In brief
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
New library for Lincoln NZ A new library and service centre will be built in the town of Lincoln, south of Christchurch, New Zealand, beginning construction in April. The Selwyn...
Vic govt announces third round of funding for Living Libraries Infrastructure Program
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
The Victorian government has opened the third round of funding for its Living Libraries Infrastructure Program, worth $17.2 million over four years. Libraries may apply for a maximum of $750,000...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
‘The YA category doesn’t really appear to exist and there’s little interest in dystopian novels or vampires’—Random House rights manager Nerrilee Weir reports on a recent ‘exploratory’ rights trip to...
Waterstones to launch bookselling qualification
Tuesday, 26 February 2013
In the UK, Waterstones will launch a professional qualification in bookselling, reports the Bookseller. The Certificate in Bookselling will be run by the Waterstones Academy in partnership with the University...
‘The Amber Amulet’ wins Crystal Bear award at Berlin film festival
Tuesday, 26 February 2013
A film adaptation of Craig Silvey’s novella The Amber Amulet (A&U) has won the Crystal Bear award for the Best Short Film in the Generation Kplus section, for films aimed...
The Peach launches online book club
Tuesday, 26 February 2013
Online magazine the Peach has launched a new monthly book club. The Peach Book Club launched this month with an online discussion of Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl (Orion) led by Peach...
Eight Alex Miller novels to be released in the UK in 2013
Tuesday, 26 February 2013
Allen & Unwin has announced that it will publish eight novels by Alex Miller in the UK in 2013 ahead of the author’s new novel, which is due to be...
WritingWA announces cultural partnership with Singapore book council
Tuesday, 26 February 2013
WritingWA has announced a new cultural exchange program with the National Book Council of Singapore, which will involve Western Australian authors and illustrators attending a writers’ festival in Singapore, the...
Barnes & Noble chairman proposes to buy bookstore chain
Tuesday, 26 February 2013
In the US, Barnes & Noble’s chairman and largest shareholder Leonard Riggio has proposed a buy-out of B&N’s bookstore chain, reports Publishers Weekly. Riggio, who holds 30% of the company’s...
ALS Gold Medal longlist announced
Tuesday, 26 February 2013
The longlist for the 2013 ALS Gold Medal has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Lola Bensky (Lily Brett, Hamish Hamilton) Darkness on the Edge of Town (Jessie Cole, Fourth...
Aussie authors named in USBBY list of outstanding international books
Tuesday, 26 February 2013
A number of books by Australian authors have been selected for the 2013 United States Board of Books for Young People (USBBY) list of Outstanding International Books for children and young...
Why some genres suffer more from slashed book pages
Tuesday, 26 February 2013
A decline in Australian newspapers’ literary pages and an increase in review-sharing between Fairfax’s mastheads the Age, the Sydney Morning Herald and the Canberra Times have significantly reduced the number...
Gourmand World Cookbook Awards winners announced
Tuesday, 26 February 2013
The Gourmand World Cookbook Awards winners have been announced. Four books won equal first place in the Charity & Fund Raising category for Australia/Pacific. The winners in this category are: Lentil as...
Arts Victoria announces latest arts development grants
Tuesday, 26 February 2013
Arts Victoria has announced its latest round of Arts Development grants. In all, 56 new projects received funding as part of the grants program, which supports Victoria’s independent professional artists...
NSW libraries to launch ‘Books on Prescription’ program in May
Tuesday, 26 February 2013
Central West Libraries in New South Wales has announced plans to launch a pilot ‘Books on Prescription’ program, which will involve local health professionals recommending a selection of library books...
State Library of Tasmania added to heritage list
Tuesday, 26 February 2013
The State Library of Tasmania in Hobart has been added to the state’s heritage list, Heritage Tasmania announced in a statement. The State Library is the site for the Learning and...
SPN announces first roadshow event in Sydney
Monday, 25 February 2013
The Small Press Network (SPN) has announced the details of its first ‘Publishing Insider’ roadshow event in Sydney. The event, which explores the topic ‘Why print?’, will feature three Sydney...
Booktown launches Sunday Selection program
Monday, 25 February 2013
Creative Clunes, the organisation behind the annual Clunes Booktown Festival in regional Victoria, has announced that it is launching a year-round program of writers’ talks. The Sunday Selection program will...
New Little, Brown digital imprint to focus on literary titles
Monday, 25 February 2013
In the UK, Little, Brown has announced that it will launch a new digital imprint dedicated to literary fiction and nonfiction called Blackfriars, reports the Bookseller. The imprint will launch...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 25 February 2013
Alchemist Sydney Sage is struggling to draw the line between her teachings and the urges of her heart. Then she meets the rebellious Marcus Finch, who is on the run...
ILF: $769,000 raised in 2012; new staff appointed
Monday, 25 February 2013
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) raised a total of $769,000 and delivered more than 18,000 books to over 180 remote communities in 2012. As previously reported by Books+Publishing, the ILF...
UK independent bookshop numbers decline
Monday, 25 February 2013
In the UK, the total number of independent bookshops on the high street has declined for a sixth consecutive year but children’s bookshops have ‘bucked the trend’, reports the Bookseller....
RiP Barbara Firth
Monday, 25 February 2013
UK illustrator Barbara Firth has died, aged 84. Walker Books editor at large David Lloyd writes: ‘Barbara Firth was an illustrator of children’s books of great sensitivity, insight, humour and...
‘How Tea Cosies Changed the World’ makes Diagram Prize shortlist
Friday, 22 February 2013
How Tea Cosies Changed the World by Australian author Loani Prior (Murdoch) has been shortlisted for this year’s Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year. Prior’s book is one...
Mantel to receive Bodley Medal
Friday, 22 February 2013
Hilary Mantel will receive the Bodley Medal at the Oxford Literary Festival in March, reports the BBC. The medal is awarded by the Bodleian Libraries of the University of Oxford...
Your Bookshop to open fifth store in Sydney
Friday, 22 February 2013
Your Bookshop, a chain of independent bookshops in Sydney, will open its fifth store in April. Your Bookshop co-owner Bonnie Serov told Books+Publishing that the new store will be located in the...
Hardie Grant stationery competition winner announced
Friday, 22 February 2013
Hardie Grant has announced that Cate Furey is the winner of its first stationery design competition. Furey’s design features vintage illustrations with the words ‘love’, ‘note’, ‘make’ and ‘word’. The...
Random House reveals bestselling Vintage Classics for 2012
Friday, 22 February 2013
Random House has revealed its 20 bestselling Vintage Classics books for 2012. Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is at the top of the list, which incorporates Vintage Classics and Vintage...
Inaugural Tokyo International Literary Festival kicks off in March
Friday, 22 February 2013
The inaugural Tokyo International Literary Festival will take place from 1-3 March. English-language writers participating in the festival include J M Coetzee, Geoff Dyer, Junot Diaz, Jonathan Safran Foer and Pico Iyer....
Getting cosy at Books Plus in Bathurst
Friday, 22 February 2013
While Loani Prior's latest book How Tea Cosies Changed the World (Murdoch) has attracted the attention of the Diagram Prize for its delightfully odd title, back in 2010 Andrew Wrathall...
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