A&U, Hachette to release new Shaun Tan books in 2018 Archive
Wednesday, 15 November 2017
Allen & Unwin and Hachette will be releasing new books by award-winning author Shaun Tan in 2018. Allen & Unwin will publish Tales from the Inner City, a companion volume...
PRH UK to offer employees loans for rental deposits Archive
Wednesday, 15 November 2017
In the UK, Penguin Random House (PRH) will offer employees loans to cover the cost of rental property deposits, reports the Bookseller. The Home Sweet Loan scheme will allow employees...
ALIA, federal government promote Be Connected grants Archive
Tuesday, 14 November 2017
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) is working with the federal government to promote its Be Connected grants to support digital inclusion programs for older Australians. The grants, worth $20m...
Russia, Israel to digitise disputed collection of ancient Hebrew texts Archive
Tuesday, 14 November 2017
The Russian and Israeli state libraries have agreed to digitise and make available to the public a 14,000-item collection of medieval books, rare works of Jewish ritual law and mysticism,...
Lamond to leave Little Hare Archive
Tuesday, 14 November 2017
Margrete Lamond has stepped down as publisher of Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) imprint Little Hare Books. HGE said in a statement that it will not replace the publisher role, and...
A&U pulls Clive Hamilton’s China book citing threat of legal action Archive
Tuesday, 14 November 2017
Allen & Unwin has decided not to publish Clive Hamilton’s book Silent Invasion: How China is Turning Australia into a Puppet State, citing the threat of legal action from the...
Finch Memoir Prize 2018 shortlist announced Archive
Tuesday, 14 November 2017
The shortlist for the 2018 Finch Memoir Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: ‘Tin Gypsy’ (Alan Sampson), a ‘heartfelt’ account of a father’s relationship with his son who...
Booktopia makes ‘AFR’ Fast 100 for the eighth time Archive
Tuesday, 14 November 2017
Online bookseller Booktopia has made the Australian Financial Review (AFR) annual Fast 100, formerly the BRW Fast 100, for the eighth time. Booktopia came in 75th place on the list,...
ASA announces winners of 2017 Ray Koppe Residency, ASA Medal Archive
Tuesday, 14 November 2017
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced the winners of the 2017 Ray Koppe Residency Award and ASA Medal. Western Australian writer Holden Sheppard has won the Ray Koppe...
OzCo report finds Australian artists working more, earning less Archive
Tuesday, 14 November 2017
The Australia Council has released a new report that examines the economic conditions faced by practising professional artists in Australia. One of the key findings of Making Art Work by...
Asher Award 2017 winners announced Archive
Monday, 13 November 2017
Ruth Clare’s memoir Enemy (Viking) and Libby Hathorn’s picture book A Soldier, a Dog and a Boy (illus by Phil Lesnie, Lothian) have jointly won the 2017 Asher Award. Clare and...
Walkley Book Award 2017 shortlist announced Archive
Monday, 13 November 2017
The Walkley Book Award shortlist for 2017 has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Victoria: The Queen (Julia Baird, HarperCollins) Fair Game: The Incredible Untold Story of Scientology in Australia...
First authors announced for 2018 Perth Writers Week Archive
Monday, 13 November 2017
The first authors have been announced for the 2018 Perth Writers Week, which runs from 19-25 February. The guests include UK author Alan Hollinghurst, Canadian author Louise Penny and local...
UK book-industry survey finds widespread sexual harassment Archive
Monday, 13 November 2017
UK book-industry journal the Bookseller has released the results of its survey on sexual harassment in the industry, with over half of the 388 respondents reporting that they have experienced...
KOALAs 2017 winners announced Archive
Monday, 13 November 2017
The winners of the 2017 Kids Own Australian Literature Awards (KOALAs), the children’s choice book awards for New South Wales, have been announced. The winners and honour books in each...
Australian bestsellers in October: Harper tops fiction, Barnes number two in nonfiction Archive
Friday, 10 November 2017
Jane Harper’s follow-up novel Force of Nature is at the top of the Australian fiction bestsellers chart in October after debuting in first place in September. Harper’s first novel The Dry is in third...
