On tour: Meet the illustrator Priya Kuriyan
Wednesday, 6 May 2015
Priya Kuriyan is a cartoonist and illustrator based in Delhi. She recently contributed to Eat the Sky, Drink the Ocean (A&U), a YA speculative-fiction anthology featuring writers and artists from...
The natural and fantastical: Martine Murray on ‘Molly and Pim and the Million Stars’
Wednesday, 6 May 2015
Martine Murray is an author and illustrator whose previous books include The Slightly True Story of Cedar B Hartley (A&U) and How to Make a Bird (A&U). Her latest book...
ALS Gold Medal 2015 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 5 May 2015
The shortlist for the 2015 Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal has been announced.The shortlisted titles are: The Golden Age (Joan London, Vintage) Drones and Phantoms (Jennifer Maiden, Giramondo) Earth...
Locus Awards 2015 finalists announced
Tuesday, 5 May 2015
The finalists for the 2015 Locus Awards for science-fiction and fantasy writing have been announced, and include several Australians.Garth Nix has been nominated in the young-adult category for Clariel (A&U);...
James Patterson pledges $100,000 to Australian and New Zealand bookstores
Tuesday, 5 May 2015
US author James Patterson has announced he will donate a total pool of $100,000 to Australian and New Zealand bookstores to spend on projects to get children reading. Australian and New Zealand booksellers...
Scholastic to move Omnibus to Sydney office
Tuesday, 5 May 2015
Scholastic will move its Adelaide-based children’s book imprint Omnibus to its Sydney office over the next eight months.A Scholastic spokesperson would not say why the imprint was being moved but...
Inaugural Melbourne Art Book Fair attracts 16,000 visitors
Tuesday, 5 May 2015
The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) has announced that the Melbourne Art Book Fair will become an annual event, after the inaugural fair attracted 16,000 visitors from 1-3 May.The fair...
Rights round-up
Tuesday, 5 May 2015
SalesChildren’s—Hardie Grant Egmont and Little Hare have sold Greek rights to Zac Power: Sky High (H I Larry); US rights to A Billie B Mystery: Stolen Stash and A Billie...
Clunes Booktown Festival attracts over 18,000
Tuesday, 5 May 2015
Around 18,000-20,000 people attended this year’s Clunes Booktown Festival on 2-3 May in the central Victorian town of Clunes.Clunes Booktown director Tess Brady told Books+Publishing that ‘Omar Musa was a huge hit, as was the...
Ondaatje Prize 2015 shortlist announced
Monday, 4 May 2015
The shortlist for the 2015 RSL Ondaatje Prize, an annual award of £10,000 (A$19,361) for ‘a distinguished work of fiction, nonfiction or poetry evoking the spirit of a place’, has...
Anthology with focus on disabled characters meets US$13,000 Pozible target
Monday, 4 May 2015
A crowdfunding campaign for an anthology of apocalypse-survival fiction with a focus on disabled characters has reached its US$13,000 (A$16,595) target on crowdfunding website Pozible. The Defying Doomsday anthology, edited by...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 4 May 2015
Fiction and health-related cookbooks are dominating this week’s bestseller charts, with six fiction titles and three health books in the top 10. The fiction list is led by The Liar...
New Zealand Book Council launches books podcast
Monday, 4 May 2015
The New Zealand Book Council (NZBC) is producing a new monthly podcast discussing new release and classic New Zealand books.‘Talking Books’ is hosted by novelist Catherine Robertson, who will speak...
Cunningham wins 2015 Calibre Prize
Friday, 1 May 2015
Sophie Cunningham has won the ninth Australian Book Review (ABR) Calibre Prize for an Outstanding Essay. Cunningham’s essay ‘Staying with the trouble’, which describes ‘an epic walk up Broadway in New York, and...
Publishers support Obama initiative with $250m ebook donation
Friday, 1 May 2015
A group of US publishers will donate more than US$250 million (A$316.25 million) worth of ebooks for use by low-income students as part of a new digital reading initiative launched by...
Kobo signs first publishing deal
Thursday, 30 April 2015
In Canada, Kobo has signed its first publishing deal, acquiring a book by Kevin Donovan on radio presenter Jian Gomeshi, who is awaiting trial in Canada for sexual assault, reports the Bookseller. Kobo has...
UK audiobook sales more than double in five years
Thursday, 30 April 2015
In the UK, the sales of audiobooks in the UK has more than doubled over five years according to figures released by the Publishers Association (PA), reports the Telegraph. The...
Dick Smith to sell Kindle Voyage
Thursday, 30 April 2015
Amazon has announced its Kindle Voyage ereader is available to order in Australia through Dick Smith.The Voyage, which was released in the US and the UK in September last year, is currently available...
Edgar Allan Poe Awards 2015 winners announced
Thursday, 30 April 2015
In the US, the Mystery Writers of America has announced the winners of the 2015 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, which honour ‘the best in mystery fiction, nonfiction and television’ published...
Coutts wins 2015 Wellcome Book Prize
Thursday, 30 April 2015
In the UK, The Iceberg by Marion Coutts (Atlantic Books) has won the 2015 Wellcome Book Prize, worth £30,000 (A$57,745), for the best new work of fiction or nonfiction centred...
Jane Curry Publishing rebrands as Ventura Press, announces new partnership with S&S
Thursday, 30 April 2015
Jane Curry Publishing (JCP) will rebrand as Ventura Press from 1 August this year, timed to coincide with a new sales and distribution partnership with Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S). JCP...
New ABIA sponsors announced; award funding up 24%
Thursday, 30 April 2015
Dymocks, 3M Cloud Library and JCDecaux have been announced as the major sponsors of this year’s Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs), with overall funding for the awards up 24% on...
Campaign launched to find world’s favourite Agatha Christie book
Wednesday, 29 April 2015
In the UK, the estate of Agatha Christie has launched a campaign to find the world’s favourite Agatha Christie book to coincide with the author’s 125th birthday, reports the Guardian....
SBS launches online graphic novel adaptation of Nam Le’s ‘The Boat’
Wednesday, 29 April 2015
An interactive online graphic novel adaptation of Nam Le’s short story ‘The Boat’, from Le’s short story collection of the same name, has been launched by SBS to commemorate 40...
Bloomsbury and Pantera Press announce new partnership
Wednesday, 29 April 2015
Bloomsbury Australia and Pantera Press have announced a new partnership to ‘strategically grow Pantera Press’ readership and sales’.The partnership, which begins in June, will see Bloomsbury distribute Pantera Press titles through UBD,...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 29 April 2015
‘I think it’s great for the vigour of the culture if one book does not scoop all the prizes’—Booktopia editorial director Caroline Baum on judging this year’s Stella Prize
Victorian government announces $83.1m State Library redevelopment
Wednesday, 29 April 2015
The Victorian government has announced a $83.1 million redevelopment of the State Library of Victoria (SLV), with work on the five-year project scheduled to begin next year. The redevelopment includes...
Libraries urge caution over copyright changes
Wednesday, 29 April 2015
Proposed changes to copyright legislation objected to by the Australian Libraries Copyright Committee (ALCC) are being scrutinised by a parliamentary committee after being introduced to the House of Representatives last month.The Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Bill 2015...
Bega Valley library staff to reapply for jobs under restructure
Wednesday, 29 April 2015
A major restructure of library jobs in the Bega Valley Shire in NSW was announced to staff last week following an external review, reports the Bega District News. According to...
International library news
Wednesday, 29 April 2015
US Children’s Book Council to help build prison nursery librariesIn the US, the Children’s Book Council (CBC) and the unPrison Project are building nursery libraries in prisons to help incarcerated mothers...
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