Oswald wins Warwick Prize 2013
Wednesday, 25 September 2013
In the UK, British poet Alice Oswald has won the 2013 Warwick Prize for Writing for her poetry book Memorial (Faber). Oswald wins a cash prize of £25,000 (approximately A$42,600) and...
UK booksellers record sales increase from ‘Books Are My Bag’ launch
Wednesday, 25 September 2013
UK booksellers involved in the ‘Books Are My Bag’ (BAMB) campaign launch on 14 September have recorded an increase in sales, reports the Bookseller. Speaking at the Booksellers Association Conference, Penguin Random...
Random House to publish Gillard memoir
Wednesday, 25 September 2013
Random House Australia has acquired global publishing rights to the memoir of former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard. Penguin Random House chief executive Gabrielle Coyne said in a statement that...
RiP Christopher Koch
Wednesday, 25 September 2013
Novelist Christopher Koch has died, aged 81. Koch was the author of numerous novels, including The Year of Living Dangerously, The Doubleman, Highways to a War, Out of Ireland (all...
In brief
Wednesday, 25 September 2013
More LIANZA 2013 awards announced The Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA) has announced more winners of its 2013 awards. Carrie Bailey (Hikuwai), Mel Chivers (Waikato) and...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 25 September 2013
‘There is still work to be done to make literary editors and beyond more aware of their unconscious biases and to raise awareness of the disparity in the gender of...
Over 20,000 new titles published in Australia in 2012
Tuesday, 24 September 2013
In 2012, 21,086 new books were produced by 4344 different publishers in Australia, according to ISBN records added to Bowker’s Books in Print database. The 2012 figures show an increase in...
All-female BBC National Short Story Award shortlist announced
Tuesday, 24 September 2013
In the UK, five women writers have been shortlisted for this year’s BBC National Short Story Award. The shortlisted writers and their short stories are: Lionel Shriver for Prepositions; Lisa...
SCBWI launches award for self-published children’s books
Tuesday, 24 September 2013
The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) has launched an annual award for independently published children’s book writers and illustrators, called the Spark Award. The award, which has...
QLD bookseller wins Best Job in Town competition
Tuesday, 24 September 2013
A Queensland bookseller has won the Queensland Times’ Best Job in Town competition. Angie Niebel, manager of the Angus & Robertson store at the Riverlink shopping centre in Ipswich, was...
Blanchett to direct film adaptation of ‘The Dinner’
Tuesday, 24 September 2013
Australian actor Cate Blanchett will make her film directorial debut with an adaptation of Dutch author Herman Koch’s novel The Dinner (Text). A bestseller in the Netherlands before being published internationally, The Dinner unfolds...
Andy Griffiths TV cartoon premieres in Australia
Tuesday, 24 September 2013
A TV cartoon based on Andy Griffiths’ The Day My Bum Went Psycho (Pan) premiered in Australia this month. The 80-episode series called The Day My Butt Went Psycho screened...
RiP Lewis Morley
Tuesday, 24 September 2013
Photographer Lewis Morley has died, aged 88. Morley is best known for his photographic portraits in London during the 1960s, at which time he established Lewis Morley Studios in Soho....
Australian, NZ libraries and schools participate in second Big Library Read project
Tuesday, 24 September 2013
Australian and New Zealand libraries and schools are among those participating in the second Big Library Read project to be run by ebook provider OverDrive. The project, which was launched...
NSW Government approves development plan for new Armidale Library
Tuesday, 24 September 2013
The New South Wales Government’s Northern Joint Regional Planning Panel has approved a development application for a new public library for Armidale in the state’s north. The panel said in...
International Library News
Tuesday, 24 September 2013
CILIP passes vote of no confidence in libraries minister In the UK, the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) has passed a vote of no confidence in libraries...
Rights round-up
Tuesday, 24 September 2013
Sales Fiction—Paul Collins at Ford Street has sold rights to The Beckoning (Paul Collins) to Damnation Books in the US. Children’s—Scholastic has licensed German rights to Peggy (Anna Walker); Korean...
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Random House partners with Flipboard to create official Atwood, Martin digital magazines
Monday, 23 September 2013
In the US, Random House has teamed up with Flipboard to create custom digital magazines for Margaret Atwood and George R R Martin, reports Publishers Weekly. Flipboard is a social...
US Booksellers Association announces affiliate program with Biblio.com
Monday, 23 September 2013
The American Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced a new affiliate program with Biblio.com, an independent online bookstore that specialises in used and rare books, reports Publishers Weekly. Participating ABA members...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 23 September 2013
Jamie Oliver’s Save with Jamie (Michael Joseph) and Andy Griffiths’ The 39-Storey Treehouse (Pan) are in first and second spots, respectively, on the bestsellers and fastest movers charts this week....
Stella Prize 2014 judging panel, mentorship programs announced
Monday, 23 September 2013
The Stella Prize has announced the judging panel for its 2014 awards and the creation of two new mentorship programs. The judging panel for 2014 comprises critic and writer Kerryn...
The Stella Count: 2012 gender and reviewing stats revealed
Monday, 23 September 2013
Last year, Books+Publishing compiled Australian statistics showing how many women and men were reviewed in local newspapers and literary journals in 2011. This year the Stella Prize, in conjunction with...
FT/Goldman Sachs Business Book Award shortlist announced
Friday, 20 September 2013
The shortlist for this year’s Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: The Alchemists: Inside the Secret World of Central...
Australian poets face plagiarism allegations
Friday, 20 September 2013
Award-winning Australian poet Andrew Slattery has admitted to the Australian that he has passed off other poets’ work as his own, and said that he will ‘never publish another poem,...
Andy Griffiths TV cartoon to premiere tomorrow
Friday, 20 September 2013
A TV cartoon based on Andy Griffiths’ The Day My Bum Went Psycho (Pan) will premiere in Australia tomorrow. The 80-episode series called The Day My Butt Went Psycho will...
National Book Foundation announces Fiction, Nonfiction longlists
Friday, 20 September 2013
In the US, the National Book Foundation has announced the longlists for the Fiction and Nonfiction categories of this year’s National Book Awards. The Fiction category features 10 titles including:...
Penguin Random House seeks approval to acquire full ownership of Penguin India
Friday, 20 September 2013
In India, Penguin Random House is seeking approval from the Foreign Investment Promotion Board to acquire a 45% share in Penguin India from local publisher Ananda Publishers, reports the Hindu Business...
Copia to power Copyright Agency’s LearningField platform; more publishers sign up
Friday, 20 September 2013
Ebook provider Copia has announced that it is the technology provider for LearningField, the etextbook subscription service for secondary schools developed by the Copyright Agency. Mathew Barlow, vice-president of business development...
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