RiP Eric Hill
Wednesday, 11 June 2014
Writer, illustrator and ‘Spot the Dog’ creator Eric Hill has died, aged 86. Francesca Dow, managing director of Penguin Random House UK Children’s, writes: ‘Eric Hill was a master of simple design. He...
Wheelers among 2014 Queen’s Birthday Honours list
Tuesday, 10 June 2014
The 2014 Queen’s Birthday Honours List has been announced, with Lonely Planet founders Maureen and Tony Wheeler both awarded Officer in the General Division (AO) for ‘distinguished service to business and...
Foyles’ ‘bookshop of the future’ opens
Tuesday, 10 June 2014
UK bookseller Foyles has opened its new flagship London store on Charing Cross Road, reports the Bookseller. The four-storey store, which has been described as a ‘bookshop of the future’, can...
Hachette US lays off 30 staff
Tuesday, 10 June 2014
The Hachette Book Group in the US has announced it will lay off 30 people from its 950 staff, reports the Bookseller. In a statement, the publisher said the ‘difficult...
Ditmar Awards ballot 2014 winners announced
Tuesday, 10 June 2014
The winners of this year’s Ditmar Awards ballot have been announced. The winners include: Best novel Fragments of a Broken Land: Valarl Undead (Robert Hood, Wildside) Best novella or novelette ‘The...
Australian software company’s suit against Apple and publishers to go ahead
Tuesday, 10 June 2014
In the US, judge Denise Cote has refused to dismiss an antitrust suit filed by Australian ebook software company DNAML against Apple and the five ‘agency publishers’ Hachette, HarperCollins, Simon...
Bestsellers this week
Tuesday, 10 June 2014
Cassandra Clare’s City of Heavenly Fire (Walker Books), the sixth and final novel in the ‘Mortal Instruments’ series, has debuted at number one on this week’s bestsellers chart. It’s ahead of...
Australians on Frank O’Connor short story award longlist
Tuesday, 10 June 2014
Five Australians have been longlisted for the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award. The Australians longlisted are Tony Birch for The Promise (UQP), Catherine McNamara for Pelt and Other Stories...
LIANZA Children’s Book Awards 2014 finalists announced
Tuesday, 10 June 2014
The finalists in the 2014 LIANZA (Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa) Children’s Book Awards have been announced. The judges this year selected six finalists in the young...
Copyright Agency extends WrICE funding until 2017
Tuesday, 10 June 2014
The Copyright Agency Cultural Fund has announced it will continue its funding of RMIT University’s Writers Immersion and Cultural Exchange (WrICE) program until 2017. The new $225,000 funding ‘will enable 15...
Australian publisher of ‘Fifty Shades’ subject of US lawsuit
Tuesday, 10 June 2014
Two American women are suing Australian Amanda Hayward for a share in profits from E L James’ bestselling novel Fifty Shades of Grey.Hayward is the owner of The Writers Coffee...
ABA forms data and supply chain committee
Friday, 6 June 2014
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has formed a new committee to work through data and supply chain issues.Members of the committee are: Jon Page (chair, Pages & Pages and Boomerang),...
Barnes & Noble, Samsung to release co-branded tablets with Nook software
Friday, 6 June 2014
In the US, Barnes & Noble has signed an agreement with Samsung to release co-branded tablets with Nook software, reports Publishers Weekly. The first of the 7-inch co-branded tablets, called...
Byron Bay Writers’ Festival launches 2014 program
Friday, 6 June 2014
The Byron Bay Writers’ Festival has launched its 2014 program.Joining international guest Jeanette Winterson, who was previously announced as the festival’s keynote speaker, are Geoff Dyer, Susie Orbach, David Finkel...
McBride wins Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction 2014
Thursday, 5 June 2014
Irish author Eimear McBride has won the 2014 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction for her debut novel A Girl is a Half-formed Thing (Text). McBride’s book was chosen from a...
Co-op offers cash to ‘reconnect’ with members
Thursday, 5 June 2014
The Co-op has announced that it will offer its members $25 if they switch their old membership card for a new one.The retailer is describing the offer, which is open...
Ebook novels to overtake print book novels in the UK by 2018
Thursday, 5 June 2014
In the UK, a new report has found that ebooks will overtake print books as the preferred option for reading novels by 2018, reports the Bookseller. According to the report by accounting organisation PwC, the UK ebook...
SA Writers Centre, Writing Australia launch Digital Writers in Residence project
Thursday, 5 June 2014
The SA Writers Centre and Writing Australia have launched the Digital Writers in Residence project.The project presents six writers-in-residence from writers centres around Australia: the SA Writers Centre, the ACT Writers Centre,...
Kibble and Dobbie awards 2014 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 4 June 2014
The shortlists for the Kibble and Dobbie Literary Awards have been announced. The titles shortlisted for the $30,000 Kibble Literary Award, which recognises the work of an established Australian female...
Penguin Random House releases new logo
Wednesday, 4 June 2014
Penguin Random House has released its new logo, reports Publishers Weekly. According to a statement from Penguin Random House, the new logo ‘underscores the importance of the written word to...
Black Inc. says integrity of PMLAs ‘seriously damaged’, calls for list of entries to be published
Wednesday, 4 June 2014
Black Inc. has called on the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards to publish a list of all entries submitted for the award for nonfiction.In a statement, Black Inc. director Morry Schwarz...
Strong attendance at inaugural Aus, NZ festival of literature and arts, James tops bestseller list
Wednesday, 4 June 2014
Attendance at the inaugural Australian and New Zealand Literature and Arts Festival, which ran from 29 May to 1 June at Kings College in London, was ‘strong’, according to festival...
Heffernan-Smith to head new digital marketing team at HarperCollins
Wednesday, 4 June 2014
HarperCollins has announced the creation of a new digital business team within its marketing communications division. ‘The team’s task will be to grow digital revenue through the development of existing...
Cappelluto to head new HarperCollins Children’s Books division
Wednesday, 4 June 2014
HarperCollins has announced the appointment of Cristina Cappelluto to the newly created position of children’s publishing director. Cappelluto, who will report to HarperCollins CEO James Kellow, will head the ‘new,...
Victorian public libraries receive funding in government grants program
Wednesday, 4 June 2014
Victorian public libraries will share in $350,000 worth of funding from the latest round of the Victorian government’s Local History Grants Program. Libraries to receive grants include the Bayside Library...
Melbourne’s Dockland library receives first six-star Green Star rating for a public building
Wednesday, 4 June 2014
The Library at the Dock in Melbourne’s Docklands, which opened to the public on 31 May, has received Australia’s first six-star Green Star rating for a public building. According to...
International library news
Wednesday, 4 June 2014
New York Public Library renovation project to cost US$300 millionIn the US, the New York Public Library (NYPL)’s renovation project is expected to cost around US$300 million (A$322.7 million), reports...
Radio National launches ‘storytelling’ program, ‘White Paper’ focus on writing
Wednesday, 4 June 2014
ABC Radio National has launched a new program it describes as ‘storytelling served with a twist’. Radiotonic, which launched on Sunday 1 June, is a ‘mix of fiction, nonfiction, essays...
Barrowman receives NZ Order of Merit
Wednesday, 4 June 2014
Fergus Barrowman, publisher at Victoria University Press in Wellington, has been named a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his services to the publishing industry. Barrowman received...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 4 June 2014
‘The politicisation of this award means that the award’s integrity has been seriously damaged’—Morry Schwarz and Chris Feik of Black Inc. on the PMLA nonfiction award
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