‘Gruffalo’ author protests cuts to Scottish school librarians Archive
Wednesday, 7 September 2016
Children’s book author Julia Donaldson has written to the Scottish First Minister demanding a Scottish council reverse its plan to axe school librarians, reports the Scotsman. Donaldson, the author of...
UK publishers lobby government on trade, copyright post-Brexit Archive
Wednesday, 7 September 2016
In the UK, the Publishers Association (PA) is lobbying the government to focus on keeping European Union (EU) trade barriers to a minimum and to encourage investment in the UK...
Readings launches Young Adult Book Prize Archive
Wednesday, 7 September 2016
Independent Melbourne bookseller Readings has announced the formation of the Readings Young Adult Book Prize, open to first and second works of young adult fiction and memoir by Australian authors....
Robinsons to open Werribee store in November Archive
Wednesday, 7 September 2016
Melbourne independent bookselling chain Robinsons Bookshop will open its ninth store at Pacific Werribee shopping centre in Melbourne’s south-west in November. Co-owner Susanne Horman said that ‘with very few bookshops...
Foxtel to screen ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’ adaptation in 2017 Archive
Wednesday, 7 September 2016
Foxtel will screen a TV adaptation of Joan Lindsay’s 1967 novel Picnic at Hanging Rock in 2017, reports Fairfax. The ‘re-imagined’ adaptation is being produced by Fremantle Media and is...
Spinifex to host 25th-anniversary celebration Archive
Tuesday, 6 September 2016
Melbourne-based feminist publisher Spinifex Press will host a two-day event this week to celebrate its 25th anniversary. ‘That’s Radical Feminism’ runs from 9-10 September at the Lithuanian Club in North...
Industry prepares for 10th Indigenous Literacy Day tomorrow Archive
Tuesday, 6 September 2016
The 10th Indigenous Literacy Day will take place around Australia on Wednesday 7 September. The day will kick off with an event at the Sydney Opera House, featuring Indigenous Literacy...
Danish ebook lending app tracks children’s reading progress Archive
Tuesday, 6 September 2016
A new ebook lending platform has launched in Denmark with the ability to track reading progress, reports Publishing Perspectives. Launched with the aim of supporting children’s reading, Book Bites allows...
Hachette launches online SFF community Archive
Tuesday, 6 September 2016
Hachette Australia and New Zealand has launched an online community for its science-fiction, fantasy and horror readers. ‘The Realm’ launched on 2 September on Facebook and Twitter, with Instagram, Snapchat...
Wilderness Society announces 2016 children’s book award winners Archive
Tuesday, 6 September 2016
The winners of the 2016 Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children’s Literature have been announced. The winning books in each category are: Fiction The River and the Book (Alison Croggon, Walker...
Pew Report: US ebook sales flat, overall book readership steady Archive
Monday, 5 September 2016
In the US, a new report by the Pew Research Center has found overall book readership and ebook readership rates are steady, among other findings. The Book Readership 2016 report...
Moriarty, Catton to be adapted for screen Archive
Monday, 5 September 2016
Australian author Liane Moriarty and New Zealand author Eleanor Catton have had their books picked up for screen adaptations. Film rights to Moriarty’s latest novel Truly Madly Guilty (Macmillan) have...
Close to 5000 attend inaugural Canberra Writers Festival Archive
Monday, 5 September 2016
Just under 5000 visitors attended the inaugural Canberra Writers Festival, which ran from 26-28 August at various locations across the city. Festival director Vickii Cotter told Books+Publishing organisers were ‘blown...
Inaugural Australian Short Story Festival program launched Archive
Monday, 5 September 2016
The program has been launched for the inaugural Australian Short Story Festival, which runs from 21-23 October in Perth. Cate Kennedy will deliver the opening address and Kim Scott will...
NSW Premier’s History Awards 2016 winners announced Archive
Monday, 5 September 2016
The winners of the 2016 New South Wales Premier’s History Awards have been announced. The winners in each category are: Australian History Prize ($15,000) Australia’s Boldest Experiment: War and Reconstruction...
