UK book trade responds to Brexit
Monday, 27 June 2016
In the UK, the Bookseller has spoken to a number of publishers and booksellers in the wake of the country’s vote to leave the UK. Hachette UK CEO Tim Hely...
‘Alice Miranda’ series to be adapted for TV
Monday, 27 June 2016
Jacqueline Harvey’s ‘Alice Miranda’ children’s book series (Random House) will be adapted into an animated TV show to screen on Channel Nine. The 26 half-hour episode series will be produced...
Productivity Commission submissions: overwhelming author response; booksellers, lawyers and other groups weigh-in
Friday, 24 June 2016
Authors opposing the repeal of parallel import restrictions (PIRs) and a ‘fair use’ copyright arrangement make up the vast majority of submissions to the Productivity Commission’s draft report, alongside submissions...
Feminist Writers Festival line-up announced
Friday, 24 June 2016
The line-up for the inaugural Feminist Writers Festival’s (FWF) networking day, to be held on Friday 26 August at the Queen Victoria Women’s Centre in Melbourne, has been announced. Among...
Bilingual Chinese Writers Festival to be held in Melbourne
Friday, 24 June 2016
A ‘completely bilingual’ Chinese Writers Festival will be held at Richmond Library in Melbourne on Sunday 28 August. The festival, presented by Writers Victoria, the Australia Chinese Writers Festival and...
Affirm Press to represent US publisher The Experiment
Friday, 24 June 2016
Affirm Press will represent New York publisher The Experiment’s titles in Australia and New Zealand starting from 1 July. The partnership will see the Melbourne-based publisher sell The Experiment’s frontlist...
McInerney wins 2016 Desmond Elliott Prize
Friday, 24 June 2016
In the UK, Irish author Lisa McInerney has won the 2016 Desmond Elliott Prize for new fiction for The Glorious Heresies (John Murray). McInerney’s black comedy about five misfits living...
2016 Book-to-Film Adaptations
Thursday, 23 June 2016
There are several book-to-film adaptations hitting the big screens in the second half of 2016. Sophie Teague rounds them up. The BFG The 1982 classic children’s novel The BFG (Roald...
‘Take Me to the River’ wins 2016 Margaret Medcalf Award
Thursday, 23 June 2016
Julian Bolleter has won the 2016 Margaret Medcalf Award for his book Take Me to the River: The Story of Perth’s Foreshore (UWA Publishing). The Margaret Medcalf Award rewards excellence...
New ‘online mall’ The BentoNet to connect small publishers and indie bookshops
Thursday, 23 June 2016
A new online retail aggregator The BentoNet aims to connect consumers with small publishers and independent bookshops. Small publishers who make their titles available on IngramSpark’s print-on-demand service can list...
HarperCollins UK to offer BAME training contracts
Thursday, 23 June 2016
In the UK, HarperCollins has opened applications for two training contracts targeting black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) graduates, reports the Bookseller. The 12-month rotational training contracts on offer will...
B&N sales drop 3.1% in fiscal 2016
Thursday, 23 June 2016
US bookselling chain Barnes & Noble’s financial statements for the fiscal year ending 30 April show a 3.1% drop in sales and a negative net income, reports Publishers Weekly. Revenue...
Binks joins Jacinta Dimase Management as ‘agent-at-large’
Thursday, 23 June 2016
Writer and reviewer Danielle Binks has joined Jacinta Dimase Management as an ‘agent-at-large’, and will work to source and sign new authors for the agency, with a particular focus on...
Small publisher spotlight: Scale Free Network
Wednesday, 22 June 2016
Melbourne-based ‘art-science collaborative’ Scale Free Network released its first book in 2013. Co-founder Gregory Crocetti spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘small publisher spotlight’ series: Describe your company in under 50...
Toronto Public Library to introduce lendable Wi-Fi hotspots in low-income neighbourhoods
Wednesday, 22 June 2016
The Toronto Public Library in Canada will offer lendable Wi-Fi hotspots at six branches in low-income neighbourhoods, reports the Toronto Star. The library included C$100,000 (A$104,660) in its 2016 operating...
