Iran to boycott FBF over Rushdie speech
Friday, 9 October 2015
Iran has announced it will boycott this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF) after organisers invited author Salman Rushdie to deliver a keynote speech, reports the Guardian. Iran’s foreign ministry said...
New survey offers insights into small publishers’ ebook businesses
Friday, 9 October 2015
London-based Australian ebook producer Simon Collinson has published the results of his survey of international small publishers on their ebook businesses. Collinson gathered data from 59 publishers from nine countries,...
Buckley wins £15,000 BBC National Short Story Award
Thursday, 8 October 2015
In the UK, novelist Jonathan Buckley has won the £15,000 ($A31,890) BBC National Short Story Award for his story ‘Briar Road’. Mark Haddon was named the runner-up and received £3000...
Debut self-published poetry collection sold to the UK
Thursday, 8 October 2015
Rights to self-published poet Koraly Dimitriadis’ debut collection of poetry have been sold to the UK. Dimitriadis’ collection Love & F**k Poems will be published by Honest Publishing in the UK...
Canongate reports ‘extremely disappointing’ 2014 results
Thursday, 8 October 2015
Scottish independent publisher Canongate has reported ‘extremely disappointing’ results for 2014, with turnover down 24% to £7.9m (A$16.8m), according to the Bookseller. CEO Jamie Byng has blamed the results on...
Surreal deal: Leanne Hall on ‘Iris and the Tiger’
Thursday, 8 October 2015
Leanne Hall’s new novel for younger readers Iris and the Tiger is infused with ‘a kind of magical realism that is unusual in children’s and YA fantasy’, writes reviewer Jarrah Moore....
Talk of the town: Christopher Currie on ‘Clancy of the Undertow’
Thursday, 8 October 2015
Christopher Currie’s first YA novel, Clancy of the Undertow, follows 16-year-old misfit Clancy as she juggles a dysfunctional family, a hostile town and a crush on ‘the local hot girl’....
On tour: Meet the author Sarah J Maas
Thursday, 8 October 2015
Sarah J Maas is the author of the ‘Throne of Glass’ series, including the latest instalment, Queen of Shadows (Bloomsbury, September). She will be touring Melbourne and Sydney, and attending...
On tour: Meet the author Jeff Kinney
Thursday, 8 October 2015
Jeff Kinney is the author of the ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ series, including the latest instalment Old School (Penguin, November). He will join Andy Griffiths for a two-hour event...
New ‘Books+Publishing Junior’ reviews out now
Thursday, 8 October 2015
Books+Publishing’s latest Junior newsletter contains reviews of nine children’s and YA books publishing in December 2015 to February 2016. Christopher Currie’s first YA novel Clancy of the Undertow (Text, December)—which...
Queensland Writers on the International Stage program releases first multimedia project
Thursday, 8 October 2015
Former Queensland Writers Centre CEO and crime and thriller writer Meg Vann’s short story ‘Provocation’ has been adapted into an online multimedia verse project, exploring the themes of female agency...
Margaret River Press directors launch Perth’s Centre for Stories
Wednesday, 7 October 2015
Margaret River Press directors John and Caroline Wood have launched a new literary events organisation in Perth. The Centre for Stories, located in the inner-city suburb of Northbridge, will run...
Waterstones pulls Kindles from stores after ‘pitiful’ sales
Wednesday, 7 October 2015
UK bookselling chain Waterstones is removing Amazon’s Kindle devices from many of its stores due to ‘pitiful’ sales, reports the Bookseller. Waterstones MD James Daunt said the experience ‘feels very...
Hachette releases new ‘Twilight’ book with characters’ genders swapped
Wednesday, 7 October 2015
Hachette Australia has announced the release of a new ‘Twilight’ novel by author Stephanie Meyer, in which the genders of the two main characters are swapped, to mark the 10th...
