Write-off: Ian Shadwell on ‘Slush Pile’
Thursday, 20 March 2014
Ian Shadwell’s debut novel Slush Pile (Puncher & Wattman, June), which follows the desperate life of a washed-up former Booker Prize-winner, ‘will appeal to writers, aspiring writers, publishing insiders and...
Speaking up: Sian Prior on ‘Shy: A Memoir’
Thursday, 20 March 2014
In Shy: A Memoir, journalist and former ABC broadcaster Sian Prior explores the ‘psychology behind timidness’ and reflects on her own battles with shyness. She spoke to reviewer Emily Laidlaw.Shy...
Netherlands and Flanders announced as joint Guests of Honour at 2016 Frankfurt Book Fair
Wednesday, 19 March 2014
The Netherlands will join with Flanders, the Dutch-speaking region of Northern Belgium, as joint Guests of Honour at the 2016 Frankfurt Book Fair, reports the Bookseller. The Guest of Honour program will...
New Australian Children’s Poetry website launches
Wednesday, 19 March 2014
A new website dedicated to Australian children’s poetry has launched. Australian Children’s Poetry was launched by author Dianne Bates on 15 March. The website, which is dedicated to showcasing contemporary...
Hachette and QWC partner on online novel-writing course
Wednesday, 19 March 2014
Hachette Australia and the Queensland Writers Centre (QWC) have teamed up to present an online novel-writing course for emerging writers, called Year of the Novel Online.The course will be delivered...
POD supplier launches Great British Bookshop as alternative to Amazon
Wednesday, 19 March 2014
In a bid to offer an alternative to Amazon that champions and supports independent publishers, Print on Demand Worldwide (POD-W) has launched a new online bookstore called the Great British...
Program announced for 2014 SCBWI Conference in Sydney
Wednesday, 19 March 2014
Program details have been announced for the 2014 Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) Australia East/New Zealand Conference, to be held in Sydney on 13-15 July. The three-day...
Carnegie, Greenaway 2014 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 19 March 2014
The shortlists for this year’s Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals, presented by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) in the UK, have been announced. Eight books have...
Angela Meyer: tips on chairing panels and interviewing authors
Wednesday, 19 March 2014
I’m sharing what I’ve learnt about chairing and interviewing authors on stage, particularly through watching good, mediocre or bad sessions at festivals, not just due to my own experience chairing...
Ashurst Business Literature Prize 2013 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 19 March 2014
The shortlist for this year’s Ashurst Business Literature Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: The Shark’s Paintbrush: Biomimicry and How Nature Is Inspiring Innovation (Jay Harman, Nicholas Brealey) Boom: The...
MC announced for 2014 ABIAs
Wednesday, 19 March 2014
Satirist and musician Casey Bennetto will host this year’s Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs). Bennetto, who has previously hosted several Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards, said he will ‘wear a spiffy...
International Library News
Wednesday, 19 March 2014
Report finds two-thirds of Americans engaged with public librariesThe Pew Research Center in Washington DC has released a report on library use in the US that states that more than two-thirds...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 19 March 2014
‘There is little recent research on Australian children’s leisure reading preferences and no research on Australian children’s online and digital reading preferences’—One of the findings of a new report by...
In brief
Wednesday, 19 March 2014
ALIA National Conference program announcedThe Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has released the program for its National Conference, which runs from 15-19 September. Keynote speakers at the conference are British Library chief...
ALIA adopts open access statement
Wednesday, 19 March 2014
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has adopted a statement in support of open access, listing the ‘free flow of information and ideas through open access to recorded knowledge,...
Voting underway in search for Australia’s Favourite Library
Wednesday, 19 March 2014
Voting has commenced in this year’s search for Australia’s Favourite Library, conducted by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) in the lead-up to Library and Information Week in May....
Fremantle Press signs with new Singapore distributor Closetful of Books
Tuesday, 18 March 2014
Fremantle Press has signed a distribution agreement with a new Singapore-based company called Closetful of Books.The company, which was launched by bookseller Denise Tan, offers distribution and promotional services in...
Hans Christian Andersen Awards 2014 finalists announced
Tuesday, 18 March 2014
The International Board of Books for Young People (IBBY) has announced the finalists for the 2014 Hans Christian Andersen Awards. The shortlisted authors are: Ted van Lieshout (Netherlands), Houshang Moradi Kermani (Iran), Mirjam...
Court approves deal for Cengage US to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Tuesday, 18 March 2014
The US Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan has approved the plan for educational publisher Cengage Learning to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the equivalent of administration in Australia, reports Publishers Weekly....
Margaret River Readers & Writers Festival program 2014 announced
Tuesday, 18 March 2014
The program for this year’s Margaret River Readers & Writers Festival in Western Australia has been announced. This year’s festival will be held from 16 to 18 May. Among the...
ACT Writers Centre launches professional development program for emerging fiction writers
Tuesday, 18 March 2014
The ACT Writers Centre in Canberra has launched a new professional development program aimed at emerging fiction writers, called Hardcopy. The six-month program, which is currently open for applications, is...
Rights round-up
Tuesday, 18 March 2014
SalesNonfiction—Black Inc. has sold world English-language rights (ex ANZ) to Demokrasi: Indonesia in the 21st Century (Hamish McDonald) to Palgrave USA.Children’s—Fremantle Press has sold the US rights to The Amazing...
RiP Clarissa Dickson
Tuesday, 18 March 2014
British bookseller, author and TV chef Clarissa Dickson Wright has died, aged 66. Best known as a co-host of the BBC series Two Fat Ladies in the 1990s, Dickson Wright was...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 17 March 2014
There are no changes at the top of this week’s bestsellers chart, with I Quit Sugar for Life (Sarah Wilson, Macmillan) and Be Careful What You Wish For (Jeffrey Archer, Macmillan) in...
Hungary’s largest bookselling chain merges with online bookseller
Monday, 17 March 2014
Hungary’s largest bookselling chain Libri has merged with local retailer Shopline, ‘owner of the country’s answer to Amazon, Bookline.hu’, reports Publishing Perspectives. The merged business was approved by the Hungarian...
National Book Critics Circle Awards 2013 winners announced
Monday, 17 March 2014
In the US, the winners of the 2013 National Book Critics Circle Awards have been announced. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie won the fiction category for Americanah (Fourth Estate), Sheri Fink won the...
OzCo finds research gaps in study of Australian children’s reading habits
Monday, 17 March 2014
A new report by the Australia Council for the Arts has identified a number of gaps in recent research about the reading habits of Australian children, and has called for ‘regular,...
Page & Blackmore for sale in NZ
Monday, 17 March 2014
New Zealand independent bookstore Page & Blackmore Booksellers is up for sale, reports the Nelson Mail.The store, which is located in Nelson on the South Island of New Zealand, went on...
Amazon to publish German-language books
Friday, 14 March 2014
Amazon Publishing will launch a new German-language publishing program based in Munich and has already acquired 12 titles for the program, reports Publishers Weekly. Under the direction of publisher Sarah...
Millard shortlisted for 2014 UKLA Book Awards
Friday, 14 March 2014
Australian author Glenda Millard has been shortlisted for the 2014 UK Literacy Association (UKLA) Book Awards for her book The Naming of Tishkin Silk (illus by Caroline Magerl, ABC Books)....
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