Frankfurt sends delegates to gamescon in Cologne
Tuesday, 29 July 2014
Frankfurt Book Fair’s (FBF) StoryDrive conference will send delegates to the computer-game trade fair gamescon in Cologne in August, FBF said in a statement. Ten representatives of international publishing houses and literary agencies...
RiP Michael Gifkins
Tuesday, 29 July 2014
New Zealand literary agent Michael Gifkins has died, aged 68.Former Penguin NZ publishing director Geoff Walker writes:‘For many years New Zealand’s leading literary agent, Michael died yesterday after suffering from prostate cancer...
New writers’ studio opens in Melbourne
Tuesday, 29 July 2014
A new writers’ studio has opened in Collingwood in inner-city Melbourne.The Good Copy, which moved into its studio space earlier this year, describes itself as ‘a writing studio, a shop, a...
RiP Jo Goodman
Tuesday, 29 July 2014
Jo Goodman, former president of the Victorian branch of the Children’s Book Council of Australia, has died, aged 73. The CBCA Victorian Branch committee writes:‘The Children’s Book Council of Australia...
Rights round-up
Tuesday, 29 July 2014
SalesFiction—HarperCollins has sold Polish rights to Six Days in Leningrad (Paullina Simons).Nonfiction—Black Inc. has sold North American rights to Born Bad: Original Sin and the Making of the Western World...
International library news
Tuesday, 29 July 2014
Macmillan US makes frontlist ebooks available to librariesMacmillan US is adding frontlist ebooks published in the previous 12 months to its public library elending project, reports DigitalBookWorld. The addition of frontlist...
Australian rural fiction authors launch promotional website
Monday, 28 July 2014
A group of authors has launched a website to promote Australian rural fiction.The website, An Australian Rural Romance, ‘showcases the genre’s emerging, established and award-winning authors published by Australian publishers’,...
Waterstones opens ‘indie’ bookshop
Monday, 28 July 2014
UK bookselling chain Waterstones has opened a new store under ‘independent’ branding, reports the Bookseller. Southwold Books opened in July in the seaside town of Southwold and will ‘be run...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 28 July 2014
There is no change at the top of this week’s bestsellers chart, with the regular and film tie-in editions of The Fault in Our Stars (John Green, Penguin) in first and...
ACT defers proposed changes to 2014 ACT Book of the Year eligibility
Monday, 28 July 2014
ACT minister for the arts Joy Burch has announced that proposed changes to the ACT Book of the Year Award will be deferred while a review of the prize is...
Proportion of Australians reading has declined over past decade: Roy Morgan Research
Friday, 25 July 2014
A new survey of Australian reading habits by Roy Morgan Research has found that the proportion of Australians reading has declined over the past decade. ‘The decline in the proportion...
Bookworld wins two online retailing awards
Friday, 25 July 2014
Bookworld has won awards for Best Social Commercial Initiative and Best Online Retail Marketing Initiative at this year’s Online Retail Industry Awards (ORIAS).The online retailer won the award for Best...
Kindle Unlimited titles dominate Kindle bestseller list
Friday, 25 July 2014
The number of ebooks on the Kindle bestseller list that are offered through Amazon’s new subscription service Kindle Unlimited has tripled since the launch of the service, reports Digital Book...
Eight of the 20 top-grossing films adapted from UK books
Friday, 25 July 2014
A British Film Institute (BFI) report has found that eight of the world’s 20 highest-grossing film releases from 2001 to 2013 were adaptations of novels by UK authors, reports the Bookseller. The adaptations were four films based on J...
Book sales up for first half of 2014, ‘The Fault in Our Stars’ top-selling title
Friday, 25 July 2014
The Australian book industry has recorded a small increase in book sales for the first half of 2014.According to Nielsen BookScan, sales were up 1.3% in volume and value in the...
Catton on Dylan Thomas Prize longlist
Thursday, 24 July 2014
New Zealand author Eleanor Catton has been longlisted for the 2014 International Dylan Thomas Prize for The Luminaries (Granta).The full longlist is: At Night We Walk in Circles (Daniel Alarcón, Fourth...
BWF 2014 program announced
Thursday, 24 July 2014
US author, publisher and philanthropist Dave Eggers will give the opening address at Brisbane Writers Festival on 4 September and be part of a Literary Vaudeville Show at Brisbane Powerhouse...
Flanagan on Booker Prize longlist
Thursday, 24 July 2014
Richard Flanagan’s The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Vintage) is among the 13 titles longlisted for this year’s Man Booker Prize.The full longlist is: To Rise Again at a...
New Salinger title published
Thursday, 24 July 2014
In the US, the Devault-Graves Agency (DGA) has published the J D Salinger short story collection Three Early Stories as a print-on-demand paperback, ebook and audiobook, reports Publishers Weekly. DGA co-owner...
Gollancz to host sci-fi and fantasy festival at Waterstones
Wednesday, 23 July 2014
In the UK, science-fiction and fantasy (SFF) imprint Gollancz has released the program for its inaugural festival, which will be held in conjunction with London bookshop Waterstones Piccadilly, and will...
HarperCollins signs up to ebook bundling trial
Wednesday, 23 July 2014
HarperCollins US has signed up to an ebook-bundling pilot program with Canadian start-up BitLit. HarperCollins is the first of the big five publishers to partner with the company, which has...
New Zealand Post Book Awards 2014 finalists announced
Wednesday, 23 July 2014
The finalists of this year’s New Zealand Post Book Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are:Fiction The Luminaries (Eleanor Catton, Victoria University Press) The Last Days...
Kibble and Dobbie awards 2014 winners announced
Wednesday, 23 July 2014
The winners of this year’s Kibble and Dobbie Literary Awards have been announced.The winner of the $30,000 Nita B Kibble Literary Award, which recognises the work of an established Australian...
Book adaptations nominated for AWGIE Awards
Wednesday, 23 July 2014
The Australian Writers’ Guild (AWG) has announced the nominees for the 47th Annual AWGIE Awards for screen, television, stage and radio writing. Among the nominees are a number of works adapted from...
Bookworld launches online book club with parenting website
Wednesday, 23 July 2014
Online retailer Bookworld has announced a partnership with Australian parenting website Stay at Home Mum (SAHM).The partnership will involve the launch of the ‘biggest integrated online book club in Australia’, which...
Whitcoulls announces Top 100 list
Wednesday, 23 July 2014
Whitcoulls has announced its Top 100 list, as voted by New Zealand readers in 2014. The Fault in Our Stars (John Green, Penguin) is in first place, followed by The Book Thief...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 23 July 2014
‘A bookshop should be a bookshop, right? If you walk in and don’t see books, you lose your faith in the business’—Craig Hildebrand-Burke argues against a radical reinvention of the bookshop in a blog...
Amazon launches ebook subscription service Kindle Unlimited
Wednesday, 23 July 2014
Amazon has launched an ebook and audiobook subscription service called Kindle Unlimited. The company said in a statement that the service offers ‘over 600,000 books—available on Kindle devices, as well as free Kindle...
Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children’s Literature 2014 shortlists announced
Tuesday, 22 July 2014
The shortlists for the 2014 Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children’s Literature have been announced. The shortlisted books in each category are:Young Readers Girl v the World: Sophie Bennett Saves the...
Facebook tests ‘buy button’
Tuesday, 22 July 2014
Facebook has announced that it is testing a ‘buy button’ to allow users to purchase items directly from the newsfeed, said the company in a statement. The buy button is...
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