RWA announces finalists for 2017 Valerie Parv Award
Thursday, 13 July 2017
The Romance Writers of Australia (RWA) has announced the finalists for its 2017 Valerie Parv Award for an unpublished manuscript. The finalists are: Kali Anthony Fiona Marsden Emily Michel Miranda...
MWF announces ‘digital storytellers’ for 2017 festival
Wednesday, 12 July 2017
Melbourne Writers Festival will engage six ‘digital storytellers’ for its 2017 festival, running from 25 August to 3 September. The six bloggers and writers will report on the festival’s sessions,...
Archivists criticise push to make WA State Records Office part of WA State Library
Wednesday, 12 July 2017
The Australian Society of Archivists (ASA) has warned the WA state government’s push to make the State Records Office part of the State Library of WA (SLWA) threatens good accountable...
ALA launches Book Club Central
Wednesday, 12 July 2017
In the US, the American Library Association (ALA) has launched Book Club Central, a new online platform of reading resources for book clubs. Resources include book recommendations, expert book lists...
Book blogger spotlight: Lillytales
Wednesday, 12 July 2017
Kate Lloyd started reviewing books on Instagram as a way to connect with like-minded readers. Her blog Lillytales now spans YouTube, Twitter, Goodreads and Litsy, but Instagram remains her favourite...
Morrison wins ALS Gold Medal
Wednesday, 12 July 2017
Zoe Morrison has won the 2017 Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal for her debut novel Music and Freedom (Vintage). Morrison’s novel was chosen from a shortlist of six and a longlist of...
Pearson to sell a 22% stake in PRH to Bertelsmann
Wednesday, 12 July 2017
Pearson will sell a 22% stake in Penguin Random House (PRH) to co-shareholder Bertelsmann, whose share of the company will increase to 75%, reports the Bookseller. Pearson will retain a...
Walkley-Pascall, Arts Journalism awards finalists announced
Wednesday, 12 July 2017
The Walkley Foundation has announced the finalists for the Walkley-Pascall Award for arts criticism and the new Arts Journalism Award. Walkley-Pascall Award for arts criticism Delia Falconer for ‘Out of...
Speech Pathology Australia book awards 2017 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 12 July 2017
The shortlists for the 2017 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Birth to three years 1, 2, Pirate...
Thompson steps down as PRH New Zealand MD
Wednesday, 12 July 2017
Penguin Random House (PRH) New Zealand managing director Margaret Thompson will leave the company on 28 July. Thompson was appointed to the role in 2014 after serving as MD of...
Rolfe wins 2017 Mary Gilmore Award
Wednesday, 12 July 2017
Aden Rolfe has won the 2017 Mary Gilmore Award for his poetry collection False Nostalgia (Giramondo). The award was presented by the Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) at...
Scribble sells North American rights to ‘The Underwater Fancy-Dress Parade’
Tuesday, 11 July 2017
Scribe’s children’s imprint Scribble has sold North American rights to Davina Bell and Allison Colpoys’ picture book The Underwater Fancy-Dress Parade to Abrams Books. Abrams will publish the book as...
Indie bookshop criticises heavy discounting of new Pullman novel
Tuesday, 11 July 2017
An independent bookseller in the UK has written a blog post criticising the heavy discounting of Philip Pullman’s first ‘Book of Dust’ novel at other retailers, reports the Bookseller. In...
Davitt Awards 2017 shortlists announced
Tuesday, 11 July 2017
Sisters in Crime has announced the shortlists for the 2017 Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women. The shortlisted works in each category are: Adult novel Dead...
Booktopia named finalist in Telstra Business Awards
Monday, 10 July 2017
Online bookseller Booktopia has been named a finalist in the Telstra Business Awards in the medium-sized category for New South Wales. The company has entered the awards six times and...
Little Brown signs self-published New Zealand author
Monday, 10 July 2017
In the UK, Little Brown imprint Piatkus has acquired two novels by self-published New Zealand author Tammy Robinson in a five-figure deal, reports the Bookseller. The first book Differently Normal,...
