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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...

Garner wins $210k Windham-Campbell Prize

Tuesday, 1 March 2016
Helen Garner is one of nine winners of the Windham-Campbell Prizes, a US-based award that recognises English-language writers who ‘have left their mark on the world of literature or theatre’...

Kinokuniya to sell graphic novels with exclusive covers

Tuesday, 1 March 2016
In the US, bookstore chain Books Kinokuniya will collaborate with publishers to bring out variant covers for a selection of English-language graphic novels, reports Publishers Weekly. The titles include the...

Book adaptations honoured at Academy Awards

Tuesday, 1 March 2016
A number of book-to-film adaptations were winners at this year’s Academy Awards, reports the Guardian. The Revenant, which won awards in the categories of best director, best actor (Leonardo DiCaprio),...

Readings to open two new stores 

Tuesday, 1 March 2016
Independent Melbourne bookseller Readings will open two new bookstores: a children’s and YA bookstore next door to its Lygon Street store in Carlton, and a store in the Westfield Doncaster...

Malouf wins OzCo Lifetime Achievement in Literature Award

Tuesday, 1 March 2016
David Malouf has won the 2016 Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature. The award, formerly known as the Writers’ Emeritus Award, recognises ‘the achievements of eminent literary writers...

Australian, NZ publishers nominated for Bologna Prize

Monday, 29 February 2016
Australian publishers Wilkins Farago and Berbay Publishing and New Zealand publisher Book Island have been nominated in the Oceania region for the Bologna Prize for Best Children’s Publishers of the...

New ‘Books+Publishing’ reviews out now

Friday, 26 February 2016
Books+Publishing’s latest Reviews newsletter contains 13 reviews of books publishing in April and May 2016. Two books received five stars from our reviewers: Helen Garner’s nonfiction collection Everywhere I Look...

OzCo VIP guests announced for 2016 SWF

Friday, 26 February 2016
The Australia Council for the Arts has announced the guests attending the 2016 Visiting International Publishers (VIP) Program, to be held during the Sydney Writers’ Festival in May. The guests...

Stella Prize to examine diversity in reviews

Thursday, 25 February 2016
The Stella Prize is expanding its annual Stella Count to include a Diversity Survey to examine review coverage of authors from various backgrounds, especially marginalised groups. The Diversity Survey will...

S&S creates Muslim-themed children’s imprint

Thursday, 25 February 2016
In the US, Simon & Schuster has created a new children’s book imprint dedicated to publishing books that feature Muslim characters and stories, reports the New York Times. Salaam Reads...

Attendance up at PWF; Szubanski tops bestsellers 

Wednesday, 24 February 2016
Attendance was up again at this year’s Perth Writers Festival, with 47,000 attending the four-day event compared to 44,000 last year. Magda Szubanski’s two sold-out events were among the highlights...

Peter Porter Poetry Prize 2016 shortlist announced

Wednesday, 24 February 2016
The shortlist for the Australian Book Review (ABR) Peter Porter Poetry Prize has been announced. The shortlisted poems are: ‘...a passing shower?’ (Dan Disney) ‘Prelude to a Voice’ (Anne Elvey)...

 

 

 

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