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...
Fourth GenreCon attracts nearly 200 writers, publishers
Thursday, 5 November 2015
Almost 200 writers, editors, agents and publishers attended the fourth annual GenreCon, which ran from 30 October to 1 November. The conference for Australian genre writers, run by the Queensland...
‘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...
Innovation and competition: a first-timer’s experience of Frankfurt
Thursday, 5 November 2015
Ventura Press publishing manager Jasmine Standfield attended her first Frankfurt Book Fair last month. She shares her experience and insights. Attending the Frankfurt Book Fair for the first time was...
‘The Strays’ selected for Canberra Uni Books Project
Thursday, 5 November 2015
Emily Bitto’s Stella Prize-winning novel The Strays (Affirm Press) has been chosen for the 2016 University of Canberra (UC) Books Project. As part of the project, the University of Canberra...
NLA Legal Deposit scheme to extend to digital publications in February
Thursday, 5 November 2015
New legislation requiring publishers to deposit certain online publications with the National Library of Australia (NLA) will come into effect from February 2016. Earlier this year, the federal parliament passed legislation...
National Film and Sound Archive calls for national framework to digitise outdated audio-visual material
Thursday, 5 November 2015
The National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA) has published a discussion paper warning that thousands of hours of historical material on magnetic tape could be lost if it is not...
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...
‘Half of a Yellow Sun’ wins Baileys’ ‘best of the best’
Wednesday, 4 November 2015
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun (Fourth Estate) has been named the ‘best of the best’ of the second decade of winners of the Baileys (formerly Orange) Women’s...
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....
Apple files petition to overturn Supreme Court ebook price-fixing decision
Monday, 2 November 2015
In the US, Apple has submitted a 35-page petition to the Supreme Court seeking to overturn a July decision to uphold Judge Denise Cote’s 2013 finding on ebook price fixing,...
No ‘Daily’ tomorrow
Monday, 2 November 2015
The Books+Publishing Daily newsletter will not be published tomorrow, 3 November, due to the Melbourne Cup public holiday in Victoria. The next Daily will be published Wednesday 4 November.
Brooking wins Storylines Betty Gilderdale Award
Monday, 2 November 2015
Dunedin academic Trish Brooking has won the 2015 Storylines Betty Gilderdale Award in New Zealand. Brooking has worked at the University of Otago for more than two decades, where she...
Abbott wins inaugural Richell Prize
Friday, 30 October 2015
Sally Abbott has won the inaugural Richell Prize for Emerging Writers for her entry ‘Closing Down’, which imagines a future Australia ‘negotiating a tidal wave of refugees’. In a statement, Hachette...
Vanderhaeghe wins third Governor General’s Literary Award in Canada
Friday, 30 October 2015
In Canada, Guy Vanderhaeghe has won his third Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language fiction for his book Daddy Lenin and Other Stories (McClelland & Stewart), reports Globalnews.ca. The judges...
Griffiths awarded 2015 Dromkeen Medal
Friday, 30 October 2015
Children’s book author Andy Griffiths was awarded the 2015 Dromkeen Medal at the State Library of Victoria (SLV) on 29 October. Acting CEO and state librarian Justine Hyde said Griffiths ‘has...
A&U to distribute select Bonnier imprints from 2016
Friday, 30 October 2015
Allen & Unwin will distribute a number of UK-based Bonnier Publishing Fiction imprints in Australia and New Zealand from 1 January 2016. The imprints include children’s book imprints Hot Key...
Tuffield acquires Valentish’s ‘addiction memoir’ for Black Inc.
Friday, 30 October 2015
Publisher Aviva Tuffield has acquired her first nonfiction title for Black Inc., an ‘addiction memoir’ from journalist and Cherry Bomb author Jenny Valentish. A Girl’s Guide to Addiction and Recovery,...
CBCA NSW announces winner of Aspiring Writers’ Mentorship Program
Friday, 30 October 2015
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) NSW branch has awarded its 2015 Aspiring Writers’ Mentorship Program Charlotte Waring Barton Award to Derina McLaughlin for her story about ‘a young girl’s belief...
Awards archives, designers’ portfolios feature on new ABDA website
Friday, 30 October 2015
The Australian Book Design Association (ABDA) has launched its new website, which includes a work-in-progress archive of Australian Book Design Award-winning covers going back to the 1950s. The scanning and archiving...
Foyles launches same-day delivery, free 2nd class postage
Thursday, 29 October 2015
UK independent bookselling chain Foyles has launched a same-day delivery service to all addresses in central London, reports the Bookseller. The service is priced at £7.50 (A$16.12) for the first...
Book adaptations among AACTA nominees
Thursday, 29 October 2015
A number of book adaptations are among the nominees for this year’s Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards. The film The Dressmaker, adapted from Rosalie Ham’s novel...
Lu Rees Archives renamed the National Centre for Australian Children’s Literature
Thursday, 29 October 2015
The Lu Rees Archives, housed at the University of Canberra, has been renamed the National Centre for Australian Children’s Literature. The centre said in a statement that ‘the new name succinctly states...
London wins 2015 Patrick White Literary Award
Thursday, 29 October 2015
Joan London has won the 2015 Patrick White Literary Award. The annual award was established by Patrick White using the proceeds of his 1973 Nobel Prize for Literature, and is...
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