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.)...
EWF announces 2018 festival ambassadors
Tuesday, 10 April 2018
The Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) has announced the five writers appointed ambassadors for the festival’s National Writers’ Conference, which runs from 23-24 June at the State Library of Victoria. The...
Consumer group calls for gift card expiry dates to be scrapped nationwide
Tuesday, 10 April 2018
National consumer group Choice is lobbying for nationwide changes to gift card expiry dates, with an aim to remove expiry dates completely, reports SmartCompany. The growing calls for changes to gift...
Robinsons to open Hobart store in May
Monday, 9 April 2018
Independent bookselling chain Robinsons Bookshop is opening a new store in Hobart in May. The store is Robinsons’ 12th and its second outside of Melbourne, after it opened its first...
Nemens appointed editor of ‘The Paris Review’
Monday, 9 April 2018
Writer and illustrator Emily Nemens has been appointed as the editor of the Paris Review, following the resignation of Lorin Stein last year amid allegations of sexual misconduct, reports the...
Aussie book industry figures listed in ‘Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Asia list
Monday, 9 April 2018
Three Australians in the book industry have been listed in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list. Founder and CEO of Australian online self-publishing platform Tablo Ash Davies and author...
Magabala to launch Daisy Utemorrah Award
Monday, 9 April 2018
Broome publisher Magabala Books will launch a new unpublished manuscript award in the second half of 2018 to find the best children’s or YA novel by an Aboriginal or Torres...
Egmont UK sales down in 2017; Australian market performed ‘according to plan’
Friday, 6 April 2018
Egmont UK has reported a 1.4% drop in sales to £50 million (A$91.3 million) in 2017, reports the Bookseller. The UK arm of Danish media corporation the Egmont Group said...
International Dublin Literary Award 2018 shortlist announced
Friday, 6 April 2018
The shortlist for the International Dublin Literary Award 2018 has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Baba Dunja’s Last Love (Alina Bronsky, Europa Editions) The Transmigration of Bodies (Yuri Herrera,...
ABA announces 2018 conference program; Currie, Batistich to give keynotes
Friday, 6 April 2018
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced the program for its 2018 conference, to be held at QT Hotel in Canberra from 17-18 June. The conference will be organised around...
The Little Bookroom launches in-store parent-teacher events
Friday, 6 April 2018
Melbourne children’s bookstore The Little Bookroom has launched its first in-store information event for parents and teachers. The first event in what the store hopes to turn into a once-a-term...
Davitt Awards open to self-publishers
Friday, 6 April 2018
Sisters in Crime has decided to open its annual Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women writers to self-published authors for the first time. The decision was...
ALIA releases report on library support for Sustainable Development Goals
Thursday, 5 April 2018
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has launched a report investigating how Australian libraries contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). The report highlights the important role...
Hawaii government to rent out library land
Thursday, 5 April 2018
In the US, the Hawaii state government has put forth a bill to lease library land and facilities to private companies as a way of generating revenue, reports the Hawaii...
New ‘Books+Publishing’ reviews out now
Thursday, 5 April 2018
Books+Publishing’s latest Reviews newsletter contains 16 reviews of books publishing in May and June. Historian Peter Cochrane's novel The Making of Martin Sparrow (Viking, May) received five stars from reviewer...
British Library houses oral history of Women in Publishing
Thursday, 5 April 2018
In the UK, the British Library will host a new oral history project comprising interviews with 30 high-profile former members of Women in Publishing (WiP), an organisation founded in 1979...
Podcast spotlight: Kill Your Darlings podcast
Thursday, 5 April 2018
Established in 2013 and redeveloped into an hour-long format in 2014, the Kill Your Darlings podcast features 'interviews, readings and discussions about books, culture and the arts in Australia and...
Instagram launches in-platform shopping function for retailers
Thursday, 5 April 2018
Australian retailers on the social media platform Instagram now have the ability to link products in their posts through to online stores for purchase. The feature, Instagram shopping, has been...
Digital Library of the Middle East platform to be built
Thursday, 5 April 2018
In the US, the Digital Library Federation (DLF) program will construct the Digital Library of the Middle East (DLME) platform to record the cultural heritage of the Middle East. The...
When girls don’t read: Reaching reluctant girl readers
Thursday, 5 April 2018
Lorien Kaye asks how the book industry can connect reluctant girl readers with books. Mention kids who don’t like reading and most people immediately think of boys. Discussion of ‘reluctant...
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