Craig and Smith appointed to the MWF board
Thursday, 29 May 2014
The Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) has announced the appointment of Jill Craig and Jane Smith to the MWF board. Craig is currently group general manager, investor relations for the ANZ...
Holland-Batt appointed poetry editor at ‘Island’
Thursday, 29 May 2014
Sarah Holland-Batt has been appointed poetry editor at Island. Holland-Batt is a lecturer in creative writing and literary studies at Queensland University of Technology and the author of the award-winning...
Frankfurt Book Fair relaunches magazine
Thursday, 29 May 2014
The Frankfurt Book Fair has relaunched its magazine with ‘a shortened name and a fresh layout’. The Frankfurt Quarterly, previously known as the Frankfurt Academy Quarterly, examines a ‘single focal topic’...
Amazon comments on dispute with Hachette US
Thursday, 29 May 2014
Amazon has released a statement about its dispute over sales terms with Hachette US. In the statement, Amazon confirmed it is buying less print stock from Hachette and is no longer taking pre-orders on...
A family affair: Kate McCaffrey on ‘Crashing Down’
Thursday, 29 May 2014
In Kate McCaffrey’s Crashing Down (Fremantle Press, August), 17-year-old star student Lucy discovers she’s pregnant right after her boyfriend is severely injured in a car crash. Reviewer Meg Whelan writes...
EWF Monash Prize 2014 winners announced
Wednesday, 28 May 2014
The winners of the 2014 Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) Monash University Undergraduate Prize for Creative Writing have been announced.The first prize, worth $4000, was awarded to UNSW student Emily Riches for her short story ‘Unfruitful’.The...
Bonnier Publishing launches US children’s imprint little bee books
Wednesday, 28 May 2014
UK-based, Swedish-owned Bonnier Publishing has launched a US children’s imprint called little bee books, reports Publishers Weekly. Distributed by Simon & Schuster in the US and Canada, the imprint targets readers aged...
Melbourne City of Literature Office to open
Wednesday, 28 May 2014
A UNESCO City of Literature Office will open in Melbourne in June.Victorian Arts Minister Heidi Victoria announced the news at the launch of the Emerging Writers’ Festival on 27 May....
Allinson wins 2014 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for unpublished manuscript
Wednesday, 28 May 2014
Melbourne writer, artist and Readings bookseller Miles Allinson has won the 2014 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an unpublished manuscript.Allinson was announced as the winner of the $15,000 prize at...
‘Sydney Review of Books’ expands newsletter
Wednesday, 28 May 2014
The Sydney Review of Books has launched an expanded newsletter, which includes a weekly round-up of literary news and events. Editor James Ley told Books+Publishing that the website will be updated to...
Penguin Random House hosts inaugural book bloggers forum
Wednesday, 28 May 2014
Penguin Random House hosted its inaugural National Book Bloggers Forum on 20 May.Sydney-based journalist, reviewer and book blogger Paula Grunseit reports:Around 40 book bloggers (including just two men) gathered at the...
‘National treasures’ celebrated at CBCA conference
Wednesday, 28 May 2014
The 2014 CBCA National Conference was held in Canberra from 16-18 May under the theme ‘National Treasures’. Sharon Hayes, resource centre manager at Marian College in Melbourne, reports:This year’s CBCA...
ALIA releases library trends reports
Wednesday, 28 May 2014
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has released a series of reports into the future of the Australian library and information sector.The reports follow year-long consultations with ALIA members,...
Exisle to represent Callisto Media
Wednesday, 28 May 2014
Exisle has announced that it will represent US publisher Callisto Media in Australia and New Zealand.The deal comprises Callisto Media’s 14 imprints, including Rockridge Press, Garamond Press, Salinas Press, Healdsburg...
Miller receives Melbourne Uni lifetime achievement award
Wednesday, 28 May 2014
Alex Miller was presented in May with the University of Melbourne Faculty of Arts Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award. The award is given to ‘an individual who has made an outstanding, long-term...
Melbourne’s Dockland library to hold grand opening
Wednesday, 28 May 2014
The City of Melbourne will hold a grand opening for The Library at the Dock in Melbourne’s Docklands on 31 May.The event will showcase the library’s new services, which include a recording...
In brief
Wednesday, 28 May 2014
Thousands participate in National Simultaneous StorytimeOver 460,000 participants in 3100 libraries, schools and childcare centres took part in National Simultaneous Storytime at 11am on 21 May 2014. This year the Australian...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 28 May 2014
‘Consuming Australian culture is the best response to a deplorable budget’—Adam Ouston reflects on the community response to the arts budget cuts in an article in Crikey
Bloomsbury Australia revenue up 14%
Tuesday, 27 May 2014
Bloomsbury Australia’s revenue is up 14% for the year ended 28 February 2014. Bloomsbury Australia recorded revenue of £6.365 million (A$11.58 million), up from £5.583 million (A$10.16 million) in the...
Kobo to begin featuring book reviews
Tuesday, 27 May 2014
Kobo has announced that it will begin featuring book reviews ‘in the near future’. ‘Customers will be able to write reviews and choose star ratings for your titles and post...
Box office and books sales up at SWF 2014; Solomon the top seller
Tuesday, 27 May 2014
The sun shone particularly brightly at this year’s Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF), which ran from 19-25 May, with the warm weather matched by strong box office and book sales for...
Arts Tasmania funds book printing through ‘Crowbar’ initiative
Tuesday, 27 May 2014
Arts Tasmania will contribute $800 to the publication of illustrator and author Sarah Strong’s next book The Boobook’s Nook, after the author exceeded her target of $1600 in pledges on...
HarperCollins signs three-book deal with bestselling self-published author
Tuesday, 27 May 2014
HarperCollins has signed a three-book deal with self-published Perth author Lili St. Germain. St. Germain’s self-published ‘Seven Sons’ series—a ‘dark romance set in the outlaw world of biker clubs’—has sold nearly...
New location for Lesley McKay’s Bookshop
Tuesday, 27 May 2014
Lesley McKay’s Bookshop has moved to a new location in Woollahra, Sydney, after initially announcing plans to close.Owner Lesley McKay told Books+Publishing she was on the verge of selling her...
HarperCollins launches ‘direct to digital’ Impulse imprint
Tuesday, 27 May 2014
HarperCollins Australia has launched a new ‘direct to digital’ imprint.Harper Impulse will publish ‘fun, fast-paced reads in all commercial genres from epic fantasy to erotica’, said the company in a...
Rights round-up
Tuesday, 27 May 2014
SalesFiction—Allen & Unwin has sold French rights to Requiem for a Species (Clive Hamilton); US English Language rights to No Goodbyes (Barry Eaton); UK and US English Language rights to...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 26 May 2014
Minecraft: The Official Combat Handbook (Egmont), a guide to the popular computer game, is in first spot on this week’s bestsellers chart, up from fifth spot last week. It is also...
Parv and Wheatley awarded 2014 ASA Medal
Monday, 26 May 2014
Valerie Parv and Nadia Wheatley have been jointly awarded the Australian Society of Authors (ASA) Medal. Parv, a romance writer, and Wheatley, who has written for adults and younger readers,...
‘SMH’ 2014 Best Young Novelists announced
Monday, 26 May 2014
The winners of this year’s Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) Best Young Australian Novelists Awards were announced at the Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) on 23 May.The winners are: Hannah Kent (Burial Rites,...
Text and Pan Macmillan scoop 2014 ABIAs
Monday, 26 May 2014
The winners of the 2014 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) were announced in Sydney on Friday 23 May.It was a particularly successful night for Text Publishing, with Graeme Simsion’s The...
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