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Leading Edge Books Benalla to close

Monday, 14 April 2014
Leading Edge Books Benalla in country Victoria will close in May. The bookstore was opened in May 1999 by Ron Schulz and his wife Bev. At its high point it employed three...

Thwaites Wainwright Prize shortlist announced

Monday, 14 April 2014
In the UK, the shortlist for the inaugural Thwaites Wainwright Prize has been announced by publisher Frances Lincoln and the National Trust. The £5000 (A$8900) award recognises the best UK...

Authors Guild files appeal in Google book-scanning case

Monday, 14 April 2014
In the US, the Authors Guild has filed an appeal in its long-running copyright infringement lawsuit against Google over its book-scanning project, reports Publishers Weekly. On 11 April the Authors...

Vogel shortlist announced

Monday, 14 April 2014
The titles shortlisted for this year’s Australian/Vogel’s Literary Award have been announced.The shortlisted titles, chosen from 100 entries, are: The Collapse (Aidan Anderson) Dream England (Stephanie Bishop) The Windy Season...

New Australia Council editing and mid-list author grants awarded

Monday, 14 April 2014
The successful applicants for two new Australia Council for the Arts grants for Australian editors and for Australian publishers of mid-list authors have been announced.The successful applicants for the Publishing...

Chinese bookstore to open 24 hours thanks to government assistance

Monday, 14 April 2014
In China, Sanlian Taofen Bookstore (STB) has become Beijing’s first 24-hour bookstore with the help of government subsidies and a tax reduction, reports the People’s Daily. Fan Xi’an, president of the bookstore’s...

Wordstorm 2014 program released

Friday, 11 April 2014
The program for the Northern Territory writers festival Wordstorm 2014 has been released. Running in Darwin from 29 May to 1 June, the festival will feature 70 writers, including 40...

‘Overland’ launches Story Wine Prize

Friday, 11 April 2014
Literary journal Overland has launched a new short story prize. The Overland Story Wine Prize is for original short fiction of up to 1000 words in length. The winning story will be published on...

Amazon acquires digital comics platform comiXology

Friday, 11 April 2014
Amazon has acquired comiXology, a digital comics platform ‘that has been instrumental in driving the growth and popularity of digital comics’, reports Publishers Weekly. The deal will be finalised in...

Africa39 project authors announced

Friday, 11 April 2014
The line-up of authors for Africa39, a project that celebrates 39 fiction authors aged under 40 from Africa and its diaspora, was announced this week at the London Book Fair....

Kibble and Dobbie Awards 2014 longlists announced

Friday, 11 April 2014
The longlists for this year’s Kibble and Dobbie Literary Awards have been announced.The longlisted titles for the $30,000 Kibble Literary Award, which recognises the work of an established Australian female...

Oz, NZ festival of literature and arts events announced, tickets on sale

Thursday, 10 April 2014
The ‘first wave of events’ for the inaugural Australian and New Zealand Festival of Literature and Arts in London have been announced and tickets are now on sale.The four-day program,...

Hopkins and Winter launch new publishing company

Thursday, 10 April 2014
Former HarperCollins nonfiction publisher Roz Hopkins and former HarperCollins book designer Natalie Winter have launched the new publishing company Captain Honey.Hopkins told Books+Publishing she and Winter started the company to...

Blackwell’s announces ‘digital learning service’ for students

Thursday, 10 April 2014
In the UK, academic bookselling chain Blackwell’s has announced a new ‘digital learning service’ for students, reports the Bookseller. Unveiled at the London Book Fair on 8 April, the service,...

Lonely Planet develops travel accessories range

Thursday, 10 April 2014
Lonely Planet has developed a range of travel accessories that are now available for sale in bookstores. Branded with the Lonely Planet logo, the items include neck pillows, travel adaptors, luggage scales, combination...

De Kretser shortlisted for 2014 IMPAC Dublin Award

Thursday, 10 April 2014
Questions of Travel by Michelle de Kretser (A&U) has been shortlisted for the 2014 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.De Kretser’s novel is one of 10 shortlisted for the award. The full...

New ABA Conference closing speaker announced

Thursday, 10 April 2014
Writer, actor and comedian Shaun Micallef will replace Richard Flanagan as the closing keynote speaker at this year’s Australian Booksellers Associated (ABA) conference. The ABA said in a statement that...

Melbourne photography centre opens bookshop with Perimeter Books

Thursday, 10 April 2014
In Melbourne, the Centre for Contemporary Photography (CCP), along with bookseller and publisher Perimeter Books, has opened a new bookshop specialising in art and photography books. The CCP converted its gallery store...

Fullers Launceston for sale

Wednesday, 9 April 2014
Independent Tasmanian bookseller Fullers Bookshop Launceston is on the market. Owner Clive Tilsley told Books+Publishing the decision to sell the Launceston business was made ‘purely for personal reasons’. ‘Ros and...

Preston shortlisted for International Thriller Writers award

Wednesday, 9 April 2014
Australian author Luke Preston has been shortlisted for a 2014 International Thriller Writers (ITW) award for Out of Exile (Momentum). Preston’s novel has been nominated in the ‘best ebook original...

Penguin, ILF winners at LBF International Book Industry Excellence Awards

Wednesday, 9 April 2014
Penguin Australia and the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) are among the winners at the inaugural London Book Fair (LBF) International Book Industry Excellence Awards.Penguin Australia received the Educational Learning Resources...

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