MUP unveils new website
Monday, 24 July 2017
Melbourne University Publishing (MUP) has launched a new website featuring book extracts, author interviews and book tour details, among other overhauled features. The publisher said that ‘with ninety-five years of...
PANZ Book Design Awards 2017 winners announced
Friday, 21 July 2017
The winners of the 2017 Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) Book Design Awards have been announced. The winning title in each category is: Best book Cazador: Game, Offal and...
ASA launches International Marketplace
Friday, 21 July 2017
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has launched a new digital marketplace to showcase and sell the work of writers to international publishers, agents and literary scouts. The ASA said...
Scholastic US reports rise in revenue
Friday, 21 July 2017
In the US, Scholastic has reported a four percent increase in revenue over fiscal 2016 for the year ending 31 May 2017, reports Publishers Weekly. Operating income at the publisher...
‘The Lifted Brow’ & RMIT non/fictionLab Prize for Experimental Nonfiction longlist announced
Friday, 21 July 2017
Melbourne-based publisher and literary magazine the Lifted Brow has announced the longlist for its Prize for Experimental Nonfiction. The longlisted works are: ‘Hasard Objectif’ by Joanna Walsh ‘Atlantis Minor’ by...
Junot Díaz pens new picture book
Thursday, 20 July 2017
In the US, Pulitzer Prize-winner Junot Díaz has written a picture book for young readers, reports the New York Times. The book, Islandborn, will be illustrated by Leo Espinosa and...
‘ABR’ announces Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize shortlist
Thursday, 20 July 2017
The Australian Book Review (ABR) has announced the shortlist for the 2017 Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize. The shortlisted works and their authors are: ‘The Leaching Layer’ by Dominic Amerena...
Carmine wins inaugural ‘KYD’ unpublished manuscript award
Wednesday, 19 July 2017
Literary journal Kill Your Darlings (KYD) has announced Onyx B Carmine (S J Norman) as the winner of its inaugural unpublished manuscript award for their short story collection ‘Permafrost’. Carmine...
‘Horrid Henry’ artist named UK libraries’ most borrowed illustrator
Wednesday, 19 July 2017
In the UK, ‘Horrid Henry’ artist Tony Ross has been named as UK libraries’ most borrowed illustrator according to Public Lending Rights data, in the first ranking of its kind,...
News Corp survey finds majority of children six-to-12 are library members
Wednesday, 19 July 2017
News Corp Australia’s Great Australian Reading Survey, conducted in June, found that about three-quarters of children aged six to 12 and almost half of under five-year-olds are card-carrying members of...
Book blogger spotlight: My Cup and Chaucer
Wednesday, 19 July 2017
Tonile Wortley started a crime fiction blog in 2011, but she now blogs about a broader selection of adult fiction at My Cup and Chaucer. Her day job—digital and community...
Australian author’s fairytale retelling acquired by Hodder & Stoughton
Wednesday, 19 July 2017
Canberra-based author Leife Shallcross’ novel The Beast’s Heart has been acquired by Hodder & Stoughton in the UK. The Beast’s Heart is a retelling of the Beauty and the Beast fairytale...
Text announces new NZ literary prize for an unpublished novel
Wednesday, 19 July 2017
Text Publishing has announced the Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel, a new literary prize for New Zealand writers worth NZ$10,000. The winner will also receive a contract for...
Melbourne Writers Festival 2017 program launched
Wednesday, 19 July 2017
The program for the 2017 Melbourne Writers Festival, which runs from 25 August to 3 September, has been announced. Miles Franklin Literary Award winner Kim Scott will launch the festival...
World Book Day event boosts sales in the UK
Tuesday, 18 July 2017
In the UK, World Book Day (WBD) titles sales have risen by more than 50% compared to the previous year, with 469,274 copies sold in the week of the event,...
