Council announces plan to develop Footscray Library into community, cultural hub
Tuesday, 8 August 2017
Maribyrnong Council in Melbourne is calling for early concept designs and a feasibility study on plans to develop the Footscray Library into a community and cultural hub, reports the Maribyrnong...
Vallance appointed NSW State Library CEO and state librarian
Tuesday, 8 August 2017
John Vallance has been appointed NSW State Library CEO and state librarian. Vallance has been headmaster of Sydney Grammar School for the past 17 years. NSW arts minister Don Harwin...
WA government cuts regional library services
Tuesday, 8 August 2017
Library patrons in regional Western Australia will be limited to two inter-library loan requests per month, while new-release titles will no longer be available under the program, amid changes made...
S&S UK signs up to plan to protect authors in ‘special sales deals’
Tuesday, 8 August 2017
Simon & Schuster UK has signed up to the Society of Authors’ (SoA) seven-point plan to ensure ‘special sales deals’ don’t affect writers’ earnings, reports the Bookseller. The SoA published...
Book Council survey: 88% of New Zealanders read at least one book in the past year
Tuesday, 8 August 2017
A new survey into New Zealanders’ reading habits has found that 88% of the adult population read, or started to read, at least one book over the past year, with...
Shortlist announced for 2017 ‘SRB’ Emerging Critics fellowships
Tuesday, 8 August 2017
The Sydney Review of Books has announced the shortlist for its 2017 Copyright Agency-SRB Emerging Critics fellowships. The shortlisted writers are: Shu-Ling Chua (ACT) Daniel Davis Wood (NSW) Stephanie Guest...
LoveOzYA conducts survey into YA reading habits
Tuesday, 8 August 2017
Young-adult literature advocacy group LoveOzYA is conducting a survey into the reading habits of YA readers, with the results to be released later this year. The survey, which runs from...
Winners of 2017 Affirm Press Mentorship Award announced
Tuesday, 8 August 2017
The winners of this year’s Affirm Press Mentorship Award have been announced. The winning authors and their work are: ‘Inheritance’ by Kathryn O’Connor, a novel about ‘Eileen and Anita, who...
State Library of Queensland to run inaugural Young Writers Conference
Tuesday, 8 August 2017
The State Library of Queensland (SLQ) is running its inaugural Young Writers Conference—a day of industry seminars and writing workshops for young writers aged 15 to 25—at the library on...
PRH to publish Luke Hodge autobiography
Monday, 7 August 2017
Penguin Random House will publish the autobiography of retiring AFL player Luke Hodge on 30 October. Luke Hodge: The General will ‘explain his own transformation’ and that of the Hawthorn...
Pearson to cut 3000 jobs
Monday, 7 August 2017
Pearson will cut 3000 jobs by 2020 in an effort to save £300m (A$493m) a year, reports the Bookseller. CEO John Fallon announced the job cuts along with the company’s...
New publisher Dirt Lane Press launches first book
Friday, 4 August 2017
New children’s publisher Dirt Lane Press has launched its first book The Sorry Tale of Fox and Bear, written by Margrete Lamond and illustrated by Heather Vallance. A not-for-profit organisation based...
New ‘Books+Publishing Junior’ reviews out now
Friday, 4 August 2017
Books+Publishing’s latest Junior newsletter contains 13 reviews of books publishing in October. Four books scored 4.5 stars from our reviewers, including three picture books: Danny Blue’s Really Excellent Dream (Max Landrak, Lothian,...
Readings wins Store Fit-out award at Australian Retail Awards
Friday, 4 August 2017
Readings has won the Store Fit-Out of the Year award at the 2017 Australian Retail Awards for the design of its Readings Doncaster and Readings Kids stores. Both stores were...
Amazon appoints Oz manager, leases warehouse
Friday, 4 August 2017
Amazon has appointed Rocco Braeuniger as its country manager for Australia and has confirmed it will open its first Australian fulfilment centre in Dandenong South in Melbourne’s south-east, reports Fairfax....
J K Rowling leads ‘Forbes’ list of top-earning authors
Friday, 4 August 2017
J K Rowling has taken out the top spot in Forbes’ annual list of the world’s top-earning authors, reports the Guardian. Rowling is estimated to have earnt US$95m (A$119m) over...
Multilingual children’s bookstore opens in Fairfield
Friday, 4 August 2017
A multilingual children’s bookstore, Lost in Books, has opened in Fairfield, South Western Sydney. Open from Monday to Friday, the bookstore also serves as a café, creative learning and language...
First guests announced for 2017 Tasmanian Writers and Readers Festival
Thursday, 3 August 2017
The Tasmanian Writers and Readers Festival has announced the first guests for its 2017 program, which runs from 14-17 September in Hobart. UK author A C Grayling will deliver the...
Robinsons to open Canberra store in October
Thursday, 3 August 2017
Independent bookselling chain Robinsons Bookshop is opening a store in Canberra on 31 October. The store is Robinsons’ 10th and its first outside of Melbourne. It will open alongside other...
Fine shortlisted for Royal Society Science Book Prize
Thursday, 3 August 2017
Australia-based British author Cordelia Fine has been shortlisted for the 2017 Science Book Prize for her book Testosterone Rex: Unmaking the Myths of our Gendered Minds (Icon Books). Fine’s book is one...
NZ Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement 2017 announced
Thursday, 3 August 2017
Creative New Zealand has announced the winners of the 2017 Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement, worth NZ$60,000 (A$55,900) each. Novelist Witi Ihimaera has been honoured in the fiction category,...
Something wundrous: Jessica Townsend on ‘Nevermoor’
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
Queensland author Jessica Townsend’s debut Nevermoor (Hachette, October) is a middle-grade fantasy about a cursed 11-year-old girl ‘that will hook readers aged 10 and up with intricate imaginative detail and...
Fresh take: Margrete Lamond on ‘The Sorry Tale of Fox and Bear’
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
The Sorry Tale of Fox and Bear (Margrete Lamond, illus by Heather Vallance, August) is the first title from newly launched small publisher Dirt Lane Press. Inspired by Norwegian folk...
Book blogger spotlight: Half Deserted Streets
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
For blogger Danielle Carey, Instagram ‘feels like the most enthusiastic and inviting place to flail about books online’. Her Instagram-based microblog, Half Deserted Streets, reaches 11,000 followers, but she also...
Melbourne’s City of Casey to open new library as part of $125m development
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
Melbourne’s City of Casey will open the new Narre Warren Library at the $125m Bunjil Place development on 28 October. The two-level library will feature a dedicated children’s library, study...
Community protests council plan to close Guildford library
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
Residents of Guildford in Perth are protesting a report to be presented to the City of Swan councilors on 2 August that details plans to close the Guildford library, reports...
2016 Stella Count revealed; judges for 2018 prize announced
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
The 2016 Stella Count has found that four out of 12 publications surveyed reviewed more books by women than men—up from one publication in 2015’s survey—with book reviews in Australian...
New report shows government funding for literature and writing lags other artforms
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
A report prepared for the Department of Communications and the Arts has found that Australian federal, state and territory, and local governments contributed $5.8b to cultural activities in 2015-16, with...
A&U to publish Nick Riewoldt’s autobiography in November
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
Allen & Unwin will publish AFL player Nick Riewoldt’s autobiography in November, following the St Kilda captain’s announcement that he will retire at the end of the season. The publisher said...
‘The Chaser’s’ Andrew Hansen and wife Jessica Roberts sign two-book deal with Walker Books
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
Comedian Andrew Hansen, best known for his work on ‘The Chaser’, and his wife, designer Jessica Roberts, have signed a two-book deal with Walker Books. The books will be the...
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