Charts this week
Monday, 29 May 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 No Middle Name Lee Child Bantam 2 Into the Water Paula Hawkins Doubleday 3 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape Wrightbooks 4 The...
Pan Macmillan, NewSouth win industry awards at 2017 ABIAs; ‘The Dry’ named Book of the Year
Friday, 26 May 2017
The winners of the 2017 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) were announced in Sydney on 25 May. Pan Macmillan won Publisher of the Year and was also publisher of the...
Davitt Awards 2017 longlists announced
Friday, 26 May 2017
Sisters in Crime has announced the longlists for the 2017 Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women. A total of 99 titles have been longlisted, including 63...
David Jones, Adam Goodes team up for Indigenous literacy fundraising campaign
Thursday, 25 May 2017
Retailer David Jones has launched a fundraising campaign with former AFL footballer Adam Goodes to increase awareness of the Indigenous literacy gap and raise money for the Australian Literacy and...
Toni Collette options film rights to ‘The Best of Adam Sharp’
Thursday, 25 May 2017
Actor Toni Collette’s new production company Vocab Films has optioned the novel and screenplay to Graeme Simsion’s The Best of Adam Sharp (Text). Simsion’s novel tells the story of a...
Nebula Awards 2016 winners announced
Thursday, 25 May 2017
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) has announced the winners for the 2016 Nebula Awards, which are presented in 2017. All the Birds in the Sky (Charlie Jane Anders, Titan)...
Felicity Castagna’s ‘No More Boats’
Wednesday, 24 May 2017
‘In a beautifully observed study of migrants who are acceptable (the Italians, the Greeks), tolerated (the Vietnamese) and deplored (the asylum seeker “flood” of the 21st century: Muslim terrorists!), Castagna...
Under the influence: Reaching online influencers
Wednesday, 24 May 2017
As ‘old media’ books coverage shrinks, the influence of voices in ‘new media’ is becoming increasingly important. But how do publishers reach online influencers—and how are traditional influencers growing their...
Inaugural Library Design Awards shortlists announced
Wednesday, 24 May 2017
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has announced the shortlists for the inaugural Library Design Awards, which aim to showcase the best in contemporary library interiors and exteriors. The...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 24 May 2017
‘Whenever we are honest about sales results, authors despair and readers are puzzled, imagining that the myth of instant success and quitting the day job is real’—UWA Publishing’s Terri-ann White...
Book blogger spotlight: Readers in Wonderland
Wednesday, 24 May 2017
Australian blogger Rebecca Daly collaborates with US-based Alise McGriffin on YA blog Readers in Wonderland, where they post 'reviews, pretty pictures and fangirling'. Daly’s blogging style incorporates GIFs and images...
Scribe acquires world English-language rights to French president’s memoir
Wednesday, 24 May 2017
Scribe has acquired world English-language rights to recently elected French president Emmanuel Macron’s memoir Revolution. The memoir has become a bestseller in France following its publication in November. Scribe publisher Henry...
First authors announced for 2017 Byron Writers Festival
Wednesday, 24 May 2017
The first authors have been announced for the 2017 Byron Writers Festival, which runs from 4-6 August. International guests include US science writer Dava Sobel; US biologist David George Haskell;...
NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2017 winners announced
Tuesday, 23 May 2017
The winners of the 2017 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards were presented at a ceremony at the State Library of NSW on 22 May. Leah Purcell’s The Drover’s Wife (Currency Press),...
HarperCollins acquires Henry-Jones’ YA novel
Tuesday, 23 May 2017
HarperCollins has acquired Eliza Henry-Jones’ YA novel From the Sea in a two-book deal via Sally Bird at Calidiris Literary Agency. From the Sea is Henry-Jones’ first YA novel after...
MWF 2017 schools program released
Monday, 22 May 2017
The Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) has released its schools program for 2017. This year’s program, which runs from 28 to 31 August, features US author and tech entrepreneur Amani Al-Khatahtbeh,...
Charts this week
Monday, 22 May 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Into the Water Paula Hawkins Doubleday 2 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape Wrightbooks 3 The Fix David Baldacci Macmillan 4 Against All...
Authors announced for Canberra Writers Festival
Friday, 19 May 2017
A number of authors have been announced for the second Canberra Writers Festival, which runs from 25-27 August. Festival guests include Maggie Alderson, Richard Fidler, Julia Baird, Nikki Gemmell, Robyn Williams,...
Bloomsbury revenues up 15% overall, 48% in children’s
Friday, 19 May 2017
Bloomsbury’s revenues have grown 15% to £142.6m (A$249m) in the 12 months ending in February 2017, reports the Bookseller. The biggest growth came from children’s publishing, which was up 48%...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 17 May 2017
‘With less mid-market clutter, when a book like Hera Lindsay Bird or Can You Tolerate This? or My Father’s Island catches on it gets more attention and better sales than...
Book-to-film adaptations coming in 2017
Wednesday, 17 May 2017
The second half of 2017 promises a wide selection of book-to-film adaptations, with remakes of popular classics, adaptions of new sci-fi novels and much in between. Christina Copeland rounds up...
RiP Mark Colvin
Wednesday, 17 May 2017
Journalist and broadcaster Mark Colvin has died, aged 65. Colvin was the author of Light and Shadow: Memoirs of a Spy’s Son (MUP), the story of Colvin’s pursuit of journalism...
Book blogger spotlight: Books for a Delicate Eternity
Wednesday, 17 May 2017
Chiara Sullivan blogs about YA books, with a particular focus on diversity and LGBTQIA+ representation, in her blog Books for a Delicate Eternity. ‘Books need to represent the people who...
Marlee Jane Ward’s ‘Psynode’
Wednesday, 17 May 2017
‘Both the original novella and its sequel are powerful, gripping and fresh. Ward effortlessly plays around with language. Her dialogue feels authentically young and edgy, and she captures the diversity...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 17 May 2017
Sales Fiction—HarperCollins has sold Spanish rights in Latin America to Silver Wattle (Belinda Alexandra) to Ediciones B Mexico SA de CV. Nonfiction—Black Inc. has sold UK and Commonwealth audio rights...
Dempster to step down after MWF 2017
Wednesday, 17 May 2017
Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) artistic director and CEO Lisa Dempster will step down following this year’s festival, which runs from 25 August to 3 September. Dempster was appointed in 2012...
Chidgey wins NZ$50,000 fiction prize at New Zealand Book Awards
Wednesday, 17 May 2017
The winners of the 2017 New Zealand Book Awards were announced at a ceremony at the Auckland Writers Festival on 16 May. Catherine Chidgey won the NZ$50,000 (A$46,380) fiction prize...
RWA releases 2017 conference program ‘Love Gone Wild’
Wednesday, 17 May 2017
The Romance Writers of Australia (RWA) has released the program for its 2017 conference, to be held in Brisbane from 11-13 August under the theme ‘Love Gone Wild’. International guests...
‘Ruby’ romance awards 2017 finalists announced
Tuesday, 16 May 2017
The finalists for the Romance Writers of Australia (RWA) Romantic Book of the Year award, known as ‘the Ruby’, have been announced. The finalists in each category are: Long Romance...
Australian authors shortlisted for Locus Awards
Monday, 15 May 2017
Several Australian authors and illustrators have been named as finalists for the Locus Awards for science-fiction and fantasy writing. Garth Nix is a finalist in the young adult category for...
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