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Bonnier Publishing launches US division

Wednesday, 10 August 2016
Swedish-owned, UK-based Bonnier Publishing is launching a US division as part of an ‘ambitious programme for growth’, reports the Bookseller. Bonnier Publishing USA will bring together Bonnier’s two US-based imprints,...

Birrell steps down as SWF artistic director

Wednesday, 10 August 2016
Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) artistic director Jemma Birrell is stepping down from the position at the end of this year after overseeing the past four festivals. SWF chair Deena Shiff...

Leading Edge to hold standalone conference in 2017

Wednesday, 10 August 2016
Leading Edge Books will hold its 2017 annual conference as a standalone event in late March, after four years of running the event in tandem with the Australian Booksellers Association...

NZ YA novel ‘Spark’ optioned for film

Wednesday, 10 August 2016
New Zealand production company Miss Conception Films has optioned the film rights to NZ author Rachael Craw’s YA novel Spark (Walker Books). Producer Ainsley Gardiner said the company was excited to...

Wright wins Alice Literary Award

Tuesday, 9 August 2016
The Society of Women Writers have awarded historian and author Clare Wright the biennial Alice Literary Award for ‘distinguished and long-term contribution to literature by an Australian woman’. Wright, whose...

Voss Literary Prize 2016 longlist announced

Tuesday, 9 August 2016
The longlist for the 2016 Voss Literary Prize has been announced. The longlisted titles are: The Blessing (Adrian Caesar, Australian Scholarly Publishing) Coming Rain (Stephen Daisley, Text) The Life of...

‘Mannix’ wins 2016 National Biography Award

Monday, 8 August 2016
Mannix by Brenda Niall (Text) has won this year’s $25,000 National Biography Award, presented by the State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW). Niall’s biography of the former Catholic Archbishop...

Booktopia set to list on ASX in October

Monday, 8 August 2016
Online bookstore Booktopia is planning to list on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) at the end of October, with a proposed initial public offering of $150m. As previously reported by...

New Bridget Jones book due in October

Monday, 8 August 2016
Bridget Jones’s Baby: The Diaries, a new novel by Helen Fielding based on her columns in the UK’s Independent newspaper, will be published by Jonathan Cape on 11 October. The...

Northern England indie publishers form alliance

Monday, 8 August 2016
Four indie publishers based in northern England have launched an alliance to showcase their work to an international market, reports the Bookseller. Established by Manchester-based Comma Press, the Northern Fiction...

Hill wins Women’s Leadership in Media award

Friday, 5 August 2016
Freelance journalist Jess Hill, whose book Power & Control will be published by Black Inc. in 2017, has been awarded the inaugural Women’s Leadership in Media award for her long-form...

New ‘Books+Publishing Junior’ reviews out now

Friday, 5 August 2016
Books+Publishing’s latest Junior newsletter contains 15 reviews of books publishing in September and October 2016. Art critic Jennifer Higgie’s debut picture book There’s Not One (Scribble, September) received the highest...

Student assessment: Meet the 2016 Inky Awards judges 

Thursday, 4 August 2016
Each year, a panel of teen judges from around the country select the shortlist for the Inky Awards for youth literature. Books+Publishing’s 16-year-old work experience student Alexandra Pixton spoke to...

Small publisher spotlight: Clan Destine Press 

Wednesday, 3 August 2016
Genre specialist Clan Destine Press, based in regional Victoria, first began publishing in 2010. Publisher Lindy Cameron spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘small publisher spotlight’ series: Describe your company in...

Schwirtlich receives ALIA’s Redmond Barry Award

Wednesday, 3 August 2016
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has awarded the prestigious Redmond Barry Award to National Library of Australia (NLA) director-general Anne-Marie Schwirtlich. Schwirtlich will be presented with the award at...