‘ABR’ announces $10,000 fellowship to mark its 40th anniversary
Friday, 3 November 2017
The Australian Book Review has announced a new $10,000 fellowship to mark its 40th birthday next year. The ABR Fortieth Birthday Fellowship is seeking proposals for four ‘stylish and original...
New ‘Books+Publishing Junior’ reviews out now
Friday, 3 November 2017
Books+Publishing’s latest Junior newsletter contains 12 reviews of books publishing in February and March 2018, as well as a preview of Australian publishers’ most anticipated children’s and YA releases in...
Speech Pathology Australia book awards 2017 winners announced
Friday, 3 November 2017
The winners of the 2017 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year awards have been announced. Chosen from shortlists announced in July, the winning titles are: Birth to three years...
AusRomToday Reader’s Choice Awards 2017 nominees announced
Thursday, 2 November 2017
The nominees for the 2017 AusRomToday Reader’s Choice Awards have been announced. The nominees in each category are: Book of the year Girl Unseen (Athena Daniels, Sunset Coast Publishing) Dark...
‘Squishy Taylor’ series optioned for TV
Thursday, 2 November 2017
Robyn Kershaw Productions (RKP) has optioned the TV rights to Ailsa Wild’s ‘Squishy Taylor’ children’s book series (illus by Ben Wood, Hardie Grant Egmont). Eight titles have been published so...
PMLA judging panels overhauled
Thursday, 2 November 2017
The judging panels for the 2017 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards (PMLAs) have been announced, revealing an overhaul to the 2016 panels. The judging panels include: Nonfiction and history Lynette Russell,...
Coley wins 2017 Richell Prize
Thursday, 2 November 2017
Adelaide-based writer Sam Coley has won the 2017 Richell Prize for Emerging Writers for his entry ‘State Highway One’. Coley’s novel follows two siblings as they travel New Zealand’s State...
UNESCO announces nine new Cities of Literature
Thursday, 2 November 2017
UNESCO has designated nine new Cities of Literature. They are: Bucheon (Republic of Korea) Durban (South Africa) Lillehammer (Norway) Manchester (UK) Milan (Italy) Québec City (Canada) Seattle (United States of...
The children’s hour: Children’s rights sales in the Australian book market
Wednesday, 1 November 2017
With children’s books driving book sales locally, Jackie Tang looks at how children’s rights sales are performing for Australian publishers. Children’s books are dominating the Australian market, with children’s and...
‘WBN’ published Thursday next week
Wednesday, 1 November 2017
Please note that, due to the Melbourne Cup holiday in Victoria on Tuesday, 7 November, the next Weekly Book Newsletter will be published on Thursday, 9 November. The deadline for classifieds...
Cultural leaders call for support to meet digitisation deadline
Wednesday, 1 November 2017
The directors of the National Library of Australia, the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia and the National Archives of Australia have called for greater support to save 850,000...
Libraries awarded NLA community heritage grants
Wednesday, 1 November 2017
The National Library of Australia (NLA) has announced the recipients of the 2017 Community Heritage Grants (CHG) program, including a number of libraries. In NSW, the Albury Library Museum received...
Homeless people offered access to Manchester libraries under new pilot scheme
Wednesday, 1 November 2017
In the UK, Manchester City Council has launched a pilot scheme to allow homeless people to join its 22 libraries and access its digital services, reports the BBC. The project...
The Amazon effect: What the arrival of Amazon means for the bookselling industry
Wednesday, 1 November 2017
Recently, communications agency Spectrum Group hosted a panel discussion in Sydney on what the arrival of Amazon means for the Australian retail industry, with a particular focus on booksellers. Moderated...
Affirm acquires memoir ‘Sophie’s Boys’
Wednesday, 1 November 2017
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to Sophie’s Boys, a memoir by Sophie Smith, who lost her triplets after going into labour prematurely, as told to journalist Deborah Fitzgerald. Sophie’s...
