SLV receives $10m from Ian Potter foundation for Queens Hall revamp
Wednesday, 16 September 2015
The State Library of Victoria has received $10m from the Ian Potter Foundation as a contribution to the refurbishment and reopening of Queen’s Hall, which housed Melbourne’s first public library,...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 16 September 2015
SalesFiction—Fremantle Press has sold French rights to Prime Cut (Alan Carter) to Editions Bragelonne. UQP has sold Polish rights to The Anatomy of Wings and The Midnight Dress (both Karen...
ASA National Writers’ Congress: Australian content, author income and digital opportunities discussed
Wednesday, 16 September 2015
The Australian Society of Authors’ (ASA) second biennial National Writers Congress was held at Luna Park in Sydney from 11-12 September.Dwindling author incomes and cuts to arts funding were much...
Self-published ‘Creating Cities’ tops Amazon ebook category; 1200 print copies sold in its first week
Tuesday, 15 September 2015
Marcus Westbury’s Creating Cities, a crowdfunded, self-published book about the transformation of the city of Newcastle, has topped its Amazon ebook sales category several days after its launch.Westbury, the founder...
Pan Macmillan acquires Vic Prem’s Unpublished Manuscript winner
Tuesday, 15 September 2015
Pan Macmillan has acquired The Dry by Jane Harper, the winner of the 2015 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript, in a three-book deal from Clare Forster at Curtis...
Pearson plans to keep stake in PRH
Tuesday, 15 September 2015
Pearson is likely to maintain its stake in Penguin Random House (PRH) until at least 2017, according to statements from Pearson CEO John Fallon, reports Bloomberg Business. Speaking to Bloomberg TV...
More than 30,000 attend BWF
Tuesday, 15 September 2015
More than 30,000 visitors attended the Brisbane Writers’ Festival, which ran from 2 to 6 September, the first under new creative director and CEO Julie Beveridge.While the total numbers are...
Inaugural Affirm Mentorship Award winners announced
Tuesday, 15 September 2015
Affirm Press has announced the winners of the inaugural Affirm Mentorship Award, run in partnership with Varuna, the Writers’ House.Three writers were chosen from 149 submissions, with the Affirm Press editorial...
Tasmanian Premier’s Literary Prizes 2015 shortlists announced
Monday, 14 September 2015
The shortlists for the Tasmanian Premier’s Literary Prizes were announced at the opening of the Tasmanian Writers and Readers Festival on 11 September.The shortlisted titles in each category are:Tasmania Book...
Visiting International Publishers program to run alongside SWF in 2016
Monday, 14 September 2015
The Australia Council has announced its Visiting International Publishers (VIP) program will run alongside the Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) in May next year.Australia Council arts strategy executive director Wendy Were...
Authors Guild survey reveals 24% drop in income
Monday, 14 September 2015
In the US, a new Authors Guild survey has found the median writing-related income of its members has declined 24% in the past five years, reports Publishers Weekly. According to...
Scribe 2015 nonfiction prize longlist announced
Monday, 14 September 2015
Scribe has announced the longlisted titles for its third annual nonfiction prize for young writers.The prize, run in conjunction with Express Media, offers the winner a cash prize of $1500;...
Perseus exploring sale of business
Friday, 11 September 2015
In the US, Perseus Books Group (PBG) has hired investment banking firm Greenhill & Co to initiate ‘a formal process to explore a potential sale of the business’, reports Publishers...
Queensland Literary Awards 2015 shortlists announced
Friday, 11 September 2015
The shortlists for this year’s Queensland Literary Awards (QLA) have been announced.The shortlisted titles are:Fiction A Short History of Richard Kline (Amanda Lohrey, Black Inc.) The Golden Age (Joan London,...
Government releases Book Council terms of reference; Adler to chair
Friday, 11 September 2015
The federal government has announced the terms of reference for the Book Council of Australia and that Australian Publishers Association (APA) president and Melbourne University Publishing CEO Louise Adler will...
