Educational publishers win multimillion-dollar counterfeit textbook lawsuit
Monday, 16 April 2018
In the US, Book Dog Books—an importer and reseller of counterfeit textbooks—has been found guilty of multiple counts of copyright and trademark infringement, and in breach of a previous cease...
Lancaster wins ‘Overland’ Nakata Brophy Prize
Monday, 16 April 2018
Raelee Lancaster has won this year’s Nakata Brophy Short Fiction and Poetry Prize for Young Indigenous Writers for her poem ‘haunted house’. Lancaster wins $5000, publication in Overland’s print magazine and...
‘The Dry’ longlisted for Theakston Crime Novel of the Year
Monday, 16 April 2018
Jane Harper has been longlisted for the UK's Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award for her debut The Dry (Pan). Also longlisted for the £3000 (A$5500) prize...
Memory trick: Margot McGovern on ‘Neverland’
Friday, 13 April 2018
Debut author Margot McGovern was inspired by her favourite childhood reads to create Neverland (Random House, April), ‘a dark and compelling examination of memory, self-determination and the dangers of romanticising...
New York Rights Fair partners with BookExpo
Friday, 13 April 2018
BookExpo and the inaugural New York Rights Fair (NYRF) have formed a partnership that will make NYRF the official rights fair of BookExpo. BookExpo will move its rights centre to...
TitlePage affected by DDoS attack
Friday, 13 April 2018
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) announced yesterday that the industry’s pricing and availability service TitlePage was affected by a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack, which caused multiple, but short,...
Man Booker International Prize 2018 shortlist announced
Friday, 13 April 2018
The shortlist for the 2018 Man Booker International Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Vernon Subutex 1 (Virginie Despentes, trans by Frank Wynne, MacLehose Press) The White Book (Han Kang,...
‘The Book Ninja’ sells in Europe
Friday, 13 April 2018
Simon & Schuster (S&S) has sold German rights to The Book Ninja in a six-way auction to Blanvalet. The debut novel, by Books on the Rail founders Ali Berg and...
‘Second Sight’ wins inaugural Perimeter Small Book Prize
Friday, 13 April 2018
Melbourne-based photographer and artist Sarah Walker has won the inaugural Perimeter Small Book Prize for her submission ‘Second Sight’. Walker will work alongside Perimeter’s editors and designers to develop a...
Wright wins 2018 Stella Prize for ‘Tracker’
Thursday, 12 April 2018
Alexis Wright has won the 2018 Stella Prize, worth $50,000, for her ‘collective memoir’ Tracker (Giramondo). Judging panel chair Fiona Stager said the winning book—a biography of Aboriginal leader, thinker...
Text Prize 2018 shortlist announced
Thursday, 12 April 2018
The shortlist has been announced for the 2018 Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing. The five shortlisted manuscripts are: 'The End of the World is Bigger Than Love' by...
Quirky Kid wins LBF International Excellence Award for Basecamp
Thursday, 12 April 2018
Quirky Kid Publishing—the publishing arm of Sydney- and Wollongong-based child psychology clinic The Quirky Kid Clinic—has won the Educational Initiatives Award at the 2018 London Book Fair (LBF) International Excellence...
New nonfiction prize launched for books on contemporary India
Thursday, 12 April 2018
The New India Foundation has announced the establishment of the New India Foundation Book Prize for nonfiction books. The annual prize, worth Rs 15 lakhs (A$29,600), will be awarded to...
Clarke to headline inaugural Melbourne Spoken Word & Poetry Festival
Thursday, 12 April 2018
Melbourne Spoken Word & Poetry Festival has launched its inaugural 2018 program, which will be held from 17 May to 3 June. The 18-day festival is hosted by local arts...
Bain to present APA’s ‘Australia @ Frankfurt’ program for second year
Thursday, 12 April 2018
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) will run its ‘Australia @ Frankfurt’ program for the second year, again run by former UQP CEO Greg Bain. Bain will present up to 30...
