Exisle appoints US publicist as it expands into North American market
Thursday, 12 February 2015
Exisle Publishing has appointed Jennifer Prost to the new position of US publicist. Prost, who is based in New Jersey, will promote Exisle’s list of health, self-development and nutrition titles...
Stella Prize 2015 longlist announced
Thursday, 12 February 2015
The longlist for the third Stella Prize has been announced.This year’s longlisted titles are: Foreign Soil (Maxine Beneba Clarke, Hachette) The Strays (Emily Bitto, Affirm Press) Only the Animals (Ceridwen...
Reading Matters program announced
Thursday, 12 February 2015
The Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria has announced the program for its biennial youth literature conference Reading Matters, which runs from 29-31 May.International guests of the conference include US...
Toronto International Book Fair cancelled in 2015
Wednesday, 11 February 2015
The Toronto International Book Fair, a three-day consumer event that attracted 20,000 to 25,000 attendees at its inaugural event last year, will not go ahead in 2015, reports Publishers Weekly....
International library news
Wednesday, 11 February 2015
National digital library network gets government fundingIn the UK, a project to create a unified digital platform for library resources for all British public libraries has been announced in the...
2014 Softlink survey finds strong link between school library funding and literacy levels
Wednesday, 11 February 2015
Results of the fifth annual survey on budgets, qualified staffing and literacy levels in Australian school libraries have been published. The 2014 Australian School Library Survey Report, conducted by Softlink...
ALIA Information Online 2015 innovates ‘at the edge’
Wednesday, 11 February 2015
More than 830 library professionals attended this year’s Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) ‘Information Online’ 2015 conference, held in Sydney from 2-6 February. The program included sessions on search,...
Bonnier Group launches Echo Publishing
Wednesday, 11 February 2015
UK-based, Swedish-owned media company the Bonnier Group, owner of The Five Mile Press, has launched a new publishing house, Echo Publishing, specialising in narrative nonfiction, photography and fiction titles.Echo Publishing has opened an office...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 11 February 2015
‘Any proposal to dismantle territorial copyright is in fact a radical instrument of cultural engineering,’ Text publisher Michael Heyward in his submission to the government’s Competition Policy Review draft report,...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 11 February 2015
Sales Nonfiction—Exisle Publishing has sold Korean and Polish rights to The Digestive Health Solutions (Benjamin Brown). Children’s—Hardie Grant Egmont and Little Hare have sold US and German rights to The Flywheel (Erin Gough); US rights to The Incredible...
The Folio Prize 2015 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 10 February 2015
In the UK, the shortlist for the 2015 Folio Prize has been announced. The eight shortlisted titles are: 10:04 (Ben Lerner, Granta), All My Puny Sorrows (Miriam Toews, Faber), Dept....
Akle to host book segment on Channel 9 ‘Mornings’
Tuesday, 10 February 2015
Better Reading director Cheryl Akle will host a book review segment on Channel 9 TV program ‘Mornings’.The segment will run every second week, beginning on 12 February. Akle told Books+Publishing that the...
‘The Lifted Brow’ Prize for Experimental Nonfiction longlist announced
Tuesday, 10 February 2015
Melbourne-based publisher and literary magazine the Lifted Brow has announced the longlist for its Prize for Experimental Nonfiction.The longlisted works are: Sophia O’Rourke for ‘Flaming June: Still Life and the Anthroposcene’...
Carnegie, Greenaway 2015 medal longlists announced
Tuesday, 10 February 2015
The longlists for the 2015 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals, presented by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) in the UK, have been announced. Australian author Shaun...
New website ‘Literary Hub’ to aggregate bookish content
Tuesday, 10 February 2015
In the US, publisher Grove Atlantic and publication Electric Literature have partnered to create Literary Hub, a website styled as ‘a Huffington Post for the literary world’ that will aggregate bookish content,...
Bateman appointed digital, marketing and publicity director at PRH
Tuesday, 10 February 2015
Sally Bateman has been appointed to the new role of digital, marketing and publicity director at Penguin Random House (PRH) Asia Pacific.Bateman was appointed Penguin marketing and publicity director in...
WAYRBA 2015 shortlists announced
Tuesday, 10 February 2015
The shortlists for the 2015 West Australian Young Readers’ Book Awards (WAYRBA) have been announced.The shortlisted titles in each category are:Older readers Dancing in the Dark (Robyn Bavati, Penguin) Zac...
‘Island’ magazine will be print-only in 2015
Tuesday, 10 February 2015
Tasmania-based literary journal Island will be print-only from 2015.The quarterly magazine will increase its print run by 200% and add more stockists, while also revamping its website and increasing its...
Government releases industry submissions to Competition Policy Review
Monday, 9 February 2015
The government has released all the official public submissions to the Competition Policy Review draft report, released in September last year.The draft report recommended the review of regulations ‘restricting competition’...
Diamond Dagger awarded to Catherine Aird
Monday, 9 February 2015
In the UK, Crime Writer’s Association (CWA) has awarded the Diamond Dagger award to Catherine Aird, reports the Bookseller. The CWA presents the award to authors who have ‘sustained excellence in their...
Vann steps down as Queensland Writers Centre CEO
Monday, 9 February 2015
Queensland Writers Centre (QWC) CEO Meg Vann is stepping down from the position to focus on writing opportunities.Vann has been at QWC since 2008 and CEO since August 2012. Vann...
UK study finds regular reading increases self-esteem
Monday, 9 February 2015
Research in the UK has found that people who read regularly have greater self-esteem, are more empathetic and have a greater ability to cope with difficult situations, reports the Bookseller....
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 9 February 2015
The film tie-in of American Sniper (Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen & Jim DeFelice, HarperCollins) has stayed at the top of the bestsellers chart this week, with Family Food (Pete Evans, Plum)...
Woodberry and Allen awarded ALIA fellowships
Monday, 9 February 2015
Eve Woodberry and Margaret Allen were awarded fellowships by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) at the 2015 Information Online Conference last week.The ALIA board confers fellowships to members...
Penguin and Random House merge UK social media
Friday, 6 February 2015
In the UK, Penguin Random House has announced it will use the Penguin brand for its consumer activity across all social media, reports the Bookseller. From 4 July, all consumer-facing...
HarperCollins and Pages & Pages complete bundling trial
Friday, 6 February 2015
Pages & Pages owner Jon Page says he’s ‘very happy’ with the results of the print and ebook bundling pilot program, run with HarperCollins from November 2014 to January 2015.Page...
Ashurst Business Literature Prize shortlist announced
Friday, 6 February 2015
The shortlist for the 2014 Ashurst Business Literature Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Twiggy: The High Stakes Life of Andrew Forrest (Andrew Burrell, Black Inc.) Stop the Presses:...
Editorial changes at ‘Overland’
Thursday, 5 February 2015
Literary journal Overland has announced changes to its editorial staff.Journalist and 3CR radio presenter Bec Zajac—who has also managed Overland’s publicity for the past two years—has been appointed associate editor.As...
Agent defends ‘Go Set a Watchman’ as it climbs bestseller charts
Thursday, 5 February 2015
Harper Lee’s international rights agent Andrew Nurnberg said the author is ‘increasingly excited at the prospect of her second novel finally seeing the light of day’ after ‘mounting concern’ followed...
Inaugural Ubud Food Festival announced
Thursday, 5 February 2015
The Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF) will run the inaugural Ubud Food Festival from 5-7 June in Bali, Indonesia. The food festival will include a line-up of local and international chefs for...
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