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Steinem to headline SWF

Tuesday, 8 March 2016
Writer, activist and feminist Gloria Steinem will be one of the headline guests at this year’s Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF). Appearing at an event at the Sydney Town Hall on...

New Zealand Book Awards 2016 shortlists announced

Tuesday, 8 March 2016
The shortlists for the New Zealand Book Awards have been announced. The shortlists in each category are: Fiction The Back of His Head (Patrick Evans, Victoria University Press) Chappy (Patricia...

US Supreme Court rejects Apple ebook price-fixing appeal

Tuesday, 8 March 2016
The US Supreme Court has rejected Apple’s appeal in its ebook price-fixing case, reports Publisher’s Weekly. The denial effectively ends the case and upholds Judge Denise Cote’s 2013 finding that...

‘SRB’ to offer Emerging Critics Fellowships

Tuesday, 8 March 2016
The Sydney Review of Books (SRB) is offering three fellowships to emerging Australian critics. The inaugural CA-SRB Emerging Critics Fellowships, which are supported by the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund, will...

Giovannoni wins inaugural Deborah Cass Prize

Monday, 7 March 2016
Moreno Giovannoni has won Writers Victoria’s inaugural Deborah Cass Prize for emerging writers from migrant backgrounds for his manuscript extract ‘Tales from San Ginese’. Giovannoni’s work was chosen from a...

‘Overland’ Poetry Prize 2015 winners announced

Monday, 7 March 2016
Ella O’Keefe has won the 2015 Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize for new and emerging poets, worth $6000, for her poem ‘alkaway’. The first runner-up was Omar Sakr’s ‘Not so wild’...

Ingram acquires Perseus’ distribution business

Monday, 7 March 2016
In the US, Ingram has acquired the distribution arm of Perseus Book Group for an undisclosed sum, reports Publishers Weekly. The deal, which is expected to close at the end...

Staff changes at Pages & Pages

Monday, 7 March 2016
Sydney independent bookseller Pages & Pages has announced a number of staff changes. Co-owner Kate Page has returned to the business as co-general manager and co-buyer, focussing on children’s books....

Nook closes UK operations 

Friday, 4 March 2016
From 15 March, Barnes & Noble’s (B&N) Nook ereading platform will no longer sell ebooks in the UK. In a notice to readers, Nook said its store on Nook devices,...

‘The Book Club’ moves to weekly timeslot

Friday, 4 March 2016
ABC TV’s The Book Club will return in May as a weekly show screening over 13 weeks at 10pm on Tuesday evenings. The show, now in its 10th year, will...

New ‘Books+Publishing Junior’ reviews out now

Friday, 4 March 2016
Books+Publishing’s latest Junior newsletter contains 13 reviews of children’s and YA books publishing in April and May 2016. David Metzenthen’s YA novel Dreaming the Enemy (A&U, April) scored five stars...

Guinness launches pop-culture annual

Friday, 4 March 2016
Guinness World Records is launching a new pop-culture annual in March. Blockbusters!, aimed at children aged eight to 12, will focus on ‘the year’s biggest smash hits from the world...

Black Inc. announces 2016 ‘Best Australian’ editors

Friday, 4 March 2016
Black Inc. has announced the editors for this year’s ‘Best Australian’ anthologies. Geordie Williamson will return as editor of The Best Australian Essays 2016. He will be joined by Charlotte...

HarperCollins acquires Jimmy Barnes autobiography

Thursday, 3 March 2016
HarperCollins has acquired world rights to Cold Chisel frontman Jimmy Barnes’ autobiography in a two-book deal. The two volumes of Barnes’ autobiography will span the singer’s childhood and career and...

WH Smith to launch book club with Zoella

Thursday, 3 March 2016
In the UK, WH Smith is launching an ‘exclusive book club’ with YouTube star and Girl Online author Zoella, reports the Bookseller. The club, which will launch in mid-2016, will...

Cult following: Em Bailey on ‘The Special Ones’

Em Bailey Meredith Badger author photo Thursday, 3 March 2016
Em Bailey’s The Special Ones is an ‘edge-of-your-seat’ YA novel that ‘marks the gradual return of the YA thriller’, writes reviewer Bec Kavanagh. She spoke to the author. What was...

Craig resigns as Picador publisher 

Wednesday, 2 March 2016
Alex Craig has resigned from Pan Macmillan after 12 years with the company, including the past five years as publisher of its Picador imprint. Craig will pursue her own creative...

Macdonald to leave HarperCollins NZ

Wednesday, 2 March 2016
HarperCollins New Zealand publisher Finlay Macdonald will leave the company in early April for a role outside of publishing. Macdonald, who previously worked as a journalist and editor, was appointed...

New Perth city library opens 

Wednesday, 2 March 2016
The City of Perth’s new $60m, seven-storey library on Hay Street in the CBD has opened to the public, reports the West Australian. The 3500 square metre library holds 16,000...

Wavesound launches ComicsPlus digital platform in Australia 

Wednesday, 2 March 2016
Audiobook publisher Wavesound has launched its ComicsPlus digital platform for libraries. The digital service hosts around 18,000 comics, manga and graphic novel titles from international publishers, including lead titles ‘Superman’,...

Does publicity sell books? A case study

Wednesday, 2 March 2016
Last year, Captain Honey publishers Roz Hopkins and Natalie Winter successfully crowdfunded their illustrated children’s book Mummy and Mumma Get Married. In a recent blog post, reproduced below, Hopkins writes...

Fiction Uncovered prize seeking new sponsorship

Wednesday, 2 March 2016
In the UK, the Fiction Uncovered prize, which awards British mid-list writers, will not run in 2016 as it is seeking new sponsorship, reports the Bookseller. The prize is administered...

Hachette buys Perseus Book Group’s publishing division

Wednesday, 2 March 2016
In the US, Hachette has entered into a binding agreement to buy Perseus Books Group’s (PBG) publishing division, reports Publishers Weekly. PBG, which comprises nine imprints and has partnerships with...

 

 

 

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