Hachette Australia to publish ‘MKR’ contestants’ cookbook
Wednesday, 30 April 2014
Hachette Australia has acquired the rights for Taking You Home: Simple Greek Food by My Kitchen Rules contestants Helena and Vikki Moursellas.The Moursellas participated in the latest season of the popular television series before...
Getting the word out: Angela Meyer on the debut author experience
Wednesday, 30 April 2014
My first work of fiction, a petite collection of tiny (but hopefully powerful) stories, commonly referred to as ‘flash fictions’, is out in May with Inkerman & Blunt. Inkerman &...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 30 April 2014
‘The Stella Prize is like the Brownlow Medal of the literary world: all muscle and spine, with a touch of glamour’—2014 Stella Prize winner Clare Wright
International library news
Wednesday, 30 April 2014
The British Library opens £33 million newspaper reading roomThe British Library in London, England, has opened a newspaper reading room worth £33 million (A$59.9 million), reports the Guardian. The British...
Yarra Plenty library to expand Doggy Tales reading program
Wednesday, 30 April 2014
Yarra Plenty Regional Library (YPRL) in Victoria is seeking dogs for its Doggy Tales program, which helps children struggling with literacy by giving them the opportunity to read to dogs....
Escape launches competition to name romance sub-genre
Wednesday, 30 April 2014
Harlequin Australia’s digital-first imprint Escape Publishing has launched a competition to name one of its romance sub-genres. ‘In the next few months, the Escape Publishing website is being updated, and...
‘The BFG’ to be adapted to film by Spielberg
Tuesday, 29 April 2014
Roald Dahl’s children’s book The BFG (various imprints) will be adapted into a live-action film directed by Steven Spielberg, reports Variety. Spielberg plans to begin production in early 2015 and the film...
Pages & Pages, Boomerang now selling ebooks through Kobo; ABA-Kobo partnership ‘fully functional’
Tuesday, 29 April 2014
Sydney independent bookseller Pages & Pages and online bookseller Boomerang Books are now selling ebooks through the Australian Booksellers Association’s (ABA) partnership with Kobo.Jon Page, owner of Pages & Pages...
‘The Casual Vacancy’ to be adapted for HBO television
Tuesday, 29 April 2014
J K Rowling’s novel The Casual Vacancy (Orbit) will be adapted into a miniseries by US television network HBO, reports the Telegraph. The book will be made into a three-hour miniseries,...
ABIA 2014 book awards shortlists announced, website launched
Tuesday, 29 April 2014
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced the shortlists for the book award categories in this year’s Australian Book Industry Awards. The shortlisted titles are: International book of the year...
Kent and Cleave among nominees for Barry Awards
Tuesday, 29 April 2014
Australian author Hannah Kent and New Zealand author Paul Cleave are among the writers nominated for this year’s Barry Awards for crime writing.Awarded annually by the editors of US crime...
250,000 books handed out for World Book Night UK
Tuesday, 29 April 2014
In the UK, 10,500 individuals and groups handed out 250,000 copies of 20 titles during World Book Night, reports the Bookseller. In addition, around 2100 people signed up to give...
Wright wins 2014 Stella Prize for ‘The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka’
Tuesday, 29 April 2014
The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka by Clare Wright (Text) is the winner of the 2014 Stella Prize for women’s writing. Wright was presented with the $50,000 prize at an awards...
Soldier on: Rachael Craw on ‘Spark’
Tuesday, 29 April 2014
Rachael Craw’s debut YA novel Spark (Walker Books, July) is about Evie, a 17-year-old super-soldier from a government experiment gone wrong. Dani Solomon spoke to the author.I loved the character...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 28 April 2014
The Fault in Our Stars (John Green, Penguin) is in first place on this week’s bestsellers chart, ahead of seven titles in Veronica Roth’s ‘Divergent’ trilogy (HarperCollins), including regular, adult and...
