Charts this week
Monday, 3 April 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape Wrightbooks 2 16th Seduction: A Women's Murder Club Thriller James Patterson & Maxine Paetro Century 3 First, We...
Govt announces four-year funding for Australian presence at Bologna
Friday, 31 March 2017
The Australian government will provide funding of ‘more than $160,000 over four years’ to ‘promote Australian authors and illustrators through a strong Australian presence at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair’....
Stella Prize announces expanded ‘Girls Write Up’ program
Friday, 31 March 2017
The Stella Prize has announced the line-ups for its one-day ‘Girls Write Up’ festivals for students. Events will be held in Canberra on 6 May, Melbourne on 15-16 June and...
‘The Girl of Ink and Stars’ win Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2017
Friday, 31 March 2017
In the UK, Kiran Millwood Hargrave’s debut novel The Girl of Ink and Stars (Chicken House) has won the £5000 (A$8160) Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, reports the Bookseller. Hargrave’s novel...
Book blogger spotlight: Happy Indulgence
Wednesday, 29 March 2017
Happy Indulgence is a team of three book bloggers (two Australia-based, one US) specialising in YA titles. Blogger Jeann Wong, who writes about sci-fi and fantasy titles, said their site...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 29 March 2017
‘More needs to be done to define the economy of writing—to make the real economy of the book visible by measuring and compensating for the hidden or social use of...
Funny business: Children’s books by comedians on the rise
Wednesday, 29 March 2017
With children’s books by comedians on the rise, Jackie Tang asks publishers and booksellers what’s driving the trend—and whether the books are living up to the hype. Read her article...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 29 March 2017
Sales Fiction—HarperCollins has sold Greek rights to Wild Lavender (Belinda Alexandra) to Dioptra Publishing S A. Nonfiction—Black Inc. has sold French rights to The Shortest History of Europe (John Hirst)...
Jessica Friedmann’s ‘Things That Helped’
Wednesday, 29 March 2017
‘Like Fiona Wright in her memoir about hunger, Small Acts of Disappearance, Friedmann doesn’t offer a conventional recovery narrative, but by experimenting with language and melding personal story and theory,...
Kylie Scott to self-publish YA/NA novel in July
Wednesday, 29 March 2017
Australian romance author Kylie Scott will self-publish her first young-adult/new-adult novel Trust on 18 July. Scott told Books+Publishing that the novel is about ‘a couple of high school seniors who...
CBCA Awards shortlist announced today
Tuesday, 28 March 2017
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) will announce the shortlist for the 2017 Book of the Year Awards at 12pm ESDT today. Books+Publishing will publish a special bulletin with...
‘Inbetween days’ recognised in US Golden Kite Awards
Tuesday, 28 March 2017
Vikki Wakefield’s Inbetween Days (Text) has been named a YA honour book in the US Golden Kite Awards for children’s book authors and illustrators. A winner and an honour book...
CBCA Awards 2017 shortlists announced
Tuesday, 28 March 2017
The shortlists for this year’s Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Older Readers* Waer (Meg Caddy, Text) Words...
Metzenthen, Baker nominated for 2018 Hans Christian Andersen Awards
Monday, 27 March 2017
David Metzenthen and Jeannie Baker have been nominated by IBBY (International Board of Books for Young People) Australia as the Australian candidates for the 2018 Hans Christian Andersen Awards. Metzenthen...
Charts this week
Monday, 27 March 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape Wrightbooks 2 First, We Make the Beast Beautiful Sarah Wilson Macmillan 3 Big Little Lies: TV Tie-in...
Australian teens share their favourite reads in Deakin research project
Friday, 24 March 2017
Researchers at Melbourne’s Deakin University have released results from its survey of 500 Australian teens on what their favourite books or series are, as part of their Teen Reading in...
‘Zac and Mia’ adapted for digital series
Friday, 24 March 2017
A J Betts’ YA novel Zac and Mia (Text) has been picked up for a digital series by US media company AwesomenessTV, reports Deadline. Production on the adaptation of the...
ABA announces 2017 conference program; Daunt, Mutter to give keynotes
Thursday, 23 March 2017
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced details of the program for its 2017 conference, to be held in Melbourne from 18-19 June. Running under the theme ‘Collaboration and Community’,...
Hunt wins Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal 2017
Thursday, 23 March 2017
Children’s novelist Des Hunt has received the 2017 Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal, presented annually for an outstanding contribution and lifetime achievement in the field of New Zealand children’s literature and...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 22 March 2017
‘A lesson learnt from the messy events of the past two years is that the arts sector must rely on itself to lobby for the arts in difficult times’—University of...
Elizabeth Tan’s ‘Rubik’
Wednesday, 22 March 2017
‘Recalling the wit and social commentary of Julie Koh’s Portable Curiosities alongside the surreal connected-universe storytelling of Jennifer Egan’s A Visit from the Goon Squad, Rubik is a shot in...
Behind the bestsellers: Stefen Brazulaitis on science-fiction and fantasy
Wednesday, 22 March 2017
In Books+Publishing’s new ‘Behind the Bestsellers’ series, Australian booksellers share their insights on the bigger picture behind what’s popular. In this first instalment, Stefen Brazulaitis of Stefen’s Books in Perth...
Over 200 booksellers, publishers attend standalone Leading Edge Books conference
Wednesday, 22 March 2017
Over 100 booksellers, close to 100 publishers and suppliers, and 29 authors attended this year’s Leading Edge Books (LEB) conference, which was held in Surfers Paradise from 19-21 March. This...
Ash, Isaac nominated for 2017 RITA Awards
Wednesday, 22 March 2017
Melbourne author Madeline Ash has been nominated for the Romance Writers of America (RWA) 2017 RITA Awards for excellence in published romance novels and novellas. Ash, who was also nominated...
Readings Matters 2017 program announced
Tuesday, 21 March 2017
The Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria has announced the full program for its Reading Matters conference, which will run from 2-3 June at the Arts...
SWF 2017 schools program announced
Tuesday, 21 March 2017
The Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) has announced the line-up for this year’s Primary and Secondary School Days programs, to be held from 22 to 26 May. British writer and illustrator...
HarperCollins, Fullers and MacLean’s awarded at Leading Edge Books Conference
Tuesday, 21 March 2017
A number of industry awards were presented at this year’s Leading Edge Books Conference in Surfers Paradise on 20 March. HarperCollins was named Publisher of the Year for the second...
‘The Dry’ wins Book of the Year at Indie Book Awards 2017
Tuesday, 21 March 2017
Jane Harper’s The Dry has been named Book of the Year at the 2017 Indie Book Awards, presented at the Leading Edge Books Conference in Surfers Paradise on 20 March....
‘The Garret’ shortlisted for Australian podcast awards
Monday, 20 March 2017
The Australian writers podcast ‘The Garret’ has been shortlisted in the inaugural Cast Away Australian Podcast Awards. ‘The Garret’ is the only literary podcast in the running in the ‘Literature,...
Charts this week
Monday, 20 March 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The CSIRO Low-Carb Diet Grant Brinkworth & Dr Pennie Taylor Macmillan 2 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape Wrightbooks 3 First,...
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