Indie Book Awards 2017 shortlists announced
Monday, 16 January 2017
Leading Edge Books has announced the shortlists for the 2017 Indie Book Awards. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Fiction The Good People (Hannah Kent, Picador) Truly Madly Guilty (Liane Moriarty,...
‘Griffith Review’ Fellowship recipients announced
Friday, 13 January 2017
Griffith Review has announced the recipients of its writers’ fellowships, launched last year in conjunction with the Queensland Literary Awards. They are: Lech Blaine Laura Elvery Jim Hearn Bri Lee...
Full program announced for Perth Writers Festival 2017
Friday, 13 January 2017
The full program has been announced for the 2017 Perth Writers Festival, which runs from 23-26 February. Events at the festival include ‘Pondering our most precious liquid’, a panel discussion...
Patrić’s ‘Black Rock White City’ sells to US and UK
Friday, 13 January 2017
Transit Lounge has sold North American and UK rights to A S Patrić’s 2016 Miles Franklin Literary Award winner Black Rock White City to Melville House, New York. The deal...
Shortlist announced for crowdfunded small-press prize
Thursday, 12 January 2017
In the UK, the shortlist for the inaugural Republic of Consciousness Prize, recognising ‘brave, bold and brilliant’ literature from small presses, has been announced, reports the Guardian. The shortlisted works, as...
Hazel Rowley Fellowship 2017 finalists announced
Thursday, 12 January 2017
Writers Victoria has announced the seven finalists for the 2017 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship, awarded annually to an Australian writer for a proposed biographical work. The shortlisted writers and their...
Please complete our post-Christmas survey
Wednesday, 11 January 2017
Books+Publishing is currently conducting its annual post-Christmas survey of booksellers and publishers. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey online. Booksellers If you are a bookseller, please complete...
Donovan appointed literary scout for Hollywood producer
Wednesday, 11 January 2017
Los Angeles-based Australian Philippa Donovan has been appointed literary scout for Mad Rabbit, a production company for high-end drama. Donovan, who will cover World English Language territories, told Books+Publishing that...
SLV receives $8m donation for new gallery
Wednesday, 11 January 2017
The State Library of Victoria (SLV) has received a donation of eight million dollars to fund a new exhibition space, reports the Age. The donation is one of the largest...
‘Dropping In’ makes 2017 IBBY disability books selection
Wednesday, 11 January 2017
Geoff Havel’s Dropping In (Fremantle Press) has been included in the 2017 IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) Selection of Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities. Havel’s...
Government announces $16.4m funding for Trove in MYEFO
Wednesday, 11 January 2017
The National Library of Australia (NLA)’s digital archive Trove will receive $16.4m over four years from 2016-17 in the federal government’s Mid Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO), announced in...
ALIA, ALCC welcome Productivity Commission’s fair use recommendations
Wednesday, 11 January 2017
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) and Australian Libraries Copyright Committee (ALCC) have welcomed the Productivity Commission’s recommendation Australia adopts a fair use exception in its copyright laws. The...
Rowling, Wicks lead UK book sales ‘surge’ in 2016
Wednesday, 11 January 2017
In the UK, book sales in 2016 rose five percent to £1.6bn (A$2.64bn) in year-on-year figures to December according to Nielsen BookScan data, reports the Guardian. Book sales were up...
2017 Stella Sparks campaign to celebrate nonfiction
Wednesday, 11 January 2017
The Stella Prize’s 2017 fundraising and awareness campaign Stella Sparks will focus on women’s nonfiction writing. Readers will be encouraged to share their ‘nonfiction Stella Spark’ on social media using...
Writers, literary orgs among OzCo October grant round recipients
Tuesday, 10 January 2017
A number of writers and literary organisations have received funding in the Australia Council’s October 2016 grant round. Sixteen writers received arts projects grants of up to $50,000 each. There...
Rowling tops 2016 bestsellers chart, volume down and value up
Tuesday, 10 January 2017
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the playscript by J K Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany (Hachette), was the highest selling book in Australia in 2016 with 426,000 copies...
MWF and Jaipur Literature Festival launch program for JLF Melbourne
Tuesday, 10 January 2017
Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) has announced it will partner with Jaipur Literature Festival to present JLF Melbourne, a two-day ‘pop-up’ festival running from 11-12 February that will celebrate ‘the best...
US print book sales record third year of growth in 2016
Tuesday, 10 January 2017
In the US, sales of print books were up 3.3% in 2016, marking a third straight year of growth, reports Publishers Weekly. According to Nielsen Bookscan, which tracks 80% of...
Scribe acquires book on Belle Gibson cancer hoax
Tuesday, 10 January 2017
Scribe has acquired world rights to The Woman Who Fooled the World, a book on the Belle Gibson cancer hoax by Beau Donelly and Nick Toscano, the Fairfax journalists who...
Wyndham to leave ‘SMH’
Tuesday, 10 January 2017
Sydney Morning Herald literary editor Susan Wyndham is leaving the publication at the end of January. Wyndham told the publishing industry that she was ‘ready for a change’ after ‘thirty-six...
S&S US book deal with right-wing journalist ignites debate
Monday, 9 January 2017
Simon & Schuster US’s decision to publish an autobiographical book by Milo Yiannopoulos, a British journalist and tech editor for the far-right website Breitbart, has attracted criticism within the publishing...
Former HarperCollins, Leading Edge Books communications specialist Simon Milne dies
Monday, 9 January 2017
Simon Milne, who worked in the Australian book industry for many years as a marketing communications director at HarperCollins ANZ, marketing and communications manager at Leading Edge Group and general...
New award to recognise editorial excellence
Monday, 9 January 2017
A new award for editorial excellence has been launched by Editors Queensland, a branch of the Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd). The Rosanne Fitzgibbon Editorial Award, or ‘Rosie’, honours the...
Costa Book Awards 2016 category winners announced
Monday, 9 January 2017
In the UK, the five category winners for the 2016 Costa Book Awards have been announced. The winners are Days Without End (Sebastian Barry, Faber) for best novel; Golden Hill...
Productivity Commission releases final report; reiterates call for PIR repeal, adoption of ‘fair use’
Wednesday, 21 December 2016
The Productivity Commission released its final report into Intellectual Property Arrangements on 20 December, reiterating the previous recommendations from its draft report to repeal parallel import restrictions (PIRs) on books...
Top ‘Books+Publishing’ stories, reviews of 2016
Friday, 16 December 2016
In October, Books+Publishing reported on the imminent arrival of a new bar and bookshop in Melbourne specialising in Irish whiskey and Irish literature. Our story on Buck Mulligan’s—which has since...
Pre-Christmas survey 2016: Stable sales at chain stores, indies divided
Friday, 16 December 2016
Christmas sales are tracking at similar levels to last year for the majority of booksellers (63%), with just 13% reporting an increase and 24% reporting a decrease. This compares to...
Nielsen BookScan figures: Volume and value down as colouring books dry up
Friday, 16 December 2016
Sales in the 10 weeks to 5 December are down 5.9% in value and seven percent in volume this year compared to the same period in 2015, reports Nielsen BookScan....
The books: Strong across the board; big-name fiction, cookbooks missing
Friday, 16 December 2016
Most booksellers think there’s a strong (53%) or moderate (44%) offering of books this season, with only three percent considering it a weak line-up of titles. Booksellers are more confident...
Supply, stock, staff and sales
Friday, 16 December 2016
Many booksellers have expressed cautious satisfaction with the availability and supply of stock so far this Christmas, although concerns regarding delivery services, damages and unavailable titles persist. ‘Supply has generally been...
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