Tasmanian Writers and Readers Festival announces full line-up
Monday, 3 August 2015
The Tasmanian Writers and Readers Festival has released the full program for its 2015 festival, which runs from 11-13 September in Hobart.Joining Don Watson, Bob Brown, Cate Kennedy and Kathryn...
Amazon to create ebook marketplace for NYC schools
Friday, 31 July 2015
In the US, the New York City department of education (DOE) is likely to approve a US$30m contract with Amazon to create an ebook marketplace for the city’s 1800 public...
Report finds new media a key threat to the UK book market
Friday, 31 July 2015
A new report warns it is ‘extremely dangerous’ to see ebooks as the key disruptive force in the UK publishing industry, describing the growth of mobile consumption, which reduces the amount...
Higgins wins 2015 Ray Koppe Young Writers’ Residency
Friday, 31 July 2015
Wollongong writer Chloe Higgins has won the Australian Society of Authors (ASA)’s 2015 Ray Koppe Young Writers’ Residency for her novella ‘Infomercials for Mixing Bowls and Treadmills’.Higgins’ winning novella is...
Book-to-screen adaptations pitched at Books at MIFF
Friday, 31 July 2015
The ninth annual Books at MIFF (BaM) event, run by 37º South Market as part of the Melbourne International Film Festival, was held at the Forum Theatre on 30 July.Publishing...
US fantasy writer launches publishing company
Thursday, 30 July 2015
In the US, fantasy writer and game designer Ed Greenwood is launching a publishing company focussing on fantasy titles called The Ed Greenwood Group (TEGG), reports Publishers Weekly. Greenwood is the...
James Patterson NZ bookshop grants announced
Thursday, 30 July 2015
Four New Zealand bookshops have received grants of up to $5000 as part of James Patterson’s Australian and New Zealand bookshop grants.The recipients are: Hedleys Bookshop, Masterton Wardini Books, Havelock...
Davitt Awards 2015 shortlists announced
Thursday, 30 July 2015
Sisters in Crime has announced the shortlists for the 2015 Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women.The shortlisted titles in each category are:Adult novel Through the Cracks...
NZ author Smaill on Booker Prize longlist
Thursday, 30 July 2015
New Zealand author Anna Smaill’s debut dystopian novel The Chimes (Sceptre) is one of 13 titles longlisted for the Man Booker Prize.The full longlist is: Did You Ever Have a...
Big W closes ebookstore
Thursday, 30 July 2015
Discount department store Big W has closed its ebookstore.The ebookstore closed on 15 June. A Big W spokesperson told Books+Publishing the company ‘will look to re-establish ebooks at an appropriate time...
Musa allowed to re-enter 2015 ACT Book of the Year Award
Thursday, 30 July 2015
Queanbeyan author Omar Musa will be allowed to re-enter his novel Here Come the Dogs (Hamish Hamilton) in the 2015 ACT Book of the Year Award after the government reversed...
Debut novel ‘The Lost Swimmer’ optioned for film
Wednesday, 29 July 2015
Film rights to Australian author Ann Turner’s debut thriller The Lost Swimmer (S&S) have been optioned by producer Sue Maslin from the production company Film Art Media.Turner will write the...
James Patterson Oz bookshop grants announced
Wednesday, 29 July 2015
The Australian recipients of James Patterson’s Australian and New Zealand bookshop grants have been announced.In total, 70 bookstores received grants of up to $5000 to spend on projects to get...
Curtis Brown twitter pitch day attracts more than 2000 pitches
Wednesday, 29 July 2015
In the UK, more than 2000 book projects were pitched online to literary agents Curtis Brown and Conville & Walsh as part of the first ‘#PitchCB’ day, reports the Bookseller....
SPN appoints new conference manager, announces 2015 conference dates
Wednesday, 29 July 2015
The Small Press Network (SPN) has appointed Lefa Singleton Norton as its conference manager for the 2015 Independent Publishing Conference, to be held at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne from 19-21 November.SPN...
UK survey finds only 1% illegally download ebooks
Wednesday, 29 July 2015
A survey by the UK government has found only 1% of internet users aged 12 and over illegally downloaded at least one ebook between March and May 2015, reports the Guardian....
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 29 July 2015
‘It seems strange that, given our geographical nearness and many cultural similarities, there aren’t stronger links between Australian and New Zealand writers and readers’—New Zealand writer Elizabeth Heritage on the tendency...
Wilderness Society announces 2015 children’s book award winners
Wednesday, 29 July 2015
The winners of the 2015 Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children’s Literature have been announced.The winning books in each category are:Fiction Rescue on Nim’s Island (Wendy Orr, illus by Geoff...
Industry responds to Lantern cuts
Wednesday, 29 July 2015
The Australian book industry has rejected reports that the Australian cookbook market is in decline following Penguin Random House’s announcement last week that its Lantern illustrated books imprint would be...
ABC Shops to close; bookstores, ABC in discussion over ABC Centres
Wednesday, 29 July 2015
The ABC has announced it will close its ABC Shops to focus on its online store and ABC branded outlets in other retailers.The ABC has also sent a notice of cancellation...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 29 July 2015
SalesNonfiction—Spinifex Press has sold Brazilian-Portuguese rights to Bibliodiversity: A Manifesto for Independent Publishing (Susan Hawthorne) to Libre Book Publisher and online magazines Opera Mundi and Painel Academico.Children’s—Alex Adsett Publishing Services...
RiP Hugh Stretton
Wednesday, 29 July 2015
Australian author and social theorist Hugh Stretton has died, aged 91. Stretton was the author of several works on social theory and economics, including Australia Fair (UNSW Press), as well...
Mackay City Library to move to new premises
Wednesday, 29 July 2015
Mackay City Library in North Queensland will be relocated to the top floor of the iconic ‘Dome’ building in the CBD after building owner David Denny donated the property to...
NZ library installs self-service facilities with Maori language option
Wednesday, 29 July 2015
Palmerston North City Library in New Zealand has installed ‘smart serve desks’ that can operate in a variety of languages, including te reo Maori, reports Stuff.co.nz. Library members who are...
International library news
Wednesday, 29 July 2015
Google partnership to increase Birmingham Library’s opening hoursIn the UK, Google is moving its ‘Digital Garage’ training program into the Library of Birmingham, resulting in a 26-hour increase in the...
NZ’s tiny libraries captured in BBC documentary
Wednesday, 29 July 2015
A new BBC radio documentary tells the stories of New Zealand’s tiniest libraries, reports the New Zealand Herald. The Search for Tiny Libraries in New Zealand was inspired by US...
RITA Awards 2015 winners announced
Tuesday, 28 July 2015
In the US, the winners have been announced for the 2015 Romance Writers of America (RWA) RITA Awards, which recognise excellence in romance novels and novellas. Among the winners in...
US audiobook sales up 13.5% in 2014
Tuesday, 28 July 2015
In the US, audiobook sales have increased by 13.5% from 2013 to 2014 according to the Audio Publishers Association’s (APA) annual sales survey, reports Library Journal. According to the survey,...
NZ company Booktrack raises US$5m in funding
Tuesday, 28 July 2015
New Zealand company Booktrack, which adds soundtracks and ‘ambient audio’ to ebooks and sells them from its website, has received US$5m (A$6.87m) in funding from investors COENT Centure Partners and Sparkbox...
Government considering zero GST threshold for overseas purchases
Tuesday, 28 July 2015
Federal treasurer Joe Hockey says the government is considering removing the GST threshold entirely on overseas purchases.After previously signalling his intention to lower the GST threshold, Hockey told the ABC the...
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