Spinifex acquires local rights to three new international titles
Thursday, 22 June 2017
Spinifex Press has recently acquired ANZ rights to three new international titles, include UK author Jules Grant’s Steel Dagger Award-longlisted debut crime novel We Go Around in the Night and Are...
Agualusa wins 2017 International Dublin Literary Award
Thursday, 22 June 2017
Angolan writer Jose Eduardo Agualusa’s A General Theory of Oblivion (trans by Daniel Hahn, Vintage) has won the 2017 International Dublin Literary Award. Agualusa's novel about an exiled Portuguese woman who has bricked herself...
Inaugural Woollahra Digital Literary Awards shortlists announced
Thursday, 22 June 2017
The shortlists for the inaugural Woollahra Digital Literary Awards, for writing first published online or electronically, has been announced. Nonfiction Michael Mohammed Ahmad for ‘Bad Writer’ (Sydney Review of Books)...
Shortlist for ‘KYD’ Unpublished Manuscript Award announced
Thursday, 22 June 2017
The shortlist for the inaugural Kill Your Darlings Unpublished Manuscript Award has been announced. The shortlisted authors and their works are: Ashley Kalagian Blunt for ‘Full of Donkey: Travels in...
Over 300 attend 2017 ABA Conference; Mutter, Daunt offer advice on combatting Amazon
Wednesday, 21 June 2017
Over 300 booksellers, exhibitors and guest speakers attended this year’s Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) conference, which was held in Melbourne from 18-19 June. ABA chief executive Joel Becker said it...
Inaugural winners of ALIA Library Design Awards announced
Wednesday, 21 June 2017
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) announced the winners of its inaugural Library Design Awards, which aim to showcase the best in contemporary library interiors and exteriors, at a...
ALIA celebrates copyright amendment Bill
Wednesday, 21 June 2017
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has celebrated a Bill amending the Copyright Act 1968 to simplify the use of copyright materials for libraries, educational institutions, archives and people...
National Bookshop Day rebranded
Wednesday, 21 June 2017
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 being encouraged to throw...
A&U to distribute eight new Wilbur Smith titles, 34 backlist titles
Wednesday, 21 June 2017
Allen & Unwin will distribute eight new books and 34 backlist books by Wilbur Smith in the ANZ market, after UK agency partner Bonnier Zaffre acquired global rights to the...
Full program for IPEd National Editors Conference announced
Wednesday, 21 June 2017
The full program has been announced for the Institute of Professional Editors’ (IPEd) National Editors Conference, which runs from 13-15 September at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. Running under...
Wheeler Centre podcast ‘The Messenger’ wins international radio program award
Wednesday, 21 June 2017
The Wheeler Centre and Behind the Wire’s co-produced podcast The Messenger won a Grand Award at the New York Festivals International Radio Program Awards on 19 June. The podcast reports...
European booksellers launch geoblocking petition
Wednesday, 21 June 2017
The European International Booksellers Federation (EIBF) has launched a petition asking the European Council (EC) not to force booksellers to sell ebooks in different countries, reports the Bookseller. European booksellers,...
Philp wins 2017 Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction
Wednesday, 21 June 2017
Lip magazine’s 2017 Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction has been presented to Alexandra Philp for her story ‘Pools 2007’. The award is open to all women, female identifying and non-binary...
Sepetys, Smith win 2017 Carnegie, Greenaway medals; Fraillon wins Amnesty CILIP Honour
Tuesday, 20 June 2017
Two US children’s book creators have won the 2017 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals, presented by the UK Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP). Ruta Sepetys won the...
Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2017 winners announced
Tuesday, 20 June 2017
The 2017 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards have been announced. A number of Australian titles were among the winners and runners-up. Special Awards Prestige Awards Joint winner: Travels through Dali (Zhang...
Barry wins second Walter Scott Prize
Tuesday, 20 June 2017
Sebastian Barry has won the 2017 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for his novel Days Without End (Faber). This is the second time Barry has won the award after...