Hardie Grant Egmont, Pantera partner with Tablo for NaNoWriMo Archive
Friday, 10 November 2017
Publishers Pantera Press and Hardie Grant Egmont have partnered with Australian online publishing platform Tablo to review a selection of manuscripts published on the Tablo platform for National Novel Writing...
Rushdie-headlined Global Atheist Convention cancelled Archive
Friday, 10 November 2017
The Atheist Foundation of Australia (AFA) has cancelled the 2018 Global Atheist Convention, which was set to run from 9-11 February at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, due to...
Copyright Agency, Viscopy merger given the green light Archive
Friday, 10 November 2017
The Copyright Agency and Viscopy will formally merge on 30 November 2017 after a five-year ‘services agreement’. Members of the two rights management organisations voted overwhelmingly in support of the...
Oz genre anthology wins 2017 World Fantasy Award Archive
Friday, 10 November 2017
Dreaming in the Dark (Jack Dann, PS Australia), an anthology of Australian genre fiction, has won a 2017 World Fantasy Award in the anthology category. The hardback volume is a...
Waterstones announces Book of the Year shortlist for 2017 Archive
Friday, 10 November 2017
UK bookselling chain Waterstones has announced the shortlist for its annual Book of the Year award. The seven shortlisted titles are: Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls (Elena Favilli &...
The light of Sharjah: Connecting the publishing world to the Middle East Archive
Thursday, 9 November 2017
This year's Sharjah International Book Fair was held from 1-11 November in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. Books+Publishing’s Andrew Wrathall was a guest of the professional program. ‘Darkness can...
NLA to relaunch CiP service as Prepublication Data Service Archive
Thursday, 9 November 2017
The National Library of Australia (NLA) will relaunch the Cataloguing-in-Publication (CiP) service as the Prepublication Data Service on 20 November. The renamed Prepublication Data Service will introduce changes to the...
NLA unveils restored Blaeu map Archive
Thursday, 9 November 2017
The National Library of Australia (NLA) has unveiled the restored 1663 map of Australia by cartographer Joan Blaeu for the first time, after acquiring the map in 2013. The map...
Finding your community: National Young Writers’ Festival celebrates 20 years Archive
Thursday, 9 November 2017
This year, the National Young Writers’ Festival celebrated its 20th anniversary with a four-day program in Newcastle from 28 September to 1 October. Festival manager Stella Charls, coordinator Maggie Thompson...
Christmas predictions: John Purcell from Booktopia Archive
Thursday, 9 November 2017
In a new series running in the lead-up to Christmas, Books+Publishing is asking booksellers across the country to predict their biggest sellers and ‘surprise sellers’. In our first instalment, Booktopia’s...
‘Extinctions’ sold to UK, North America following Miles Franklin win Archive
Thursday, 9 November 2017
UWA Publishing has sold UK and North American rights to Josephine Wilson’s Miles Franklin Award-winning novel Extinctions. UK & Commonwealth rights (ex ANZ and Canada) were sold to Serpent’s Tail and US...
Macmillan closes self-publishing platform Pronoun Archive
Thursday, 9 November 2017
In the US, Macmillan has announced it is closing its self-publishing platform Pronoun, after acquiring the company in May 2016, reports Publishers Weekly. Senior vice-president of publicity and marketing Jeff...
SPN to offer free childcare at Independent Publishing Conference Archive
Thursday, 9 November 2017
The Small Press Network (SPN) is offering free childcare at its 2017 Independent Publishing Conference, which runs at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne from 16-18 November. The boardroom at the...
Production on ‘True History of the Kelly Gang’ to start in early 2018 Archive
Thursday, 9 November 2017
Production on the film adaptation of Peter Carey’s Booker Prize-winning novel The True History of the Kelly Gang will begin in Victoria in March 2018, reports Inside Film. Justin Kurzel will...
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