New Maurice Sendak picture book discovered
Monday, 10 July 2017
A new picture book by the late Maurice Sendak and his frequent collaborator Arthur Yorinks has been discovered in Sendak’s archives, reports Publishers Weekly. Presto and Zesto in Limboland was...
New ‘Books+Publishing Junior’ reviews out now
Monday, 10 July 2017
Books+Publishing’s latest Junior newsletter contains 12 reviews of books publishing in September. The ‘profoundly moving love poem’ Pea Pod Lullaby (Glenda Millard, illus by Stephen Michael King, A&U) received five...
‘Renniks Australian Pre-Decimal & Decimal Coin Errors’ shortlisted for the 2017 Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year
Friday, 7 July 2017
Ian McConnelly’s Renniks Australian Pre-Decimal & Decimal Coin Errors: The Premier Guide for Australian Pre-Decimal & Decimal Coin Errors (Renniks) is one of five books shortlisted for the Bookseller’s Diagram...
Magabala announces $10,000 award for Indigenous illustrators
Friday, 7 July 2017
Magabala Books has announced a new biennial award for Indigenous illustrators, with the winner to receive $10,000, a mentorship and the opportunity to illustrate a children’s story by Sally Morgan....
Turnover up three percent at OUP
Friday, 7 July 2017
Oxford University Press (OUP) has recorded a 3.3% increase in turnover to £847.4m (A$1450m) for the year ending 31 March 2017, reports the Bookseller. The results, which improve on last...
Bain to present Australian titles for APA’s ‘Australia @ Frankfurt’ program
Friday, 7 July 2017
Former UQP CEO Greg Bain will present up to 50 titles from Australian publishers to international publishers and agents as part of the Australian Publishers Association’s (APA) ‘Australia @ Frankfurt’...
Australian Christian Book of the Year 2017 shortlist announced
Friday, 7 July 2017
The shortlist for the 2017 Australian Christian Book of the Year been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Hermeneutics as Apprenticeship: How the Bible Shapes Our Interpretive Habits and Practices (David...
Quarto Group issues profit warning; signals ‘disappointing’ first half results
Thursday, 6 July 2017
In the UK, publisher the Quarto Group has issued a profit warning and admitted it had set its original guidance for 2017 and beyond too high, reports the Bookseller. Quarto...
Bloomsbury signs up to UK ‘Spotify for textbooks’ subscription service
Thursday, 6 July 2017
In the UK, Bloomsbury has signed up more than 7000 titles for a new textbook subscription service Perlego, reports the Bookseller. Describing itself as ‘Spotify for textbooks’, Perlego offers students...
Black Inc. to be distributed by Ingram in UK, North America
Thursday, 6 July 2017
Ingram Publisher Services will distribute Black Inc., La Trobe University Press and Nero Books titles in the UK from September 2017, and in North America and the rest of the...
Off-course navigation: Claire Christian on ‘Beautiful Mess’
Wednesday, 5 July 2017
Claire Christian’s 2016 Text Prize winner Beautiful Mess (Text, September) is about two misfits who help each other through the raw pain of adolescence. Reviewer Angela Crocombe spoke to the...
Shoalhaven council to trial opening school libraries to the community
Wednesday, 5 July 2017
Shoalhaven City Council on the NSW South Coast will trial opening school libraries to the wider community, reports the South Coast Register. Councilor Bob Proudfoot, who is also a Vincentia...
SLNSW launches online storybook in five Aboriginal languages for NAIDOC Week
Wednesday, 5 July 2017
The State Library of NSW has launched a free online storybook written and spoken in five Aboriginal languages from across NSW to mark the beginning of NAIDOC Week, which runs...
We Need Diverse Books launches Our Story app to help discoverability
Wednesday, 5 July 2017
US advocacy group We Need Diverse Books has launched OurStory, an app to help readers discover diverse books, at the 2017 American Library Association annual conference in Chicago. The app...
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