Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2018 winners announced Archive
Thursday, 1 February 2018
Melbourne-based writer Sarah Krasnostein has won the $100,000 Victorian Prize for Literature for her first book, The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman’s Extraordinary Life in Death, Decay & Disaster (Text Publishing)...
Up for a challenge: Nelly Thomas on ‘Some Girls’ Archive
Thursday, 1 February 2018
When comedian Nelly Thomas came up with the idea for Some Girls, an early childhood picture book that challenges gender and other stereotypes in young girls, she decided to crowdfund...
Down through the blue: Alison Lester and Jane Godwin on ‘The Silver Sea’ Archive
Thursday, 1 February 2018
Alison Lester and Jane Godwin's The Silver Sea (Affirm, March) was created in collaboration with children from Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital, with all profits from the book going to the...
Clarke to present books segment on new ABC show Archive
Thursday, 1 February 2018
Author Maxine Beneba Clarke will present a fortnightly books segment on a new ABC program hosted by journalist and commentator Stan Grant. The 45-minute program, Matter of Fact, will constitute...
National Book Award recognises works in translation in new award category Archive
Thursday, 1 February 2018
In the US, the National Book Foundation announced that it will present a new award for translated literature as part of this year’s National Book Awards, reports the New York...
Copyright Agency publishes Cornegé report on the digital revolution and marketing Archive
Thursday, 1 February 2018
The Copyright Agency has published a report by Allen & Unwin head of publicity Louise Cornegé that examines how the digital revolution has changed the way publishers market and promote...
Full program for Adelaide Writers’ Week 2018 announced Archive
Thursday, 1 February 2018
The full program for Adelaide Writers’ Week, which runs from 3-8 March, has been announced. This year’s festival is dedicated to children's author Mem Fox, who will be in conversation...
OverDrive reports almost 60 libraries topped one million digital lends Archive
Wednesday, 31 January 2018
In the US, library provider OverDrive has revealed 58 international library systems recorded over one million digital lends in 2017—up from 49 in 2016, reports Publishers Weekly. Among the top...
ALIA members receive Australia Day 2018 honours Archive
Wednesday, 31 January 2018
A number of ALIA members have been recognised in the annual Australia Day honours. Former ALIA president Margaret Allen was awarded a Public Service Medal ‘for outstanding public service to...
Will power: William Yeoman on curating PFWW 2018 Archive
Wednesday, 31 January 2018
William Yeoman is the West Australian literary editor and guest curator of the Perth Festival Writers Week (PFWW) 2018. Following the launch of the full program for this year’s festival,...
New ‘Books+Publishing’ reviews out now Archive
Wednesday, 31 January 2018
Books+Publishing’s first Reviews newsletter for 2018 contains 13 reviews of books publishing in February and March. Tim Winton’s latest novel, The Shepherd’s Hut (Hamish Hamilton, March), received a five-star rating...
Scribble sells rights to ‘Rhyme Cordial’, ‘Grandma Z’ Archive
Wednesday, 31 January 2018
Scribe’s children’s imprint, Scribble, has sold rights to two forthcoming children’s books. World rights (ex ANZ) to Antonia Pesenti’s board book Rhyme Cordial were sold to Phaidon ahead of its...
Berbay invited to Barcelona children’s literary and arts festival Archive
Wednesday, 31 January 2018
Melbourne-based publisher Berbay Publishing has been invited by the Spanish cultural agency Acción Cultural Española to participate in FLIC Professional in March 2018. FLIC is a youth and children’s literary...
Dunmore posthumously awarded Costa Book of the Year for ‘Inside the Wave’ Archive
Wednesday, 31 January 2018
In the UK, the late Helen Dunmore has been awarded the £30,000 (A$51,700) Costa Book of the Year award for her poetry collection Inside the Wave (Bloodaxe Books), reports the...
Copyright Agency introduces new nonfiction fellowship Archive
Wednesday, 31 January 2018
The Copyright Agency has announced it has boosted the value of its annual fellowship program from $120,000 to $285,000, including a new $80,000 fellowship for a specific work of nonfiction....
