PRH, Hachette and ‘PW’ to fund PEN membership fees under Trump
Thursday, 2 February 2017
In the US, Penguin Random House (PRH), Hachette Book Group (Hachette) and Publishers Weekly will pay half of each of their employees’ membership fees to PEN America, in a move to...
State Library of NSW secures $15m in private donations for new galleries, learning space
Wednesday, 1 February 2017
The State Library of New South Wales has secured $15m in private donations to fund new public galleries and a learning space in the Mitchell building. The galleries and learning...
NSW Librarian made AM in Australia Day honours
Wednesday, 1 February 2017
Jan Richards, the manager of Central West Libraries in rural NSW, has been made a Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia for ‘significant service to library...
Black Inc. to publish ‘Growing up Aboriginal in Australia’ anthology; call for submissions
Wednesday, 1 February 2017
Black Inc. is calling for submissions for a new anthology, Growing up Aboriginal in Australia, to be published in 2018. The anthology, which will be edited by Anita Heiss, will...
‘Overland’ poetry prize 2016 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 1 February 2017
The shortlist for the 2016 Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize for New and Emerging Poets has been announced. The eight shortlisted poems are: ‘Many Girls, White Linen’ (Alison Whittaker) ‘Languages...
Full program for Adelaide Writers’ Week announced
Wednesday, 1 February 2017
The full program for Adelaide Writers’ Week, which runs from 4-9 March, has been announced. This year’s festival is dedicated to Elizabeth Harrower, who will be in conversation with Text...
‘Pencilled In’ launches #ReadAsianOz public transport book campaign
Wednesday, 1 February 2017
Queensland literary journal Pencilled In has launched #ReadAsianOz, an initiative that places books by Asian-Australian authors on public transport services to raise the profile of diverse Australian writing. As part...
Oz candidate stands for IFLA presidency
Wednesday, 1 February 2017
Former Australia Library and Information Association (ALIA) president Christine Mackenzie is standing for the role of president of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). ALIA is supporting...
Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2017 winners announced
Wednesday, 1 February 2017
Sydney-based writer, actor and playwright Leah Purcell has won the $100,000 Victorian Prize for Literature for her play The Drover’s Wife (Currency Press) at this year’s Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards....
Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards to waive entry fees for SPN members
Wednesday, 1 February 2017
The Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards, administered by the Wheeler Centre, will waive entry fees for up to three titles from Small Press Network (SPN) members from 2018. Wheeler Centre director...
Barry wins second Costa Book of the Year
Wednesday, 1 February 2017
Irish author Sebastian Barry has won the 2016 Costa Book of the Year award for his novel Days Without End (Faber), reports the Guardian. This is the second time the...
London longlisted for Wellcome Book Prize
Tuesday, 31 January 2017
Joan London’s novel The Golden Age (Vintage, published in the UK by Europa Editions) has been longlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize in the UK. The annual prize, worth £30,000...
‘Introducing Teddy’ makes ALA ‘Rainbow List’
Tuesday, 31 January 2017
Jessica Walton’s Introducing Teddy (illus by Dougal MacPherson, Bloomsbury) has made the American Library Association’s (ALA) annual Rainbow List’s Top Ten books with significant gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender (LGBT)...
‘New York Times’ to reduce bestseller lists
Tuesday, 31 January 2017
The New York Times (NYT) is dropping its print and online bestseller lists for graphic novels and manga, mass-market paperbacks, teen e-books and middle-grade e-books effective from 5 February, reports...
Island magazine publishes special essay collection on adult literacy
Monday, 30 January 2017
Literary magazine Island will publish a special edition essay collection to celebrate its partnership with speech pathologist, literacy advocate and 2017 Tasmanian Australian of the Year Rosalie Martin. The free...
Reilly voted ‘Australia’s Favourite Author’ in Booktopia poll
Monday, 30 January 2017
Author Matthew Reilly has been voted ‘Australia’s Favourite Author’ in Booktopia’s annual poll. Booktopia announced the top 10 finalists on its website on 27 January. They were (from one to...
Whitehead, Desmond win 2017 ALA Andrew Carnegie Medals
Monday, 30 January 2017
The American Library Association (ALA) has announced the winners of the 2017 Andrew Carnegie Medals. The fiction prize was awarded to Colson Whitehead for The Underground Railroad (Orbit) and the nonfiction...
Book industry figures among 2017 Australia Day honours recipients
Friday, 27 January 2017
A number of book industry figures have been recognised in the annual Australia Day honours. Anne O’Donovan was made Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia (AO)...
Creative Victoria announces VicArts recipients
Friday, 27 January 2017
Several literary projects have been included among the recipients in the latest round of Creative Victoria’s VicArts Grants. The program will provide over $1.8m in funding for 87 creative projects...
Roxane Gay pulls S&S US book due to Yiannopoulos deal
Friday, 27 January 2017
Author Roxane Gay has pulled her book How to Be Heard from Simon & Schuster (S&S) in response to the far-right journalist Milo Yiannopoulos’ book deal with the US publisher’s conservative imprint Threshold Editions,...
SLNSW releases Sydney Harbour Bridge oral history using new online tool
Wednesday, 25 January 2017
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) is marking the 85th anniversary of the Sydney Harbour Bridge by releasing its full collection of unedited interviews with the people who built it,...
Ransomware attack shuts down St Louis library computer systems
Wednesday, 25 January 2017
In the US, a ransomware attack has shut down borrowing services at libraries in St Louis, Missouri, with 700 computers across 16 libraries infected, reports the Guardian. Hackers are demanding...
Swedish author sued by PRH, S&S for repurposing classic works
Wednesday, 25 January 2017
Swedish author Fredrik Colting and his partner are facing a legal complaint from publishers Penguin Random House (PRH) and Simon & Schuster (S&S), as well as the estates of Arthur...
Amazon launches £20,000 literary prize
Wednesday, 25 January 2017
In the UK, Amazon will launch a £20,000 (A$33,040) literary prize for self-published books, reports the Telegraph. The Kindle Storyteller Prize will be open to any English-language book published through...
NZSA / Hachette Mentor program recipients announced
Wednesday, 25 January 2017
The New Zealand Society of Authors and Hachette Australia have announced the recipients of the 2017 NZSA/Hachette Mentor Program. NZ writers Heidi North-Bailey and Linda Bennett will work on a...
SLV, Readings to host Melbourne book club
Wednesday, 25 January 2017
Independent bookselling chain Readings and the State Library of Victoria (SLV) will host a book club series, focusing on 10 recent books by Melbourne authors. Each event, which will be...
Post-Christmas survey: sales steady for chain bookstores, mixed for indies
Tuesday, 24 January 2017
Christmas sales were ‘about the same’ for 97% of chain bookstores and mixed for indie bookstores (up for 50%, down for 31%), according to the results of Books+Publishing’s annual post-Christmas...
Nielsen BookScan Christmas figures: strong last four weeks but value and volume down
Tuesday, 24 January 2017
While colouring books boosted Christmas sales in 2015, this season was marked by their absence. According to Nielsen BookScan, in the 12 weeks to 24 December, volume was down 2.7%...
Publishers’ perspectives
Tuesday, 24 January 2017
Publishers finished the Christmas period strongly, with almost all of the larger publishers reporting that Christmas sales were ‘about the same’ or up on last year following a surge in...
Supply: booksellers frustrated by distribution, stock levels
Tuesday, 24 January 2017
The delivery and availability of major bestselling titles from publishers were a key concern for the surveyed booksellers, with almost every respondent commenting on distribution and supply issues. Titles running...
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