ABA conference attracts 300 attendees; ‘Funder, Deng and Barnesy’ among the highlights
Wednesday, 1 June 2016
Approximately 300 booksellers, exhibitors and guest speakers attended this year’s Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) conference, which was held in Canberra from 29-30 May. ABA chief executive Joel Becker said he...
Tom Griffiths’ ‘The Art of Time Travel: Historians and Their Craft’
Wednesday, 1 June 2016
‘Griffiths sheds light on Australia’s historical tradition—the shifts of orthodoxy and vantage point, the upheavals of technology and societal change, the relevance and scope of its endeavour—and argues for its...
Close to 200 booksellers, publishers and authors attend 2016 Leading Edge conference
Wednesday, 1 June 2016
Ninety booksellers, 75 publishing representatives and 22 authors attended this year’s Leading Edge Books conference, which was held in Canberra from 27-28 May. Leading Edge Books group manager Galina Marinov...
Wilderness Society announces 2016 children’s book award shortlists
Tuesday, 31 May 2016
The shortlists for the 2016 Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children’s Literature have been announced. The shortlisted books in each category are: Fiction Thirst (Lizzie Wilcock, Scholastic) The River and...
Charts this week
Monday, 30 May 2016
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Last Mile David Baldacci Macmillan 2 Me Before You Jojo Moyes Michael Joseph 3 My Life on the Road Gloria Steinem...
HarperCollins, Avenue Bookstore and BooksPlus awarded at Leading Edge Books Conference
Monday, 30 May 2016
A number of awards were presented at this year’s Leading Edge Books Conference in Canberra on 28 May. HarperCollins was named Publisher of the Year from a shortlist that included...
A&U acquires debut novel from musician Holly Throsby
Thursday, 26 May 2016
Allen & Unwin has acquired the debut novel from Sydney songwriter and musician Holly Throsby. Goodwood, which will be published on 28 September, is pitched as a ‘compelling ride into...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 25 May 2016
‘It exemplifies how much stronger each year the children’s component of the festival is ... the book sales for kids were enormous’—Gleebooks’ David Gaunt reports on the bestsellers at this...
RiP Gillian Mears
Wednesday, 25 May 2016
Author Gillian Mears has died, aged 51. Mears was the author of several novels and short stories, including her debut The Mint Lawn (A&U), for which she won the Australian/Vogel...
‘Myriad possibilities’ explored at 2016 CBCA conference
Wednesday, 25 May 2016
The 2016 Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) National Conference was held in Sydney from 20-21 May under the theme ‘Myriad possibilities’, with stimulating sessions on picture-book partnerships, the role...
Retail rewards: An interview with Len Vlahos
Wednesday, 25 May 2016
US book-industry insider, bookseller and YA author Len Vlahos will deliver the keynote at the Australian Booksellers Association conference this weekend. He spoke to Andrea Hanke about the opportunities and...
Small publisher spotlight: Spinifex Press
Wednesday, 25 May 2016
Melbourne-based feminist publisher Spinifex Press has been publishing since 1991. The biggest challenge, say co-founders Susan Hawthorne and Renate Klein, has been ‘resisting being pigeon-holed’. ‘As a feminist press there...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 25 May 2016
Sales Nonfiction—Black Inc. (Nero) has sold Russian rights to Forever Young: The Story of Troye Sivan (Alana Wulff) to AST Publishing Group. Acquisitions Fiction—Penguin has acquired ANZ rights to Loose...
Emily Gale’s ‘The Other Side of Summer’
Wednesday, 25 May 2016
‘A beautifully rendered portrayal of grief, family and leaving things behind, The Other Side of Summer is a welcome addition to the shelves of Australian middle fiction’ ... read Bec...
Scholastic opens library at Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital
Tuesday, 24 May 2016
Scholastic Australia has opened a new children’s library at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne. This is Scholastic’s third ‘Book Bunker’ library, with two others located at the Children’s Hospital...
MWF 2016 schools program released
Monday, 23 May 2016
The Melbourne Writers Festival has released its schools program for 2016. This year’s program, which runs from 29 August to 1 September, features Magda Szubanski, John Marsden, Anna Funder, Alice...
Charts this week
Monday, 23 May 2016
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Last Mile David Baldacci Macmillan 2 The Hidden Oracle Rick Riordan Puffin 3 The 8-Week Blood Sugar Diet Michael Mosley Simon...
CBCA Awards 2016 shortlists announced
Friday, 20 May 2016
The shortlists for this year’s Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each of the categories are: Book of...
Lessac, Carnavas win SCBWI Crystal Kite Award
Friday, 20 May 2016
Frané Lessac’s A is for Australia (Walker Books) and Peter Carnavas’ Blue Whale Blues (New Frontier) have jointly-won the Australian and New Zealand division of this year’s Crystal Kite Member...
BBC education app promotion concerns UK publishers
Thursday, 19 May 2016
In the UK, educational publishers have expressed concerns over the BBC’s study revision platform Bitesize, arguing that the reach of the app through promotion on the broadcaster’s various platforms is anticompetitive...
Bruce Pascoe’s ‘Mrs Whitlam’
Wednesday, 18 May 2016
‘This new book by Bruce Pascoe (Fox a Dog, Sea Horse) has plenty to satisfy any horse lover, but also deftly handles issues of race and privilege’ ... read Angela...
Society of Editors (NSW): A report on the Sydney Writers’ Festival
Wednesday, 18 May 2016
The Society of Editors (NSW) will hold its June speaker meeting, ‘A report on the Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF)’ on 7 June at the Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts. The event...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 18 May 2016
Sales Fiction—UQP has sold Turkish rights to The Midnight Dress (Karen Foxlee) to Gunisigi Publishing via UQP Turkish sub-agent The Kayi Agency; film rights to Blood (Tony Birch) to Lavarch...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 18 May 2016
‘The argument is regularly heard that the arts should pay for themselves. This misunderstands the reality of subsidy, because the fact is that there are very few areas of our...
Pricing our business: Terri-ann White on book prices
Wednesday, 18 May 2016
UWA Publishing director Terri-ann White calls for industry-wide resistance to lower book prices and greater efficiency in distribution, including a ‘modified returns policy that kicks in with a minimum order...
Small publisher spotlight: Aboriginal Studies Press
Wednesday, 18 May 2016
ACT-based Aboriginal Studies Press has been publishing titles since 1987, including The Little Red Yellow Black Book: An Introduction to Indigenous Australia, which has sold over 50,000 copies. ‘Like many...
NZ publisher Book Island moves headquarters to UK
Wednesday, 18 May 2016
Children’s book publisher Book Island has announced it is moving its headquarters from Raumati South, New Zealand to Bristol, England in order to expand the publisher’s UK business. Book Island,...
First authors announced for Byron Writers Festival
Wednesday, 18 May 2016
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist William Finnegan and novelist and memoirist Cheryl Strayed are among the first guests announced for the 20th Byron Writers Festival, which runs from 5-7 August....
Charts this week
Monday, 16 May 2016
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Last Mile David Baldacci Macmillan 2 The Obsession Nora Roberts Hachette 3 The Apartment Danielle Steel Bantam 4 The Hidden Oracle...
‘I Got This Hat’ to be read for 2016 National Simultaneous Storytime
Friday, 13 May 2016
I Got This Hat (Jol and Kate Temple, illus by Jon Foye, ABC Books) will be read at this year’s National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS), to be held at 11am on...
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