Macquarie University author survey finds authors earn on average $12,900
Wednesday, 7 October 2015
Macquarie University has revealed key findings from a February 2015 survey of more than 1000 Australian authors of trade and educational titles. The report is part of the university’s three-year...
International library news
Wednesday, 7 October 2015
Argentina proposes 100-year extension on copyright for photography Copyright for photographic works may be extended from 20 years after publication to 70 years after the photographer’s death—an extension of an...
NLA announces 2016 fellows
Wednesday, 7 October 2015
The National Library of Australia (NLA) has announced the nine recipients of its 2016 fellowships. The fellowships, which are open to both emerging and established Australian and international scholars, were...
Mullane and Twyford-Moore to launch The Melbourne Agency in 2016
Wednesday, 7 October 2015
Kill Your Darlings editor Brigid Mullane and former Emerging Writers’ Festival CEO Sam Twyford-Moore have formed The Melbourne Agency, a literary and creative talent agency for emerging and new writers....
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 7 October 2015
‘I suspect this is the heyday of [writers’] festivals, and they will, in fact, evolve into something else’—Bendigo Writers Festival director Rosemary Sorensen responds to author Luke Carmen’s critique of...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 7 October 2015
Sales Fiction—Fremantle has sold German rights to Getting Warmer (Alan Carter) to Edition Nautilus. Jacinta di Mase Literary Management has sold North American rights to The Waiting Room (Leah Kaminsky)...
HSC study nights a success for NSW libraries
Wednesday, 7 October 2015
Due to popular demand, Grafton and Maclean libraries in regional NSW will be holding more study nights in the lead-up to the HSC, reports the Daily Examiner. The study nights...
SLNSW announces Australia’s first dedicated digital fellowship
Wednesday, 7 October 2015
The State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW) is calling for applications for its new $30,000 Digital Fellowship. The DX Lab Fellowship is the first of its kind to be...
Waverley Library Award 2015 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 7 October 2015
The shortlist for the 2015 Waverley Library Award for Literature, known as ‘the Nib’, has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: The Director is the Commander (Anna Broinowski, Viking) John...
Authors announced for Adelaide Writers’ Week
Tuesday, 6 October 2015
Adelaide Writers’ Week has announced the line-up for its 2016 festival. Among the international guests are US neuroscientist and author of Still Alice (S&S) Lisa Genova, French author of The Elegance...
IBBY Australia announces 2016 Honour Books
Tuesday, 6 October 2015
IBBY Australia has selected three titles for the 2016 International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) Honour Book List, including, for the first time, a book in translation. The...
Nobel Prize for Literature announced on Thursday
Tuesday, 6 October 2015
The winner of this year’s Nobel Prize for Literature will be announced this Thursday 8 October (7pm AEDT), reports the Guardian. Among the favourites at bookmakers Ladbrokes and Paddy Powers...
New ‘Books+Publishing’ reviews out now
Tuesday, 6 October 2015
Books+Publishing’s latest Reviews newsletter contains 10 reviews of books publishing in November 2015 to February 2016.Three books received four stars from our reviewers: New Zealand crime writer Ben Sander’s new...
Kinokuniya to compete with online retailers through direct purchases from publishers
Tuesday, 6 October 2015
Japanese bookstore chain Kinokuniya has revealed plans to increase direct purchases of books from publishers—as opposed to the conventional practice of buying them through wholesale booksellers—in order to better compete...
Jojo Publishing files for voluntary liquidation
Tuesday, 6 October 2015
Melbourne-based Jojo Publishing, which charges writers a fee to publish their books, has filed for voluntary liquidation. In September the company was the subject of an ABC investigation which alleged...
Women in Literary Arts Australia announces steering committee
Tuesday, 6 October 2015
The newly formed organisation Women in Literary Arts Australia (WILAA) has announced its steering committee. Joining the organisation’s founder, writer and producer Lefa Singleton Norton, are: writer and academic Eloise...
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