‘WBN’ published Thursday next week
Wednesday, 1 November 2017
Please note that, due to the Melbourne Cup public holiday in Victoria on Tuesday, the next Weekly Book Newsletter will be published on Thursday 9 November. The deadline for classifieds and job...
Ngaio Marsh Award 2017 winners announced
Tuesday, 31 October 2017
Fiona Sussman’s The Last Time We Spoke (Allison & Busby) has won the 2017 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel. Sussman is the first female author to win the award, which...
YABBAs 2017 winners announced
Tuesday, 31 October 2017
The winners of the 2017 Young Australians Best Book Awards (YABBAs), Victoria’s children’s choice awards, have been announced. The winning titles are: Picture storybooks Do Not Open This Book (Andy...
Waterstones owner Mamut considering sale of the chain
Tuesday, 31 October 2017
Waterstones owner Alexander Mamut has asked corporate advisors from the investment banking company N M Rothschild to explore a £250m (A$429.5m) sale of the UK bookselling chain, reports the Sunday...
SPN Independent Publishing Conference 2017 program announced
Tuesday, 31 October 2017
The Small Press Network (SPN) has launched the program for its 2017 Independent Publishing Conference, which will run at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne from 16-18 November. The three-day conference...
CBCA NSW announces shortlist for 2017 mentorship program
Tuesday, 31 October 2017
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) NSW branch has announced the shortlist for the 2017 Aspiring Writers Mentorship Program for unpublished children’s writers. The three shortlisted writers are: Angela...
A&U acquires local crime-fiction debut with ‘major international buzz’
Tuesday, 31 October 2017
Allen & Unwin has acquired ANZ rights to Australian journalist Chris Hammer’s crime-fiction debut Scrublands for publication in August 2018. A&U reports that the novel is ‘causing major international buzz’,...
Sharjah Publishing City opens for business
Tuesday, 31 October 2017
Sharjah Publishing City, a new publishing hub located in the United Arab Emirates, has opened for business, and the Sharjah Book Authority is inviting international publishers to occupy its 400...
UK booksellers pay 11 times more corporation tax than Amazon, report finds
Monday, 30 October 2017
A report commissioned by the UK Booksellers Association and released by the Centre for Economics and Business Research has found that UK bookshops pay 11 times more corporation tax than...
‘SRB’ to publish anniversary anthology
Monday, 30 October 2017
The Sydney Review of Books (SRB) will publish an anthology of essays on Australian fiction, poetry and nonfiction to mark its five-year anniversary. Essays in The Australian Face, previously published...
Arts Tasmania 2018 Artist Investment Program recipients announced
Monday, 30 October 2017
Three writers have received grants in the 2018 round of Arts Tasmania’s Arts Investment Program, which provides funding for artists’ creative projects. Thirty-five successful applications shared in a total of...
‘Extinctions’ wins 2017 Colin Roderick Award
Saturday, 28 October 2017
Josephine Wilson’s Miles Franklin Award-winning novel Extinctions (UWA Publishing) has won the 2017 Colin Roderick Award and the HT Priestley Medal, administered by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies at James...
‘The Dry’ wins CWA Gold Dagger
Friday, 27 October 2017
Australian author Jane Harper has won the 2017 UK Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Gold Dagger for her debut novel The Dry (Pan). The Dry was one of seven titles shortlisted...
WA government honours arts ‘champions’ in inaugural awards
Friday, 27 October 2017
The Western Australian government has announced the recipients of the inaugural State Arts and Culture Partnership Honours, which ‘acknowledge the outstanding contributions of individual philanthropists and businesses who partner with...
First authors announced for 2018 Adelaide Writers’ Week
Friday, 27 October 2017
A number of authors have been announced for the 2018 Adelaide Writers’ Week, which runs from 3-8 March. Among the big-name international authors attending the festival are US novelist Barbara...
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