Quote of the week
Wednesday, 27 June 2012
'There has been some disappointment in the government's response to the BISG report'—ABA president Jon Page.
Government establishes Book Industry Collaboration Council
Tuesday, 26 June 2012
The Federal Government has established an industry council in response to the recommendations made by the Book Industry Strategy Group (BISG) last year. The government said that the Book Industry Collaboration...
SLV Creative Fellowships announced
Tuesday, 26 June 2012
The 2012 recipients of the State Library of Victoria creative fellowships have been announced. Among the recipients selected for funding are several with book-related projects. (Elizabeth) Jo Gilbert will work...
Government responds to BISG recommendations
Tuesday, 26 June 2012
The Federal Government has formally responded to the recommendations made by the Book Industry Strategy Group (BISG) last year. As previously reported by Bookseller+Publisher, the BISG made 21 recommendations in...
SLV creative fellowships announced
Tuesday, 26 June 2012
The recipients of the 2012 State Library of Victoria creative fellowships have been announced. Recipients of $12,500 for three months’ study are: Angela Cavalieri, who will produce a series of...
Bestsellers this week
Tuesday, 26 June 2012
As dark forces gather, great sacrifices have to be made in the final struggle for love in Rapture (Doubleday), Lauren Kate’s final book in the ‘Fallen’ series. The book is in second place...
BBWF full program launched
Tuesday, 26 June 2012
The full program of this year’s Byron Bay Writers Festival has been released. Local authors attending the event include Michael Kirby, Thomas Keneally, Anna Rose, Jessica Watson, Gail Jones, Charlotte...
Funder to headline Ubud writers festival
Tuesday, 26 June 2012
The Ubud Writers & Readers Festival has announced that Miles Franklin winner Anna Funder will appear as a headline author at this year’s festival. ‘I am not surprised the Miles...
Enright, Massie win inaugural Andrew Carnegie medals
Tuesday, 26 June 2012
The American Library Association (ALA) announced the winners of the inaugural Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction at its 2012 conference, held in California this month. The Forgotten...
RiP Nora Ephron
Tuesday, 26 June 2012
Nora Ephron, author and screenwriter, has died aged 71. Ephron, best known for writing the screenplays for the romantic comedies When Harry Met Sally and Sleepless in Seattle, was nominated...
‘The Heir of Night’ wins David Gemmell Legend Award
Monday, 25 June 2012
The Heir of Night by New Zealand author Helen Lowe (Orbit) has won the Morningstar Award for best fantasy debut, as part of this year's David Gemmell Legend Award for Fantasy. Lowe...
Valerie Parv Award finalists announced
Monday, 25 June 2012
The finalists for this year's Valerie Parv Award, presented by the Romance Writers of Australia (RWA) for an unpublished manuscript, have been announced. This year's finalists are: Madeline Ash, Bridget...
Tan wins Locus Award
Monday, 25 June 2012
Australian illustrator Shaun Tan has won the best artist category in the 2012 Locus Awards for science-fiction and fantasy writing, presented by the Locus Science Fiction Foundation in the US....
RiP Donald Charlwood
Monday, 25 June 2012
Donald Charlwood, author of the classic All the Green Year, has died, aged 96. Charlwood, who wrote 11 books, won a number of literary awards and was made a Member...
‘ABR’ fellowships recipients announced
Friday, 22 June 2012
The Australian Book Review (ABR) has announced the recipients of its fourth and fifth Patron’s Fellowships. Jennifer Lindsay is the recipient of the ABR Copyright Agency Fellowship ‘for a substantial...
Griffith Readers’ Festival guests announced
Friday, 22 June 2012
Andy Griffiths, Sulari Gentill, B Michael Radburn, Karly Lane and Tania McCartney will be among the guests at the inaugural Griffith Readers’ Festival in September. The festival, which will be...
2011 Australian Shadows Awards winners announced
Friday, 22 June 2012
The winners of the 2011 Australian Shadows Awards have been announced. Paul Haines won the long fiction category for ‘The Past is a Bridge Best Left Burnt’ from The Last...
New prizes for Scarlett Stilleto Awards
Friday, 22 June 2012
Two new prizes will be presented as part of this year’s Scarlet Stiletto Awards for crime writing. Melbourne’s Athenaeum Library will present a new prize for a short story featuring...
Reviews: August 2012
Friday, 22 June 2012
Fiction Black Mountain (Venero Armanno, UQP, August) reviewed by Jon Page This intriguing novel takes you from a small coastal Queensland town to the sulphur minefields of Sicily. There are...
Anna Funder’s Miles Franklin acceptance speech
Thursday, 21 June 2012
While she wasn’t able to accept her award in person, 2012 Miles Franklin winner Anna Funder gave the following acceptance speech by video, arguing that literary prizes ‘provide signposts as...
QLA to launch crowd-funding campaign; more than 600 entries received
Thursday, 21 June 2012
The Queensland Literary Awards (QLA), the volunteer-led awards that have replaced the axed Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards, will launch a crowd-funding campaign next week to raise funds to present cash...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 20 June 2012
'@OZBooksellers: Peter Blake (Penguin): a single global price is a fairytale' '@Tim_Coronel: @OZBooksellers for publishers, maybe, but it's already a reality for consumers' —Tweets from the Australian Booksellers...
Preparation underway to bring World Book Night to Australia in 2013
Wednesday, 20 June 2012
Canongate managing director Jamie Byng has met with industry members to discuss bringing World Book Night to Australia in 2013. Byng was a guest at this year’s Australian Booksellers Association...
Granger, Murdoch Books in legal battle
Wednesday, 20 June 2012
Australian chef Bill Granger is suing Murdoch Books ‘for misleading and deceptive conduct, infringement of copyright and infringement of moral rights’ in the Federal Court of Australia over the publication...
ABA Conference round-up
Wednesday, 20 June 2012
The 2012 Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) conference was held on 17 and 18 June in Manly, bringing together around 280 members of the industry. More than 140 booksellers from across...
Rogers to launch new business by Christmas
Wednesday, 20 June 2012
Former Murdoch Books CEO Juliet Rogers will launch a new business before the end of the year called the Wild Colonial Company. Rogers, who is currently chair of the Indigenous...
Forthcoming events
Wednesday, 20 June 2012
Book industry events over the following fortnight include: Bayside Literary Festival, Melbourne: 21 June to 15 July Children’s & Young Adult Literature Festival, Sydney: 30 June International Conference on the Book, Barcelona,...
Ebooks from Random House now available through ReadCloud
Wednesday, 20 June 2012
ReadCloud has announced that it has signed with Random House, and more than 10,000 Random House ebooks will soon be available through ReadCloud-powered ebookstores. ReadCloud also recently announced that it...
Telstra Business Awards nomination for Booktopia
Wednesday, 20 June 2012
Online bookseller Booktopia has been shortlisted for the New South Wales Telstra Business Awards in the medium-sized category for the second year running. Booktopia is one of 24 businesses shortlisted...
NSW state budget announced
Wednesday, 20 June 2012
The New South Wales state budget has been announced and includes funding to establish ‘experts and resources in the Office of the Small Business Commissioner that will work with small...
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