‘The Girl of Ink and Stars’ win Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2017
Friday, 31 March 2017
In the UK, Kiran Millwood Hargrave’s debut novel The Girl of Ink and Stars (Chicken House) has won the £5000 (A$8160) Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, reports the Bookseller. Hargrave’s novel...
Widening the frame: Briohny Doyle on ‘Adult Fantasy’
Thursday, 30 March 2017
Briohny Doyle blends memoir and cultural critique in Adult Fantasy (Scribe, June) to examine what it means to be an adult in a rapidly changing new millennium. Reviewer Jo Case...
PRH to close one of two Scoresby distribution centres
Thursday, 30 March 2017
Penguin Random House (PRH) has announced that its UBD Dalmore Drive distribution centre in Scoresby, Victoria, will close in the first half of 2018, with the company’s operations to be consolidated...
Beresford to direct film adaptation of ‘The Women in Black’
Thursday, 30 March 2017
Bruce Beresford will direct a film adaptation of Madeleine St John’s 1993 novel The Women in Black (Text), which has received funding from Screen Australia and Screen NSW. Beresford and...
New season of ‘The Book Club’ to launch in April
Thursday, 30 March 2017
The ABC has announced ‘The Book Club’ will return for a new season, running from 18 April to 6 June. The premiere episode features crime writer Michael Robotham and feminist writer...
Book blogger spotlight: Happy Indulgence
Wednesday, 29 March 2017
Happy Indulgence is run by three YA book bloggers specialising in contemporary, historical, sci-fi and fantasy titles. The site reaches an audience of over 10,000 followers in the US, Australia...
One Library system connecting libraries in regional WA
Wednesday, 29 March 2017
A new One Library system is connecting 23 libraries across 11 local governments in regional South West WA, with the management system to be fully implemented by mid-year, reports the...
UK authors call new UK libraries fund ‘a smokescreen’
Wednesday, 29 March 2017
In the UK, a number of authors have called the government’s new £3.9m (A$6.3m) fund to support innovation in public libraries ‘a sop, a smokescreen and a whitewash’ that does...
2016 sales, earnings down at PRH
Wednesday, 29 March 2017
Penguin Random House (PRH) parent company Bertelsmann has reported declines in sales and earnings at the publisher in 2016, with revenue dropping 9.6% from to €3.7bn (A$5.24bn) in 2015 to...
Amazon to be fully operational in Australia by end of 2018, reports ‘Fairfax’
Wednesday, 29 March 2017
Amazon plans to be fully operational in Australia by the end of 2018, Fairfax reported on 28 March. Fairfax has since removed the story from its websites. Former Amazon global logistics senior...
Kent shortlisted for Walter Scott Prize
Wednesday, 29 March 2017
Hannah Kent has been shortlisted for the 2017 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for her novel The Good People (Picador). Kent is one of seven titles shortlisted for the...
Ernest Scott Prize 2017 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 29 March 2017
The shortlist for the 2017 Ernest Scott Prize for history, presented by the University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Arts, has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: A History of New...
Kylie Scott to self-publish YA/NA novel in July
Wednesday, 29 March 2017
Australian romance author Kylie Scott will self-publish her first young-adult/new-adult novel Trust on 18 July. Scott told Books+Publishing that the novel is about ‘a couple of high school seniors who...
McFarlane shortlisted for £30,000 International Dylan Thomas Prize
Wednesday, 29 March 2017
Fiona McFarlane has been shortlisted for the £30,000 (A$49,155) International Dylan Thomas Prize, run by Swansea University, for her short-story collection The High Places (Hamish Hamilton). McFarlane is one of...
PEN announces award-winners at annual ceremony
Wednesday, 29 March 2017
PEN America has announced the winners of its major awards at its annual literary awards ceremony in New York on 27 March, reports Publishers Weekly. The award-winners are: PEN/Jean Stein...
CBCA Awards shortlist announced today
Tuesday, 28 March 2017
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) will announce the shortlist for the 2017 Book of the Year Awards at 12pm ESDT today. Books+Publishing will publish a special bulletin with...
A&U to publish new de Kretser novel in September
Tuesday, 28 March 2017
Allen & Unwin will publish Michelle de Kretser’s new novel The Life to Come on 27 September. This is de Kretser’s first novel since the Miles Franklin Literary Award-winning Questions of Travel was...
Copyright Amendment Bill tabled in Parliament
Tuesday, 28 March 2017
A Bill amending the Copyright Act 1968 to simplify the use of copyright materials by libraries, educational institutions, archives and people with disabilities was tabled in Federal Parliament on 22 March....
New small publisher Transmission Press launches first title
Tuesday, 28 March 2017
Melbourne-based small publisher Transmission Press will launch its first book in May. Transmission Press publisher Wendy Cavenett told Books+Publishing the press will ‘draw inspiration from literatures and cultural viewpoints from around...
‘Inbetween days’ recognised in US Golden Kite Awards
Tuesday, 28 March 2017
Vikki Wakefield’s Inbetween Days (Text) has been named a YA honour book in the US Golden Kite Awards for children’s book authors and illustrators. A winner and an honour book...
CBCA Awards 2017 shortlists announced
Tuesday, 28 March 2017
The shortlists for this year’s Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Older Readers* Waer (Meg Caddy, Text) Words...
Hachette UK launches creative writing hub for diverse writers
Monday, 27 March 2017
In the UK, Hachette has launched the Future Bookshelf, a creative writing hub for writers who feel they aren’t well represented by the publishing industry, reports the Bookseller. The diversity...
Orr wins 2017 ‘ABR’ Eucalypt Fellowship
Monday, 27 March 2017
Adelaide novelist and essayist Stephen Orr has been awarded Australian Book Review’s (ABR) Eucalypt Fellowship for 2017. Orr will produce a nonfiction article on ‘any aspect of the Australian Eucalypt...
Metzenthen, Baker nominated for 2018 Hans Christian Andersen Awards
Monday, 27 March 2017
David Metzenthen and Jeannie Baker have been nominated by IBBY (International Board of Books for Young People) Australia as the Australian candidates for the 2018 Hans Christian Andersen Awards. Metzenthen...
Simpson longlisted for Green Carnation Prize
Monday, 27 March 2017
Inga Simpson’s Where the Trees Were (Hachette) has been longlisted for the Green Carnation Prize, a UK-based award recognising LGBT writers. Simpson’s novel is one of 10 titles on the...
Australian teens share their favourite reads in Deakin research project
Friday, 24 March 2017
Researchers at Melbourne’s Deakin University have released results from its survey of 500 Australian teens on what their favourite books or series are, as part of their Teen Reading in...
‘Zac and Mia’ adapted for digital series
Friday, 24 March 2017
A J Betts’ YA novel Zac and Mia (Text) has been picked up for a digital series by US media company AwesomenessTV, reports Deadline. Production on the adaptation of the...
Holdsworth named 2017 ‘ABR’ RAFT fellow
Friday, 24 March 2017
Elisabeth Holdsworth has been named the 2017 Australian Book Review RAFT Fellow. Holdsworth will write an essay that explores ‘the nature of progressive Judaism as practised in Australia, Israel, and...
ABA announces 2017 conference program; Daunt, Mutter to give keynotes
Thursday, 23 March 2017
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced details of the program for its 2017 conference, to be held in Melbourne from 18-19 June. Running under the theme ‘Collaboration and Community’,...
Hunt wins Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal 2017
Thursday, 23 March 2017
Children’s novelist Des Hunt has received the 2017 Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal, presented annually for an outstanding contribution and lifetime achievement in the field of New Zealand children’s literature and...
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