Penguin UK to publish videogame tie-in magazine
Tuesday, 19 August 2014
In the UK, Penguin has acquired world rights to a new Skylanders Universe magazine based on the Skylanders videogames, reports the Bookseller. This is the first licensed magazine acquisition for...
Hugo Awards 2014 winners announced
Tuesday, 19 August 2014
The winners of the 2014 Hugo Awards have been announced. The awards honour the best science-fiction and fantasy titles published in the previous year, as voted by members of the World...
German authors protest Amazon tactics in Bonnier dispute; Amazon responds
Tuesday, 19 August 2014
Close to 1200 writers from Germany, Austria and Switzerland have signed an open letter protesting Amazon’s tactics in its trading dispute with the Bonnier Group, reports the Bookseller. The authors...
Child protection charity launches nonfiction prize
Tuesday, 19 August 2014
Child protection charity Barnardos Australia has launched a nonfiction prize that offers a publishing contract to the winner.Barnardos Australia senior publicist Irene Saunders told Books+Publishing that the judges of the...
Scribe acquires book on meth addiction expanded from ‘Saturday Paper’ article
Tuesday, 19 August 2014
Scribe has acquired world rights to The Ice Age: A Journey into Crystal Meth Addiction by freelance journalist Luke Williams, an expanded version of an article by Williams published in...
Writers Victoria announces Glenfern Fellowships, Grace Marion Wilson Emerging Writers Competition winners
Tuesday, 19 August 2014
Writers Victoria has announced the recipients of this year’s Glenfern Fellowships. The fellowships for mid-career and established writers were awarded to Jennifer Down, Lee Kofman and Christian Ryan, and the...
Co-op to open fourth University of Queensland outlet
Tuesday, 19 August 2014
The campus bookselling chain the Co-op has announced it will open a new ‘general retail outlet’ at the University of Queensland. The new store will be located at the university’s...
Davitt Awards 2014 shortlists announced
Monday, 18 August 2014
Sisters in Crime has announced the shortlists for the 2014 Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women.The shortlisted titles in each category are:Adult novel Dark Horse (Honey...
Judge orders mediation in ebook price-fixing suit
Monday, 18 August 2014
In the US, judge Denise Cote has ordered that all the parties involved in an ebook price-fixing case instigated by Australian software company DNAML against Apple and the five ‘agency...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 18 August 2014
Daniel Morcombe was last seen waiting for a bus on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland in 2003. The boy’s remains were found in 2011 and Brett Cowan was charged with the murder...
Ryding appointed director of Melbourne City of Literature office
Monday, 18 August 2014
Arts Victoria has announced the appointment of David Ryding as the inaugural director of the Melbourne City of Literature office based at the Wheeler Centre. Ryding is a former executive...
‘The Great Bible Swindle’ wins Australian Christian Book of the Year Award
Monday, 18 August 2014
The Great Bible Swindle by Bible Society CEO Greg Clarke has won this year’s Australian Christian Book of the Year Award.Judges described the winning book as a ‘concise, persuasive and...
Phaidon acquires online art marketplace Artspace
Friday, 15 August 2014
In the US, art book publisher Phaidon has announced it has acquired online art marketplace Artspace, reports Publishers Weekly. Artspace had been in talks to merge with Berlin online art...
Two rural bookstores close
Friday, 15 August 2014
Pages of Life bookstore in Cooma, NSW, has closed down, two years after bookseller Sam Hutchinson opened the store. As well as books, it sold jigsaw puzzles and held children’s...
Inaugural Moving Words Prize seeks submissions of literary translation by NZ students
Friday, 15 August 2014
The New Zealand Book Council has opened submissions for its inaugural Moving Words Prize to recognises excellence in literary translation by secondary school students. The prize will be awarded to the best previously unpublished...
CBCA Book of the Year Awards 2014 winners announced
Friday, 15 August 2014
The winners of the 2014 Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards were announced in Canberra on 15 August, marking the official launch of Children’s Book...
