No ‘B+P Daily’ on Friday
Thursday, 1 October 2015
Please note that, due to the public holiday on Friday 2 October in Victoria, tomorrow’s Books+Publishing Daily newsletter will not be published.
Fresh blood: Ben Sanders on ‘American Blood’
Thursday, 1 October 2015
In New Zealand author Ben Sanders’ American Blood (A&U, January), an undercover cop in witness protection stirs up elements of his past as he investigates a local woman’s disappearance. The...
Long story short: Jon Steiner on ‘The Last Wilkie’s’
Thursday, 1 October 2015
Jon Steiner’s The Last Wilkie’s (Spineless Wonders, February) is a collection of short stories of varying lengths that are ‘by turns funny, dark and troubling’, writes reviewer Hilary Simmons. She...
Robotham wins CWA Gold Dagger
Wednesday, 30 September 2015
Australian author Michael Robotham has won the 2015 UK Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Gold Dagger for his novel Life or Death (Sphere). Life or Death was one of seven books...
Banned NZ YA novel ‘Into the River’ sold to the US
Wednesday, 30 September 2015
US publisher Polis Books has bought the North American rights to New Zealand author Ted Dawe’s 2013 YA novel Into the River, which was placed under an interim ban in...
UK children’s book sales up 3.2% YTD
Wednesday, 30 September 2015
In the UK, children’s book sales are up 3.2% this year thanks to strong sales in picture books, fiction and colouring-in titles, reports the Bookseller. According to Nielsen BookScan data,...
Australian public library stats report released
Wednesday, 30 September 2015
The National and State Libraries Australasia (NSLA) has released its annual Australian Public Libraries Statistical Report for the period 2013-2014. The report found that total expenditure on public libraries increased...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 30 September 2015
Sales Fiction—Text has sold ANZ audio rights to The Trap (Melanie Raabe) to Audible; Turkish and world English audio rights to Wake in Fright (Kenneth Cook) to Ayrinti and Bolinda,...
International library news
Wednesday, 30 September 2015
Mobile access to US libraries on the rise In the US, a new survey from the Pew Research Centre has found that while physical library visits are decreasing, mobile access...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 30 September 2015
‘A really cool author would tell you that literary prizes don’t mean very much—they’re like baby pageants where everybody thinks their little darling should win—but I’m not very cool. Tonight...
Talking points: Lesley and Tammy Williams on ‘Not Just Black and White’
Tuesday, 29 September 2015
Not Just Black and White (UQP, September) is a memoir that takes the form of a ‘conversation in print’ between mother and daughter Lesley and Tammy Williams. They spoke to...
Child’s play: Jen Storer on ‘Danny Best: Full On’
Tuesday, 29 September 2015
Jen Storer and illustrator Mitch Vane have collaborated on a new junior fiction series about Danny Best and his neighbourhood crew. The first book, Danny Best: Full On, will be available...
Egyptian bookshop chain expands to the UK
Tuesday, 29 September 2015
Egyptian bookshop chain Alef Bookstores will open its first international branch in London next month, reports the Bookseller. The store, which will be located next door to 221B Baker Street,...
UK book industry launches Buy Books for Syria campaign
Tuesday, 29 September 2015
Waterstones and the UK book industry are launching the Buy Books for Syria campaign, with the aim of raising £1 million (A$2.2 million) for Oxfam’s Syria Crisis Appeal, reports the...
Kinney, Griffiths headline SWF Children’s Festival of Moving Stories
Tuesday, 29 September 2015
‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ author Jeff Kinney will join local author Andy Griffiths for a two-hour event at the Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) Children’s Festival of Moving Stories on 8...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 28 September 2015
This week’s top 10 bestsellers chart shows little change at the top, with The 65-Storey Treehouse (Andy Griffiths, illus by Terry Denton, Pan) in first place, The Girl in the...
UK Publishers Association chief executive to step down
Monday, 28 September 2015
UK Publishers Association chief executive Richard Mollet has announced he will step down from his position in 2016, reports the Bookseller. Mollet, who has been the association’s chief executive for...
International book deals for Australian YA author’s debut novel; PRH to publish locally
Monday, 28 September 2015
Penguin Random House (PRH) has acquired ANZ rights to Australian YA author Krystal Sutherland’s debut novel We Were Never Here. The rights were acquired in a two-book deal through agent...
UK YTD print book sales up after eight years of decline
Monday, 28 September 2015
In the UK, year-to-date print book sales are up for the first time in eight years, reports the Bookseller. According to Nielsen BookScan, print book sales are up 4.6% for...
Wheeler Centre ‘Interrobang’ festival to run in November
Monday, 28 September 2015
The Wheeler Centre has announced a two-day festival ‘Interrobang’ to run on 27-28 November, which will include events both online and at various Melbourne locations. The festival program will be...
Terry Pratchett bequeaths $1m to the University of South Australia
Monday, 28 September 2015
The University of South Australia has announced the formation of the biennial $100,000 Sir Terry Pratchett Memorial Scholarship, funded by a $1m endowment to the university made by the UK...
JB Hi-Fi closes ebookstore; customers directed to Kobo
Monday, 28 September 2015
Electronics retailer JB Hi-Fi will close its ebookstore on 30 September, with customers given the option to move their accounts, including their digital libraries, to the Kobo platform. The JB...
Co-op launches book podcast
Monday, 28 September 2015
The Co-op has launched a book podcast featuring conversations with authors and publishers. The Co-Op Book Podcast, which is hosted by interviewer Rob Kaldor, has broadcast six episodes since it...
Three WA authors recognised as ‘living treasures’
Monday, 28 September 2015
The Western Australian state government will present Robert Drewe, Joan London and Dave Warner with State Living Treasures Awards at a ceremony on 16 October. The awards, which were previously...
‘Adventures in the Anthropocene’ wins 2015 Winton Prize for Science Books
Friday, 25 September 2015
Gaia Vince’s Adventures in the Anthropocene: A Journey to the Heart of the Planet We Made (Chatto & Windus) has won the 2015 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books—the...
Text to publish new Helen Garner book ‘Everywhere I Look’
Friday, 25 September 2015
Text has acquired world rights to a new book by Helen Garner, to be published in Australia in April 2016. Everywhere I Look is a collection of short nonfiction, the...
Industry responds to Oyster closure
Friday, 25 September 2015
In the US, publishing industry consultant Mike Shatzkin and Smashworlds CEO Mark Coker have commented on the viability of ebook subscription services following the news that Oyster is shutting its...
PANZ announces Yale Publishing Course scholarship
Friday, 25 September 2015
The Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) has announced the formation of the inaugural W E and M L Forde Publishing Scholarship to the Yale Publishing Course.The scholarship is named...
Adler, Tuffield and Curry recognised as ‘Women of Influence’
Friday, 25 September 2015
Several publishing figures have been recognised in the Australian Financial Review Westpac 100 Women of Influence 2015 list.Melbourne University Publishing CEO and Australian Publishers Association president Louise Adler and Black...
New US start-up to offer serialised fiction in ebook and audiobook formats
Thursday, 24 September 2015
In the US, new digital publishing venture Serial Box will deliver original fiction in ebook and audiobook formats on a weekly basis to emulate the episode nature of TV series,...
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