‘Orangeboy’ wins 2017 ‘Bookseller’ YA Book Prize
Friday, 2 June 2017
In the UK, Patrice Lawrence has won the Bookseller’s 2017 YA Book Prize, worth £2000 (A$3491), for her debut novel Orangeboy (Hodder). Orangeboy tells the story of 16-year-old Marlon, who...
ABA Booksellers of the Year 2017 finalists announced
Friday, 2 June 2017
The finalists for the 2017 Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) Booksellers of the Year awards have been announced. The finalists for the Bookseller of the Year are: Nadine Allan (Better Read...
Little book of horrors: Jack Henseleit on ‘The Vampire Knife’
Thursday, 1 June 2017
Jack Henseleit’s debut junior fiction book The Vampire Knife (Hardie Grant Egmont) ‘will scratch [younger readers’] terror itch without drawing too many concerned looks from their parents’, writes reviewer Holly...
Over 110,000 attend SWF 2017; poetry tops festival bestsellers list
Thursday, 1 June 2017
This year’s Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) has recorded over 110,000 attendances and 59,322 ticketed sales worth over $1.5m—the second-highest box office in the organisation’s history. Attendances include the festival’s series of...
Canada’s Indigo Books & Music reports highest ever revenue
Thursday, 1 June 2017
Canada’s largest bookselling chain Indigo Books & Music has recorded its highest ever total revenue of C$1.02bn (A$1.02bn), reports Publishers Weekly. The figure is up 2.6% on the previous year,...
Ventura introduces new imprint for emerging writers
Thursday, 1 June 2017
Ventura Press has launched a new imprint for emerging writers, to be curated by former creative director of Varuna, the Writers’ House, Peter Bishop. Peter Bishop Books will aim to...
Training opportunities for US editors
Wednesday, 31 May 2017
Harlequin executive senior editor Annabel Blay spent 10 weeks in New York City researching fiction editing in the US as part of her Beatrice Davis Editorial Fellowship. In this extract...
Small publisher Grattan Street Press launches at the University of Melbourne
Wednesday, 31 May 2017
New small publisher Grattan Street Press launched its first book, John Lang’s colonial novel The Forger’s Wife, at an event at the University of Melbourne on 24 May. Grattan Street...
VIPs program explores rights sales in China, Taiwan and India
Wednesday, 31 May 2017
The annual Visiting International Publishers (VIPs) program was held during the 2017 Sydney Writers’ Festival. As part of the program, Australian publishers are given the opportunity to meet with international...
New study finds government cuts put libraries at risk
Wednesday, 31 May 2017
A new study has found that the federal government’s ‘wilful neglect’ of Australia’s national libraries, galleries and museums is putting the nation’s shared history and heritage at risk, particularly in...
State Library of NSW to cease on-demand lending collection service
Wednesday, 31 May 2017
The State Library of NSW will cease its on-demand lending collection service, which circulates 80,000 items include LOTE and alternative format titles to NSW public libraries, in favour of making...
Leading UK writers to take residencies in London libraries
Wednesday, 31 May 2017
In the UK, writers Irenosen Okojie, Courttia Newland, Bidisha and Alex Wheatle will take up residencies in London libraries as part of a two-year project run by the Arts Council,...
Book blogger spotlight: Diva Booknerd
Wednesday, 31 May 2017
YA and middle-grade book blogger Kelly from Diva Booknerd says she reviews books ‘purely on emotion and entertainment’, and enjoys the sense of community that blogging brings. She spoke to...
Literary projects among the recipients of Creative Victoria’s arts grants
Wednesday, 31 May 2017
A number of literary projects have received funding in Creative Victoria’s latest arts grant round. Literary projects to receive funding are: Carly Godden ($19,022) for ‘development and production of the second...
MUP orders reprint of Milligan’s ‘Cardinal’
Wednesday, 31 May 2017
Melbourne University Press (MUP) has ordered a reprint of journalist Louise Milligan’s Cardinal: The Rise and Fall of George Pell following extensive media coverage and ‘through the roof’ sales. A spokesperson...
