Fagan appointed head of marketing and publicity at Nero
Thursday, 29 January 2015
Kelly Fagan has been appointed to the newly created role of head of marketing and publicity for Black Inc. mass-market imprint Nero. Fagan, who was previously publicity manager at HarperCollins, will start in...
On tour: Meet the author Joanna Rakoff
Thursday, 29 January 2015
Joanna Rakoff’s memoir My Salinger Year was published by Bloomsbury in 2014. Rakoff will be travelling to the Perth Writers Festival and Adelaide Writers’ Week in February and March. What would...
Pickering appointed digital affairs manager at Exisle
Thursday, 29 January 2015
Exisle Publishing has appointed Matthew Pickering to the newly created role of digital affairs manager.Pickering, who will be based in Exisle’s Auckland office, will manage the publisher’s digital data and oversee digital operations in...
‘H is for Hawk’ named Costa Book of the Year
Wednesday, 28 January 2015
In the UK, Helen Macdonald’s H is For Hawk (Vintage) has won the £30,000 (A$57,460) Costa Book of the Year award after previously winning the Biography category. The judges described Macdonald’s...
Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards announced tonight
Wednesday, 28 January 2015
The winners of the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards will be announced in Melbourne tonight.The announcement will take place at a ceremony at Parliament House from 5pm.To view the shortlisted titles,...
Mills appointed children’s and YA publishing director at A&U
Wednesday, 28 January 2015
Eva Mills has been appointed publishing director of children’s and YA books at Allen & Unwin (A&U).Mills has been a publisher of children’s and YA books at the company since 2009, and...
Blurred lines: Jen Craig on ‘Panthers and the Museum of Fire’
Wednesday, 28 January 2015
‘The year 2015 is only in its early days, but already I know that Sydney writer Jen Craig’s novella, Panthers and the Museum of Fire [Spineless Wonders, March], will be...
Francophilia: Patti Miller on ‘Ransacking Paris’
Wednesday, 28 January 2015
Patti Miller’s Ransacking Paris (UQP, April) is ‘that rare object—a book for anyone who believes we don’t need any more expat memoirs’, writes reviewer Max Oliver. He spoke to the...
Tesco to close blinkbox Books
Tuesday, 27 January 2015
UK supermarket chain Tesco will close its ebook platform blinkbox Books at the end of February after failing to reach an agreement to sell the platform to Waterstones, reports the Bookseller....
Bestsellers this week
Tuesday, 27 January 2015
Pete Evans’ Family Food (Plum) is this week’s fastest mover, having jumped from sixth to first spot on the top 10 bestsellers chart. The rest of the titles in the top 10 remain...
French named Senior Australian of the Year
Tuesday, 27 January 2015
Australian author Jackie French has been named the 2015 Senior Australian of the Year.French was presented with the honour at a ceremony in Canberra on 25 January, where she spoke...
Book industry figures among 2015 Australia Day honours recipients
Tuesday, 27 January 2015
Social researcher and author Hugh Mackay is among the recipients of the 2015 Australia Day honours, presented by the Governor-General on 26 January for ‘service to the nation and to...
The books: local blockbusters
Tuesday, 27 January 2015
Children’s books and adult fiction were up in volume this Christmas, according to Nielsen BookScan, and these categories also dominated booksellers’ most-mentioned titles in our post-Christmas survey. All categories featured a strong showing of Australian titles.The most-mentioned...
Horin appointed publisher of HGE imprint Chirpy Bird
Tuesday, 27 January 2015
Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) has appointed Niki Horin to the newly created role of publisher of Chirpy Bird, the company’s imprint for licensed and trend-driven publishing.HGE marketing communications executive Sarah Magee told Books+Publishing the...
‘Overland’ launches ‘Fair Australia Prize’
Tuesday, 27 January 2015
Overland has launched a new Fair Australia Prize to encourage writers and artists ‘to be part of setting a new agenda for Australia’.The winner of each category—short fiction, essay, poetry, and...
