SWF 2018: ticket sales down but box office third-highest in festival history; Lee tops bestsellers
Wednesday, 16 May 2018
This year’s Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) recorded 51,362 ticketed sales worth over $1.28 million—down on last year's earnings but still the third-highest box office earnings in the organisation’s history. The...
A&U to publish Winx book
Tuesday, 15 May 2018
Allen & Unwin will publish a book about world number one racehorse Winx in late October 2018. Gold Walkley winner Andrew Rule will author the official biography, Winx: Greatest of...
HarperCollins, Blackwell’s among the winners at British Book Awards
Tuesday, 15 May 2018
HarperCollins has been named Publisher of the Year and bookshop chain Blackwell's won Book Retailer of the Year at the 2018 British Book Awards. HarperCollins earned this year's Publisher of...
‘The Dry’ wins crime book of the year at British Book Awards
Tuesday, 15 May 2018
Jane Harper’s The Dry (Pan) has won the crime and thriller book of the year award at the British Book Awards. Harper said, ‘I’m absolutely thrilled that The Dry has...
Waterstones accused of breaking pledge to not compete with indie bookshops
Tuesday, 15 May 2018
British bookshop chain Waterstones has announced it plans to expand in Edinburgh, causing local independent booksellers to accuse the chain retailer of backtracking on previous statements about not competing with...
‘Voiceworks’ to expand with online component in late-2018
Tuesday, 15 May 2018
Voiceworks has announced it will begin commissioning and publishing original online content later this year. Voiceworks editor Mira Schlosberg said the new digital publishing arm will publish interactive fiction, animated comics,...
PRH acquires Sydney teenager’s debut novel
Tuesday, 15 May 2018
Penguin Random House (PRH) has acquired Sydney teenager Vivian Pham's debut adult novel, The Coconut Children. Negotiated by Benython Oldfield from Zeitgeist Agency, the deal came after a ‘heated’ auction...
Sisters in Crime launches two new awards in 2018
Tuesday, 15 May 2018
Sisters in Crime is launching two new prizes in 2018: the Crime and Punishment Award, and the Award for Best Forensic Linguistics Story. The Crime and Punishment Award will be awarded...
Perlman to release first book for children
Monday, 14 May 2018
Elliot Perlman has written a debut children’s book, The Adventures of Catvinkle, which will be published by Random House Children’s Books in Australia in October 2018. The book centres on...
Two Hardie Grant cookbooks awarded in inaugural NYRF visual books competition
Monday, 14 May 2018
Two Hardie Grant Publishing cookbooks have been honoured at the New York Rights Fair’s (NYRF) inaugural Talking Pictures: Selected Books competition, which awards excellence in visual books. London-based Spanish chef...
‘The Ruin’ optioned for film
Monday, 14 May 2018
Dervla McTiernan’s debut crime novel The Ruin (HarperCollins) has been optioned for film by Australian film production company Hopscotch Features. Curtis Brown agent Tara Wynne negotiated the deal directly with...
Chingonyi wins Dylan Thomas Prize 2018
Friday, 11 May 2018
In the UK, Zambian-British writer Kayo Chingonyi’s debut poetry collection Kumukanda (Chatto & Windus) has won the 2018 International Dylan Thomas Prize, worth the £30,000 (A$55,310). Translating as ‘initiation’, kumukanda is the...
Walsh announced as OzCo chair
Friday, 11 May 2018
Minister for communications and the arts Mitch Fifield has appointed Sam Walsh as the next chair of the Australia Council for the Arts, following current chair Rupert Myer. Walsh was...
‘The Dry’ nominated for 2018 Anthony Award
Friday, 11 May 2018
Jane Harper has been nominated for the 2018 Anthony Awards for her debut The Dry (Pan). The Dry was nominated in the category for best first novel, alongside the following:...
ABA Booksellers Choice Award 2018 shortlist announced
Friday, 11 May 2018
The shortlist for this year’s Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) Booksellers Choice Award has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Force of Nature (Jane Harper, Macmillan) Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan...
