Better Reading introduces author podcast Archive
Tuesday, 16 May 2017
Book recommendation website Better Reading has launched a new podcast featuring interviews with authors. Participating authors so far have included Nikki Gemmell, Candice Fox, Rebecca Huntley, Caroline Overington, John Safran...
Australian authors shortlisted for Locus Awards Archive
Monday, 15 May 2017
Several Australian authors and illustrators have been named as finalists for the Locus Awards for science-fiction and fantasy writing. Garth Nix is a finalist in the young adult category for...
Cengage revenues down due to ‘significant volatility’ in higher education Archive
Monday, 15 May 2017
Cengage Learning has reported a 10% decline in adjusted revenues to US$1.5bn (A$2.0bn) in the fiscal year 2017 (ending 31 March), reports the Bookseller. The decline was particularly strong in...
George Robertson Award 2017 winners announced Archive
Monday, 15 May 2017
The winners of the 2017 George Robertson Award, which recognises long and distinguished service to the publishing industry, were announced by the Australian Publishers Association (APA) on 27 April. The...
ABA Nielsen BookData Booksellers Choice Award 2017 shortlist announced Archive
Friday, 12 May 2017
The shortlist for this year’s Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) Nielsen BookData Booksellers Choice Award has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: The Birdman’s Wife (Melissa Ashley, Affirm Press) Words in...
18,000 attend Clunes Booktown Festival 2017; sellout sessions with Kent, Ford Archive
Friday, 12 May 2017
Around 18,000 visitors attended this year’s Clunes Booktown Festival in Victoria, which ran from 6-7 May. The number of visitors is about the same as the previous two festivals. A...
Melbourne’s Books in Print to close in June Archive
Friday, 12 May 2017
Books in Print in the Melbourne suburb of Malvern will close at the end of June. The store has been run by Chris Harrington and Deborah Holland for the past...
PRH Australia announces new literary division; Ball promoted Archive
Friday, 12 May 2017
Penguin Random House (PRH) Australia will establish a Penguin Random House Literary division in June. The division, led by Ben Ball in the newly created role of publishing director of...
Red Room Poetry announces shortlist for inaugural fellowship Archive
Friday, 12 May 2017
The shortlist has been announced for the inaugural Red Room Poetry fellowship, launched to recognise the achievements and artistic goals of contemporary Australian poets. The 10 shortlisted poets are: Ali...
Argentina’s book market down 40% in 2016 Archive
Friday, 12 May 2017
Argentina’s book market declined 40% in 2016, from US$905.5m (A$1,228m) in revenue in 2015 to US$540m (A$732m) last year, reports Publishers Weekly. The figures were compiled by an Argentine consultancy...
Echo acquires historical novel from Meg Keneally Archive
Friday, 12 May 2017
Echo Publishing has acquired world rights to Meg Keneally’s historical novel Fled in a two-book deal. The novel, which is based on the life of convict Mary Bryant, will be...
Quiet Magic: Emily Rodda on ‘The Shop at Hoopers Bend’ Archive
Thursday, 11 May 2017
Emily Rodda’s latest novel The Shop at Hoopers Bend is a return to the author’s earlier books, where the magic is ‘about following your instincts’ rather than fantasy realms. Fay...
EC to address ‘unfair contractual clauses and trading practices’ Archive
Thursday, 11 May 2017
The European Commission is considering legislation to address ‘unfair contractual clauses and trading practices identified in platform-to-business relationships’, reports the Bookseller. The initiative, which was announced on 10 May as...
McFarlane wins £30,000 International Dylan Thomas Prize Archive
Thursday, 11 May 2017
Fiona McFarlane has won the £30,000 (A$52,772) International Dylan Thomas Prize for her short-story collection The High Places (Hamish Hamilton), reports the Guardian. McFarlane was selected from a shortlist of...
Russell Prize for Humour Writing 2017 shortlist announced Archive
Wednesday, 10 May 2017
The State Library of NSW has announced the shortlist for the 2017 Russell Prize for Humour Writing. The shortlisted titles are: Going Out Backwards: A Grafton Everest Adventure (Ross Fitzgerald...