PRH announces new $20,000 prize for an unpublished manuscript
Tuesday, 18 July 2017
Penguin Random House (PRH) Australia has announced a new literary prize for an unpublished manuscript, worth $20,000, to mark the formation of the publisher’s new literary division. The Penguin Random...
Educational Publishing Awards 2017 shortlists announced
Tuesday, 18 July 2017
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced the shortlists for the 2017 Educational Publishing Awards Australia. The shortlists in each category are: Primary Student Resource—Mathematics (Numeracy) Oxford Maths Student and...
Copyright Agency announces recipients of $1.3m funding grants
Tuesday, 18 July 2017
Fifty-six projects have received a total of $1.3m from the latest round of funding from the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund. Funding recipients in the various categories include: Children’s literature Children’s...
Inaugural crime writers festival to be held in Sydney
Tuesday, 18 July 2017
A new writers festival celebrating the crime genre will be held in Sydney from 2-3 September 2017. The two-day festival, BAD, is founded by academic Denis Tracey and writer Michael...
Books+Publishing magazine Issue 3 2017
Monday, 17 July 2017
Issue 3 of Books+Publishing magazine is out now! Reviews: Plenty of forthcoming Christmas highlights are among the 13 adult books reviewed in this issue, with Sofie Laguna’s The Choke (A&U, September), the...
Book love and burnout: Alexandra Payne on the ‘unexpected challenges of working in publishing and bookselling’
Monday, 17 July 2017
UQP nonfiction publisher Alexandra Payne explores burnout in the book industry. I found the recent Macquarie University report Reading the Reader: A Survey of Australian Reading Habits fascinating. Drawing data from...
Sound of the times: The rise of audio
Monday, 17 July 2017
From audiobooks to podcasts, Brad Jefferies investigates the rising popularity of audio formats. The widespread take-up of smartphones has enabled the growth of the audiobook market at the same time...
Stocking up: 2017 Christmas highlights
Monday, 17 July 2017
Andrea Hanke, Brad Jefferies and Sarah Farquharson round up this year’s Christmas releases. Festive fiction Literary fiction fans will be spoiled for choice this Christmas with new novels from many...
Digital driver: Joel Naoum shares his career journey
Monday, 17 July 2017
Joel Naoum was the publisher at Pan Macmillan’s digital imprint Momentum for five years before starting up the publishing consultancy Critical Mass. He shares his career journey. I’ve always been...
In the picture: Exploring the illustrated books market
Monday, 17 July 2017
The illustrated books market is thriving thanks to a growth in aspirational lifestyle titles and a reappreciation of books as beautiful objects, reports Andrea Hanke. In mid-2015, Penguin Random House...
Read centre: Bookselling in the Alice with Red Kangaroo Books
Monday, 17 July 2017
Alice Springs’ Red Kangaroo Books is likely the only bricks-and-mortar bookshop between Port Augusta, Darwin, Broome and Broken Hill, and serves a community of academics, health professionals and artists. Manager...
Editor’s picks: Forthcoming Spring highlights
Monday, 17 July 2017
Jackie Tang shares her gift-giving guide for Christmas. Illustrious company The lead-up to Christmas is always an exciting time for children’s picture books, as publishers bring out particularly lush and...
Your store: A round-up of retailing news, tips and titbits
Monday, 17 July 2017
National Bookshop Day rebranded The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has rebranded its annual National Bookshop Day as Love Your Bookshop Day (LYBD). This year, on 12 August, Australian booksellers are...
Shelf talk: Category round-ups of forthcoming titles by those in the know
Monday, 17 July 2017
Collected works Helen Garner fans have been spoilt in recent years with a new essay collection Everywhere I Look and Bernadette Brennan’s excellent study of Garner’s work A Writing Life...
Between the lines: Observations on the trade by Gladys Bembo
Monday, 17 July 2017
Foot in mouth, part the first. Every writers’ festival needs a little frisson of controversy, and at this year’s Sydney shindig it was ABC Books and Arts host Michael Cathcart...
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