New ‘Books+Publishing Junior’ reviews out now Archive
Friday, 2 September 2016
Books+Publishing’s latest Junior newsletter contains 14 reviews of books publishing in October and November 2016. Three books received the highest rating of 4.5 stars in this newsletter. Maxine Beneba Clarke’s...
Waverley Council partners with St Albans Writers’ Festival for Nib announcement Archive
Friday, 2 September 2016
Waverley Council in Sydney will present the 2016 Nib Waverley Library Award for Literature shortlist at a special session at the St Albans Writers’ Festival, which runs from 16-18 September...
UK charity BookTrust launches translated children’s fiction promotion Archive
Friday, 2 September 2016
In the UK, children’s literacy charity BookTrust is launching an initiative to encourage the publication of more translated works for children, reports the Bookseller. The ‘In the Other Words’ initiative...
Hachette, EWF announce 2016 Richell Prize shortlist Archive
Friday, 2 September 2016
Hachette Australia and the Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) have announced the shortlist for the 2016 Richell Prize for emerging writers. The five shortlisted writers and their works are: ‘The Illusion...
Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Indigenous Writing 2016 shortlist announced Archive
Friday, 2 September 2016
The shortlist for the 2016 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Indigenous Writing has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Ghost River (Tony Birch, UQP) Inside My Mother (Ali Cobby Eckermann,...
Text celebrates its 100th ‘Text Classic’ with promotions, events Archive
Thursday, 1 September 2016
Text Publishing has released the 100th title in its ‘Text Classics’ series, Mena Calthorpe’s out-of-print 1961 novel The Dyehouse, and is marking the occasion with events, an advertising campaign, trade...
PRH half-year revenues down due to falling ebook sales Archive
Thursday, 1 September 2016
Penguin Random House’s (PRH) global revenues fell more than 10% in the first half of 2016 due to a drop in ebook sales, reports the Bookseller. Bertelsmann, which owns 53%...
City of Literature announces Known Bookshops grant recipients Archive
Thursday, 1 September 2016
The Melbourne City of Literature office has announced the first recipients of its Known Bookshops grants. The stores and their projects are: Blarney Books in Port Fairy will host spoken-word...
Rowe wins 2016 ‘ABR’ Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize Archive
Thursday, 1 September 2016
Josephine Rowe has won the 2016 Australian Book Review (ABR) Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize for her story ‘Glisk’. Rowe was awarded the $7000 prize at a ceremony during the Melbourne...
Role reversal: Nova Weetman on ‘Everything is Changed’ Archive
Wednesday, 31 August 2016
Nova Weetman’s Everything is Changed (UQP) follows the unravelling of a friendship between two boys, told from alternating perspectives in reverse. Reviewer Jordi Kerr spoke to the author. What drove...
Poetry in action: Van T Rudd on ‘The Patchwork Bike’ Archive
Wednesday, 31 August 2016
The Patchwork Bike (Hachette, November) is the first collaboration between author Maxine Beneba Clarke and artist Van T Rudd, as well as being Rudd’s first picture book. His ‘stark but...
Small publisher spotlight: Harbour Publishing House Archive
Wednesday, 31 August 2016
Harbour Publishing House, based on the South Coast of NSW, began publishing in 2014 and specialises in children’s literature. Director Garry Evans spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘small publisher spotlight’...
Melbourne to relocate City Library by 2020 Archive
Wednesday, 31 August 2016
Melbourne City Council will relocate the City Library on Flinders Lane in the CBD by 2020, reports the Age. Melbourne Library Service manager Anne-Maree Pfabe told the Age that the...
‘Multi-literacy’ discussed at 35th IBBY International Congress Archive
Wednesday, 31 August 2016
Centre of Youth Literature program manager Adele Walsh describes attending her first IBBY International Congress, held in Auckland from 18-21 August, as ‘incredibly familiar and yet entirely new’. She reports...
Pearson the largest book publisher in 2015 despite ‘challenges’ Archive
Wednesday, 31 August 2016
Pearson has been ranked as the world’s largest book publisher in 2015, despite revenue falling from over US$7bn (A$9.31bn) in 2014 to US$6.6bn (A$8.8bn) last year due to asset sales...
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