Library professionals recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours
Wednesday, 10 June 2015
Several Australian library professionals were among those recognised in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours.Valmai Hankel was made Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia. Hankel was...
Dymocks’ flagship Perth store to close
Tuesday, 9 June 2015
Dymocks’ flagship store in Perth will close its doors on Sunday 14 June.‘It is with deep sorrow that after almost 25 years we have to announce that we’re closing,’ said Dymocks...
Bestsellers this week
Tuesday, 9 June 2015
Four new releases have entered the top 10 bestsellers in their first week, with Matthew Reilly’s Troll Mountain (Macmillan) taking top spot in both the overall bestsellers and highest new...
Authors, publishers recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours
Tuesday, 9 June 2015
Australian authors and members of the publishing industry were among those recognised in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours.Peter Coleman has been made an Officer (AO) in the General Division of...
Nebula Awards 2014 winners announced
Tuesday, 9 June 2015
In the US, the winners of the 2014 Nebula Awards have been announced. Best Novel was awarded to Annihilation (Jeff VanderMeer, Fourth Estate); Best Novella to Yesterday’s Kin (Nancy Kress,...
UK ebook market share drops slightly in 2015
Tuesday, 9 June 2015
In the UK, ebook market share has decreased slightly in the first quarter of 2015, reports the Bookseller. A report from Nielsen Book Research found that ebook share increased from...
The Co-op named Multichannel Retailer of the Year
Tuesday, 9 June 2015
The Co-op has been named Multichannel Retailer of the year at the 2015 National Retail Association (NRA) Rewards for Excellence awards.The awards, which ‘recognise the best of the best in...
Ernest Scott Prize 2015 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 9 June 2015
The shortlist for the 2015 Ernest Scott Prize for history, presented by the University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Arts, has been announced.The shortlisted titles are: A Bloody Road Home: WWII...
New Zealand Children’s Book Awards 2015 finalists announced
Tuesday, 9 June 2015
The finalists for the 2015 New Zealand Children’s Book Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are:Picture books Construction (Sally Sutton & Brian Lovelock, Walker Books) I...
Huber appointed head book buyer at Readings Carlton
Friday, 5 June 2015
Readings has appointed Alison Huber as the new head buyer of the books division at Readings Carlton.Huber, the current academic buyer at Readings Carlton, replaces Martin Shaw, who is moving...
Davitt Awards 2015 longlists announced
Friday, 5 June 2015
Sisters in Crime has announced the longlists for the 2015 Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women.There are 96 titles longlisted, including 44 adult novels, 14 young...
Jacqueline Woodson named US Young People’s Poet Laureate
Friday, 5 June 2015
In the US, Jacqueline Woodson has been selected as the new Young People’s Poet Laureate and will succeed current laureate Kenn Nesbitt., reports Publishers Weekly. The Poetry Foundation president Robert...
Smith wins 2015 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction
Thursday, 4 June 2015
Scottish author Ali Smith has won the 2015 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction for her novel How to be Both (Penguin). Smith’s book was chosen from a shortlist of six,...
Nielsen to track festival book sales
Thursday, 4 June 2015
In the UK, Nielsen is developing a ‘festival sales measurement’ to record book sales from the Hay and Edinburgh literary festivals in its bestseller charts, reports the Bookseller. According to...
UK High Court blocks ebook pirate sites; report on Australian site-blocking legislation due next week
Thursday, 4 June 2015
In the UK, the High Court has ordered internet service providers (ISPs) to block seven websites that hold a combined 10 million ebook titles in breach of copyright laws, reports...
On tour: Meet the author R J Anderson
Thursday, 4 June 2015
R J Anderson is a Canadian author whose books include Knife and Ultraviolet (both Hachette). Her latest book is A Pocket Full of Murder (Hachette), a magical mystery for middle-grade...
Verse by verse: Sally Morgan on ‘Sister Heart’
Thursday, 4 June 2015
Sally Morgan is the author and illustrator of multiple books for adults and children. Sister Heart (Fremantle Press) is her first verse novel, about a young Aboriginal girl taken from...
Budding romance: Lili Wilkinson on ‘Green Valentine’
Thursday, 4 June 2015
Lili Wilkinson is the author of PINK, Love-Shy (both A&U) and Angel Fish (Black Dog Books), among others. Her latest YA novel Green Valentine (A&U) is a romantic comedy with...
Aboriginal Studies Press releases resource for Indigenous publishing
Thursday, 4 June 2015
Aboriginal Studies Press (ASP) has released a free resource to assist publishers working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander authors or material about their histories and cultures.Guidelines for Ethical Publishing...
Krien wins British Sports Book New Writer Award
Thursday, 4 June 2015
Anna Krien has won the Cross British Sports Book ‘New Writer of the Year’ Award for her book Night Games: Sex, Power and a Journey into the Dark Heart of...
Kibble and Dobbie Awards 2015 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 3 June 2015
The shortlists for this year’s Kibble and Dobbie Literary Awards have been announced.The shortlisted titles for the $30,000 Kibble Literary Award, which recognises the work of an established Australian female...
New spec-fic imprint Fantastica launches, announces short novel prize
Wednesday, 3 June 2015
A new speculative fiction imprint has been launched by the small press Xoum, publisher of Seizure and the Viva la Novella project. Publisher Thomas Wilson told Books+Publishing that the Fantastica imprint will...
Lambda literary awards 2015 winners announced
Wednesday, 3 June 2015
The winners of the 2015 Lambda literary awards, also known as the ‘lammys’, have been announced. The awards celebrate achievement in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) writing for books...
SA State Library partners with China’s Shandong Library
Wednesday, 3 June 2015
The State Library of South Australia (SLSA) and Shandong Province Library in China have signed an agreement to ‘strengthen exchanges and cooperation, through sharing cultural and library expertise and knowledge’,...
Public Libraries of New Zealand receives NZ$160,000 funding for coding workshops
Wednesday, 3 June 2015
Public Libraries of New Zealand (PLNZ) has received NZ$160,000 (A$147,000) from the Unlocking Curious Minds (UCM) fund to deliver coding workshops in libraries, the organisation announced in a statement.The UCM 2014/15...
International library news
Wednesday, 3 June 2015
Vinyl record library opens in SeoulIn the South Korean capital Seoul, credit card company Hyundai Card has opened a library with more than 10,000 vinyl records available for the public...
Australian authors shortlisted for Dundee International Book Prize
Wednesday, 3 June 2015
Australian authors Melanie Napthine and Rashida Murphy have been shortlisted for the £10,000 (A$19,700) Dundee International Book Prize for an unpublished manuscript.Napthine was shortlisted for her manuscript The Adventures of Us,...
Diversity and teen engagement discussed at 2015 Reading Matters conference
Wednesday, 3 June 2015
International authors Laurie Halse Anderson, Sally Gardner, Priya Kuriyan and Sara Farizan were among the guests at this year’s Reading Matters conference, which ran from 28-31 May in Melbourne. The...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 3 June 2015
‘China is itself largely a self-contained, self-serving market, one that doesn’t need interaction with foreign or overseas publishers to survive’—Publishing Perspectives editor-in-chief Edward Nawotka reflects on the lack of interaction...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 3 June 2015
SalesFiction—Black Inc. has sold US rights to Laurinda (Alice Pung) to Alfred A. Knopf.Children’s— Alex Adsett Publishing Services has sold Ruby Wishfingers (Deborah Kelly) to Wombat Books. Hardie Grant Egmont...
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