Final ‘Weekly Book Newsletter’ for 2016
Wednesday, 14 December 2016
Today’s Weekly Book Newsletter will be the last for 2016. The first Weekly Book Newsletter for 2017 will be published on Wednesday 11 January. The last Daily Newsletter for 2016 was published on...
Bachoura wins 2016 Deborah Cass Prize
Tuesday, 13 December 2016
Syrian-born actor and writer Jean Bachoura has won Writers Victoria’s 2016 Deborah Cass Prize for emerging writers from migrant backgrounds for his manuscript extract ‘Night Falls’. ‘Night Falls’ was chosen...
HarperCollins acquires McTiernan, Ringland debuts
Tuesday, 13 December 2016
HarperCollins has acquired the rights to two novels by first-time Australian authors. Perth-based writer Dervla McTiernan’s crime novel The Rúin was acquired by publisher Anna Valdinger in a two-book deal...
Diversity initiative ‘Voices from the Intersection’ to hold publisher speed pitching day
Tuesday, 13 December 2016
Authors Rebecca Lim and Ambelin Kwaymullina have launched a volunteer initiative Voices from the Intersection (VFTI), with the aim of providing publication and mentorship opportunities to emerging YA and children’s...
OzCo announces leadership program participants
Tuesday, 13 December 2016
A number of literary arts workers have been selected for the 2017 Australia Council Leadership Programs. Participants in the 2017 Future Leaders Program include Right Now magazine general manager Reiko...
Indie Book Awards 2017 longlists announced
Monday, 12 December 2016
Leading Edge Books has announced the longlists for the 2017 Indie Book Awards. The longlisted titles in each category are: Fiction The Easy Way Out (Steven Amsterdam, Hachette) Between a...
Watts, Witherspoon to adapt ‘Penguin Bloom’ for film
Friday, 9 December 2016
Australian actress Naomi Watts has partnered with US actress and film producer Reese Witherspoon and US film producer Bruna Papandrea to option the rights to Penguin Bloom (Cameron Bloom &...
Martyn leaves HarperCollins
Friday, 9 December 2016
HarperCollins Australia publishing director Shona Martyn has left the publisher to pursue ‘new challenges’ after 17 years with the company. Martyn joined HarperCollins in 1999 as publishing director of Australian and...
Black Inc. acquires memoir from Scribe Nonfiction Prize shortlistee
Friday, 9 December 2016
Black Inc. publisher Aviva Tuffield has acquired a memoir from 24-year-old Queensland writer Lech Blaine, who was shortlisted for this year’s Scribe Nonfiction Prize for Young Writers. Blaine’s Car Crash:...
Australian publications, booksellers recommend their top titles for 2016
Friday, 9 December 2016
A number of Australian publications and booksellers have released their recommended books for 2016. The Fairfax’s Sydney Morning Herald and Age publications have compiled their annual round-up of Australian writers’...
‘KYD’ announces new staff, appoints Elson as book critic
Friday, 9 December 2016
Literary magazine Kill Your Darlings (KYD) has announced a number of staff changes for 2017, including the appointment of Gerard Elson to the role of KYD book critic. Elson, who...
European book sales up slightly in 2015
Friday, 9 December 2016
The Federation of European Publishers (FEP) has released a survey showing a ‘small increase’ in total sales revenue in 2015 for publishers in the European Union and the European Economic...
Shorten confirms Labor won’t back PIR repeal
Friday, 9 December 2016
Federal Labor Party leader Bill Shorten has confirmed the Labor Party will not support the government’s proposal to repeal parallel import restrictions (PIRs), in a letter addressed to Melbourne University...
New Zealand publishing recovers after weak 2013-14
Friday, 9 December 2016
A new PricewaterhouseCoopers report shows a recovery in the New Zealand book publishing industry in 2015 after weak years in 2013 and 2014. The report estimates the total value of...
