New owner, name for Moirs Bookshop
Wednesday, 18 September 2013
Moirs Bookshop in Lane Cove in Sydney will be renamed Lane Cove Books this month following the sale of the store to Gary Buttsworth, owner of Cherrybooks in Cherrybrook, also...
Patterson pledges US$1 million to US indies
Wednesday, 18 September 2013
Bestselling author James Patterson has increased his ongoing support of the book industry by pledging US$1 million (A$1.07 million) to US independent bookstores, reports the LA Times. Patterson, who made headlines earlier this...
BNZ Literary Awards 2013 announced
Wednesday, 18 September 2013
The winners of this year’s BNZ Literary Awards were announced in Wellington on 17 September. Catherine Chidgey won the Katherine Mansfield Award, worth $10,000, for her story ‘Reverse Living’. The...
National Book Foundation announces Young People’s Literature, Poetry longlists
Wednesday, 18 September 2013
In the US, the National Book Foundation has announced the longlists for the Young People’s Literature and Poetry categories of this year’s National Book Awards. Ten titles are in the...
NZ books selected for 2014 IBBY Honour Book List
Wednesday, 18 September 2013
Three New Zealand books will be included in the 2014 International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) Honour Book List, reports Booksellers New Zealand. The New Zealand section of IBBY...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 18 September 2013
‘The book industry can only hope that the incoming government, with a number of published writers now in its ranks, will understand our travails, endorse the Carr proposals, recognise our...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 18 September 2013
Sales Fiction—Black Inc. has sold world English language (ex ANZ) rights to The Death of Napoleon (Simon Leys) to New York Review of Books Classics. HarperCollins has sold German translation...
The Rights Stuff 2013: Survey of Australian rights trading
Wednesday, 18 September 2013
For the 11th year in a row, Think Australian has surveyed Australian rights managers and literary agents to gauge the health of Australian rights trading and book exports. Andrew Wrathall...
WA Premier’s Book Awards 2012 winners announced
Tuesday, 17 September 2013
The winners of this year’s Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards were announced by Minister for the Arts John Day on 16 September. Michelle de Kretser was presented with the $25,000 Premier’s Prize, which...
Orion to publish ‘A Suitable Boy’ sequel
Tuesday, 17 September 2013
Orion has acquired the rights to publish A Suitable Girl, the sequel to Vikram Seth’s bestselling A Suitable Boy, after it was originally signed to Penguin, reports the Bookseller. The announcement...
New Arts, Industry and Small Business ministers announced
Tuesday, 17 September 2013
The recently elected Federal Coalition Government has unveiled its first ministry, including new ministers for the Arts, Industry and Small Business portfolios. George Brandis has been appointed Minister for the Arts, as...
International Library News
Tuesday, 17 September 2013
OverDrive to distribute digital content in China OverDrive has signed an agreement to make its catalogue of digital content available to libraries and retailers in China, said OverDrive in a statement....
Book Grocer opens Bendigo store
Tuesday, 17 September 2013
Discount book retailer the Book Grocer has opened a new store at Kangaroo Flat, just outside of Bendigo in regional Victoria. The store is located at Shop 52, Lansell Plaza, Kangaroo...
Hoge featured on ‘Australian Story’
Tuesday, 17 September 2013
Brisbane author Robert Hoge was featured in this week’s episode of ABC TV’s Australian Story. Hoge, who was born with deformed legs and a large tumour covering his face, has...
University of Otago announces 2014 Fellows
Tuesday, 17 September 2013
In New Zealand, the University of Otago has announced the recipients of its 2014 fellowships for literature and children’s writing. The Robert Burns Fellowship has been awarded to poet Majella...
Hoge to feature on ‘Australian Story’ tonight
Monday, 16 September 2013
Brisbane author Robert Hoge will feature on tonight’s episode of ABC TV’s Australian Story. Hoge, who was born with deformed legs and a large tumour covering his face, has recently...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 16 September 2013
Save with Jamie (Michael Joseph) is Jamie Oliver’s latest cookbook, in which he explains how to make smarter shopping choices and get the most out of ingredients. The cookbook is at...
‘The Rosie Project’ tops October LibraryReads top 10 in the US
Monday, 16 September 2013
In the US, The Rosie Project by Australian author Graeme Simsion (Text) has topped the October list for LibraryReads—a monthly ‘top 10’ of forthcoming adult books compiled by librarians across the country....
National Young Writers’ Festival 2013 program announced
Monday, 16 September 2013
The program for this year’s National Young Writers’ Festival in Newcastle, New South Wales, has been announced. The festival, which runs from 3 to 6 October, promises to showcase the ‘best...
US writers to be eligible for 2014 Man Booker Prize
Monday, 16 September 2013
Books by US writers will be eligible for the Man Booker Prize for the first time in 2014, reports the Sunday Times. The prize, established in 1968 and worth £50,000 (A$85,000),...
NSW Premier’s History Awards 2013 winners announced
Friday, 13 September 2013
The winners of this year’s New South Wales Premier’s History Awards have been announced. The winners in the book-related categories are: Australian History Prize ($15,000) Kitty’s War: The Remarkable Wartime...
National Book Foundation announces this year’s ‘5 Under 35’
Friday, 13 September 2013
In the US, the National Book Foundation has announced the writers selected for this year’s ‘5 Under 35’ program, and for the first time in the program’s eight-year history, the...
‘Island’ receives new funding, announces mentor program
Friday, 13 September 2013
Island magazine has received $60,000 in funding from Arts Tasmania for 2014, matching the $60,000 in funding it received for 2013. The Tasmanian Arts Advisory board said in a statement that...
Warner Bros to make films based on Harry Potter spin-off book
Friday, 13 September 2013
Warner Bros has announced that it will produce a series of films based on J K Rowling’s 2001 book Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Bloomsbury), which follows the adventures of...
French and German book trades call for government ebook policy
Thursday, 12 September 2013
In France and Germany, publishers and booksellers associations are calling for their national governments to implement a policy to protect the ebook trade from big retailers, reports the Bookseller. At...
Judge rejects claims of fraud in Armstrong memoirs
Thursday, 12 September 2013
A federal judge in California has sided with cyclist Lance Armstrong and publishers Random House US and Penguin Group US in a lawsuit that alleged that Armstrong’s denials about using performance-enhancing drugs in his...
Colin Roderick Award shortlist announced
Thursday, 12 September 2013
The shortlist for this year’s Colin Roderick Award has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Toyo: A Memoir (Lily Chan, Black Inc.) The Two Frank Thrings (Peter Fitzpatrick, Monash University...
Australian genre authors to participate in interactive storytelling project
Thursday, 12 September 2013
A number of Australian authors have signed up to an interactive storytelling project that uses maps and QR codes to allow readers to follow a story in the location in...
King appointed literary director for Christchurch Writers’ Festival
Thursday, 12 September 2013
New Zealand novelist Rachael King has been appointed as the new literary director for the Press Christchurch Writers’ Festival. King is the author of two adult novels, The Sound of...
Deadly Award for Published Book of the Year 2013 announced
Wednesday, 11 September 2013
Traditional Healers of Central Australia: Ngangkari by the Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (NPY) Women’s Council Aboriginal Corporation (Magabala) has won the Deadly Award for Published Book of the Year 2013. The winning...
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