Copyright Agency announces inaugural writing fellow for SA’s J M Coetzee Centre
Friday, 11 September 2015
South Australian author Cath Kenneally has been chosen as the inaugural Copyright Agency J M Coetzee Writing Fellow at the University of Adelaide.The $30,000 fellowship, funded by the Copyright Agency’s...
Henshaw awarded inaugural Copyright Agency Author Fellowship
Friday, 11 September 2015
The Copyright Agency has awarded its inaugural $40,000 Author Fellowship to Mark Henshaw.The fellowship, aimed at mid-to-late career authors, is one of several fellowships established by the Copyright Agency to mark...
New ‘Books+Publishing’ and ‘B+P Junior’ reviews out now
Friday, 11 September 2015
Books+Publishing’s latest Reviews newsletter contains reviews of 10 adult books publishing in October and November.Drusilla Modjeska’s Second Half First: A Memoir (Knopf, October) received five stars from reviewer Gerard Elson,...
Amazon appoints director of social responsibility
Thursday, 10 September 2015
Amazon has appointed a director of social responsibility amid recent criticism of its business practices, reports the Bookseller. Christine Bader, the author of The Evolution of a Corporate Idealist: When...
CHASS Australia Book Prize 2015 shortlist announced
Thursday, 10 September 2015
The Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) has announced the 2015 Australia Book Prize shortlist. The prize, worth $3500, is part of the CHASS Australia Prizes program,...
University of Otago announces 2016 arts fellows
Thursday, 10 September 2015
The University of Otago in New Zealand has announced the recipients of its 2016 fellowships for literature and children’s writing. The Robert Burns Fellowship, which is ‘designed to encourage imaginative New...
Emerging writers feature in SBS ‘True Series’ podcasts
Thursday, 10 September 2015
SBS has programmed a new seven-part podcast series featuring stories written and read by early-career Australian writers.The ‘True Stories’ series is based on the theme of ‘High School’ and celebrates...
‘The Women in Black’ to be adapted into a musical
Thursday, 10 September 2015
Madeline St John’s 1993 novel The Women in Black has been adapted into a stage musical Ladies in Black. The musical will premiere with the Brisbane Theatre Company in November, followed...
Tel wins 2015 Commonwealth Short Story Prize
Wednesday, 9 September 2015
UK author Jonathan Tel has won the 2015 Commonwealth 2015 Short Story Prize for his story ‘The Human Phonograph’. The £5000 (A$10,987) prize is presented annually to the best piece...
2015 PMLA judges revealed; Henderson, Murray out
Wednesday, 9 September 2015
The judging panels for the 2015 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards (PMLAs) have been revealed on the PMLA website, showing few changes to the 2014 panels.Sydney Institute executive director and Weekend Australia...
Co-op employee a finalist for Young Retailer of the Year
Wednesday, 9 September 2015
The Co-op’s University of Queensland St Lucia store trainee manager Thomas Riek has been named a finalist in the National Retail Association’s (NRA) Young Retailer of the Year Award. Twenty-five-year-old...
Scholastic and National Maritime Museum to co-produce ‘Horrible Histories’ exhibition
Wednesday, 9 September 2015
Scholastic Australia and the National Maritime Museum in Sydney will co-produce an interactive exhibition based on a book in the popular ‘Horrible Histories’ series by author Terry Deary and illustrator Martin...
Harms appointed head of marketing and communications at the Wheeler Centre
Wednesday, 9 September 2015
Readings head of marketing and communications Emily Harms has been appointed head of marketing and communications at the Wheeler Centre, beginning on 28 September.Harms has worked at Readings for the...
International library news
Wednesday, 9 September 2015
National Library of Ireland hit by funding cutsThe latest annual review of the National Library of Ireland (NLI) has found it is operating with a third of the staffing resources...
ALIA Library Technician of the Year Award announced
Wednesday, 9 September 2015
Judy Atkinson, coordinator of Coffs Harbour Children’s and Youth Services in NSW, has been named the Australian Library and Information Association’s (ALIA) Library Technician of the Year, reports the Coffs...
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