US adult book and university press sales up; audio sales grow significantly
Thursday, 10 May 2018
The Association of American Publishers’ (AAP) annual StatShot survey estimated that US publishers’ revenue for trade books increased by US$96 million (A$128.7 million) to US$7.6 billion (A$10.19 billion)—a 1.3% increase—in 2017....
Wyld receives Hardcopy scholarship for First Nations writers
Thursday, 10 May 2018
Writer and former bookseller Karen Wyld is the recipient of the inaugural Hardcopy scholarship for an emerging First Nations writer. Launched this year by the ACT Writers Centre in partnership...
Text acquires Savage’s debut essay collection
Thursday, 10 May 2018
Text Publishing has acquired world rights (ex UK) to Ellena Savage’s debut essay collection, Blueberries, via Daisy Parente at Lutyens & Rubinstein. Blueberries is a collection of essays exploring themes...
REAL Awards 2018 shortlists announced
Thursday, 10 May 2018
The shortlists for the 2018 Reading & Enjoying Australian Literature (REAL) Awards—which act as shortlists for children’s choice book awards in New South Wales (KOALAs), Northern Territory (KROC Awards) and...
Federal government extends $20,000 tax write-off for small business
Wednesday, 9 May 2018
The federal government will extend its $20,000 ‘instant’ tax deduction threshold for small businesses for another year, reports SmartCompany. The scheme allows small businesses with an annual turnover of up...
IFLA survey now open on rare materials cataloguing with RDA
Wednesday, 9 May 2018
A new survey developed by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) will collect data on the implementation of Resource Description and Access (RDA) in rare materials cataloguing....
US National Medal for Museum and Library Service winners announced
Wednesday, 9 May 2018
In the US, five libraries have been announced as recipients of the 2018 National Medal for Museum and Library Service, alongside five museum services. Presented by the Institute of Museum...
Outside the lines: Meet Scribblers festival director Katherine Dorrington
Wednesday, 9 May 2018
After 12 years at Perth Writers Festival (PWF), Katherine Dorrington has stepped straight back into programming as the director of Scribblers Festival, a new festival celebrating children's literature and arts....
Balm for our souls: Suzy Wilson on a life with books
Wednesday, 9 May 2018
Independent bookseller and Indigenous literacy advocate Suzy Wilson was awarded the Lloyd O’Neil Award for outstanding service to the Australian book industry at this year’s Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs)...
Podcast spotlight: One More Page
Wednesday, 9 May 2018
Launched in February, One More Page is a fortnightly podcast for lovers of children's books, hosted by Kate Simpson, Liz Ledden and Nat Amoore. With seven episodes under their belt...
‘Amelia Westlake’ sells into US
Wednesday, 9 May 2018
Erin Gough’s new queer feminist YA novel, Amelia Westlake (Hardie Grant Egmont), has sold into the US to Little, Brown imprint Poppy. Gough’s second novel, following her Ampersand Prize-winning debut...
OzCo funding steady in 2018-19 budget; ABC funding slashed
Wednesday, 9 May 2018
The Australia Council will not be subjected to any major budget measures in the 2018-19 federal budget beyond confirmation of the $5.4 million reallocation to Creative Partnerships Australia announced in...
Sweatshop announces three print anthologies for mid-2019
Wednesday, 9 May 2018
Western Sydney literacy collective Sweatshop will expand its publishing program, with three new print titles being developed for release in mid-2019. The three books in development are Sweatshop Women, an anthology...
Budget delivers NLA funds for Captain Cook commemoration; cuts to staffing levels
Wednesday, 9 May 2018
The National Library of Australia (NLA) will share in a $48.7 million investment released in the 2018-19 federal budget to deliver events and programs to commemorate the 250th anniversary of...
Mary Gilmore Award 2018 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 9 May 2018
The shortlist for the 2018 Mary Gilmore Award, presented by the Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) for best first book of poetry published in the past two...
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