ALIA welcomes ALP pledge to restore Trove funding
Wednesday, 22 June 2016
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has welcomed the Australian Labor Party’s (ALP) pledge to return funding to the National Library of Australia’s (NLA) Trove platform. The ALP has...
NSW Library Council honours announced
Wednesday, 22 June 2016
The recipients of the 2016 Honours of the Library Council of NSW have been announced at an awards ceremony at the State Library of NSW. Established in 2014, the honours...
US ebook consumers reimbursed following end of Apple ebook price-fixing case
Wednesday, 22 June 2016
In the US, consumers are receiving reimbursement credits for previously purchased ebooks following the end of the Apple ebook price-fixing case in March, reports the Bookseller. Customers will receive US$6.93...
‘Run, Pip, Run’ wins 2016 Readings Children’s Book Prize
Wednesday, 22 June 2016
J C Jones’ Run, Pip, Run (A&U) has won the 2016 Readings Children’s Book Prize. The book was chosen from a shortlist of six. Also on the shortlist were: 88...
PRH to sell travel business Fodor’s
Wednesday, 22 June 2016
Penguin Random House (PRH) will sell its travel business Fodor’s to US online media and technology company Internet Brands for an undisclosed sum, reports Publishers Weekly. PRH and Internet Brands...
PRH acquires two new novels from Evie Wyld
Wednesday, 22 June 2016
Penguin Random House (PRH) has acquired two new novels from Miles Franklin Award-winning UK-Australian author Evie Wyld, reports the Bookseller. UK and Commonwealth rights were jointly acquired by Nikki Christer,...
ALS Gold Medal 2016 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 22 June 2016
The shortlist for the 2016 Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Six Bedrooms (Tegan Bennett Daylight, Vintage) Clade (James Bradley, Penguin) Second Half...
Wright, Howcroft join Wheeler Centre board
Wednesday, 22 June 2016
Stella Prize-winning author and historian Clare Wright and Ten Network general manager Russel Howcroft have been appointed to the Wheeler Centre board. Wright and Howcroft were appointed following the departures...
New Frontier signs deal with Chinese publisher ZJJ&C
Tuesday, 21 June 2016
Chinese publisher Zhejiang Junior & Children Publishing (ZJJ&C) has purchased a share in local children’s publisher New Frontier, in a deal that will see New Frontier publish ZJJ&C titles in...
Crossan, Riddell win 2016 Carnegie, Greenaway medals
Tuesday, 21 June 2016
The UK Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) has announced the winners of the 2016 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals, with Sarah Crossan’s One (Bloomsbury) winning the Carnegie,...
App, pop-up bookstore win Dymocks Innovation Challenge
Tuesday, 21 June 2016
Two projects created by undergraduate students from the University of Sydney have won the inaugural Dymocks Innovation Challenge Awards. Two business students won the Digital Innovation award for an app...
Mawer wins Walter Scott Prize
Tuesday, 21 June 2016
British author Simon Mawer has won the £25,000 (A$49,170) Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for his 10th novel Tightrope (Little, Brown). The judges described Mawer’s novel as ‘a spy...
RWA awards 2016 finalists announced
Monday, 20 June 2016
The finalists for the 2016 Romance Writers of Australia (RWA) Romantic Book of the Year awards, known as the ‘RUBYs’, have been announced. The finalists in each category are: Long...
Warner wins 2016 Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction
Monday, 20 June 2016
Lip magazine’s 2016 Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction has been presented to Katy Warner for her story ‘One Hundred and Fifty Seconds’. The award, now in its fourth year, is...
Hachette UK acquires mobile games studio Neon Play
Monday, 20 June 2016
Hachette UK has bought mobile games development studio Neon Play in a ‘substantial acquisition’ that could be the ‘one of several’ purchases in the apps market for the publisher, reports...
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