Small publisher spotlight: Rag and Bone Man Press
Wednesday, 7 December 2016
Founded in 2011, Rag and Bone Man Press is a Melbourne-based not-for-profit publisher whose aim is to ‘track down, gather and publish unique collections of stories in community-related book projects’....
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 7 December 2016
‘I think the world has been quite focussed on politics at home and abroad this past six months. With so much uncertainly about, it’s certainly had an effect on retail’—Murdoch...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 7 December 2016
Nonfiction—Black Inc. has sold US and UK rights to Thinking Machines: The Future of Artificial Intelligence (Toby Walsh) to Prometheus Books and Hurst, respectively; world rights (ex ANZ) to The...
Jeff Sparrow’s ‘In Search of Paul Robeson’
Wednesday, 7 December 2016
‘Fascinating, instructive and full of astute observations on race and politics, In Search of Paul Robeson will appeal to readers passionate about social justice and the history of 20th-century political movements’...
Moriarty tops fiction category in 2016 Goodreads Awards
Wednesday, 7 December 2016
Liane Moriarty’s Truly Madly Guilty (Pan Macmillan) has won the fiction category in the Goodreads Choice Awards Best Books of 2016. Moriarty won the category with 30,154 votes, coming ahead of...
Binks sells first book as literary agent
Tuesday, 6 December 2016
Danielle Binks has sold her first manuscript as ‘agent-at-large’ with Jacinta Dimase Management. Binks sold world rights to Aboriginal writer and academic Graham Akhurst’s debut YA novel Borderland to Kate...
HGE announces 2016 Ampersand Prize shortlist
Tuesday, 6 December 2016
Hardie Grant Egmont has announced the shortlist for its 2016 Ampersand Prize for unpublished YA and middle-grade authors. The five shortlisted authors and their works are: Rhiannon Williams for the...
Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2017 shortlists announced
Monday, 5 December 2016
The shortlists for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards for 2017 have been announced. The shortlisted books in each category are: Fiction Between a Wolf and a Dog (Georgia Blain, Scribe)...
Charts this week
Monday, 5 December 2016
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them J K Rowling Hachette 2 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape Wrightbooks 3 Double Down: Diary...
Knight appointed Walker Books publisher
Wednesday, 30 November 2016
Linsay Knight has been appointed to the newly created position of publisher at Walker Books Australia and New Zealand. Knight previously held the role of head of children’s publishing at...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 30 November 2016
‘I think there is a need for generational change in several big and medium-size Australian publishers, and a program such as this—which bridges the gap between experienced and non-experienced publishing...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 30 November 2016
Sales Fiction—Text has sold Czech and Brazilian rights to The Best of Adam Sharp (Graeme Simsion) to Mlada Fronta and Record, respectively; Italian and Taiwanese rights to Fear (Dirk Kurbjuweit)...
Sharing knowledge: Keiran Rogers and Greg Browne on the Small Press Network mentorship program
Wednesday, 30 November 2016
Earlier this year, the Small Press Network (SPN) launched a mentorship program that matched eight Victoria-based SPN members with established publishing professionals. One of the mentees was Keiran Rogers from...
Small publisher spotlight: Subterranean Ink
Wednesday, 30 November 2016
Melbourne-based writers’ collective Subterranean Ink is made up of four Australian authors whose work shares ‘common themes’. ‘By coming together, we create not only a stronger presence to help drive...
Trace Balla’s ‘Thank You Dish’
Wednesday, 30 November 2016
‘Thank You Dish is a whimsical picture book from Trace Balla, author and illustrator of Rivertime and Rockhopping. The book centres on Grace and Mama, who are thanking the people,...
Oxford Literary Festival commits to paying authors after backlash
Wednesday, 30 November 2016
In the UK, the Oxford Literary Festival has ‘rebalanced its budgets’ and will pay authors £150 to speak at its 2017 festival and for all future festivals, reports the Bookseller....
Children’s book sales up 15% in China; publishers warn of overcrowded market
Tuesday, 29 November 2016
In China, sales of children’s books are up 15% year-on-year in value terms in 2016 to date, on the back of double-digit surges in recent years, reports the Bookseller. Book...
New Zealand Education Awards winners 2016 announced
Tuesday, 29 November 2016
The winners of the New Zealand Content Counts Education Awards 2016 have been announced. The winners in each category are: Primary Toitoi: A Journal for Young Writers and Artists (ed...
Bloomsbury hosts character performances for ‘Harry Potter’ book events
Monday, 28 November 2016
Bloomsbury Australia will mark the 20th anniversary of ‘Harry Potter’ in 2017 with a series of book events and festival performances by theatre artist Nadia Sunde in the role of...
Charts this week
Monday, 28 November 2016
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them J K Rowling Hachette 2 Double Down:Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney Puffin 3...
Costa Book Awards 2016 shortlists announced
Thursday, 24 November 2016
In the UK, the shortlists for the 2016 Costa Book Awards have been announced. The four titles shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award are: This Must be the Place (Maggie...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 23 November 2016
Sales Nonfiction—Black Inc. has sold world audio rights to Woman of Substances (Jenny Valentish) to Wavesound. Exisle has sold Arabic-language rights Mindful Relationships (Richard Chambers & Margie Ulbrick); and Bulgarian...
Vikki Wakefield’s ‘Ballad for a Mad Girl’
Wednesday, 23 November 2016
‘Ballad for a Mad Girl is a departure of sorts for Vikki Wakefield, who is better known for writing gritty urban reality than supernatural thrillers. And yet it isn’t an...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 23 November 2016
‘To demonstrate a concern for the health of Australian cultural life, the government could either abolish parallel import restrictions and provide compensatory support ... or it could leave things as...
Choose your own adventures: 2017 children’s and YA preview
Wednesday, 23 November 2016
Each year we ask publishers to tell us about their most anticipated titles for 2017. Read about their top children’s and YA titles from the latest issue of Books+Publishing magazine here.
‘How Machines Work’ wins Royal Society young people’s book prize
Wednesday, 23 November 2016
In the UK, David Macaulay’s How Machines Work (Dorling Kindersley) has won the Royal Society young people’s book prize for the best science books for children, reports the Guardian. Macaulay’s...
Lester awarded 2016 Dromkeen Medal
Tuesday, 22 November 2016
Children’s book author Alison Lester has been awarded the 2016 Dromkeen Medal at a presentation at the State Library of Victoria (SLV). Lester is the author and illustrator of numerous...
New Zealand Book Awards 2017 longlists announced
Tuesday, 22 November 2016
The longlists for the 2017 New Zealand Book Awards have been announced. The longlisted titles in each category are: Fiction The Wish Child (Catherine Chidgey, Victoria University Press) A Briefcase,...
UWAP to drop awards submissions in 2017
Monday, 21 November 2016
University of Western Australia Publishing (UWAP) will no longer enter its titles for Australian book awards from 2017. UWAP director Terri-ann White said in a letter to UWAP authors that...
Wheatle wins ‘Guardian’ children’s fiction prize
Monday, 21 November 2016
Alex Wheatle has won the 2016 Guardian children’s fiction prize for his YA novel Crongton Knights (Atom Books), the second book in a planned trilogy ‘set on a fictitious inner...
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