Inside the Australian and New Zealand book industry

Image. Advertisement:

News >

Third major book fair for Thailand

Thursday, 12 May 2016
A third major Thai book fair will be held in the city of Chiang Mai from 25 June to 3 July, the Publishers and Booksellers Association of Thailand (PUBAT) has...

S&S expands sales team to service independents, NZ 

Wednesday, 11 May 2016
Simon & Schuster has expanded its local sales team to service independent booksellers, and has appointed Karen Ferns, former joint-MD of Random House Australia and NZ, to the newly created...

Notre Dame and Vatican Library to partner 

Wednesday, 11 May 2016
The University of Notre Dame has become the first US academic institution to partner with the Vatican Library after signing a memorandum of understanding for future collaboration. The university and...

ALIA announces federal election agenda 

Wednesday, 11 May 2016
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has released its federal election agenda, which includes calls for action on literacy, unlocking historic documents and government-funded research, and further contribution to...

Small publisher spotlight: Click-Cloud Publishing 

Wednesday, 11 May 2016
Established in 2014, Sydney-based Click-Cloud Publishing specialises in children’s fiction, adult nonfiction and Macedonian translations. Founder Alison Giles spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘small publisher spotlight’ series: Describe your company...

Restructure threatens jobs at Mornington Peninsula libraries

Wednesday, 11 May 2016
Jobs at Mornington Peninsula shire libraries in Victoria are under threat due to a proposed restructure, reports the Mornington Peninsula News. Australian Services Union organiser Prescilla Schwalger said seven senior...

EWF 2016 program launched

Wednesday, 11 May 2016
The program for the 2016 Emerging Writers’ Festival, to be held in Melbourne from 14-24 June, has been announced. The 2016 festival will open with a ‘Storytelling Slam’ featuring four...

British Book Industry Awards 2016 winners announced

Wednesday, 11 May 2016
In the UK, the annual British Book Industry Awards have been announced, including the inaugural Books of the Year Awards, reports the Bookseller. Andrew Michael Hurley’s gothic debut The Loney...

Former Lantern designers open studio OetomoNew

Wednesday, 11 May 2016
Former Lantern designers Daniel New and Evi Oetomo have opened a Sydney-based studio ‘devoted to designing beautiful books’, called OetomoNew. New was previously art director and Evi Oetomo was senior...

Daisley wins New Zealand Book Award for fiction

Wednesday, 11 May 2016
Novelist Stephen Daisley has won the NZ$50,000 (A$46,135) fiction prize at the New Zealand Book Awards for his novel Coming Rain (Text), announced at a ceremony in Auckland on 10...

Christian wins 2016 Text Prize

Wednesday, 11 May 2016
Playwright and former teacher Claire Christian has won the 2016 Text Prize for YA and Children’s Writing for her manuscript Beautiful Mess. The winning manuscript, which was shortlisted under the...

Please complete our reader survey 

Wednesday, 11 May 2016
Books+Publishing is currently conducting a reader survey to help us improve our publications. . Tell us what you think of Books+Publishing for the chance to one of two prize packs of...

Feminist Writers Festival announced for Melbourne

Tuesday, 10 May 2016
A new Feminist Writers Festival (FWF) has been established and will partner with the Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) in its inaugural year. The festival, co-founded by academic Cristy Clark and...

Australia Council February grants announced

Tuesday, 10 May 2016
Seventeen literary organisations and almost 40 writers and writing groups have received Australia Council grants as part of its $11.2m February grants round. The 17 literary organisations received a combined...

SWF receives $460k grant in second Catalyst funding round

Tuesday, 10 May 2016
The Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) has received a $461,350 Catalyst grant for its Western Sydney and regional NSW touring program to ‘boost accessibility to reading and literature’ among children of...

Bonnier acquires nonfiction publisher John Blake

Tuesday, 10 May 2016
Swedish-owned Bonnier Publishing has bought UK nonfiction publisher John Blake for an undisclosed sum, reports the Bookseller. John Blake, which specialises in commercial nonfiction, including bestsellers such as Being Jordan...

Remaking history: Kate Mildenhall on ‘Skylarking’ 

Tuesday, 10 May 2016
Kate Mildenhall’s Skylarking (Black Inc., August) is a historical novel about an intense female friendship. Reviewer Angela Andrewes spoke to the author. Skylarking is based on historical events. What drew...

Rethinking business: The market for business books 

Tuesday, 10 May 2016
Books on leadership, entrepreneurship and innovation are attracting new readers to the business books category, while a strong backlist remains essential to sales, writes Andrea Hanke. For the past two...

Retail rewards: An interview with Len Vlahos 

Tuesday, 10 May 2016
US book-industry insider Len Vlahos will deliver the keynote at this year’s Australian Booksellers Association conference. Vlahos is the new owner of Denver bookstore chain Tattered Cover, former executive director...

Your store: Non-book item of the month 

Tuesday, 10 May 2016
This pack of three acrylic coffee templates from DOIY Design helps spruce up your morning coffee whether you’ve got a barista’s skills or not. Each come with three shapes—a love...

Your store: Strictly business 

Tuesday, 10 May 2016
To sell business books successfully you need to invest time in selection, says Boffins Books co-owner Bill Liddelow. ‘Don’t fall into the trap of just having some “Dummies” or “Idiot’s...