Government delays plan to introduce GST on all online purchases
Tuesday, 20 June 2017
The federal government has delayed its plan to repeal the $1000 GST-free threshold for online purchases from overseas retailers from 1 July this year to 1 July 2018. The ABC...
‘The Birdman’s Wife’ wins ABA Booksellers Choice Award; booksellers of the year announced
Monday, 19 June 2017
Melissa Ashley’s The Birdman’s Wife (Affirm) has won the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) Booksellers Choice Award at the 2017 ABA conference awards night, held in Melbourne on 19 June. Ashley’s...
Miles Franklin Literary Award 2017 shortlist announced
Monday, 19 June 2017
The shortlist for the 2017 Miles Franklin Literary Award was announced at the Australian Booksellers Association’s gala dinner in Melbourne on 18 June. The shortlisted titles are: An Isolated Incident...
Bew’s ‘Citizen Clem’ wins Orwell Prize for Books 2017
Monday, 19 June 2017
In the UK, John Bew has won the the £3000 (A$5547) Orwell Prize for Books for Citizen Clem (Quercus), a biography of former UK Prime Minister Clement Attlee, reports the...
Magabala celebrates 30th anniversary
Monday, 19 June 2017
Broome-based publisher Magabala Books is celebrating its 30th birthday this year. Magabala CEO Anna Moulton told Books+Publishing the anniversary is an opportunity to ‘celebrate the foresight of the Kimberley Aboriginal...
Mudgee Readers’ Festival 2017 program out now
Friday, 16 June 2017
The Mudgee Readers’ Festival has released its 2017 program. The event, which runs from 10-13 August in regional NSW, will feature Melanie Joosten, Holly Throsby, Ali Alizadeh, Michael Robotham, Sarah...
Tracey K Smith named new US poet laureate
Friday, 16 June 2017
Tracey K Smith has been named the 22nd poet laureate of the United States, reports Publishers Weekly. Smith is the author of three books of poetry Life on Mars, Duende and...
Bill to simplify copyright materials for libraries, education and people with disabilities passes Parliament
Friday, 16 June 2017
A Bill amending the Copyright Act 1968 to simplify the use of copyright materials for libraries, educational institutions, archives and people with disabilities passed Federal Parliament on 15 June. From...
Booktopia shortlisted for several online retail awards
Thursday, 15 June 2017
Online bookseller Booktopia has been shortlisted in several categories in the 2017 Online Retail Industry Awards (ORIAs). Booktopia is a finalist for Best Pureplay Online Retailer, Best Mobile Commerce Site/Application...
Over 300 attend sold-out Reading Matters conference; teen autonomy, diversity discussed
Thursday, 15 June 2017
A capacity crowd of 320 librarians, booksellers, writers, publishers and YA enthusiasts attended the 2017 Reading Matters conference, held from 1-2 June at the Arts Centre in Melbourne. The two-day...
School supplier The Booklegger to close its print distribution business
Thursday, 15 June 2017
Australian school supplier The Booklegger will close its print distribution business at the end of June ‘due to a monumental decline in school library purchasing’, managing director Rick Susman has...
Nagle appointed CEO of NZ Society of Authors
Thursday, 15 June 2017
Jenny Nagle has joined the New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ) as CEO, replacing former CEO Jackie Dennis. Nagle has worked in management, sales and marketing in trade and...
Ngaio Marsh Award 2017 longlist announced
Thursday, 15 June 2017
The longlist for the 2017 Ngaio Marsh award for New Zealand crime fiction has been announced. The longlisted works are: Dead Lemons (Finn Bell, self-published) Pancake Money (Finn Bell, self-published)...
Michael Palin donates more than 50 notebooks to the British Library
Thursday, 15 June 2017
In the UK, writer and Monty Python co-creator Michael Palin has donated more than 50 notebooks of original sketches and ideas for Monty Python to the British Library, reports the...
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