NZ Book Industry Awards 2017 winners announced
Tuesday, 22 August 2017
The winners of the 2017 New Zealand Book Industry Awards were announced in Auckland on 19 August. The winners in each category are: Bookshop of the Year Time Out Bookstore,...
CUP censors journal articles under pressure from Chinese authorities
Monday, 21 August 2017
In the UK, Cambridge University Press (CUP) has confirmed it complied with a demand from Chinese authorities to censor hundreds of articles in its China Quarterly journal, reports the Bookseller....
Mem Fox receives CBCA Nan Chauncy Award
Monday, 21 August 2017
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has presented Mem Fox with the 2017 CBCA Nan Chauncy Award for her contribution to Australian children’s literature. The award was presented on...
S&S acquires debut novel by Australian ‘book ninjas’
Monday, 21 August 2017
Simon & Schuster Australia has acquired world rights to the debut novel by Australian ‘book ninjas’ Ali Berg and Michelle Kalus. Berg, a copywriter and co-founder of Melbourne advertising agency...
Hardy appointed MWF artistic director
Friday, 18 August 2017
Writer and producer Marieke Hardy has been appointed artistic director of the Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF), with general manager Shona Barrett to take on the role of CEO. As previously...
CBCA Awards 2017 winners announced
Friday, 18 August 2017
The winners of this year’s Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The winning titles in each of the categories are: Older readers...
Giramondo to publish series of ‘innovative fiction and nonfiction’ by southern hemisphere writers
Friday, 18 August 2017
Giramondo has published the first title in its ‘Southern Latitudes’ series, which focusses on ‘innovative fiction and nonfiction by writers of the southern hemisphere’. The first book in the series,...
CBCA Awards 2017 winners announced today
Friday, 18 August 2017
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) will announce the winners of the 2017 Book of the Year Awards at an event in Hobart at 12pm AEST today. Books+Publishing will publish...
‘SRB’ announces recipients of Emerging Critics fellowships
Friday, 18 August 2017
The ‘Sydney Review of Books’ has announced the recipients of this year’s Copyright Agency-SRB Emerging Critics fellowships. The recipients are: Rita Horanyi (SA) Darius Sepehri (NSW) Robert Wood (WA). Each...
Pan Macmillan to release 70th-anniversary classics series
Friday, 18 August 2017
In the UK, Pan Macmillan is celebrating 70 years since the publication of the first Pan paperback by reissuing 20 classic titles, reports the Bookseller. The Pan 70 series pays...
Nielsen NZ report: reading the second most popular leisure activity
Thursday, 17 August 2017
A Nielsen Consumer and Media Insight survey has found about 1.9 million New Zealanders aged over 10 read a book every week, making reading the second most popular leisure activity...
Quarto terminates sales talks
Thursday, 17 August 2017
The Quarto Group has terminated discussions with an unsolicited bidder on the ‘mutual agreement’ of both parties, reports the Bookseller. As previously reported by Books+Publishing, Quarto announced the offer from...
Black Inc. to publish the ‘Cook’s Companion’ of mental health
Thursday, 17 August 2017
Black Inc. will publish Mental: Everything You Never Knew You Needed to Know about Mental Health, a guidebook to mental health by psychiatrist and broadcaster Steve Ellen and comedian and...
Gold Coast Council changes privacy rules to access library user information
Wednesday, 16 August 2017
The Gold Coast Council has changed privacy rules to gain greater access to library users’ personal information, reports the Gold Coast Bulletin. Councillors, council officers and ‘authorised contractors’ will now...
ALIA Excellence Award winners named
Wednesday, 16 August 2017
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has announced the winners of the 2017 ALIA Excellence Award, which honours contributions to the library and information sector. The recipients are: Kerry...
Inky Awards 2017 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 16 August 2017
The Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria has announced the shortlists for the 2017 Inky Awards for young adult literature. The shortlisted books in each category...
Book-to-screen adaptations pitched at 2017 Books at MIFF
Wednesday, 16 August 2017
The 11th annual Books at MIFF (BaM) event, run by Melbourne International Film Festival’s 37º South Market, was held on 3 August. Fremantle Press CEO Jane Fraser reports: The Forum...
Book blogger spotlight: ReadLikeWildfire
Wednesday, 16 August 2017
BookTuber Chami Rupasinghe experimented with different platforms before settling on YouTube. ‘Although YouTube does take quite a bit more effort to produce content for compared to other platforms like Twitter...
Robertson wins 2017 ‘ABR’ Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize
Wednesday, 16 August 2017
UK author Eliza Robertson has won the Australian Book Review’s (ABR) 2017 Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize for her story ‘Pheidippides’. Dominic Amerena placed second for his story ‘The Leaching Layer’ and...
Fox Searchlight options ‘Two Steps Forward’
Wednesday, 16 August 2017
Fox Searchlight has optioned the film rights to Graeme Simsion and Anne Buist’s novel Two Steps Forward (Text). Ellen DeGeneres and Jeff Kleeman will produce the film through their company...
‘KYD’, ACWA announce shortlist for S D Harvey Short Story competition
Tuesday, 15 August 2017
Kill Your Darlings and the Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) have announced the shortlist for this year’s S D Harvey Short Story Competition. The shortlisted stories are: ‘Rules to Live By’ by Louise...
McBride, Cumming win 2017 James Tait Black Prizes
Tuesday, 15 August 2017
The winners of the James Tait Black Prizes for fiction and biography—the UK’s oldest literary awards—have been announced. Eimear McBride’s second novel The Lesser Bohemians (Text) has won the £10,000...
Longlists for Tasmanian Premier’s Literary Prizes announced
Tuesday, 15 August 2017
The longlists for the Tasmanian Premier’s Literary Prizes have been announced. The longlisted works and their authors are: Tasmania Book Prize for the best book with Tasmanian content in any...
Dymocks launches Books for Kids charity campaign
Tuesday, 15 August 2017
Dymocks bookstores are running a two-week Books for Kids charity campaign, with 50 cents from every children’s book sold to be donated to literacy support programs through Dymocks Children’s Charities....
Ngaio Marsh Award 2017 shortlists announced
Tuesday, 15 August 2017
The shortlists for the 2017 Ngaio Marsh Award for New Zealand crime fiction have been announced. The shortlisted works in each category are: Nonfiction Double-Edged Sword (Simonne Butler & Andra Jenkin,...
‘Snark’ takes out top prize at 2017 NZ Book Awards for Children and YA
Tuesday, 15 August 2017
David Elliot’s illustrated book for ‘grown-up children of all ages’, Snark: Being a True History of the Expedition that Discovered the Snark and the Jabberwock … and its Tragic Aftermath...
HarperCollins releases 2017 full-year results
Monday, 14 August 2017
In the US, HarperCollins has reported a decline in revenue of US$10m ($A12.7m) in the fiscal year ending 30 June, a drop of 0.6% compared to fiscal 2016, reports Publishers...
RWA awards 2017 winners announced
Monday, 14 August 2017
The winners of the 2017 Romance Writers of Australia (RWA) Romantic Book of the Year awards, known as the ‘RUBYs’, were announced on 12 August at the RWA conference in...
Ned Kelly Awards 2017 shortlists announced
Monday, 14 August 2017
The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) has announced the shortlists for this year’s Ned Kelly Awards for Australian crime writing. The shortlisted works in each category are: Best fiction Crimson...
Environment Award for Children’s Literature 2017 winners announced
Monday, 14 August 2017
The Wilderness Society has announced the winners for the 2017 Environment Award for Children’s Literature. The winners are: Picture fiction Chooks in Dinner Suits (Diane Jackson Hill & Craig Smith,...
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