Snowprint to open second bookshop at Perisher Ski Resort
Tuesday, 2 June 2015
Snowprint Bookshop in NSW’s Snowy Mountains will open a second bookshop at the nearby Perisher Ski Resort over the winter.The bookshop, which opens on Saturday, will be located in the shopping...
IMPAC Dublin Award seeks new sponsor
Tuesday, 2 June 2015
The €100,000 (A$143,452) International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is looking for a new sponsor, reports the Irish Times. The prize was previously backed by a trust fund provided by the now defunct...
Horton Books to close
Tuesday, 2 June 2015
Melbourne independent bookstore Horton Books will close at the end of July.The store, which is owned by John and Judy Horton, has been located on Smith Street in Collingwood for 15...
New ‘Fifty Shades’ book due this month
Tuesday, 2 June 2015
E L James has announced that she will release a new version of her bestselling book Fifty Shades of Grey this month. Grey will retell the story of Fifty Shades...
Shortlist announced for 2015 Chief Minister’s Northern Territory History Book Award
Tuesday, 2 June 2015
The shortlist for the 2015 Chief Minister’s Northern Territory History Book Award has been announced.The shortlisted titles are: Warning: The Story of Cyclone Tracy (Sophie Cunningham, Text) A History Written...
Books for Cooks to relocate to Queen Vic Market
Monday, 1 June 2015
Melbourne culinary bookstore Books for Cooks has announced it will relocate to the Queen Victoria Market in mid-June.Books for Cooks owner Tim White said in a statement that the store...
Hachette US, James Patterson launch children’s imprint
Monday, 1 June 2015
Hachette US and author James Patterson have launched a new children’s imprint called Jimmy Patterson, reports the Bookseller. The imprint, which was announced at Book Expo America, will publish books...
VicArts grant recipients announced
Monday, 1 June 2015
Arts Victoria has announced its latest round of VicArts grant recipients.The program will provide $1.5 million in funding for 106 new creative projects by independent artists and arts organisations in...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 1 June 2015
Johanna Basford’s Enchanted Forest (Laurence King Publishing) has re-entered the top 10 bestsellers chart to become this week’s number one bestseller, ahead of Basford’s other colouring book title, Secret Garden (Laurence...
Louis de Bernières to give MWF 2015 opening address
Monday, 1 June 2015
Louis de Bernières, author of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin (Vintage) and Red Dog (Vintage), will deliver the opening night address at the 2015 Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF), to be held on...
Wavesound to launch Australian audiobook imprint
Monday, 1 June 2015
Audiobook publisher and distributor Wavesound will launch a new audiobook imprint for Australian titles on 1 July.Wavesound spokesperson James Woodman told Books+Publishing that the company is primarily focussed on the library market, but...
US Indie bookstore numbers up for the sixth year in a row
Monday, 1 June 2015
In the US, the American Booksellers Association (ABA) has recorded an increase in independent bookstore members for the sixth year in a row, reports Publishers Weekly. Speaking at Book Expo America (BEA), ABA...
Starr wins 2015 Text Prize
Friday, 29 May 2015
Author and teacher Kimberley Starr has won the 2015 Text Prize for YA and Children’s Writing for her manuscript The Book of Whispers.The winning manuscript, a historical fantasy novel set...
Erpenbeck wins 2015 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize
Thursday, 28 May 2015
German author Jenny Erpenback has won the 2015 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for The End of Days (translated by Susan Bernofsky, Portobello Books), reports the Bookseller. Erpenbeck and Bernofsky will...
Amazon to pay tax on UK sales
Thursday, 28 May 2015
Amazon has started booking its UK retail sales through the UK, which means its profits will be taxed by HM Revenue and Customs, reports the Guardian. For the past 11...
New Book Council to ‘promote books’, says Brandis
Thursday, 28 May 2015
The purpose of the proposed Book Council of Australia is to ‘promote books’ and is ‘about more than writers’, federal arts minister George Brandis has told a Senate estimates committee.In the...
Wilderness Society announces 2015 children’s book award shortlists
Thursday, 28 May 2015
The shortlists for the 2015 Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children’s Literature have been announced, including a new category for nonfiction titles.The shortlisted books in each category are:Fiction Lulu Bell...
Kobo, American Booksellers Association announce new ‘incentive program’
Thursday, 28 May 2015
In the US, Kobo and the American Booksellers Association (ABA) have partnered on a new ‘eRead Local’ program to run for 100 days this summer, reports Publishers Weekly. ABA stores...
Australian Children’s Laureate program calls for industry support to ‘secure future’
Thursday, 28 May 2015
The Australian Children’s Laureate Alliance (ACLA) has launched a fundraising campaign to ‘secure the future of the program’.‘We need the industry to support the Laureate because the Laureate is all...
Hachette, EWF launch Richell Prize for emerging writers
Wednesday, 27 May 2015
Hachette Australia has launched a $10,000 prize for emerging writers in memory of former CEO Matt Richell, who died in a surfing accident in 2014.The Richell Prize, which has been...
McCorkell wins 2015 Affirm Press Creative Writing Prize
Wednesday, 27 May 2015
Tobias McCorkell has won the 2015 Affirm Press Creative Writing Prize for an excerpt from his novel Barely Anything.McCorkell’s novel, a component of his PhD on contemporary Australian literature, is set...
Harper wins 2015 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Unpublished Manuscript
Wednesday, 27 May 2015
Jane Harper has won the 2015 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript for her novel The Dry.The $15,000 award was presented at the opening night of the 2015...
Frankfurt Book Fair and IPR License form partnership
Wednesday, 27 May 2015
The Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF) has announced it will take a minority shareholding in global rights and licensing trading platform IPR License Ltd. The ‘significant investment’ will see the two...
International library news
Wednesday, 27 May 2015
Open access coalition attacks ElsevierA new hosting and sharing policy introduced in April by publisher Elsevier has been widely criticised by a global coalition of academic, library and technology organisations,...
Celebrity books and global markets discussed at VIP industry forum
Wednesday, 27 May 2015
This year’s Sydney Writers’ Festival included the annual Visiting International Publishers (VIP) program, which offers Australian publishers the opportunity to meet with international publishers and editors. On 20 May several...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 27 May 2015
SalesFiction—Fremantle Press has sold UK, US and European rights to The Life and Loves of Lena Gaunt (Tracy Farr) and The Weaver Fish (Robert Edeson) to Aardvark Bureau. Nonfiction—Black Inc....
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 27 May 2015
‘The cancellation of the June round of funding will have an immediate effect on the publishers of Australian literary titles, requiring the cancellation or postponement of some of those titles’—Giramondo...
Record box office and book sales at SWF 2015; nonfiction titles dominate
Wednesday, 27 May 2015
The Sydney Writers’ Festival’s 2015 theme ‘How to Live’ has been a resounding success for both the box office and book sales.This year’s festival, which ran from 18-24 May, attracted...
‘The Brothers Quibble’ to be read for National Simultaneous Storytime tomorrow; SBS creates audiobooks in multiple languages
Tuesday, 26 May 2015
The Brothers Quibble (Aaron Blabey, Viking) will be read by an estimated 450,000 children in more than 3000 schools across Australia at 11am (EST) on Wednesday morning, as part of...
PRH UK and Amazon in terms dispute
Tuesday, 26 May 2015
Penguin Random House (PRH) UK and Amazon are in dispute over terms, with a new contract currently under negotiation, reports the Bookseller. While neither company has confirmed the terms under...
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