Wainwright wins British Sports Book Award
Wednesday, 31 May 2017
Australian journalist and author Robert Wainwright has won the Biography of the Year at the 2017 British Sports Book Awards for his book Maverick Mountaineer (HarperCollins, published in the UK...
Inaugural Readings YA Prize shortlist announced
Tuesday, 30 May 2017
The shortlist for the inaugural Readings Young Adult Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Boone Shepard (Gabriel Bergmoser, Bell Frog Books) Freedom Swimmer (Wai Chim, A&U) The Bone...
Ford Street to celebrate 10th birthday
Tuesday, 30 May 2017
Independent children’s publisher Ford Street Publishing will celebrate its 10th birthday on 1 June. Publisher Paul Collins said Ford Street’s highlights include receiving shortlistings in Premiers’ Literary Awards for his...
BWF releases 2017 schools program
Tuesday, 30 May 2017
The Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) has released its 2017 Word Play program, designed for students from prep to year 12. The Word Play program, which runs from 6-8 September, features...
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ tops Amazon bestsellers chart after UK TV debut
Tuesday, 30 May 2017
Margaret Atwood’s novel The Handmaid’s Tale (Vintage) has topped the Amazon bestsellers chart within hours of the TV adaptation debuting on UK television, reports the Guardian. Vintage Classics editor Charlotte...
Industry responds to Macquarie University readers survey
Monday, 29 May 2017
Author Melissa Lucashenko, Penguin Random House publisher Meredith Curnow and Avid Reader owner Fiona Stager participated in a panel on the Macquarie University survey of Australian readers at the Sydney...
Macquarie University report into Australian readers finds broad support for local publishing industry
Monday, 29 May 2017
Macquarie University has published a report examining Australian book readers, the third and final stage of its three-year research project on Australia’s changing book industry. The book readership stage of the research...
Readings, Potts Point Bookshop ABIAs win sparks ILF donation
Monday, 29 May 2017
Bloomsbury has donated $10,000 to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) to honour Readings and Potts Point Bookshop’s Independent Book Retailer of the Year win at the Australian Book Industry Awards...
Four writers named 2017 ‘SMH’ Best Young Australian Novelists
Monday, 29 May 2017
Jennifer Down, Rajith Savanadasa, Julie Koh and Josephine Rowe have been named Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelists for 2017. The awards, which recognise emerging writing talent, are open...
Australian Book Design Awards 2017 winners announced
Monday, 29 May 2017
The Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA) announced the winners of the 2017 Australian Book Design Awards at an event in Sydney on 26 May. The winning titles in each category...
Pan Macmillan, NewSouth win industry awards at 2017 ABIAs; ‘The Dry’ named Book of the Year
Friday, 26 May 2017
The winners of the 2017 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) were announced in Sydney on 25 May. Pan Macmillan won Publisher of the Year and was also publisher of the...
Matar wins Folio Prize for his memoir ‘The Return’
Friday, 26 May 2017
In the UK, Hisham Matar has won the relaunched £20,000 (A$34,610) Rathbones Folio Prize for his memoir The Return (Viking), reports the Bookseller. Matar’s memoir details the author’s search, ‘both...
Davitt Awards 2017 longlists announced
Friday, 26 May 2017
Sisters in Crime has announced the longlists for the 2017 Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women. A total of 99 titles have been longlisted, including 63...
New ‘Books+Publishing’ reviews out now
Friday, 26 May 2017
Books+Publishing’s latest reviews newsletter contains 20 reviews of books publishing in June to August. The highest-scoring books were Brigid Delaney’s nonfiction title Wellmania: Misadventures in the Search for Wellness (Nero,...
Modern love: Jean Flynn on ‘Lovesick’
Thursday, 25 May 2017
Jean Flynn’s debut novel Lovesick is the first title from Xoum Publishing’s new romance imprint XO Romance. Reviewer Kat Mayo describes it as a ‘fun romantic comedy’ with a ‘modern...
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