Shortlist for ‘Seizure’ Viva La Novella competition announced
Tuesday, 27 January 2015
Literary journal Seizure has announced the shortlist for this year’s Viva La Novella competition.The six shortlisted authors are: Mark Brandi Christy Collins Nick Gadd Jane Rawson Libby Sommer Marlee Jane Ward. This...
Monash University Publishing receives Vice Chancellor’s Award
Tuesday, 27 January 2015
Monash University Publishing has been presented with a Vice Chancellor’s Award for Exceptional Performance by Professional Staff.The award was one of four given to teams within Monash University in 2014,...
Lahiri wins 2015 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature
Friday, 23 January 2015
Indian-American author Jhumpa Lahiri has won the 2015 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature for her novel The Lowland (Bloomsbury). Lahiri’s novel was selected from a shortlist of five to...
Productivity Commission to review minimum wage and penalty rates
Friday, 23 January 2015
The effect of the minimum wage and penalty rates on businesses will be examined as part of the Productivity Commission’s wider review of the industrial relations system. Five papers released...
Philanthropists donate $5m to found Chair of Australian literature
Friday, 23 January 2015
A philanthropist couple has donated $5m to the University of Melbourne to establish a new professorship to ‘advance the teaching, understanding and public appreciation of Australian literature’.The Boisbouvier Founding Chair...
John Flanagan voted ‘Australia’s Favourite Author’ in Booktopia poll
Friday, 23 January 2015
Children’s book author John Flanagan has been voted ‘Australia’s Favourite Author’ in Booktopia’s annual poll.Booktopia announced the top 10 finalists on its website on 23 January. They were (from one to 10): John...
Nielsen BookScan Christmas figures: value and volume up
Friday, 23 January 2015
Local booksellers have recorded a boost in sales over the Christmas period. According to Nielsen BookScan, sales were up 1.5% in volume and 0.7% in value over the 13 weeks to 27 December...
Publishers’ perspectives
Friday, 23 January 2015
Close to 60% of publishers reported that their Christmas sales were ‘better than expected’, and the remainder were ‘close to expectations’. No publisher reported worse-than-expected sales. Over 70% reported that...
Post-Christmas survey: sales up for 50% of booksellers
Friday, 23 January 2015
Half of booksellers have reported an increase in sales in Christmas 2014 compared to the previous year, according to the results of Books+Publishing’s annual post-Christmas survey.Books+Publishing received feedback from representatives...
Junot Díaz novel voted best 21st-century novel so far
Thursday, 22 January 2015
Junot Díaz’s 2007 novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Faber) has been voted in a poll of US critics as the best novel published since 2000, reports the...
Egmont closes US division
Thursday, 22 January 2015
Egmont Publishing has closed its US division after failing to establish a market-leading position, reports Publishers Weekly. The Danish publisher had put the US division up for sale in October 2014...
European booksellers asked to join #mynextread campaign
Thursday, 22 January 2015
The European International Booksellers Federation (EIBF) is encouraging booksellers and readers to share their reading choices on social media along with the #mynextread hashtag, reports the Bookseller. The campaign’s message is...
Second annual Great Kiwi Classic poll launched
Thursday, 22 January 2015
Nominations for the second annual Great Kiwi Classic poll have opened in New Zealand. First launched in 2014 by the New Zealand Book Council and Auckland Writers Festival, the initiative sees...
NZ guest of honour program announced for Taipei
Thursday, 22 January 2015
The program for New Zealand’s guest of honour pavilion at the Taipei International Book Exhibition (TIBE) has been announced.Eighty-five delegates will represent New Zealand at TIBE, which runs from 11-16 February. The...
New report argues GST exemption should stay
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
Extending the GST to internationally purchased online goods worth less than $1000 is unlikely to improve Australian retailing, according to a report by free-market think-tank the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA).Citing a...
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