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Rayner Roberts wins Hugo Award 

Tuesday, 3 September 2013
Australian fantasy author Tansy Rayner Roberts has won a Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer. The winners of the 2013 Hugo Awards were announced at LoneStarCon 3, the 71st World Science Fiction...

Going solar: Charles Hope on ‘The Solar System’ 

Tuesday, 3 September 2013
Charles Hope is an author, editor and picture researcher who has written several nonfiction children’s books, including titles in the ‘Extreme Weather’ and ‘Going Supernova’ series (both Wild Dog). His latest book The...

Co-op acquires DA Information, Central Book Services

Monday, 2 September 2013
Campus bookseller the Co-op has acquired library supply business DA Information Services and its trade distribution arm Central Book Services (CBS). The businesses, which operated under parent company The Information...

Davitt Awards 2013 winners announced

Monday, 2 September 2013
The winners of the 2013 Davitt Awards, presented by Sisters in Crime for crime and mystery books written by Australian women, have been announced. The winning titles in each of...

Bestsellers this week

Monday, 2 September 2013
Following the success of The 13-Storey Treehouse and The 26-Storey Treehouse, Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton have created The 39-Storey Treehouse (all Pan), which features 13 new levels, including a chocolate waterfall,...

Espeseth and Fine shortlisted for Warwick Prize

Monday, 2 September 2013
Australian author Amy Espeseth and Australia-based UK academic Cordelia Fine have been shortlisted for the 2013 Warwick Prize for Writing. The shortlist was announced at a ceremony at the Melbourne Writers...

QLA achieves $20,000 crowdfunding target 

Monday, 2 September 2013
The organisers of the Queensland Literary Awards (QLA) have achieved their $20,000 crowdfunding target in just under four weeks. As previously reported by Books+Publishing, the money from the Pozible campaign will...

Safran presents true crime series on Radio National

Friday, 30 August 2013
Author and broadcaster John Safran is currently presenting a six-part series about true crime writing on ABC Radio National. ‘John Safran’s True Crime’ is being broadcast on Radio National each Sunday at 3pm, and again each...

International Library News 

Friday, 30 August 2013
Jamie Oliver cookbook donated to every UK library A free copy of Jamie Oliver’s new cookbook, Save with Jamie (Michael Joseph), is being donated to every library in the UK,...

Edgar wins inaugural ACU Prize for Literature 

Friday, 30 August 2013
Sydney poet Stephen Edgar has won the inaugural Australian Catholic University (ACU) Prize for Literature for his poem The Dancer. Edgar was announced as the winner of the $7000 prize...

CWA Dagger shortlists announced 

Friday, 30 August 2013
In the UK, the shortlists for the 2013 Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Gold Dagger, Ian Fleming Steel Dagger and John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger awards have been announced. The titles...

NZ Post Book Awards 2013 winners announced 

Thursday, 29 August 2013
The winners of this year’s New Zealand Post Book Awards have been announced.  The winners in each category are: New Zealand Post Book of the Year The Big Music (Kirsty...

O’Neill shortlisted in Scottish book awards

Thursday, 29 August 2013
Australian author Ryan O’Neill’s The Weight of a Human Heart (Black Inc.) has been shortlisted in the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Book Awards. O’Neill’s novel was shortlisted in the First Book...

Samsung to release kids’ tablet 

Wednesday, 28 August 2013
Samsung has announced plans to release a tablet designed specifically for kids. The brightly coloured Galaxy Tab 3 Kids comes with a range of child-friendly features, including a stylus and...

Ward to leave Simon & Schuster 

Wednesday, 28 August 2013
Kirsty Ward, head of consumer and market insights at Simon & Schuster Australia, will leave the publisher in the first week of September. Ward has resigned from her position to join Sydney organic and...

Hardie Grant Books acquires Quadrille Publishing 

Wednesday, 28 August 2013
Hardie Grant Books has acquired UK publisher Quadrille for an undisclosed sum. Hardie Grant said in a statement that CEO Sandy Grant will become chairman of Quadrille effective immediately, and...

LIANZA gives ebook access to members 

Wednesday, 28 August 2013
The Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA) is giving its members free access to EBL’s ebook library service for a number of titles on the subjects of...

Local librarians to take up new roles on IFLA committees 

Wednesday, 28 August 2013
A number of Australian and New Zealand librarians and library professionals have been elected to new positions on various committees of the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA), which held...

In brief 

Wednesday, 28 August 2013
Modjeska to present 2013 NLA Seymour lecture The National Library of Australia (NLA) in Canberra has announced that Drusilla Modjeska will deliver the 2013 Seymour Biography Lecture on Thursday 26...

 

 

 

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