On tour: Meet the author Cathy Kelly
Monday, 3 March 2014
Irish author Cathy Kelly is visiting Australia in March, to coincide with the release of her newest novel A Woman’s Heart (HarperFiction, March). What is the silliest question you’ve ever...
On tour: Meet the author D W Wilson
Monday, 3 March 2014
Canadian author D W Wilson is visiting Australia in March for the Adelaide Writers’ Week. Wilson is the author of the short-story collection Once You Break a Knuckle and his...
On tour: Meet the author Margaret Drabble
Monday, 3 March 2014
UK author Margaret Drabble is touring Australia in March, appearing at the Perth and Adelaide writers festivals. Her 17th novel, The Pure Gold Baby (Text), was published in 2013. What...
On tour: Meet the author Tan Twan Eng
Monday, 3 March 2014
Malaysian author Tan Twan Eng is visiting Australia in March for the Adelaide Writers’ Week. Twan Eng is the author of novels including The Garden of Evening Mists (A&U), which...
On tour: Meet the author Elizabeth Gilbert
Monday, 3 March 2014
Elizabeth Gilbert is touring Australia and New Zealand in March as a guest of Adelaide Writers’ Week, visiting Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney and Wellington. Her latest novel, The Signature of All...
RiP Charlotte Dawson
Monday, 3 March 2014
Author, television presenter and model Charlotte Dawson has died, aged 47. Dawson is the author of two memoirs: Charlotte’s Secrets: Advice I Wish I’d Taken (Penguin, 2003) and Air Kiss...
‘WBN’ published Thursday next week
Monday, 3 March 2014
Please note that, due to the public holiday next Monday in Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory, the Weekly Book Newsletter will be published on Thursday 13...
Wellcome Book Prize 2014 shortlist announced
Friday, 28 February 2014
In the UK, the shortlist for this year’s Wellcome Book Prize, presented for books about health and medicine, has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: The Signature of All Things...
Former Book Depository MD to launch new online bookstore
Friday, 28 February 2014
Former managing director of the Book Depository Kieron Smith has announced plans to launch a new online bookselling business, reports the Bookseller. Smith, who left the Book Depository in November...
Asialink 2014 arts residencies announced
Friday, 28 February 2014
The University of Melbourne’s Asialink program has announced the recipients of its 2014 Arts Residencies, supported by the Australia Council for the Arts.Writers receiving arts residencies in Asian countries are:...
‘The Last Eaglehawk’ wins Random House National Seniors Literary Prize 2014
Thursday, 27 February 2014
Queensland writer Bruce Gannaway has won the 2014 Random House National Seniors Literary Prize for his novel The Last Eaglehawk. Gannaway wins a $2000 cash prize and his novel will...
Thomas King wins Canadian nonfiction award
Thursday, 27 February 2014
In Canada, Thomas King has won the British Columbia National Award for Canadian Nonfiction, worth C$40,000 (A$40,076), for The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America (University of Minnesota...
NoViolet Bulawayo wins inaugural Etisalat Prize for debut African literature
Thursday, 27 February 2014
NoViolet Bulawayo has won the inauagural Etisalat Prize for Literature, presented for debut fiction by African writers, for her novel We Need New Names (Chatto & Windus). Bulawayo was announced...
2014 Leading Edge Books Conference: guest speakers announced; registrations open
Thursday, 27 February 2014
The 2014 Leading Edge Books Conference, to be held at the Langham Hotel in Melbourne from 16-17 May, will feature a keynote address by Simon Dell, managing director of marketing agency...
ALS Gold Medal 2014 shortlist announced
Thursday, 27 February 2014
The shortlist for the 2014 Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: What Was Left (Eleanor Limprecht, Sleepers) An Elegant Young Man (Luke Carman, Giramondo)...
Reader’s Feast opens online store
Wednesday, 26 February 2014
Independent Melbourne bookstore Reader’s Feast has opened an online store. The store opened on Friday 22 February and can be accessed through Reader’s Feast’s existing website. Owner Mary Dalmau told...
Children’s Book Festival at SLV 2014 program announced
Wednesday, 26 February 2014
The program for the 2014 Children’s Book Festival, an event co-hosted by the Wheeler Centre and the State Library of Victoria (SLV), has been announced. The festival’s family day will be...
Polare bookstore chain declares bankruptcy
Wednesday, 26 February 2014
Bookstore chain Polare, which is owned by Dutch investment company ProCures, has declared bankruptcy, reports NL Times. The chain’s stores in the Netherlands and Belgium, which continue to trade, are...
VIDA 2013 count reveals male writers still dominate lit mags
Wednesday, 26 February 2014
In the US, VIDA has released its annual figures on how many women and men were reviewed in, or wrote for, various high-profile literary publications. The 2013 count, which is...
Byng promoted at HarperCollins
Wednesday, 26 February 2014
Chren Byng has been promoted to the role of associate publisher of ABC Children’s Books at HarperCollins Australia. HarperCollins said in a statement this month that Byng has returned from maternity...
Australian YA titles shortlisted for Nebula Awards
Wednesday, 26 February 2014
Australian titles When We Wake by Karen Healey (A&U) and A Corner of White by Jaclyn Moriarty (Macmillan) have been shortlisted for this year’s Nebula Awards in the US.The novels are...
SLNSW responds to concerns over Mitchell Library with Q&A
Wednesday, 26 February 2014
The State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW) has responded to a petition protesting changes to the Mitchell Library by publishing a Q&A on its website. As previously reported by Books+Publishing,...
RiP Mavis Gallant
Wednesday, 26 February 2014
Canadian writer Mavis Gallant has died, aged 91. Gallant is the author of two novels and numerous volumes of short fiction, as well as more than 100 short stories published...
International Library News
Wednesday, 26 February 2014
US libraries to trial ebook-sharing softwareIn the US, academic library members of the Greater Western Library Alliance will participate in a pilot program for a new software product that will...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 26 February 2014
‘Rapacious readers can soon become immune to the allure of well-placed advertising copy. There is, after all, only so many times you can read the words “masterly, lyrical, and gripping”...
Macleay Bookshop to close
Tuesday, 25 February 2014
Macleay Bookshop in Potts Point, New South Wales, will close on Friday 28 February, after 60 years of trading. The independent bookstore, which sells new release and second-hand titles, was opened in...
‘Mr Wilkinson’s Vegetables’ shortlisted in international food writing awards
Tuesday, 25 February 2014
Mr Wilkinson’s Vegetables: A Cookbook to Celebrate the Seasons by Australian chef Matt Wilkinson (Murdoch Books) is a finalist in the 2014 International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) food writing...
Pearson appoints new MD for Greater China
Tuesday, 25 February 2014
Hera Sui has been appointed as the new managing director for Pearson Greater China, Pearson announced in a statement. Sui joins Pearson from enterprise software firm SAP, where she was...
Australian poets shortlisted for inaugural Daphne Awards
Tuesday, 25 February 2014
Books by two Australian poets have been shortlisted for the inaugural Daphne Awards, launched by literary website Bookslut to reappraise the results of controversial book awards starting in 1963. Five...
Penguin Random House launches UK author portal
Tuesday, 25 February 2014
In the UK, Penguin Random House has opened an author portal for Random House UK authors and agents, reports the Bookseller. The UK Random House Author Portal, which is modelled...
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