ABA delegation travels to Seattle booksellers’ conference
Wednesday, 5 February 2014
Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) CEO Joel Becker, ABA president and managing director of ALS Library Services Patricia Genat, and booksellers Leesa Lambert (The Little Bookroom), Tim White (Books for Cooks)...
Booktopia celebrates 10 years
Wednesday, 5 February 2014
Australian online bookseller Booktopia is celebrating its 10th birthday this month. The business, which was voted Australia’s Favourite Bookshop in 2013, was opened on 4 February 2004 by CEO Tony...
In brief
Wednesday, 5 February 2014
Wellington City Council proposes $60,000 funding boost for librariesIn New Zealand, the Wellington City Council has proposed increasing its funding for the city’s public libraries by $60,000, reports the Dominion...
Dempster shortlisted for ‘Women’s Agenda’ Leadership Awards
Tuesday, 4 February 2014
Melbourne Writers Festival director Lisa Dempster has been shortlisted in this year’s Women’s Agenda Leadership Awards. Dempster, who has been director and CEO of the festival since the end of...
Affirm Press launches creative writing prize with Melbourne Uni
Tuesday, 4 February 2014
Affirm Press has launched a new prize that will give Melbourne University creative writing students the opportunity to have their manuscripts published by Affirm Press. The winner of the Affirm...
Ariel Books closes The Rocks store
Tuesday, 4 February 2014
Sydney independent bookseller Ariel Books has closed its store in The Rocks after 15 years of trading.Manger Julia Blanks told Books+Publishing that the main reasons for the closure were ‘the...
Elliott wins Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal
Tuesday, 4 February 2014
Dunedin children’s book illustrator and author David Elliot has won the 2014 Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal, awarded annually for lifetime contributions to New Zealand children’s literature. The award recognises Elliot’s...
Little, Brown acquires Constable & Robinson
Tuesday, 4 February 2014
Independent UK publisher Constable & Robinson has been acquired by the Little, Brown Book Group, reports the Bookseller. Constable & Robinson, which was formed in 1999 through the merger of...
Cengage US reaches deal to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Tuesday, 4 February 2014
In the US, educational publisher Cengage Learning has reached an agreement with major financial stakeholders and creditors to allow it to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the equivalent of administration...
RMIT, CAL announce inaugural WrICE fellows
Tuesday, 4 February 2014
The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) and the Copyright Agency (CAL)’s Cultural Fund have announced a new Asia-Pacific fellowship program for Australian writers. As part of the inaugural Writers...
Rights round-up
Tuesday, 4 February 2014
SalesChildren’s—Hardie Grant Egmont and Little Hare have sold Canadian (English language) rights to Zac Power: Boot Camp and Zac Power: Swamp Race (HI Larry); German rights to Zac Power: Lunar...
Vic govt announces final round of Living Libraries funding
Tuesday, 4 February 2014
The Victorian Government has opened the fourth and final round of funding for its Living Libraries Infrastructure Program. The program gives Victorian councils and regional library corporations grants of up...
Rastafarian summer: Jared Thomas on ‘Calypso Summer’
Tuesday, 4 February 2014
Jared Thomas is author of Calypso Summer (Magabala, April), a YA novel that charts a summer in the life of a dreadlock-wearing, reggae-loving Nukunu teen. He spoke to Heath Graham.First of...
On tour: Meet the author Liz Pichon
Tuesday, 4 February 2014
What would you put on a shelf-talker for your book? Want to get your kids reading? Try these books (they’re funny too).What are you reading right now?Difficult Men by Brett Martin...
UWA Publishing launches scholarly imprint
Monday, 3 February 2014
UWA Publishing has launched a scholarly imprint called UWAP Scholarly.The imprint launched in January with two books, After Homosexual: The Legacies of Gay Liberation edited by Carolyn D’Cruz and Mark...
‘Writers in Conversation’ literary journal launched
Monday, 3 February 2014
The first issue of the Writers in Conversation open-access literary journal is now available. The journal, which focuses on interviews with authors, editors and translators of literary works, is jointly...
Catton signs TV deal for ‘The Luminaries’
Monday, 3 February 2014
Eleanor Catton has signed a deal to help create a television miniseries adaptation of her Man Booker Prize-winning novel The Luminaries (Granta), reports the Sunday Star-Times. Catton said she intends for the series...
International Library News
Monday, 3 February 2014
Pilot scheme allows free access to 1.5 million journal articles at public librariesIn the UK, a two-year pilot scheme will allow members of the public to access over 1.5 million...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 3 February 2014
Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief (Picador) occupies the top two spots in this week’s bestsellers chart. The film tie-in edition is at number one for the third week in a row,...
WAYRBA 2014 shortlists announced
Monday, 3 February 2014
The shortlists for the 2014 West Australian Young Readers’ Book Awards (WAYRBA) have been announced.The shortlisted titles in each category are:Older readers Pathfinder (Scott Orson Card, Simon Pulse) Summer’s Dream...
US publisher MacAdam/Cage files for bankruptcy
Monday, 3 February 2014
In the US, San Francisco-based publisher MacAdam/Cage has voluntarily filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, the equivalent of liquidation in Australia, reports Publishers Lunch. According to Publishers Lunch, the filing follows...
Express Media announces Hologram winners
Friday, 31 January 2014
Express Media has announced the winners of its Hologram book-publishing initiative for young writers.The successful novellas are No Limit by Holly Childs and The Loud Earth by Elisabeth Murray. Both...
New prize to reappraise controversial book awards
Friday, 31 January 2014
A new book prize that reappraises the results of controversial book awards has been launched by the literary website Bookslut, reports the Guardian. The prize, called the Daphnes, will begin...
Sainsbury’s gives away children’s ebooks
Friday, 31 January 2014
Ebooks by Sainsbury’s, the ebook arm of UK supermarket Sainsbury’s, has partnered with Penguin Random House in a two-year promotion to give away free children’s ebooks written by Jacqueline Wilson...
Indie Awards 2014 shortlists announced
Thursday, 30 January 2014
The shortlists for the 2014 Indie Awards, presented by Leading Edge Books, have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are:Fiction Barracuda (Christos Tsiolkas, A&U) Coal Creek (Alex Miller, A&U)...
Penguin to distribute Fremantle titles in WA
Thursday, 30 January 2014
Fremantle Press has announced that Penguin Books will distribute its titles in Western Australia from May 2014.The publisher said in a statement that the move ‘is designed to streamline the...
Inaugural Digital Writers’ Festival program announced
Thursday, 30 January 2014
The Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) has launched the program for its first Digital Writers’ Festival, to be held on 13-24 February. The purely online festival will feature sessions on genre...
Book sales down in international markets according to trade publications
Thursday, 30 January 2014
Reports published in several international book trade publications indicate that many major book markets experienced a drop in sales during 2013, reports the Bookseller. The Bookseller collated data reported by...
Australians, New Zealanders nominated for YALSA 2014 Best Fiction for Young Adults list
Thursday, 30 January 2014
A number of books by Australian and New Zealand authors have been nominated for the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) Best Fiction for Young Adults list for 2014. They are:...
Catton to be awarded honorary doctorate
Thursday, 30 January 2014
New Zealand author Eleanor Catton will be awarded an honorary Doctor of Literature from Victoria University of Wellington, reports Booksellers NZ. Catton, whose second novel The Luminaries (Granta) won the 2013 Man Booker...
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