No ordinary friendship: A J Betts on ‘Zac & Mia’
Monday, 3 June 2013
A J Betts’ YA novel Zac & Mia won the 2012 Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing. Reviewer Natalie Crawford gave the book five stars, calling it ‘a...
Just for kicks: David Lawrence on ‘Fox Swift’
Monday, 3 June 2013
Comedy writer David Lawrence’s Fox Swift (Slattery Media, July) tells the story of 11-year-old Francis ‘Fox’ Swift, who joins a country footy team that gains the expertise of a genuine...
John Button Prize 2013 longlist announced
Friday, 31 May 2013
The longlist for the 2013 John Button Prize for writing on Australian politics and policy has been announced. The longlisted titles are: The New Leviathan: A National Disability Insurance Scheme...
EWF Monash Prize winners announced
Friday, 31 May 2013
The winners of the Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) Monash University Undergraduate Prize for Creative Writing have been announced. The overall prize, worth $4000, was presented to Rebecca Slater from University...
Simon & Schuster to publish in Canada
Friday, 31 May 2013
Simon & Schuster (S&S) has been given permission by the Canadian government to expand its publishing operations into Canada, reports Publishers Weekly. Previously the publisher was only allowed to distribute...
Cengage announces global price structure for US-based higher ed print titles
Friday, 31 May 2013
Cengage Learning will adopt a new global pricing structure for US-originated higher education print titles in July, with around a third of the US-originated titles distributed by Cengage Australia to...
‘The Minnow’ wins 2013 Text Prize; Text acquires second shortlisted book
Thursday, 30 May 2013
Diana Sweeney has won this year’s Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing for her manuscript The Minnow. Sweeney was presented with the prize by Text publisher Michael Heyward...
NBCC announces new award for debut books
Thursday, 30 May 2013
In the US, the National Books Critic Circle (NBCC) has added a new award category for debut books. The John Leonard Award, named after the founding member of the NBCC and...
HarperCollins US launches digital proofs platform for authors, events
Thursday, 30 May 2013
In the US, HarperCollins has launched a new program that allows authors and the publisher’s marketing and publicity teams to share digital proofs of forthcoming books, reports Publishers Weekly. The...
Will Amazon’s Kindles go on sale in China next month?
Thursday, 30 May 2013
Amazon is set to launch its Kindle ereaders in China from 7 June after years of speculation, reports TechCrunch. According to news reports from China, the Kindle Paperwhite and the...
On the world stage: Tracy Farr on ‘The Life and Loves of Lena Gaunt’
Thursday, 30 May 2013
Tracy Farr’s debut novel The Life and Loves of Lena Gaunt (Fremantle Press, September) tells the story of Lena, a woman from Perth who found international fame after becoming the...
Booktopia’s Purcell revealed as ‘The Secret Lives of Emma’ author
Thursday, 30 May 2013
Booktopia’s head of marketing and chief book buyer John Purcell has been revealed as the author of the Australian erotic fiction trilogy ‘The Secret Lives of Emma’, published by Random...
Pearson to review New Zealand education operations
Wednesday, 29 May 2013
Pearson has announced that it is reviewing its educational publishing business in New Zealand and may close its New Zealand office. The publisher said in a statement this week that...
Dutch Booksellers Association launches ‘Booksellers Barometer’ assessment tool
Wednesday, 29 May 2013
The Dutch Booksellers Association has launched an online self-assessment tool to help booksellers improve their businesses, reports the Bookseller. The ‘Dutch Booksellers Barometer’, which has been developed by the association’s...
Bowker partners with Digi-Rights for US My Identifiers platform
Wednesday, 29 May 2013
In the US, Bowker is continuing to expand its My Identifiers platform with a new partnership with Digi-Rights. An online tool for small publishers and self-publishers to manage their rights...
ABC TV to adapt ‘The Secret River’
Wednesday, 29 May 2013
The ABC has announced that it is working on a television miniseries adaptation of Kate Grenville’s The Secret River (Text). The adaptation is being developed by producers Stephen Luby and Mark Ruse; screenwriters Jan...
NZ poet wins second place in international poetry competition
Wednesday, 29 May 2013
New Zealand poet and fiction writer Sue Wootton has won second place in the 2013 Open International Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine for her poem ‘Wild’, which reflects on a friend’s...
Publishing trends and challenges discussed at VIP industry forum
Wednesday, 29 May 2013
This year’s Sydney Writers’ Festival included the annual Visiting International Publishers (VIP) program, which offers Australian publishers the opportunity to meet with international publishers and editors. On 22 May several...
SWF records second-highest box office and book sales
Wednesday, 29 May 2013
The 2013 Sydney Writers’ Festival, the first under artistic director Jemma Birrell, has recorded the festival’s second-highest box office sales and the second-best year for the festival bookshop. Executive director...
Berentson wins NZ science book prize
Wednesday, 29 May 2013
This year’s Royal Society of New Zealand Science Book Prize has been awarded to Quinn Berentson. Berentson received a cash prize of NZ$5000 (A$4203) for his book Moa: The Life...
Parry nominated for Daphne du Maurier Awards
Wednesday, 29 May 2013
Bronwyn Parry’s Dead Heat (Hachette) has been nominated for the Daphne du Maurier Awards in the Single Title Romantic Mystery/Suspense category of the published division. The winners will be announced on 18 July...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 29 May 2013
‘I look forward to reading the longlist in next year’s Award for Male Reader Engagement. Or better title, The Day My Bum Grew Up and Started Reading Literary Fiction’—Poet and...
HarperCollins to consider relocating NZ distribution to Australia
Wednesday, 29 May 2013
HarperCollins Australia and New Zealand is considering relocating its New Zealand distribution to its Australian facilities. HarperCollins said in a statement this week that CEO James Kellow has announced a...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 29 May 2013
Sales Children’s—Hardie Grant Egmont and Little Hare have sold Dutch, French, Spanish, Catalan and complex Chinese rights to The Swap (Jan Ormerod & Andrew Joyner); French rights to Sylvester &...
Warren Bonett on what booksellers want from publishers
Wednesday, 29 May 2013
In the relationship between the bookseller and the publisher, the latter holds most of the cards. Publishers supply direct to consumers, sometimes at a similar discount to wholesale; they set...
NSW public libraries to share in $2.5 million funding boost
Wednesday, 29 May 2013
Public libraries across New South Wales will receive $2.5 million in grants in the latest round of the 2013 Library Development Grants and Country Libraries Fund. NSW Arts Minister George...
Reilly and Fox top PLR, ELR charts
Wednesday, 29 May 2013
Books by Matthew Reilly and Mem Fox have topped the 2011-12 lists of the highest scoring titles in the Public Lending Rights (PLR) and Educational Lending Rights (ELR) schemes. Reilly’s...
In brief
Wednesday, 29 May 2013
New library opens on the Gold Coast A new library opened in the Gold Coast suburb of Upper Coomera in Queensland on 29 April. The new library, which is one...
LIANZA Children’s Book Awards 2013 finalists announced
Tuesday, 28 May 2013
The finalists for this year’s Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA) Children’s Book Awards have been announced. The finalists in each category are: LIANZA Junior Fiction Award—Esther Glen Medal The Queen...
‘Guardian’ children’s fiction prize longlist announced
Tuesday, 28 May 2013
In the UK, the Guardian has announced the longlist for its 2013 children’s fiction prize. The longlisted titles are: The Boy Who Swam with Piranhas (David Almond, illus by Oliver...
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