Stella Prize 2018 winner announced tonight
Thursday, 12 April 2018
The Stella Prize will announce the winner of its 2018 award at a ceremony in Sydney tonight. The organisation will begin live-tweeting with the hashtag #Stella18 from 6pm (AEDT) and will...
Podcast spotlight: From the Lighthouse
Wednesday, 11 April 2018
Established in 2017, From the Lighthouse is a fortnightly literary podcast produced by the English department at Macquarie University. Each episode is hosted by academics Dr Stephanie Russo and Dr...
Baum announced as inaugural SLNSW Reader in Residence
Wednesday, 11 April 2018
Author, journalist and broadcaster Caroline Baum has been announced the inaugural Reader in Residence at the State Library of New South Wales. As part of the 12-month residency, Baum will...
Asher, Alexie top ALA ‘most challenged books’ list in wake of allegations
Wednesday, 11 April 2018
In the US, two books by authors who have previously been accused of sexual harassment have topped the American Library Association’s (ALA) annual list of most frequently challenged books. Jay...
SLWA calls on community to help honour prominent WA women
Wednesday, 11 April 2018
The State Library of Western Australia (SLWA) is working with the WA Women’s Hall of Fame to collect and preserve the documentary history of 169 women who were inducted between...
‘Exit West’ wins inaugural Aspen Words Literary Prize
Wednesday, 11 April 2018
In the US, Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West (Hamish Hamilton), about the turbulent lives of refugees, has won the inaugural US$35,000 (A$45,100) Aspen Words Literary Prize, reports NPR. ‘Exit West is...
Publishing, fast and slow: Martin Hughes on ‘slow’ media
Wednesday, 11 April 2018
Martin Hughes is the co-founder and publisher of Affirm Press, the former editor of the Big Issue and, in 2018, a regular columnist for Books+Publishing. In his first column, Hughes...
Fine longlisted for Orwell Prize 2018
Wednesday, 11 April 2018
University of Melbourne academic and author Cordelia Fine has been longlisted for the 2018 Orwell Prize for Books, for her book Testosterone Rex: Unmaking the Myths of our Gendered Minds (Icon...
Three Nobel Prize judges resign over mishandling of sexual misconduct allegations
Wednesday, 11 April 2018
Three members of the Nobel Prize committee, which selects the winner of the Nobel Prize for literature, have resigned from their positions in protest over how sexual misconduct allegations were...
Writers Victoria announces Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund round-two recipients
Wednesday, 11 April 2018
Writers Victoria has announced the second round of recipients for the Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund. Thirteen successful writers, translators and publishers were selected from 124 applicants to receive a...
Avon Books acquires debut thriller from Ingrid Alexandra
Wednesday, 11 April 2018
HarperCollins imprint Avon Books has acquired world rights to a psychological thriller from debut Australian author Ingrid Alexander, reports the Bookseller. The book, titled The New Girl, is described as...
OUP’s Walker appointed APA president
Wednesday, 11 April 2018
School publishing director of Oxford University Press Australia & New Zealand (OUP ANZ) Lee Walker has been appointed president of the Australian Publishers Association (APA). Walker, who commences the position...
‘Animalia’ author develops educational app for iconic picture book
Tuesday, 10 April 2018
Graeme Base, author and illustrator of the iconic Australian picture book Animalia, has launched an educational app called Animalia Education, based on the 1986 bestseller. The app, aimed at children...
UK audiobook sales double over past five years; men drive growth
Tuesday, 10 April 2018
Audiobook sales in the UK have doubled over the last five years, reports the Bookseller. While book purchases across all formats in the UK last year fell by three percent...
Ashurst Business Literature Prize 2017 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 10 April 2018
The shortlist for the 2017 Ashurst Business Literature Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Losing Streak: How Tasmania Was Gamed by the Gambling Industry (James Boyce, Black Inc.)...
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