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Book blogger spotlight: Angel Reads

Wednesday, 12 April 2017
Blogger Angel Gouvas has been writing about YA books since 2012, and has a particular interest in #LoveOzYA and discussions about diversity. Gouvas spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘Book blogger...

‘WBN’ published Thursday next week 

Wednesday, 12 April 2017
Please note that, due to the Easter holidays, the next Weekly Book Newsletter will be published on Thursday 20 April. The deadline for classifieds and job advertisements is therefore 12 noon Wednesday...

More young people using UK libraries

Wednesday, 12 April 2017
New research has found the number of young people using UK libraries has increased over the past five years, reports the BBC. The Carnegie UK Trust study of 10,000 people...

2017 NT Writers Festival program launched

Wednesday, 12 April 2017
The program for the 2017 Northern Territory Writers’ Festival program has been announced. Held in Alice Springs from 18-21 May, this year’s festival will explore the theme of  ‘Crossings|Iwerre-atherre’. Indonesian travel writer...

Cribb appointed CEO of New Zealand Book Council

Wednesday, 12 April 2017
The New Zealand Book Council has appointed Jo Cribb as its new CEO, effective from 8 May. Cribb served as the CEO of the New Zealand government’s Ministry for Women...

New Frontier sets up London office

Tuesday, 11 April 2017
New Frontier Publishing has set up a London office to focus on the UK market. The children’s publisher released its first books in the UK this month, including selected Australian picture...

Clunes Booktown Festival 2017 program announced

Tuesday, 11 April 2017
The program for the 2017 Clunes Booktown Festival, to be held from 6-7 May in Clunes, Victoria, has been announced. Just under 30 writers will appear at the festival, including...

Whitehead wins 2017 Pulitzer Prize for fiction

Tuesday, 11 April 2017
Colson Whitehead has won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for his novel The Underground Railroad (Sphere), becoming the seventh author to win the Pulitzer and the National Book Award...

Affirm expands younger readers editorial team 

Monday, 10 April 2017
Affirm Press has expanded its younger readers editorial team, appointing Davina Bell as senior editor and promoting Clair Hume to commissioning editor. Bell was previously a senior editor at Penguin...

Sales down, profits up at HarperCollins UK

Monday, 10 April 2017
In the UK, HarperCollins has recorded a drop in sales from £186m (A$307m) to £184m (A$303m) in the 2015-16 financial year, but an increase in operating profits from £13m (A$21m)...

SWF 2017 program announced

Friday, 7 April 2017
The program has been announced for this year’s Sydney Writers’ Festival, which runs from 22-28 May. More than 400 events featuring over 450 writers will be held across greater Sydney....

PRH acquires Spanish-language publisher Ediciones B

Friday, 7 April 2017
Penguin Random House (PRH) has signed an agreement with Grupo Zeta to acquire its Spanish-language publisher Ediciones B. Ediciones B and its imprints will join Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial...

Relaunched Folio Prize releases shortlist

Friday, 7 April 2017
In the UK, the shortlist for the relaunched Rathbones Folio Prize, which has been expanded to include nonfiction, has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: The Vanishing Man (Laura Cumming,...

IPEd conference program speakers announced

Friday, 7 April 2017
The Institute of Professional Editors has announced some of the speakers for its biennial conference, to be held in Brisbane from 13-15 September. The keynote speakers are professor of applied...

Wenona Byrne appointed OzCo literature director

Thursday, 6 April 2017
Allen & Unwin rights and international sales director Wenona Byrne has been appointed the Australia Council’s director of literature. Byrne will replace former director Jill Eddington, who was appointed CEO...

New ‘Books+Publishing Junior’ reviews out now 

Thursday, 6 April 2017
Books+Publishing’s latest Junior newsletter contains 16 reviews of books publishing in May and June 2017. Marlee Jane Ward’s YA novel Psynode (Seizure, May), the follow-up to her Victorian Premier’s Literary Award-winning...

Book blogger spotlight: Sam Still Reading

Wednesday, 5 April 2017
Blogger Jeanie Misko has been writing about an eclectic mix of books for her blog Sam Still Reading since 2010, with her audience growing to about 2500 people a month. Misko...

SLV reveals redevelopment designs 

Wednesday, 5 April 2017
The State Library of Victoria has revealed the architectural designs for its $88.1m ‘Vision 2020’ redevelopment. The new designs will increase public space by 40%, including the re-opening of Queens...

 

 

 

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