Kobo cuts 63 jobs, Neil and Ogden remain with the company
Monday, 28 April 2014
Kobo has cut 63 from its workforce of more than 400 worldwide, reports the Toronto Star.Kobo spokesperson René d’Entremont told the newspaper that the leadership team had ‘realigned the organisation’s...
Orwell Prize 2014 shortlist announced
Monday, 28 April 2014
In the UK, the shortlists for the 2014 Orwell Prize for political writing have been announced. The titles shortlisted for the Book Prize are: Coolie Woman (Gaiutra Bahadur, Hurst); The...
Clunes Booktown Festival program announced
Monday, 28 April 2014
The program for the 2014 Clunes Booktown Festival has been released. Among the authors due to appear at this year’s weekend event, to be held on 3 and 4 May...
Smith to leave Quercus after sale to Hodder
Monday, 28 April 2014
Quercus chief executive Mark Smith will leave the publisher following its sale to Hodder & Stoughton, but will ‘remain a consultant to help with the transition’, reports the Bookseller. Quercus...
Penguin partners with Connected Sparks to produce children’s ‘multilayered story experience’
Monday, 28 April 2014
Penguin Books Australia has announced the launch of a children’s ‘multilayered story experience’ that will include ‘travelling education labs’.In a partnership with media and educational company Connected Sparks, the publisher launched ‘Lyka’s...
‘Boom Bah!’ and ‘Night Watch’ presented to royal couple
Monday, 28 April 2014
Two children’s books by Phil Cummings have been presented to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to commemorate their visit to the Playford Library in Elizabeth as part of their...
EBSCO announces restructure
Monday, 28 April 2014
Library resource provider EBSCO has announced a restructure of its Australian and New Zealand business following the merger of its Information Services and Publishing businesses in July 2013. ‘Following an...
KYD Copyright Agency Investigative Journalism Mentorships announced
Thursday, 24 April 2014
Kill Your Darlings (KYD) has announced the recipients of the KYD Copyright Agency Investigative Journalism Mentorships (CAIJM).Daniel Burdon, Alexandra Potter and Royce Kurmelovs will each receive a cash prize of...
Penguin Australia to publish new Toltz novel in 2015
Thursday, 24 April 2014
Penguin Australia has acquired Quicksand, the second novel by Steve Toltz, whose debut A Fraction of the Whole was published by Penguin in 2008.A Fraction of the Whole was shortlisted...
Penguin Random House to hold ‘National Book Bloggers Forum’
Thursday, 24 April 2014
Penguin Random House Australia has announced it will hold a ‘National Book Bloggers Forum’ in Sydney on 20 May during the Sydney Writers’ Festival. Random House Australia marketing and publicity director...
Blinky Bill film receives development funding
Thursday, 24 April 2014
Screen Australia has announced development funding for the CGI-animated film Blinky Bill based on the children’s book series by Dorothy Wall, which was published by Angus & Robertson in the 1930s.Due for release in June 2015,...
Caine Prize 2014 shortlist announced
Thursday, 24 April 2014
In Nigeria, the shortlist for the 2014 Caine Prize for African Writing, presented for a short story by an African writer published in English, has been announced. The shortlisted writers are:...
Malouf named inaugural ‘ABR’ laureate
Thursday, 24 April 2014
The Australian Book Review (ABR) has named David Malouf as the magazine’s inaugural laureate, reports the Age. ABR editor Peter Rose told the Age that ‘the idea is to highlight...
Guide to government records of Aboriginal people in Victoria released
Thursday, 24 April 2014
A new guide to government archival records of Aboriginal people in Victoria has been released, reports PS News. The guide, called walata tyamateetj, or ‘carry knowledge’ in the Gunditjmara language...
Quote of the week
Thursday, 24 April 2014
‘In this constantly-evolving media landscape, readers now get their information from many different platforms and as part of this we recognise that blogs are an increasingly important source of information...
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