Hachette UK acquires mobile games studio Neon Play
Monday, 20 June 2016
Hachette UK has bought mobile games development studio Neon Play in a ‘substantial acquisition’ that could be the ‘one of several’ purchases in the apps market for the publisher, reports...
PANZ Book Design Awards 2016 shortlists announced
Monday, 20 June 2016
The shortlists for the Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) Book Design Awards have been announced. The titles shortlisted in the best designed cover category are: 101 Works of Art...
Charts this week
Monday, 20 June 2016
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Me Before You (Film Tie In) Jojo Moyes Michael Joseph 2 The Dry Jane Harper Macmillan 3 End of Watch Stephen King...
Booktopia shortlisted for 2016 online retail awards
Friday, 17 June 2016
Booktopia has been shortlisted for the 2016 Online Retail Industry Awards (ORIAS). Booktopia is in the running for Best Pure-Play Online Retailer, Best Mobile Commerce Site/Application and the People’s Choice...
BWF releases 2016 schools program
Friday, 17 June 2016
The Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) released its 2016 Word Play program, designed for students from prep to year 12, last month. The program, which runs from 7-9 September, features sessions...
Small publisher spotlight: Acorn Press
Thursday, 16 June 2016
Founded in 1979, Melbourne-based Acorn Press is the ‘longest existing Christian publisher in Australia’. ‘Our first book People Caring for People by Ray Smith sold many thousands of copies and...
Quote of the week
Thursday, 16 June 2016
‘Many of the places where author and audience now interact has little to do with retail. It’s via online platforms, social media and writers’ festivals, as evidenced by the growth...
Fertile ground: Jane Harper on ‘The Dry’
Thursday, 16 June 2016
Jane Harper’s crime novel The Dry (Picador) debuted in the top 10 bestsellers chart in its first week of publication. Harper, who previously won the 2015 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award...
Chicago libraries aim to giveaway one million books to children
Thursday, 16 June 2016
In the US, all 80 branches of the Chicago Public Library system will give 12 free books to each child who registers for the library’s summer program to combat ‘the...
Rights round-up
Thursday, 16 June 2016
Sales Fiction—Lyn Tranter at Australian Literary Management has sold German rights to Line of Sight and Zero at the Bone (both David Whish-Wilson) to Suhrkamp Verlag. Scribe has sold North...
Briohny Doyle’s ‘The Island Will Sink’
Thursday, 16 June 2016
‘The Island Will Sink follows other recent Australian literary novels exploring the “cinematic uncertainty” of climate change, such as James Bradley’s Clade and Mireille Juchau’s The World Without Us, though...
NT History Book Awards 2016 shortlist announced
Thursday, 16 June 2016
The shortlist for the 2016 Chief Minister’s Northern Territory History Book Awards has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Silent Pearls: Old Japanese Graves in Darwin and the History of...
Davitt Awards 2016 longlists announced
Wednesday, 15 June 2016
Sisters in Crime has announced the longlists for the 2016 Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women. There are 77 titles longlisted, including 47 adult novels, nine...
Byron Writers Festival 2016 program announced
Wednesday, 15 June 2016
The full program for the 2016 Byron Writers Festival, to be held 5-7 August, has been announced. Among the international guests are US satirist and political commentator P J O’Rourke;...
Australian Historical Association 2016 awards shortlists announced
Tuesday, 14 June 2016
The Australian Historical Association (AHA) has announced the shortlists for the 2016 Magarey Medal for Biography, the Kay Daniels Award and the W K Hancock Prize. The Magarey Medal for...
Charts this week
Friday, 10 June 2016
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Me Before You (Film Tie In) Jojo Moyes Michael Joseph 2 The Emperor's Revenge Clive Cussler & Boyd Morrison Michael Joseph 3...
Lambda literary awards 2016 winners announced
Thursday, 9 June 2016
The winners of the 2016 Lambda literary awards, known as the ‘Lammys’, have been announced. The awards celebrate excellence in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) writing published in the...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 8 June 2016
Sales Nonfiction—Black Inc. has sold world audio rights to True Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia (David Hunt) to Audible. Children—Hardie Grant Egmont has sold North American rights to Together...
Ashleigh Wilson’s ‘Brett Whiteley: Art, Life and the Other Thing’
Wednesday, 8 June 2016
‘A good subject is important, and Brett Whiteley was a genius who occupied a unique place in Australian culture. He was creative, selfish and, in the end, destructive, pushing boundaries...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 8 June 2016
‘It’s a dire time for the arts in Australia. It’s not just the cuts in funding, it’s the way that artists are made, in an abundance of casual ways, to...
Small publisher spotlight: Inkerman & Blunt
Wednesday, 8 June 2016
Established in 2013, Melbourne-based Inkerman & Blunt publishes poetry, prose and nonfiction of ‘originality, intelligence and beauty’. According to founder Donna Ward, ‘high-quality production values, dedication to extraordinary books, and...
Rethinking business: The market for business books
Wednesday, 8 June 2016
Books on leadership, entrepreneurship and innovation are attracting new readers to the business books category, while a strong backlist remains essential to sales, writes Andrea Hanke. Read her article in...
NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2016 finalists announced
Wednesday, 8 June 2016
The finalists for this year’s New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults have been announced. The finalists in each category are: Young adult fiction Battlesaurus: Rampage at Waterloo...
Mudgee Readers’ Festival 2016 program announced
Tuesday, 7 June 2016
The Mudgee Readers’ Festival in regional NSW has announced the program for its 2016 festival, to be held from 13-14 August. Festival guests include Jane Caro, Sami Shah, Emily Maguire,...
Charts this week
Monday, 6 June 2016
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Me Before You Jojo Moyes Michael Joseph 2 The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins Black Swan 3 The World's Worst Children...
YA Book Prize 2016 winner annouced
Friday, 3 June 2016
The Bookseller’s 2016 YA Book Prize has been awarded to free-verse novel One by Sarah Crossan (Bloomsbury). Crossnan’s winning novel is about ‘conjoined twins Grace and Tippi, who, after years of...
Small publisher spotlight: Aulexic
Wednesday, 1 June 2016
WA-based publisher Aulexic specialises in books for children with language and literacy difficulties, launching its first titles in 2015. ‘Originally, we started as a simple home-school project to encourage my...
Unstuck in the middle: Middle-grade fiction in Australia
Wednesday, 1 June 2016
‘What happens when there aren’t enough middle-grade books to challenge children to move out of early readers? What if they’re never compelled to read YA literature, or else stop recreational...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 1 June 2016
‘Somehow we have to try to find a solution to put this issue to bed’—Readings MD Mark Rubbo discusses parallel importation restrictions at the ABA conference
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 1 June 2016
Sales Fiction—Text has sold Italian rights to Our Tiny, Useless Hearts (Toni Jordan) to Marsilio; and world audio rights to A Few Days in the Country: And Other Stories (Elizabeth...
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