Final ‘B+P Daily’ for 2016
Friday, 9 December 2016
This issue of the Books+Publishing Daily will be the last for 2016. The Daily will return on Monday 9 January. The Books+Publishing team wishes our subscribers all the best for the...
ABA appoints conference coordinator, announces new staff roles
Thursday, 8 December 2016
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has appointed Helen Papadimitriou as its 2017 conference and trade exhibition coordinator following the departure of marketing and conference manager Steve Jones. ABA CEO Joel...
New TitlePage service to cater to self-publishers and micro-publishers
Thursday, 8 December 2016
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has launched a new service that offers self-publishers and micro-publishers the opportunity to list their books on TitlePage without becoming APA members. The ‘Batch Title...
US writers’ groups Authors United and the Author Guild merge
Thursday, 8 December 2016
In the US, campaign group Authors United has merged with the country’s largest writers’ organisation, the Authors Guild, reports the Bookseller. Originally set up to protect authors’ interests in Amazon’s...
Novak launches literary agency
Wednesday, 7 December 2016
Former Text publicity manager Jane Novak has launched a literary agency following the retirement of literary agent Barbara Mobbs. Novak told Books+Publishing that ‘almost all of Barbara’s client list have...
Small publisher spotlight: Rag and Bone Man Press
Wednesday, 7 December 2016
Founded in 2011, Rag and Bone Man Press is a Melbourne-based not-for-profit publisher whose aim is to ‘track down, gather and publish unique collections of stories in community-related book projects’....
Moriarty tops fiction category in 2016 Goodreads Awards
Wednesday, 7 December 2016
Liane Moriarty’s Truly Madly Guilty (Pan Macmillan) has won the fiction category in the Goodreads Choice Awards Best Books of 2016. Moriarty won the category with 30,154 votes, coming ahead of...
Chicago Public Library offers free content to commuters
Wednesday, 7 December 2016
In the USA, travellers using Chicago’s railways can browse a variety of free digital content using a smartphone or other digital device, reports Time Out Chicago. The new initiative between...
Please complete our pre-Christmas survey: Last chance
Wednesday, 7 December 2016
Books+Publishing is currently conducting its annual pre-Christmas survey of booksellers and publishers. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey online. Booksellers If you are a bookseller, please complete...
‘The Cow Tripped Over the Moon’ to be read for National Simultaneous Storytime 2017
Wednesday, 7 December 2016
Tony Wilson and Laura Wood’s The Cow Tripped over the Moon (Scholastic) will be read for National Simultaneous Storytime 2017, the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has announced. National...
TAFE promises consultation over changes to Ultimo library
Wednesday, 7 December 2016
TAFE NSW has said it will consult with staff and students over changes to Sydney’s Ultimo TAFE library, after the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) and other groups criticised...
British Library acquires Wodehouse archive
Wednesday, 7 December 2016
The British Library has acquired the PG Wodehouse archive, a collection of papers formerly held by the PG Wodehouse estate, reports the Guardian. The archive includes many of Wodehouse’s letters,...
Abrams pulls ‘intentionally offensive’ book after social media response
Wednesday, 7 December 2016
In the UK and US, publisher Abrams is discontinuing publication of Bad Little Children's Books after criticism on social media over the book’s ‘unabashedly un-PC, rude, tasteless, inappropriate—or all the above’...
writingWA launches campaign in support of literature funding, awareness
Wednesday, 7 December 2016
writingWA has launched a campaign to raise awareness of the writing and publishing sector and the inequity of its funding compared to other art forms, in the lead-up to the...
Philanthropic organisations to fund arts advocacy program
Wednesday, 7 December 2016
Australian philanthropic organisations the Myer Foundation, the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation and the Keir Foundation are offering $1.65 million for the establishment of an Australian arts and culture advocacy program....
Kaminsky wins 2016 Voss Literary Prize
Wednesday, 7 December 2016
Author and doctor Leah Kaminsky has won the 2016 Voss Literary Prize for her debut novel The Waiting Room (Vintage). The Voss Literary Prize is awarded to the best novel...
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