Book blogger spotlight: Reading Matters Archive
Wednesday, 10 May 2017
UK-based Australian blogger Kim Forrester started Reading Matters in 2004 to help her remember what she was reading. Now she likes to focus on ‘books that may have slipped under...
ALIA fellowship presented to health librarian Ann Ritchie Archive
Wednesday, 10 May 2017
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) board of directors has awarded an ALIA fellowship to Ann Ritchie for her work in the field of health librarianship. Ritchie, who is...
US Library Systems Report explores ‘businesses consolidation and tech innovation’ Archive
Wednesday, 10 May 2017
The American Library Association’s American Libraries publication has released its annual Library Systems Report by library technology consultant Marshall Breeding. The report argues that the library technology industry has entered...
Margaret Hamilton: A life in children’s books Archive
Wednesday, 10 May 2017
Former children’s book publisher Margaret Hamilton AM recently retired from the national board of the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) after 57 years with the organisation. This is an...
Residents petition to save Geelong’s Chilwell library Archive
Wednesday, 10 May 2017
Residents in the Geelong suburb of Chilwell are petitioning to save their library after the Geelong council announced it was one of three libraries set to close, reports the Geelong...
Federal government extends $20,000 tax write-off for small business Archive
Wednesday, 10 May 2017
The federal government will extend its $20,000 ‘instant’ tax deduction threshold for small businesses for another 12 months. The scheme, which was first introduced in the 2015 federal budget, allows...
PRH acquires ‘subversive’ boarding school YA debut Archive
Wednesday, 10 May 2017
Penguin Random House Australia has acquired the rights to Margot McGovern’s contemporary YA debut Neverland. Random House Young Readers publisher Zoe Walton acquired ANZ rights and English-language rights in Asia via Jacinta...
Budget confirms return of Catalyst funding to OzCo Archive
Wednesday, 10 May 2017
The 2017-18 federal budget has confirmed the return of Catalyst funding to the Australia Council, first announced in March this year. The budget papers show that the government is directing...
EWF 2017 program launched Archive
Wednesday, 10 May 2017
The Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) has announced its full 2017 program, which runs from 14-23 June in venues across Melbourne’s CBD, Footscray and Dandenong. The festival will open with ‘an...
ASA conducting pay-rate survey; plans to update ‘rates schedules’ Archive
Wednesday, 10 May 2017
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) is conducting a survey of pay rates for writers and illustrators ‘as a first step towards updating the rates schedules’. The ASA said in...
Spufford wins 2017 Ondaatje Prize Archive
Wednesday, 10 May 2017
Francis Spufford’s debut novel Golden Hill (Faber) has won the Royal Society of Literature’s Ondaatje Prize in the UK. The annual £10,000 (A$17,630) prize is awarded for ‘a distinguished work...
Book bites: books to come for teens and tots Archive
Tuesday, 9 May 2017
Children’s book buyer at Hill of Content Bookshop Meg Whelan offers a taste of books to come. In the picture Aaron Blabey is back with Guff (August, Viking), a hilarious...
Brave new world: Sydney’s Beachside Bookshop Archive
Tuesday, 9 May 2017
Sydney’s Beachside Bookshop, which specialises in teen fiction, celebrated its one-year anniversary earlier this year. Owner and second-generation bookseller Libby Armstrong shares her bookseller’s diary. ‘Oh, you’re very brave.’ If...
Join the club: Small children’s publishers building book clubs Archive
Tuesday, 9 May 2017
Driven by a lack of access to media and retailers, concerns over literacy and a desire to instil a love of reading, small children’s publishers are investing in new ways...
Hanging in the balance: Gender parity in classroom text lists Archive
Tuesday, 9 May 2017
With the Victorian Year 12 English text list recently reaching gender parity, Bec Kavanagh investigates how text lists are generated in other states and whether a gender-balanced list translates into...
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