NZ Post Children’s Book of the Year Award to honour Margaret Mahy
Tuesday, 30 April 2013
The organisers of the New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards have announced that the overall Book of the Year Award will be renamed in honour of well-known New Zealand author...
Lanagan wins Ditmar for best novel, Norma K Hemming Award
Monday, 29 April 2013
Margo Lanagan’s Sea Hearts was named best novel at this year’s Ditmar Awards for Australian science-fiction, fantasy and horror writing. Lanagan also received the Norma K Hemming Award for race,...
DeLillo wins inaugural US Library of Congress Prize for American Literature
Monday, 29 April 2013
Don DeLillo has won the inaugural US Library of Congress Prize for American Literature, reports the Washington Post. DeLillo is the author of plays, essays, short stories and novels that...
Amanda Knox memoir not to publish in UK due to legal concerns
Monday, 29 April 2013
Amanda Knox’s account of the murder of British student Meredith Kercher will not be published in the UK due to fears of legal action, reports the Guardian. According to the...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 29 April 2013
Nora Roberts’ Whiskey Beach (Hachette) is at the top of the bestsellers and highest new entries charts this week. The novel tells the story of Eli Landon, whose perfect world is shattered...
TitlePage adds numeric stock levels, ebook listings ahead of relaunch
Monday, 29 April 2013
TitlePage has moved a number of changes ‘into production’ ahead of the pending relaunch of the platform. TitlePage said in a statement that it has ‘moved some new functionality into production’ over the...
Book Industry Innovation Award shortlist announced
Monday, 29 April 2013
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced the shortlist for this year’s Book Industry Innovation Award, which will be presented as part of the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) in...
Sleepers celebrates 10 years
Friday, 26 April 2013
Melbourne publisher Sleepers is celebrating its 10th birthday this year. The anniversary coincides with a big year for the small press, which was founded in 2003 by Louise Swinn and...
‘Herman and Rosie’ adapted as school stage play
Friday, 26 April 2013
Gus Gordon’s picture book Herman and Rosie (Viking) has been adapted as a stage play and will visit more than 120 schools across Australia. The play, which has been produced by...
Amazon tax petition attracts 150,000 supporters
Friday, 26 April 2013
In the UK, a petition by two independent UK booksellers to have Amazon pay more corporation tax has attracted more than 150,000 signatures, reports the Guardian. Frances and Keith Smith,...
Patterson launches ad campaign in support of book industry
Friday, 26 April 2013
In the US, author James Patterson has taken out ads on the cover of Publishers Weekly, the back page of the New York Times Book Review and in Kirkus drawing...
Sony Pictures acquires ‘The Rosie Project’
Friday, 26 April 2013
Sony Pictures has optioned the screen rights to Graeme Simsion’s The Rosie Project (Text Publishing). Simsion will write the script for the film, which will be produced by Sony-based Matt...
Ashurst Business Literature Prize shortlist announced
Friday, 26 April 2013
The shortlist for this year’s Ashurst Business Literature Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: 7 Myths about Women and Work (Catherine Fox, NewSouth) The Sweet Spot: How Australia...
2013 ABIA finalists announced
Friday, 26 April 2013
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced the finalists for this year’s Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs). The finalists in each of the categories are: Chain/Franchise Bookseller of the Year...
RMIT Bookshop to close
Wednesday, 24 April 2013
Melbourne campus bookseller RMIT Bookshop will close on 30 April. The independent business, which is owned by the Melbourne Co-operative Bookshop Group (MCGB), has operated in the Melbourne CBD for 53 years. The RMIT Bookshop outlets...
‘LA Times’ Book Prizes winners announced
Wednesday, 24 April 2013
The 33rd annual Los Angeles Times Book Prizes have been announced, recognising the ‘best books’ published in the US in 2012, across 10 categories. Among the winners were The Passage...
ALA announces finalists for 2013 Andrew Carnegie Medals
Wednesday, 24 April 2013
The American Library Association (ALA) has announced the six finalists for this year’s Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction. The titles shortlisted for the fiction category are:...
Queensland Government research and information centre to move to SLQ
Wednesday, 24 April 2013
The Research and Information Centre (RIC) at the Queensland Department of Premier and Cabinet (DPC) will move to the State Library of Queensland (SLQ) from 1 July 2013. As part...
Self-published YA author Darrell Pitt on striking a deal with Text
Wednesday, 24 April 2013
Self-published YA author Darrell Pitt recently signed an eight-book publishing deal with Text. He reflects on his path to publication. It was a combination of hard work, perseverance and luck...
Australians upbeat at ‘busy and buzzy’ LBF
Wednesday, 24 April 2013
Annabel Blay from Curtis Brown reports: ‘Busy and buzzy’ was the most frequent observation from editors, agents and scouts about this year’s London Book Fair (LBF), which ran from 15-17...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 24 April 2013
‘Amazon has over sixty-five percent of the ebook market in Australia and over seventy-five percent of ereaders owned in Australia are Kindles’—Pages & Pages general manager and Australian Booksellers Association...
RiP Al Knight
Wednesday, 24 April 2013
Hyland House publisher and doyen of the book industry Al Knight has died, aged 88. Knight's wife Janet McCalman writes: ‘Al came to Melbourne in 1971 to be MD of Thomas Nelson....
A&U to pay damages to Corby family for use of photographs
Wednesday, 24 April 2013
Allen & Unwin has been ordered to pay members of Schapelle Corby’s family more than $50,000 in damages over the publication of a number of photographs in Sins of the Father by...
In brief
Wednesday, 24 April 2013
Mudgee Library reopens The Mudgee branch of the Mid-Western Regional Council Library in New South Wales has reopened after extensive renovations, reports the Mudgee Guardian. The library is housed in...
ASLA report calls for greater support for teacher librarians
Wednesday, 24 April 2013
A new report released by the Australian School Library Association (ASLA) has called for greater support for teacher librarians from governments and other education authorities. The Future Learning and School...
Chinese writer wins inaugural NZ writing fellowship
Tuesday, 23 April 2013
The inaugural Rewi Alley Writing Fellowship has been awarded to Chinese writer Huo Yan. Huo, a 23-year-old PhD student at Beijing Normal University, will undertake a two-month writing project in...
Handbury, Ashbridge launch online food community
Tuesday, 23 April 2013
Former Murdoch Books owner Matt Handbury and digital director Mark Ashbridge have partnered to launch a new website dedicated to food and cooking. Eatlove, which launched in October 2012, features...
German court rejects sale of secondhand ebooks
Tuesday, 23 April 2013
A German court has ruled that used ebooks cannot be resold by owners, reports Publishers Weekly. In its decision the German District Court of Bielefeld ruled that ‘unlike physical works,...
Bangkok celebrates World Book Capital 2013
Tuesday, 23 April 2013
Bangkok has begun celebrating its title of World Book Capital 2013. Bangkok, which received the honour from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2011, is hosting a number of events to celebrate World Book...
ABA Nielsen BookData Booksellers Choice Award shortlist announced
Tuesday, 23 April 2013
The shortlist for this year’s Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) Nielsen BookData Booksellers Choice Award has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: The Light between Oceans (M L Stedman, Vintage) QF32...
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