US producer acquires screen rights to ‘Shantaram’ Archive
Wednesday, 31 January 2018
Producers Anonymous Content and Paramount TV have acquired screen rights to Gregory David Roberts’ Shantaram and its sequel, The Mountain Shadow. Deadline Hollywood reports that the producers plan to turn...
‘Sherlock Holmes’ tops 2017 Audible UK chart Archive
Tuesday, 30 January 2018
In the UK, Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection was Audible’s highest-selling title for 2017, reports the Bookseller. The nine-story collection, which is narrated by Stephen Fry, spent...
Lindgren joins BWF as guest artistic director Archive
Tuesday, 30 January 2018
UPLIT has announced Carl Lindgren as the guest artistic director for the 2018 Brisbane Writers Festival. Lindgren will serve as guest artistic director until the end of 2018, while UPLIT’s...
Fremantle Press to release three new editions of ‘A Fortunate Life’ Archive
Tuesday, 30 January 2018
Fremantle Press will release three new editions of A B Facey’s 1981 novel A Fortunate Life this year, after publication rights recently returned to the small publisher. Fremantle Press will...
PRH reveals shortlist for its inaugural literary prize Archive
Tuesday, 30 January 2018
Penguin Random House (PRH) has announced the shortlist for its inaugural PRH Australia Literary Prize, worth $20,000. The prize aims to find and develop new Australian authors of literary fiction...
Post-Christmas survey: Second flat year in a row but booksellers relieved after slow start Archive
Monday, 29 January 2018
For the second year in a row, Christmas sales were ‘about the same’ for a majority of booksellers (69%), according to the results of Books+Publishing’s annual post-Christmas survey. Overall sales...
The books: Jane Harper leads strong local offering Archive
Monday, 29 January 2018
There was a strong showing from local authors in booksellers’ most-mentioned bestsellers across fiction, nonfiction and children’s. Jane Harper topped the most-mentioned fiction title list, ahead of UK author Philip...
Supply: Frustrated booksellers call for industry strategy Archive
Monday, 29 January 2018
For many booksellers, addressing the trade’s issues with delivery and availability is becoming more important with Amazon’s arrival, with stores frustrated by unreliable supply threatening their relationships with customers. Sophie...
Nielsen BookScan Christmas figures: Value and volume up; Jamie Oliver tops the bestsellers Archive
Monday, 29 January 2018
Value and volume sales were up in both the 12-week and four-week periods leading to 23 December 2017, compared to the same periods in 2016. The volume of books sold...
Publishers’ perspectives Archive
Monday, 29 January 2018
Christmas sales in 2017 were better than expected for three quarters of Australian publishers surveyed in Books+Publishing’s annual post-Christmas survey, with the remaining respondents reporting sales were ‘close to expectations’....
Book industry figures among 2018 Australia Day honours recipients Archive
Monday, 29 January 2018
A number of book industry figures have been recognised in the annual Australia Day honours. Janet McCalman was made Companion (AC) in the General Division of the Order of Australia,...
New prize launched for thrillers without violence against women Archive
Monday, 29 January 2018
UK screenwriter Bridget Lawless has launched the Staunch Book Prize—an award for the best thriller novel in which no woman is beaten, stalked, sexually exploited, raped or murdered, reports the...
Shining a light: Laura Elvery on ‘Trick of the Light’ Archive
Thursday, 25 January 2018
Laura Elvery’s debut short-story collection Trick of the Light (UQP, March) comprises 24 ‘meticulously crafted’ short stories ranging in style from ‘stark realism to light speculative fiction’, writes reviewer Alan...
Echo acquires Morris, Evans and Jeffreys Archive
Thursday, 25 January 2018
Bonnier Publishing’s Echo imprint has acquired three new novels, set for release in 2018 and 2019. Echo had acquired world rights to the second novel by Heather Morris, whose debut,...
HarperCollins sales up 8.1% as Big Four’s market share shrinks Archive
Thursday, 25 January 2018
In the UK, HarperCollins’ consumer sales grew 8.1% in value in 2017, while the Big Four’s total market share dipped slightly, reports the Bookseller. The combined sales for the Big...
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