in 2019, the series will be produced by...
First authors announced for 2019 Perth Festival Writers Week
Monday, 5 November 2018
The first authors and events have been announced for the 2019 Perth Festival Writers Week, which runs from 18-24 February. 'Our Imagined Selves' is the theme of the week, which...
Last Hong Kong bookshop selling titles banned in China closes
Monday, 5 November 2018
The last bookshop in Hong Kong selling titles banned by the Communist Party of China has closed, reports the Guardian. People Book Café, situated in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay district,...
Angel wins 2018 Barbara Jefferis Award for ‘The Trapeze Act’
Monday, 5 November 2018
Poet Libby Angel has won the 2018 Barbara Jefferis Award for her debut novel The Trapeze Act (Text). The $50,000 award, which is administered by the Australian Society of Authors...
No ‘Daily’ on Tuesday
Monday, 5 November 2018
Please note that, due to the Melbourne Cup holiday on Tuesday, the next Daily newsletter will be published on Wednesday, 7 November.
HarperCollins UK named on Best Employers for Race list
Friday, 2 November 2018
HarperCollins UK is the only publisher to have been named as one of 70 of the best UK employers for race diversity and equality, reports BookBrunch. The Best Employers for Race...
Cundill History Prize 2018 finalists announced
Friday, 2 November 2018
In Canada, the finalists have been announced for the Cundill History Prize, which rewards ‘the best history writing in English’. Chosen from a shortlist of eight, the finalists are: Prairie...
Fashion designer Dinnigan to create two books for Berbay
Friday, 2 November 2018
Berbay Publishing has acquired world rights in a two-book deal to picture books by fashion designer Collette Dinnigan. Dinnigan said: 'I spend more time now reading children's books having a six-year-old...
S&S acquires Archie Roach memoir
Friday, 2 November 2018
Simon & Schuster (S&S) has acquired world rights to a yet-to-be-titled memoir by singer-songwriter Archie Roach. Roach, who is part of the Stolen Generations, is also known as a campaigner...
Lifelong learning: Younger readers editions
Thursday, 1 November 2018
Kelsey Oldham investigates the role played by younger readers editions in the growth of children’s nonfiction. It’s a well-established fact that adult nonfiction titles sell strongly in Australia. In 2018...
Powles, Collison, Pati win inaugural Women Poets’ Prize
Thursday, 1 November 2018
Three poets have been announced as the winners of the inaugural Women Poets’ Prize: New Zealand-born Nina Mingya Powles and London-based poets Claire Collison and Anita Pati. Established in honour of...
Philosopher Nussbaum wins US$1m Berggruen Prize
Thursday, 1 November 2018
Philosopher and classicist Martha Nussbaum has won the US$1 million (A$1.4m) Berggruen Prize, which is awarded annually to ‘thinkers whose ideas have profoundly shaped human self-understanding and advancement in a...
New specialist kids agency launched
Thursday, 1 November 2018
Lawyer and writer Justine Barker has launched a new literary agency focusing on children’s and YA books. Mayfair Literary Agency will represent authors writing picture books, junior fiction, middle-grade and...
Book industry figures to attend Australia Fest in India
Thursday, 1 November 2018
Australian authors, publishers and literary festival programmers are among the guests at Australia Fest, a six-month festival comprising more than 75 events across 20 Indian cities. Supported by the federal...
State Library NSW announces partnership to make oral histories publicly accessible
Wednesday, 31 October 2018
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced it will partner with four NSW public libraries to make local oral histories from their archives available to the public. Central West Libraries, Ryde...
US libraries to be supplied with opioid overdose-reversing drug
Wednesday, 31 October 2018
In an effort to reduce drug-related deaths in the United States opioid epidemic, biopharmaceutical company Emergent BioSolutions has announced that it will supply the opioid overdose-reversing drug naxolone, known by...
‘WBN’ published Thursday next week
Wednesday, 31 October 2018
Please note that due to the Melbourne Cup holiday in Victoria on Tuesday, 6 November, the next Weekly Book Newsletter will be published on Thursday, 8 November.
SLQ wins 2018 VALA award for innovation
Wednesday, 31 October 2018
The State Library of Queensland (SLQ) has won an industry innovation award, presented by Victorian organisation VALA—Libraries, Technology and the Future, for its Tunley Braille Globe Project. The project involved...
State Library of WA showcases newly restored heritage films
Wednesday, 31 October 2018
The State Library of Western Australia (SLWA) has begun a project to restore and digitise its collection of 14,500 films, reports the West Australian. In late October SLWA partnered with local...
Books+Publishing: Change of email addresses
Wednesday, 31 October 2018
Books+Publishing staff members are using new email addresses on the booksandpublishing.com.au domain. Please see the updated email addresses in the 'contact us' section at the end of the newsletter. Our...
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