‘The Shortest History of Europe’ sells over 300,000 copies in China
Wednesday, 18 October 2017
Sales for the Chinese edition of Australian historian John Hirst’s The Shortest History of Europe (Black Inc.) have hit over 300,000 units in China. While Black Inc. originally sold simplified...
ALIA trend report: more jobs for librarians by 2022
Wednesday, 18 October 2017
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has published its fourth annual Education, Skills and Employment Trend Report, which forecasts a modest increase in the number of qualified positions available...
FNAWN condemns HSC students’ abuse of van Neerven
Wednesday, 18 October 2017
The First Nations Australia Writers Network (FNAWN) has condemned the online abuse of writer Ellen van Neerven after a poem from her 2016 collection, Comfort Food (UQP), appeared on the...
RB Media launches Audiobooks.com in Australia
Wednesday, 18 October 2017
Audiobook publisher and digital media distributor RB Media, which owns Australian audiobook provider Wavesound, has launched its streaming and downloading service Audiobooks.com in Australia today. RB Media is offering new...
Copyright Council publishes new report on economic contribution of copyright industries
Wednesday, 18 October 2017
The Australian Copyright Council (ACC) has published a report by Pricewaterhouse Coopers on the economic contribution of Australian copyright industries from 2002-2016, the fifth report of its kind commissioned by...
Saunders wins 2017 Man Booker Prize
Wednesday, 18 October 2017
US short-story writer George Saunders has won the 2017 Man Booker Prize for his debut novel Lincoln in the Bardo (Bloomsbury). Chair of judges Baroness Lola Young described the novel—which ‘focuses...
Active library memberships down, attendance up at Victorian libraries
Tuesday, 17 October 2017
The Public Libraries Victoria Network has released its Annual Survey of Victorian Public Libraries for 2016-17, which shows that active library memberships are down but attendance is up at Victorian public...
British Library’s Harry Potter exhibition sells most advance tickets ever
Tuesday, 17 October 2017
In the UK, a Harry Potter exhibition at the British Library set to open on 20 October has sold more than 30,000 tickets, the highest ever number of advance tickets...
Teen power inc.: Launching teen advisory boards in bookstores
Tuesday, 17 October 2017
Jackie Tang asks booksellers how bookshops can meaningfully engage with teen readers. When Readings launched its inaugural Teen Advisory Board (TAB) in June this year, the Melbourne independent chain was...
MidnightSun acquires debut novel ‘Beneath the Mother Tree’
Tuesday, 17 October 2017
MidnightSun has acquired world rights to playwright and radio dramatist D M Cameron’s debut novel Beneath the Mother Tree for publication in 2018. Beneath the Mother Tree is a ‘fast-paced’...
Burch wins inaugural Victorian Premier’s History Award for ‘Returning the Kulkyne’
Tuesday, 17 October 2017
John Burch has won the inaugural Victorian Premier’s History Award, worth $5000, for his book Returning the Kulkyne, announced as part of the Victorian Community History Awards in Melbourne on...
‘Dark Chapter’ wins 2017 Not the Booker Prize
Tuesday, 17 October 2017
Dark Chapter (Legend Press), the debut novel from UK-based Taiwanese-American writer Winnie M Li, has won the Guardian’s 2017 Not the Booker Prize. Li’s novel, a ‘vivid account of the...
Australian bestsellers in September: Harper straight to the top of fiction, Pape holds on as bestselling nonfiction
Tuesday, 17 October 2017
Jane Harper’s second novel Force of Nature has debuted at the top of the Australian fiction bestsellers chart in September, despite being released in the final week of the month. Harper’s debut...
Hachette closes Weinstein Books imprint
Monday, 16 October 2017
In the US, the Hachette Book Group (HBG) announced it will terminate its Weinstein Books imprint, effective immediately, reports Publishers Weekly. The decision follows reports exposing decades of sexual assault...
Feminist Writers Festival receives state government funding for 2018 event
Monday, 16 October 2017
The Feminist Writers Festival (FWF) has received $45,000 in funding from the Victorian Government to stage its second festival in 2018. The four-day festival will be held in Melbourne and...
