Lucashenko wins 2014 Vic Prem’s Literary Award for Indigenous Writing
Thursday, 4 September 2014
Melissa Lucashenko has won the 2014 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Indigenous Writing for her novel Mullumbimby (UQP).The $20,000 award was presented at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne as part...
Authors to earn higher royalties through new HarperCollins UK website
Thursday, 4 September 2014
HarperCollins UK will pay authors a higher net royalty for ebooks sold through its new website than through other retailers, reports the Bookseller. HarperCollins UK launched its new website in August following the relaunch of the HarperCollins US website...
Amazon launches KDP Kids publishing program
Thursday, 4 September 2014
Amazon has launched a new publishing program called KDP Kids to help children’s book authors create illustrated and chapter ebooks, reports Digital Book World. The program uses free Kindle Kids’ Book Creator software to allow authors to ‘import artwork...
Samsung ‘Innovation Partner’ at Frankfurt Book Fair
Wednesday, 3 September 2014
Technology company Samsung is the Innovation Partner at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF), which runs from 8-12 October. The collaboration will ‘highlight the convergence of mobile technology and the...
Wilderness Society children’s book award winners announced
Wednesday, 3 September 2014
The winners of the Wilderness Society’s 2014 Environment Award for Children’s Literature were announced at the Little Bookroom in Melbourne on 2 September. Bush Baby Rescue: Juliet Nearly a Vet Book...
Indigenous Literacy Day today
Wednesday, 3 September 2014
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) is staging its eighth Indigenous Literacy Day today (Wednesday 3 September) to raise money for Indigenous literacy.A number of booksellers and publishers are donating a percentage...
B&N testing Espresso Book Machines to ‘gauge consumer interest’
Wednesday, 3 September 2014
US bookselling chain Barnes & Noble (B&N) is testing the Espresso Book Machine in three of its stores to ‘gauge consumer interest’, reports Publishers Weekly. The machines, which are currently...
Brisbane Writers Festival kicks off
Wednesday, 3 September 2014
The 2014 Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) kicks off today and runs until 7 September.As previously reported by Books+Publishing, more than 200 writers and illustrators will participate in this year’s festival, which is...
Book sales up, ‘Treehouse’ number one at Melbourne Writers Festival
Wednesday, 3 September 2014
Book sales at this year’s Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) were ‘well up on last year’, according to festival bookseller Dymocks Melbourne. Co-owner Dino Traverso told Books+Publishing that the festival was ‘full of inspiring and remarkable...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 3 September 2014
SalesFiction—HarperCollins has sold Korean rights to The Naming of Tishkin Silk (Glenda Millard & Caroline Magerl). Nonfiction—Black Inc. has sold Polish rights to My Year Without Matches (Claire Dunn, Nero)...
SLQ wins Premier’s Cultural Diversity Award
Wednesday, 3 September 2014
The State Library of Queensland (SLQ) has been named winner of the Premier’s Cultural Diversity Award in the Public Sector category. Presented at a gala dinner on 30 August, the...
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...
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