Auckland Writers Festival 2017 program released
Thursday, 16 March 2017
The program has been announced for the 2017 Auckland Writers Festival, which runs from 16-21 May. The line-up of 42 international writers includes Man Booker Prize-winning US novelist Paul Beatty; US...
Evans appointed head of Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund, Reading Australia
Thursday, 16 March 2017
The Copyright Agency has appointed Nicola Evans as the head of its Cultural Fund and Reading Australia programs. Evans’ previous roles include program manager for the Australia Council and, most...
ABIA 2017 longlists announced
Thursday, 16 March 2017
The longlists for the 2017 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) have been announced. The titles in each category are: General fiction book of the year All These Perfect Strangers (Aoife...
Queensland Literary Awards announces new prize for digital literature
Wednesday, 15 March 2017
The Queensland Literary Awards is introducing a new digital literature award in 2017. The $10,000 prize, sponsored by the Queensland University of Technology, is open to all original works of...
Storylines announces notable NZ children’s books for 2017
Wednesday, 15 March 2017
The Storylines Children’s Trust has announced its 2017 Notable Books list for children’s and young adult books published in 2016. The 33 notable books on the list comprise nine junior...
Books+Publishing magazine Issue 1 2017
Wednesday, 15 March 2017
Books+Publishing magazine’s first issue for 2017 is out now! Reviews: It’s a strong start to the year for reviews, with four adult books scoring 4.5 stars in this issue. Among...
Wood, Meadows commended in 2016 Tiptree Award
Wednesday, 15 March 2017
Australian authors Charlotte Wood and Foz Meadows have been commended in the US-based Tiptree Award, which is presented for science-fiction and fantasy that expands or explores the understanding of gender. Wood was...
Penguin to publish new Peter Carey novel in November
Wednesday, 15 March 2017
Penguin Australia will publish a new novel from Peter Carey, A Long Way from Home, in November. The book will also be published by Faber in the UK, Knopf in...
Granta acquires Oz, UK rights to new Catton novel
Wednesday, 15 March 2017
Granta has acquired Australian and UK rights to Booker Prize-winning New Zealand author Eleanor Catton’s third novel Birnam Wood. Victoria University Press (VUP) will publish the book in New Zealand, with...
Shakespeare and Company named Bookstore of the Year
Wednesday, 15 March 2017
France’s Shakespeare and Company has been named Bookstore of the Year at the London Book Fair (LBF) International Excellence Awards. Shakespeare and Company is the second bookstore to win the...
Book bites: Titles for tots
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
In the picture Detailed illustrations take centre stage in Let’s Count Kisses (Karen Hull, Hachette, April), which encourages kids to count the butterflies on each page while Aussie animals are...
Diversity matters: Representation in children’s publishing
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
Three years on from the ‘We Need Diverse Books’ campaign, Jordi Kerr examines the state of diversity in children’s publishing and finds that we don’t just need diverse books, we...
Booksellers weigh in on popular fiction bestsellers in 2016
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
For an in-depth look at what’s popular in popular fiction, we asked specialist booksellers Stefen Brazulaitis of Stefen’s Books, Fiona Hardy of Readings and Lucy Abarcia of Ever After for...
Talkback: Addressing the cost of literary awards
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
The decision by UWA Publishing to cease entering its titles for book awards has highlighted the high costs incurred by publishers. Andrea Hanke spoke to several awards organisers to find...
Editor’s picks: Jackie Tang’s autumn reading list
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
Politics and prose take centre stage in Jackie Tang’s Autumn reading list. Here and now When Hachette first launched the Richell Prize for Emerging Writers in 2015, the publisher received...
Shelf talk: Page-turners
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
It’s all about chick lit, historical fiction and Gone Girl-esque thrillers over the next few months as the publishing industry gears up for Mother’s Day. ‘If Bridget Jones and Nina Proudman...
Shelf talk: Fresh start
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
There are always lots of health and wellbeing titles out early in the year while New Year’s resolutions are still fresh. Two former stars of the Australian TV series the...
Shelf talk: Life stories
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
When journalist and news anchor Tracey Spicer was sacked by her network after having a baby, she took legal action and threw off the shackles of being a self-described ‘good...
Between the lines: Observations on the trade by Gladys Bembo
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
The details of the close relationships enjoyed by authors and their literary agents are normally veiled in a miasma of traditional politeness and contractually obliged silence. So the very public...
Your store: A round-up of retailing news, tips and titbits
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
Booksellers, publishers collaborate at Indies Forum Around 90 guests gathered in Melbourne in February for the first Indies Forum, hosted by the Australian Publishers Association (APA) and Australian Booksellers Association...
A country practice: Portia Lindsay’s journey into regional arts development
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
Former bookseller and NSW Writers’ Centre program officer Portia Lindsay has found her calling in regional arts development and now runs the Mudgee Readers’ Festival. She shares her career journey. ...
Rundle in the jungle: On Dymocks Adelaide
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
Dymocks Adelaide franchise owner Mandy Macky has led the Rundle Mall store since 1991, through microfiche, continuous-feed computer sheets and a relocation. She shares her bookseller’s diary. Standard Books was...
Partnering up: Launching La Trobe University Press
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
La Trobe University has partnered with Black Inc. to launch the nonfiction imprint, La Trobe University Press, in the university’s 50th anniversary year. Vicki Stegink spoke to vice-chancellor John Dewar...
Festival fever: Are there too many literary festivals in Australia?
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
With the tally of Australian literary festivals reaching more than 90 in 2017, Jo Case takes a look at the role festivals play in an increasingly crowded literary events landscape....
Alternative worlds: Australian genre publishing
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
Danielle Binks explores the state of genre publishing in Australia. In 2012, the Australian Writer’s Marketplace (AWM)—an arm of the Queensland Writer’s Centre—held its first ever ‘GenreCon’ for writers. In...
Sales up 4% in 2016 for UK bricks-and-mortar bookstores
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
UK bricks-and-mortar booksellers saw a 4% increase in book sales volume in 2016 while online sales held steady, according to Nielsen’s Books and Consumer survey reported in the Bookseller. Ebook...
Braybrooke promoted to MD of Scribe UK
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
Scribe UK publicity and operations manager Sarah Braybrooke has been promoted to managing director of Scribe UK. Braybrooke’s promotion is one of four at Scribe’s UK office, with Molly Slight...
Hachette UK sales up 11% in 2016; US down 4.2%
Friday, 10 March 2017
Hachette UK revenue was up 11% in 2016, with the growth credited with driving parent company Lagardère’s publishing division revenue up 2.5% on the previous year, reports the Bookseller. Little,...
New ‘Books+Publishing’ reviews out now
Friday, 10 March 2017
Books+Publishing’s latest Reviews newsletter contains 16 reviews of books publishing in April and May 2017. The three highest-scoring books were Ashley Hay’s novel A Hundred Small Lessons (A&U, April), Karen...
Transportation Press announces international microfiction competition
Friday, 10 March 2017
Tasmanian publisher Transportation Press has launched an international microfiction competition, with a collection of winning and highly commended stories to be published later in the year. The competition, which is...
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