Gordon Burn Prize shortlist announced
Thursday, 14 August 2014
In the UK, the shortlist for the Gordon Burn Prize has been announced, reports the Bookseller. The shortlisted titles are: The Wake (Paul Kingsnorth, Unbound), which is also longlisted for this...
Manuscript Assessor Conference program launched
Thursday, 14 August 2014
Writers Victoria has launched the program for its inaugural Manuscript Assessor Conference, which runs from 2-3 September.The conference, which is open to emerging and established assessors, will host discussions on...
Nelson awarded Sri Lankan writing fellowship
Wednesday, 13 August 2014
The 2014 Templeberg Residential Writing Fellowship has been awarded to Canberra-based writer Lucy Nelson. The one-month fellowship, which is offered by Writers Victoria and Templeberg Villa, will send Nelson to...
Former Book Depository MD launches Best Little Bookshop
Wednesday, 13 August 2014
UK-based online bookstore Best Little Bookshop, the brainchild of former Book Depository MD Kieron Smith, has launched in beta form, reports the Bookseller. Smith announced plans to create the bookstore in February 2014 after leaving...
Dymocks Whitford City wins Retail Excellence award at Dymocks national conference
Wednesday, 13 August 2014
Dymocks Whitford City in Perth has won the Dymocks Chairman’s Award for Retail Excellence at this year’s Dymocks national conference, which was held in Canberra from 10-12 August.Awards were also presented to...
Manuscript Assessor Conference program launched
Wednesday, 13 August 2014
Writers Victoria has launched the program for its inaugural Manuscript Assessor Conference, which runs from 2-3 September. The conference, which is open to emerging and established assessors, will host discussions on the best practice,...
New website, awards promote Australian romance writing
Wednesday, 13 August 2014
A new website and readers choice awards have been launched to promote Australian romance writing.The AusRomToday website, formerly called Creative Conversations, was launched in June by romance author J’aimee Brooker....
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 13 August 2014
‘I ask Wang to recall the first time growing up she read a book with an Asian protagonist. “There weren’t any.”’—Danielle Binks speaks to children’s and YA author Gabrielle Wang...
Inbooks to close in October
Wednesday, 13 August 2014
Sydney-based library supplier James Bennett has announced that its Inbooks division will close at the end of October.Inbooks is a distributor of international scholarly and academic publishers to the trade,...
HarperCollins establishes promotional fund for indie booksellers
Tuesday, 12 August 2014
In the US, HarperCollins has established a fund to help retailers promote the publisher’s books, reports Publishers Weekly. The HarperCollins Promotional Fund (HCPF) began in July and offers ‘qualifying accounts’...
Hachette CEO Pietsch replies to Amazon letter-writing campaign
Tuesday, 12 August 2014
In the US, Hachette CEO Michael Pietsch has responded to emails from readers complaining about the price of ebooks. The emails to Pietsch are the result of a ‘Readers United’ campaign by...
National Bookshop Day attracts national media coverage, ‘bookshop selfies’
Tuesday, 12 August 2014
The fourth National Bookshop Day on Saturday 9 August attracted national media coverage and trended on twitter, particularly with ‘bookshop selfies’, Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) CEO Joel Becker told Books+Publishing. ...
UQP signs Rowe, O’Reilly and Lamb
Tuesday, 12 August 2014
UQP has acquired a novel-in-progress by Josephine Rowe, a short story collection by Paddy O’Reilly and a biography of Thea Astley by Karen Lamb. Rowe, who is currently a Stegner...
New NZ publisher to focus on local graphic novels and comics
Tuesday, 12 August 2014
A new publisher specialising in locally created comics and graphic novels has launched in New Zealand. Adrian Kinnaird, editorial director and co-publisher of Earth’s End Publishing, told Books+Publishing that the business was ‘the...
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