ABA to hold 2018 conference in Canberra
Monday, 16 October 2017
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) will hold its 2018 conference in Canberra on 17-18 June. The conference and trade exhibition will be held at the QT Hotel and the gala...
Oz, NZ authors and illustrators on 2017 White Ravens list
Friday, 13 October 2017
Several books by Australian and New Zealand authors and illustrators have been included in the 2017 White Ravens list for international children’s and youth literature. The Australian titles on the...
A&U acquires feminist ‘little inventor’ picture book
Friday, 13 October 2017
Allen & Unwin has acquired world rights to Melbourne-based illustrator and designer Sher Rill Ng’s debut picture book, Our Little Inventor via Danielle Binks at Jacinta di Mase Management. The...
ABC to end ‘The Book Club’ after 11 years
Friday, 13 October 2017
The last episode of The Book Club will air on the ABC on 19 December, with Jennifer Byrne announcing she’s leaving the broadcaster after 11 years as host of the...
Herrmann shortlisted for FutureBook Awards
Friday, 13 October 2017
Bolinda founder and co-CEO Rebecca Herrmann has been shortlisted for the 2017 FutureBook Awards, run by the Bookseller in the UK. Herrmann is shortlisted for FutureBook Leader of the Year,...
Brow Books sells world rights to Prescott’s ‘The Town’
Friday, 13 October 2017
Brow Books has sold world rights to Shaun Prescott’s debut novel The Town to Faber. Faber will publish The Town in the UK in August 2018 and is ‘actively selling...
US self-publisher ISBNs up 8% in 2016
Friday, 13 October 2017
In the US, ISBNs for self-published books have grown eight percent from 2015-2016, according to a new report from ProQuest affiliate Bowker. In total, 786,935 ISBNs were assigned to self-published...
Australians nominated for 2018 Astrid Lindgren Award
Friday, 13 October 2017
Nine Australian authors and illustrators and one Australian organisation have been nominated for the 2018 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. The Australian nominees are: Randa Abdel-Fattah Ursula Dubosarsky Mem Fox Morris...
Hardie Grant to distribute new cookbook series by Noma chef René Redzepi
Thursday, 12 October 2017
Hardie Grant has signed a deal with US publisher Artisan for Australian distribution of a new three-book series by the founder and head chef of Copenhagen restaurant Noma, René Redzepi....
Print-digital ratio stable at 80-20, says PRH CEO
Thursday, 12 October 2017
Penguin Random House CEO Markus Dohle has highlighted the stability of the global publishing market at the opening press conference for the Frankfurt Book Fair, reports Publishers Weekly. Dohle said...
Scribe pre-empts UK and Commonwealth rights for ‘major book about honesty’ from US podcaster
Thursday, 12 October 2017
Scribe publisher Henry Rosenbloom has pre-empted UK and Commonwealth rights to a nonfiction book by US podcaster Anna Sale, creator and presenter of the podcast ‘Death, Sex and Money’, just...
HGE sells UK rights to ‘Jane Doe and the Cradle of All Worlds’
Thursday, 12 October 2017
Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) has sold UK and Commonwealth rights (excluding Australia and Canada) to Jeremy Lachlan’s middle-grade adventure novel Jane Doe and the Cradle of All Worlds in a...
Davis appointed COO of Hardie Grant
Wednesday, 11 October 2017
Andrew Davis, former deputy CEO Asia Pacific at Penguin Random House and former vice president of the Australian Publishers Association, has joined Hardie Grant as its chief operating officer. The...
Finch Publishing celebrates 25th Anniversary
Wednesday, 11 October 2017
Finch Publishing is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. Founder Rex Finch said he is ‘pleased (and slightly amazed)’ to be celebrating the occasion. The company launched in 1992. Finch,...
Tynan wins CHASS Australia Book Prize 2017 for ‘Atomic Thunder’
Wednesday, 11 October 2017
Elizabeth Tynan has won the Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences’ (CHASS) 2017 Australia Book Prize, for her book Atomic Thunder: The Maralinga Story (NewSouth). Tynan’s book was...
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