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Alexis wins 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize

Wednesday, 11 November 2015
In Canada, André Alexis has won the C$100,000 (A$106,800) Scotiabank Giller Prize for his novel Fifteen Dogs (Serpent’s Tail). The judges described Alexis’ novel as ‘an insightful and philosophical meditation...

QBD opens new store at Westfield Miranda, Sydney 

Wednesday, 11 November 2015
QBD The Bookshop has opened a new store—the company’s 57th outlet—at Westfield Miranda shopping centre in southern Sydney. QBD director Mark Robinson said the store is the centre’s first bookshop...

Australian, NZ authors on 2016 IMPAC Dublin longlist 

Tuesday, 10 November 2015
Ten books by Australian and three by New Zealand authors have been longlisted for the 2016 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Books by Australian authors on the longlist are: Cairo...

LIANZA, NZ Children’s Book Awards to merge

Tuesday, 10 November 2015
The New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults and the Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA) Children’s Book Awards will merge from 2016. The new awards, which...

KOALAs 2015 winners announced

Tuesday, 10 November 2015
The winners of the 2015 Kids Own Australian Literature Awards (KOALAs), New South Wales’ annual children’s choice awards, have been announced. The winning titles and honour books in each category...

Slatter wins World Fantasy Award

Monday, 9 November 2015
Australian fantasy and horror author Angela Slatter has won a World Fantasy Award for best collection for The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings (Tartarus Press). Slatter, who shared the award...

Editors quit Elsevier journal over open-access dispute

Monday, 9 November 2015
Six editors and all 31 board members of Elsevier’s linguistics journal Lingua have resigned in protest of the company’s high pricing and refusal to offer open-access, reports Inside Higher Ed....

Houghton wins 2015 Five Mile Press Illustrator Prize

Monday, 9 November 2015
Suzanne Houghton has won the second annual Five Mile Press Illustrator Prize and a $4000 contract with the publisher. Acting managing director Kay Scarlett said in a statement that Houghton’s entry...

Walkley Book Award 2015 shortlist announced

Friday, 6 November 2015
The shortlist for the 2015 Walkley Book Award, which ‘celebrates the value and importance of long form journalism’, has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Acute Misfortune: The Life and...

Gay wins 2015 PEN USA’s Freedom to Write Award

Friday, 6 November 2015
US author Roxane Gay has won the PEN Center USA’s 2015 Freedom to Write Award, reports the Guardian. The annual award is presented to individuals or organisations for ‘producing notable...

Creative Victoria announces new VicArts recipients

Friday, 6 November 2015
Creative Victoria, formerly known as Arts Victoria, has announced the latest round of VicArts Grants recipients. The program will provide $1.3 million in funding for 71 creative projects by independent...

Coyne leaves PRH; Burland appointed CEO

Friday, 6 November 2015
Penguin Random House (PRH) Asia Pacific CEO Gabrielle Coyne has left the company, with Random House Australia (RHA) children’s division director Julie Burland appointed CEO of PRH Australia and New Zealand effective...

Besliev appointed CEO of Bonnier Australia

Friday, 6 November 2015
Natasha Besliev has been appointed to the newly created role of CEO of Bonnier Australia, a ‘consolidation’ of the company’s Australian businesses, which includes The Five Mile Press and Echo...

‘His Dark Materials’ to be adapted for TV

Thursday, 5 November 2015
The BBC has commissioned a TV adaptation of Philip Pullman’s fantasy trilogy ‘His Dark Materials’, reports the Bookseller. The series will be made in Wales and will be told across...

Krznaric, Genova to headline 2016 Perth Writers Festival

Thursday, 5 November 2015
The Perth Writers Festival has announced a number of authors on its 2016 line-up. International guests appearing at the festival, which runs from 18-21 February, include UK pop-philosopher Roman Krznaric;...

Quote of the week 

Thursday, 5 November 2015
‘Andy [Griffiths] is truly a titan of Australian children’s literature. He has devoted his career to making kids laugh and encouraging even reluctant readers to learn to love reading, and...

International library news 

Thursday, 5 November 2015
Scottish Poetry Library reopens after £500,000 revamp The Scottish Poetry Library, which holds the largest open-access collection of Scottish poetry in the world, has re-opened in Edinburgh following a £500,000...

Political intervention intensifies discussion at Ubud 

Thursday, 5 November 2015
Books+Publishing’s Andrew Wrathall reports from Ubud: The 12th Ubud Writers & Readers Festival, which ran from 28 October to 1 November in Bali, Indonesia, was a successful event despite the...

Scribe nonfiction prize 2015 shortlist announced

Wednesday, 4 November 2015
Scribe has announced the shortlist for its third annual nonfiction prize for young writers.  The shortlisted entries are: ‘A Liberal View’ by Patrick Mullins ‘Eating With My Mouth Open’ by...

Amazon opens bricks-and-mortar bookstore in Seattle

Wednesday, 4 November 2015
Amazon has opened its first bricks-and-mortar bookstore in Seattle, reports Publishers Weekly. Amazon Books, which opened with 15 employees, will stock a selection of titles chosen based on their Amazon.com ratings...

Silberman wins 2015 Samuel Johnson Prize

Wednesday, 4 November 2015
Steve Silberman has won the £20,000 ($42,906) Samuel Johnson Prize for Nonfiction for Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and How to Think Smarter about People Who Think Differently (A&U), reports the Bookseller....

 

 

 

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