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Bestsellers this week 

Monday, 17 June 2013
Entwined with You (Sylvia Day, Penguin), the third novel in the erotic fiction series ‘Crossfire’, is at the top of the bestsellers and the highest new entries charts this week. The author is...

MWF, BWF announce festival events 

Monday, 17 June 2013
The Melbourne and Brisbane writers’ festivals have announced a number of events ahead of their official program launches. The Melbourne Writers Festival, which runs from 22 August to 1 September,...

PM’s Literary Awards 2013 shortlists announced

Monday, 17 June 2013
The shortlists for this year’s Prime Minister’s Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each of the categories are: Fiction Floundering (Romy Ash, Text) The Chemistry of Tears...

Booksellers NZ Industry Awards finalists announced 

Friday, 14 June 2013
The finalists for this year’s Booksellers New Zealand Industry Awards have been announced. The finalists in each of the categories are: Regional Bookseller of the Year (North Island) Paper Plus...

Penguin announces publishing partnership with AFL 

Friday, 14 June 2013
Penguin Australia has announced that it will publish a series of books with the Australian Football League (AFL) for ‘supporters of all ages’. The children’s titles, which will be branded...

Rebellion launches children’s imprint 

Friday, 14 June 2013
UK publisher Rebellion has launched the children’s imprint Ravenstone at Book Expo America (BEA), along with the imprint’s first book, reports Publishers Weekly. Rebellion is best known for publishing books featuring the...

PANZ Book Design Awards 2013 shortlists announced 

Friday, 14 June 2013
The shortlists for the Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) Book Design Awards, including the PANZ Young Designer of the Year Award, have been announced. The titles shortlisted in the...

McCaskill resigns from APA

Friday, 14 June 2013
Maree McCaskill has resigned as CEO of the Australian Publishers Association (APA) after more than seven years in the position. Her resignation is effective from 14 June 2013. ‘Under Maree’s...

New military history book award to be presented in 2014 

Thursday, 13 June 2013
In the US, the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation has created the Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History, with a US$50,000 (A$52,800) prize to be awarded for the first time in February 2014. A...

Audible ends US$1 author payments program 

Thursday, 13 June 2013
Amazon-owned audiobooks provider Audible is ending its Author Services program, which pays authors a US$1 ‘honoraria’ for every audiobook sold through Audible.com, Audible.co.uk and iTunes, reports paidContent. Authors have been sent...

Pinerolo 2013 illustrators-in-residence announced 

Thursday, 13 June 2013
Pinerolo, the Children’s Book Cottage in the Blue Mountains in New South Wales, has announced its 2013 illustrators-in-residence. The illustrators, who will each undertake a one-week residency at Pinerolo, are: Nette...

HGE signs two new Ampersand novels 

Thursday, 13 June 2013
Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) has signed two new novels in the second round of its Ampersand Project for unpublished YA authors. HGE will publish The Flywheel, a contemporary novel by...

On tour: Meet the author Julia Quinn 

Thursday, 13 June 2013
Romance author Julia Quinn is visiting Australia in August for the Romance Writers of Australia Conference in Fremantle. Quinn’s newest book is the ninth in the ‘Bridgertons’ series, The Bridgertons:...

Johnson, Muir, Colpoys join Scribe 

Thursday, 13 June 2013
Melbourne-based publisher Scribe Publications is expanding its team with a number of new staff appointments. Kirsty-Michelle Johnson has been appointed to the position of sales and distribution manager. Johnson previously...

Tasmanian devils: Lenny Bartulin on ‘Infamy’ 

Thursday, 13 June 2013
Lenny Bartulin’s Infamy (A&U, October) tells the story of William Burr, an adventurer on the trail of an escaped convict turned bushranger. Reviewer Tim Coronel called the novel a ‘rollicking,...

In brief 

Thursday, 13 June 2013
ALIA releases draft principles on ebook lending The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has released a set of draft principles on ebook lending in Australian libraries, which will guide...

ABA Booksellers of the Year finalists announced

Thursday, 13 June 2013
The finalists for the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) Booksellers of the Year awards have been announced. The finalists for the Text Publishing Bookseller of the Year are: Karen Ferris, Berkelouw...

International Library News 

Thursday, 13 June 2013
Obama unveils ConnectED program for high-speed internet in schools  US President Barack Obama has launched the ConnectED program, which aims to connect 99% of America’s students to high-speed broadband and wireless internet within five...

Quote of the week 

Thursday, 13 June 2013
‘If this proposal ever becomes law, the APA can only think that we’re in for some tough times, with publishers likely to have to spend a great deal of time,...

Farrell wins Creative NZ Michael King Fellowship 

Wednesday, 12 June 2013
New Zealand author Fiona Farrell is the recipient of this year’s Creative New Zealand Michael King Fellowship, worth NZ$100,000 (A$83,717). Farrell is the author of a number of novels, short...

Wolf wins SOYA 365 Written Word award 

Wednesday, 12 June 2013
Alli Sebastian Wolf has won in the Written Word category of Qantas’ Spirit of Youth Awards (SOYA 365). Wolf, a Sydney-based writer, performer and artist, receives a cash prize of...