2012 Family Therapists’ Awards winners announced
Tuesday, 28 August 2012
The winners of this year’s Australian Family Therapists’ Awards for Children’s Literature have been announced. This year’s main prize, worth $1000, was awarded to Pan’s Whisper by Sue Lawson (Black...
Rights round-up
Tuesday, 28 August 2012
Sales Fiction—Text has sold UK rights to Nine Days (Toni Jordan) and Happy Valley (Patrick White); UK and North American rights to Friday Brown (Vikki Wakefield); German rights to Jack and Jill (Helen...
$8 million cyber-safety program to be rolled out in Australian public libraries
Tuesday, 28 August 2012
The Telstra Foundation will partner with the Alannah and Madeline Foundation to roll out a new cyber safety program in Australia’s public library system next year. Prime Minister Julia Gillard...
In brief
Tuesday, 28 August 2012
New library opens in regional Victoria The new Campaspe Regional Library in Echuca in regional Victoria was officially opened on 24 August. The Campaspe Shire Council contributed more than $4.6...
International library news
Tuesday, 28 August 2012
California libraries sign with Bilbary In the US, California State library service’s not-for-profit cooperative Califia has entered into an ebook referral agreement with ebook provider Bilbary, reports the Bookseller. Under...
2012 Inky shortlist announced
Monday, 27 August 2012
The shortlist for this year’s Inky Awards for young adult literature, presented by the Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria, has been announced. The shortlisted Australian...
‘Bereft’ shortlisted for Gold Dagger Award
Monday, 27 August 2012
Bereft by Australian author Chris Womersley (Scribe) is one of four titles shortlisted for this year’s Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Gold Dagger Award. The UK award is presented annually for...
2012 Get Reading! campaign launched
Monday, 27 August 2012
This year’s Get Reading! campaign was officially launched on 26 August and the ‘50 Books You Can’t Put Down’ list is now available. This year’s campaign, which will run until 30...
Interview: Jane O’Hara, director/CEO of the Brisbane Writers Festival
Monday, 27 August 2012
Over 5-9 September, Jane O’Hara will deliver her final Brisbane Writers Festival and celebrate the festival’s 50th anniversary. She spoke to Andrew Wrathall. What do you anticipate will be the...
Birrell appointed SWF director
Monday, 27 August 2012
The Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) has announced that Jemma Birrell has been appointed as the new artistic director of the festival. SWF said in a statement that Birrell will begin...
RiP Rosanne Fitzgibbon
Monday, 27 August 2012
Rosanne Fitzgibbon, distinguished editor and the first recipient of the Beatrice Davis Editorial Fellowship, has died. Craig Munro and Sue Abbey from the University of Queensland Press (UQP) write: 'Editor...
‘1835’ wins Age Book of the Year
Friday, 24 August 2012
The winners of this year’s Age Book of the Year Awards were announced on 23 August at the opening of the Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) at Melbourne Town Hall. 1835:...
Ferguson joins NZ Book Council
Friday, 24 August 2012
The New Zealand Book Council has announced that Catriona Ferguson will join the council as CEO in September. Ferguson, currently arts adviser in the literature portfolio for Creative New Zealand,...
HarperCollins launches a ‘Project Runway’ for ebooks
Friday, 24 August 2012
Publishers are constantly being told that to succeed in digital publishing they need to experiment—but where to start? Some publishers, such as Pan Macmillan, have created a digital-only imprint that...
The new romantics
Thursday, 23 August 2012
Three Australian publishers have announced new digital ventures in the past week that are aimed at one of the most popular ebook genres right now: romance. They’re also on the...
Publishers team up to bring ‘Puberty Blues’ back into print
Wednesday, 22 August 2012
A new edition of Gabrielle Carey and Kathy Lette’s iconic novel Puberty Blues hit the shelves earlier this month to coincide with a new TV series currently screening on Channel...
Nook to launch in the UK in October
Wednesday, 22 August 2012
Barnes & Noble’s Nook digital reading devices and content will be available in the UK by mid-October, the company has announced. This is the first time that B&N has ventured into...
DBW launches new ebook bestseller charts
Wednesday, 22 August 2012
US digital publishing news site Digital Book World has launched a ‘definitive list of the bestselling ebooks, along with their publishers, prices and the previous week’s rank’. The weekly bestseller...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 22 August 2012
‘I’d hope that governments in the near future understand that the festival delivers the most amazing bang for buck, and that increasing our funding levels to those received elsewhere—such as...
Harlequin Australia launches digital-first imprint
Wednesday, 22 August 2012
Romance publisher Harlequin Australia has launched its first digital-first imprint, Harlequin Escape. The imprint will have its own website, where would-be authors will be encouraged to submit their work. Managing...
APA educational publishing awards shortlist announced, FuturEducation symposium guests announced
Wednesday, 22 August 2012
The titles shortlisted for this year's Australian Publishers Association (APA) Australian Educational Publishing Awards have been announced.
As previously reported by Bookseller+Publisher, titles have been shortlisted in primary, secondary and TAFE/tertiary...
Changes to Tasmanian Literary Prizes
Wednesday, 22 August 2012
The Tasmanian Literary Prizes, formerly the Tasmania Book Prizes, have announced changes to the biennial awards in 2013. The University of Tasmania Prize, which was previously awarded for excellence in...
Bookworld launches with new loyalty program
Wednesday, 22 August 2012
The Borders Australia online business has been rebranded and the new Bookworld website is now live. Among the features of the new site is a new ‘citizenship’ membership program, which...
Embiggen wins best fitout award
Wednesday, 22 August 2012
Embiggen Books, located in the QV building opposite the State Library of Victoria in Melbourne, has won the QV’s annual retail award for best fitout. In presenting the award, QV...
Your Bookshop chain opens fourth store
Wednesday, 22 August 2012
The chain of independent bookshops Your Bookshop has opened a fourth store. The new store, which opened in July, is located in Top Ryde in New South Wales. The first...
Bestsellers this week
Wednesday, 22 August 2012
The bestsellers continue to be dominated by erotic fiction with the ‘Fifty Shades’ trilogy by E L James (Arrow) holding on to the first three places on the bestsellers chart. Bared...
Pearson UK to offer business degrees
Wednesday, 22 August 2012
In the UK, Pearson has announced plans to move into the higher education college market by offering a business and enterprise degree through a new company to be called Pearson...
Boo, Griffiths top sellers at BBWF 2012
Wednesday, 22 August 2012
Books by Katherine Boo and Andy Griffiths were the top sellers at this year’s Byron Bay Writers Festival (BBWF), according to festival bookseller Collins Booksellers Byron Bay. Behind the Beautiful Forever by Boo...
Macmillan China announces new children’s publishing venture
Wednesday, 22 August 2012
In China, Macmillan Publishers has entered into a joint children’s publishing venture with 21st Century Publishing House. The new venture will be called Macmillan Century Consulting & Service Company, and...
International library news
Wednesday, 22 August 2012
Review of Sheffield libraries underway In the UK, Sheffield City Council has launched a consultation process to examine the council’s 28 libraries as it looks to save money in this...
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