International library news
Wednesday, 3 September 2014
Comic creator promotes National Library Card Sign-up MonthIn the US, legendary comic creator Stan Lee has been appointed honorary chair of Library Card Sign-up Month in September. The American Library Association’s...
Registrations open for ALIA Information Online Conference
Wednesday, 3 September 2014
Early bird registrations are now open for the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) Information Online Conference, which will be held in Sydney from 2-5 February 2015. Program sessions will feature...
Recipients of CLNZ/NZSA Research Grants announced
Wednesday, 3 September 2014
Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) and the New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) have announced the four recipients of the 2014 CLNZ/NZSA Research Grants, each worth NZ$5000 (A$4475). The winner...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 3 September 2014
‘If we in the print business want to survive, we have to make print an entirely different experience from reading digitally’—Melbourne Writers Festival guest Dave Eggers argues for a greater...
Samuel Johnson Prize 2014 longlist announced
Tuesday, 2 September 2014
The longlist for this year’s Samuel Johnson Prize for Nonfiction has been announced in the UK.The longlisted titles are: Roy Jenkins (John Campbell, Jonathan Cape) The Unexpected Professor: An Oxford...
Fans queue for 18 hours to meet Murakami
Tuesday, 2 September 2014
In London, readers queued for up to 18 hours for a book signing with author Haruki Murakami, reports the Bookseller. Fans began queuing outside Waterstones Piccadilly in London from 5pm,...
Manuscript Assessor Conference kicks off
Tuesday, 2 September 2014
The inaugural two-day Writers Victoria Manuscript Assessor Conference kicks off today in Melbourne.The conference, which is open to emerging and established assessors, will host discussions on the best practice, professional...
‘Island’ launches mentoring program
Tuesday, 2 September 2014
Literary journal Island has announced the launch of the WD Booth Charitable Trust/Island Emerging Writer Mentoring Program to ‘build the resilience and capacity of the writing sector in Tasmania’.The program...
Co-op to launch ebook site with Copia
Tuesday, 2 September 2014
Campus bookselling chain the Co-op has confirmed it plans to launch a full ebook site with Copia.‘The arrangement will involve using [Copia’s] technology to deliver higher education content exclusively in...
Down wins 2014 Elizabeth Jolley Prize
Monday, 1 September 2014
Jennifer Down has won the Australian Book Review (ABR) 2014 Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize. Down, who won the $8000 prize for her story ‘Aokigahara’, was selected from a shortlist of three that included Cate...
McIlvanney wins 2014 Ngaio Marsh Award
Monday, 1 September 2014
Liam McIlvanney has won the 2014 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel for Where the Dead Men Go (Faber).McIlvanney won the NZ$1000 (A$895) award ahead of fellow shortlisted authors Paul Cleave (Joe...
German and French publishers reject Martin Amis book
Monday, 1 September 2014
Martin Amis’ usual publishers in Germany and France have refused to publish his most recent novel The Zone of Interest (Jonathan Cape), a ‘brutish comedy’ set in a fictionalised Auschwitz,...
Indigenous Literacy Foundation launches ‘get caught reading’ campaign
Monday, 1 September 2014
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation has launched a ‘get caught reading’ campaign to raise money, as part of 2014 Indigenous Literacy Day on Wednesday 3 September. The campaign asks participants to make...
Germaine Greer says ebooks should ‘cost pennies’ on Amazon
Monday, 1 September 2014
In the UK, author Germaine Greer said that ebooks should ‘cost pennies’ in a discussion on the dispute between Amazon and Hachette on BBC Radio 4’s ‘The Report’, reports the...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 1 September 2014
Four books in the ‘Minecraft’ series (Egmont Books) have re-entered the bestsellers chart this week, taking out the top four spots. The four titles are also the top four titles...
Notions Unlimited bookstore closes
Monday, 1 September 2014
Science-fiction, fantasy and horror bookstore Notions Unlimited in Melbourne closed on 20 August and won’t reopen elsewhere, said owner Chuck McKenzie in a statement.McKenzie said ongoing issues with the landlord...
Stella Prize to launch secondary schools program
Monday, 1 September 2014
The Stella Prize Schools Program will launch in Melbourne on 10 September with a free event for teachers, librarians, educators and students. The event will feature Australian authors Carrie Tiffany, Cate Kennedy...
Educational Publishing Awards 2014 shortlist announced
Monday, 1 September 2014
The titles shortlisted for the Australian Publishers Association Educational Publishing Awards have been announced.The shortlisted titles in each category are: Primary EducationPrimary Student Resource: Mathematics (Numeracy) Cambridge HOTmaths FUNdamentals iPad...
Davitt Awards 2014 winners announced
Monday, 1 September 2014
Sisters in Crime has announced the winners of the 2014 Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women.The winning titles in each category are:Adult novel Dark Horse (Honey...
Spain’s domestic publishing down 12% in 2013
Friday, 29 August 2014
Spain’s domestic publishing market saw a drop of almost 12% in turnover from 2012 to 2013, according to an annual survey by the Spanish publishers association. This amounts to a...
Aldi removes Roald Dahl book over language concerns
Friday, 29 August 2014
Supermarket chain Aldi has removed Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes from its Australian stores following a customer complaint about its ‘unacceptable’ language for kids, reports the Guardian. The complaint, which was...
Kobo to sell waterproof ereader
Thursday, 28 August 2014
Kobo has unveiled the ‘world’s first premium waterproof e-ink ereader’, reports Digital Book World. The Waterproof Aura H2O Reader can be submerged in one metre of water for up to...
‘Sunday Chutney’ selected for Read for Australia event
Thursday, 28 August 2014
Thousands of school children will read Aaron Blabey’s picture book Sunday Chutney (Puffin) during Read for Australia, a nationwide reading event to be held at 2pm (AEST) on 29 August during...
NZ Post Book Awards 2014 winners announced
Thursday, 28 August 2014
The winners of this year’s New Zealand Post Book Awards have been announced. The winners in each category are:Book of the Year Peter McLeavey: The Life and Times of a...
Catton to set up reading grant for NZ writers
Thursday, 28 August 2014
Eleanor Catton will use her prize money from this year’s New Zealand Post Book Awards to set up a new reading grant for New Zealand writers, reports stuff.co.nz.Catton made the...
National Young Writers’ Festival 2014 program announced
Thursday, 28 August 2014
The National Young Writers Festival (NYWF) in Newcastle, NSW, has announced its 2014 program.The festival, which runs from 2 to 5 October, will feature 80 artists across almost 80 events....
New website, membership program for Text
Thursday, 28 August 2014
Text Publishing has launched a new ‘responsive design’ website and membership program.Digital manager Michelle Calligaro told Books+Publishing that the website has been designed to be ‘really mobile friendly’.‘Before we created...
Seaton and Herft join ABA management committee
Thursday, 28 August 2014
Jane Seaton from Beaufort Street Books in Perth and Laura Herft from Dillons Norwood Bookshop in Adelaide have joined the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) management committee.‘I believe both Jane and...
Parragon restructured into ‘traditional’ and ‘non-traditional’ divisions
Wednesday, 27 August 2014
In the UK, Parragon Publishing has been restructured into two divisions that focus on ‘traditional and non-traditional book markets’, reports the Bookseller. The Parragon Publishing division will concentrate on traditional...
‘Overland’ Story Wine Prize shortlist announced
Wednesday, 27 August 2014
The shortlist for Overland’s inaugural Story Wine Prize has been announced. The shortlisted stories are: ‘I thought maybe I could be a lounge singer’ by Lauren Aimee Curtis ‘Parts per million’...
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