A&U to distribute Echo; Meyer promoted to publisher
Tuesday, 19 June 2018
Allen & Unwin (A&U) and UK publisher Bonnier Zaffre have announced a new sales and distribution arrangement for former Bonnier Publishing Australia imprint Echo Publishing (Echo), with A&U to start...
Australian podcast network Broadwave launched
Tuesday, 19 June 2018
Melbourne-based radio producers Izzy Roberts-Orr, Areej Nur and Bethany Atkinson-Quinton have launched Broadwave, a curated network of Australian podcasts focused on telling 'community-driven stories'. The network aims to 'provide a genuine, intelligent and...
Hansell receives Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writer’s Residency
Tuesday, 19 June 2018
New Zealand musician, writer and artist Jessica Hansell, also known as Coco Solid, has received the Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writer’s Residency, which will see her produce a body of...
Clifford thriller sells to US
Tuesday, 19 June 2018
Melbourne author and bookseller Aoife Clifford’s forthcoming thriller, Second Sight (S&S, July), has sold to US publisher Pegasus Books for publication in the US Summer of 2019. North American rights...
New ‘Books+Publishing Junior’ reviews out now
Tuesday, 19 June 2018
Books+Publishing’s most recent Junior newsletter contains 13 reviews of books publishing in July and August 2018. Barry Jonsberg’s middle-grade novel A Song Only I Can Hear (A&U, July) received the maximum...
Myers wins 2018 Walter Scott Prize
Tuesday, 19 June 2018
In the UK, Benjamin Myers has won the 2018 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for The Gallows Pole (Bluemoose Books), a novelisation of the true story of 18th-century counterfeiting gang the...
McCaughrean, Smith win 2018 Carnegie, Greenaway medals
Tuesday, 19 June 2018
The UK Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) has announced the winners of the 2018 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals. British writer Geraldine McCaughrean won the Carnegie Medal...
Becker to leave ABA
Monday, 18 June 2018
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced that CEO Joel Becker will step down from the position at the end of 2018. Becker has served as CEO for eight years,...
UQP sells ‘Call of the Reed Warbler’ in UK, US; Lukins debut to Italy
Monday, 18 June 2018
University of Queensland Press (UQP) has sold UK and US rights for Charles Massy’s Call of the Reed Warbler to Chelsea Green, and Italian-language rights to The Everlasting Sunday by...
UK Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize shortlist announced
Monday, 18 June 2018
In the UK, the shortlist for the Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize for the best science books for children has been announced, reports the Irish News. The six shortlisted...
Miles Franklin Literary Award 2018 shortlist announced
Monday, 18 June 2018
The shortlist for the 2018 Miles Franklin Literary Award has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: No More Boats (Felicity Castagna, Giramondo) The Life to Come (Michelle de Kretser, A&U) The Last...
‘Nevermoor’ wins ABA Booksellers Choice Award; booksellers of the year announced
Monday, 18 June 2018
Jessica Townsend’s Nevermoor (Lothian) has won the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) Booksellers Choice Award at the 2018 ABA conference awards night, held in Canberra on 17 June. Townsend’s novel was...
Amazon criticised for removing online book reviews from website
Friday, 15 June 2018
Amazon has drawn criticism from authors, bloggers and publishers for removing reviews from its online book listings, reports the Bookseller. According to reports, some Amazon customers have had all their reviews...
Meet the ABA Young Booksellers of the Year: Kate Frawley from the Sun Bookshop
Friday, 15 June 2018
In the week leading up to the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) 2018 conference, Books+Publishing spoke to each of the five shortlisted nominees for Young Bookseller of the Year ahead of...
Shriver sacked as prize judge
Friday, 15 June 2018
Author Lionel Shriver has been removed as a prize judge by UK-based women’s writing magazine Mslexia, after the author attacked Penguin Random House UK’s inclusion and diversity policy, reports the...
Dorothy Hewett award to retain name
Friday, 15 June 2018
University of Western Australia (UWA) Publishing has announced it will continue the Dorothy Hewett Award for an Unpublished Manuscript under its current name, following allegations made by Hewett’s two adult...
Connaughton announced as editor of ‘Saturday Paper’
Friday, 15 June 2018
Writer and broadcaster Maddison Connaughton has been appointed editor of the Saturday Paper. Connaughton has worked most recently as features editor at Vice, and is a finalist in this year’s...
Meet the ABA Young Booksellers of the Year: Annie Waters from Mostly Books
Friday, 15 June 2018
In the week leading up to the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) 2018 conference, Books+Publishing spoke to each of the five shortlisted nominees for Young Bookseller of the Year ahead of...
Book Depository to remit GST from July
Friday, 15 June 2018
Amazon-owned online retailer Book Depository has confirmed it will collect and remit GST on overseas purchases from July, when the new tax laws come into effect, reports the Australian Financial...
USyd library establishes $5000 printer in residence program
Friday, 15 June 2018
The University of Sydney’s Fisher Library has established a printer in residence program, offering a $5000 grant and residency within the library’s printing workshop. The eight-week residency is open to...
Booksellers NZ 2018 conference program released
Thursday, 14 June 2018
The program for the 2018 Booksellers NZ Conference, which runs from 25-26 August, has been announced. Booksellers NZ CEO Lincoln Gould says this year’s conference is ‘all about the book,...
Podcast spotlight: ABC Radio National’s The Hub on Books
Thursday, 14 June 2018
ABC Radio National’s (RN) The Hub on Books is a weekly radio program and podcast featuring author interviews as well as news and analysis about the book industry. Journalist Claire Nichols,...
The perfect Foyles: ABA conference keynote speaker Paul Currie on the UK book industry
Thursday, 14 June 2018
Paul Currie, CEO of Foyles Bookshop in the UK, will deliver the keynote address at this year’s Australian Booksellers Association conference. He spoke to Jackie Tang about what Australian booksellers...
SCL and CILIP partner on ‘ethical guidelines’ following Home Office deal
Thursday, 14 June 2018
The UK’s Society of Chief Librarians (SCL) has agreed to partner with the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) to develop an ethical framework for commercial partnerships, following...
QLD government continues funding for SLQ First 5 Forever literacy program
Thursday, 14 June 2018
The Queensland state government has announced it will continue its annual commitment of $5 million to continue the First 5 Forever early literacy program delivered by the State Library of...
Library sector recognised in 2018 Queen’s Birthday Honours
Thursday, 14 June 2018
Several library professionals were recognised in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours. Alex Byrne was made a Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia (AM) for ‘significant service...
Mudgee Readers’ Festival announces 2018 program
Thursday, 14 June 2018
The Mudgee Readers’ Festival has released its 2018 program. The annual event will run from 10-12 August in regional NSW and, for the first time, the festival will also hold...
Meet the ABA Young Booksellers of the Year: Dani Solomon from Readings Kids
Thursday, 14 June 2018
In the week leading up to the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) 2018 conference, Books+Publishing spoke to each of the five shortlisted nominees for Young Bookseller of the Year ahead of...
McCormack wins 2018 International Dublin Literary Award
Thursday, 14 June 2018
Irish writer Mike McCormack’s Solar Bones (Canongate) has won the 2018 International Dublin Literary Award. McCormack’s novel, which consists of a single novel-length sentence about a middle-aged Irish engineer who...
UK exchange program Intersect launches
Thursday, 14 June 2018
The British Council and Diversity Arts Australia have launched a new exchange program, Intersect, for British and Australian arts professionals from culturally diverse and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds....
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