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Quote of the week 

Wednesday, 5 August 2015
‘Now in Australia there really is someone online who can take it to Amazon and the other international players’—Booktopia CEO Tony Nash on his company’s acquisition of Bookworld

Rights round-up 

Wednesday, 5 August 2015
SalesFiction—Black Inc. has sold ANZ audio rights to Dietland (Sarai Walker) to Bolinda. Spinifex Press has sold Indian Tamil-language rights to My Sister Chaos (Lara Fergus). Text has sold Russian...

SLQ launches ‘Ideas Box’ for remote community 

Wednesday, 5 August 2015
The State Library of Queensland (SLQ) has created a portable ‘Ideas Box’ for the residents of Mapoon in Far North Queensland, reports the Brisbane Times.The demountable box, based on a...

NSW library to loan out science resource kits 

Wednesday, 5 August 2015
Wagga Wagga City Library in NSW has partnered with the Riverina Science Hub to loan out science resource kits, reports the Daily Advertiser. The kits, which include themes such as...

International library news 

Wednesday, 5 August 2015
UK report finds decrease in children’s library attendance; librarians dispute findingsIn the UK, an annual survey of children’s cultural and sporting activities has found that library visits by children aged five...

Bookstores prepare for National Bookshop Day 

Wednesday, 5 August 2015
Preparations are underway for the fifth annual National Bookshop Day this Saturday 8 August, with stores around the country hosting events and promotions.Details about in-store events can be found on...

HarperCollins Brasil launched

Tuesday, 4 August 2015
HarperCollins and its Brazilian partner Ediouro Group have launched HarperCollins Brasil, a subsidiary that will publish around 350 titles a year, reports Publishers Weekly. The list will include children’s, Christian...

NT Literary Awards 2015 winners announced

Tuesday, 4 August 2015
The Northern Territory Library has announced the winners of the Northern Territory Literary Awards.The 2015 winners are:Short story ($1000) ‘It’s a Privilege to Live in Arrernte Country’ (Jo Dutton)  Poetry ($1000)...

Property developer to sponsor NZ Book Awards

Tuesday, 4 August 2015
Auckland-based property developer Ockham Residential has taken over sponsorship of the New Zealand Book Awards.The announcement follows the withdrawal of previous sponsor the New Zealand Post Group last year, with a...

RiP Kat Muscat

Tuesday, 4 August 2015
Kat Muscat, a Melbourne writer and former editor of the magazine Voiceworks, has died, aged 25.Adolfo Aranjuez, who was deputy editor of Voiceworks during Muscat’s editorship, writes:‘I first met Kat...

‘SRB’ announces new editor

Monday, 3 August 2015
The Sydney Review of Books (SRB) has appointed Catriona Menzies-Pike as its new editor.Menzies-Pike is a former arts editor for the Conversation and managing editor of New Matilda. She has...

Bestsellers this week 

Monday, 3 August 2015
Colouring books have taken over this week’s charts, with seven of the top 10 spots occupied by colouring titles, the largest number so far this year. The three non-colouring titles in the top...

Booktopia acquires Bookworld 

Monday, 3 August 2015
Booktopia has acquired online book retailer Bookworld, which operates bookworld.com.au and angusrobertson.com.au, from Penguin Random House (PRH).The acquisition brings together Australia’s two largest online book retailers. Booktopia currently has 62%...

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...

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...

 

 

 

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