Miles Franklin shortlist, NSW Prem’s winners announced tonight
Monday, 18 May 2015
The shortlist for the Miles Franklin Literary Award will be announced in Melbourne tonight.The announcement will take place at the State Library of Victoria following the Miles Franklin Oration by...
CBCA shortlist announced today
Tuesday, 14 April 2015
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) will announce the CBCA shortlist at midday on Tuesday 14 April. Books+Publishing will publish the shortlist online and in a special bulletin to subscribers.
Top stories this week
Thursday, 2 April 2015
This week’s top stories from the Weekly Book Newsletter include: Final Competition Policy Review report recommends repealing parallel import restrictions Miles Franklin Literary Award 2015 longlist announced New staff, bookseller...
Top stories this week
Thursday, 26 February 2015
This week's top stories from the Weekly Book Newsletter include: Random House publishes retraction for Gillard autobiography US jury finds Australian publisher of ‘Fifty Shades’ defrauded partner out of royalties...
New magazine out now!
Monday, 16 February 2015
Make sure you grab a copy of Books+Publishing magazine’s first issue of 2015! Inside you’ll find 21 reviews of adult books and 17 reviews of children’s books publishing between March...
Bestsellers this week
Wednesday, 28 January 2015
Pete Evans’ Family Food (Plum) is this week’s fastest mover, having jumped from sixth to first spot on the top 10 bestsellers chart. The rest of the titles in the top 10 remain...
Top stories this week
Friday, 16 January 2015
This week’s top stories from the Weekly Book Newsletter include: Brisbane bookstore Black Cat Books to close Dymocks exits Hong Kong Melbourne teacher launches $5000 grant for online writing Indie...
Final ‘B+P Daily’ for 2014
Friday, 12 December 2014
This issue of the Books+Publishing Daily will be the last for 2014. The Daily will return on Monday 12 January. The Books+Publishing team wishes our subscribers all the best for the...
PM’s and Queensland literary awards announced tonight
Monday, 8 December 2014
The winners of the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards and the Queensland Literary Awards will be announced tonight in separate events in Melbourne and Brisbane. The Prime Minister’s Literary Awards will...
Top stories this week
Thursday, 4 December 2014
This week’s top stories from the Weekly Book Newsletter include: Ruffino appointed MD of S&S Australia Council ‘new work’ grants announced ABC’s ‘The Book Club’ announces Classic Beach Books list...
Bestsellers this week
Tuesday, 2 December 2014
Jamie Oliver is climbing up the bestsellers chart in the lead-up to Christmas. Three of his titles are among the week’s fastest movers, with Jamie’s Comfort Food (Michael Joseph) at the...
No ‘Daily’ tomorrow
Monday, 3 November 2014
The Books+Publishing Daily newsletter will not be published tomorrow, 4 November, due to the Melbourne Cup public holiday in Victoria. The next Daily will be published Wednesday 5 November.
‘WBN’ published Thursday next week
Wednesday, 29 October 2014
Please note that, due to the Melbourne Cup public holiday in Victoria next Tuesday, the Weekly Book Newsletter will be published on Thursday 6 November.The deadline for classifieds and job advertisements...
Man Booker Prize winner announced tonight
Tuesday, 14 October 2014
The winner of the 2014 Man Booker Prize will be announced in the UK overnight.As previously reported by Books+Publishing, Australian author Richard Flanagan has been shortlisted for the prize for...
Top 10 political bios of the past decade
Tuesday, 30 September 2014
How will Julia Gillard’s memoir measure up against her predecessors’? Nielsen BookScan has put together a list of the bestselling political biographies and memoirs of the past 10 years. Dreams...
The Stella Count: 2013 gender ratios in books pages revealed
Tuesday, 23 September 2014
Books by male authors received on average 55.4% of coverage in Australia’s major newspapers and literary journals compared to 44.6% for books by female authors, the 2013 Stella Count has...
New ‘Books+Publishing’ reviews out now
Friday, 22 August 2014
Books+Publishing’s latest Reviews newsletter contains six reviews of books publishing in November. Among the reviews is a five-star review of Barry Hill’s Peacemongers (UQP). ‘This is an immense book in...
Reminder: CBCA awards announced today
Friday, 15 August 2014
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) will announce the winners of the 2014 Book of the Year Awards at 12pm today from the National Library in Canberra.Books+Publishing will publish...
Awards round-up: July
Monday, 21 July 2014
Evie Wyld’s All the Birds, Singing (Vintage) has won this year’s Miles Franklin Literary Award and picked up the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize and Encore Award for a second novel....
Postage costs and the Australian book industry: a history
Thursday, 17 July 2014
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) believes the biggest threat to bookshops and other local retailers is postage costs. It offers this example: ‘It costs in excess of ten times more...
Australian Book Design Awards 2014
Wednesday, 16 July 2014
The Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA) has announced the shortlist for the 2014 Book Design Awards. Here's a look at the covers for the shortlisted titles in the categories of...
Miles Franklin 2014 winner announced tonight
Thursday, 26 June 2014
The winner of this year’s Miles Franklin Literary Award will be announced at a ceremony in Sydney tonight.The titles shortlisted for the $60,000 prize are: The Narrow Road to the...
Quote of the week
Thursday, 12 June 2014
‘In Tom Keneally, we have the first professional literary writer in our history who sustained himself for a lifetime from his writings’—Richard Flanagan speaks at an event to mark Tom...
‘WBN’ published Thursday next week
Wednesday, 4 June 2014
Please note that, due to the Queen’s Birthday public holiday, next week’s Weekly Book Newsletter will be published on Thursday 12 June. The deadline for classifieds and job advertisements is therefore 12 noon, Wednesday 11 June. Please send...
From book to film: what’s coming in the second half of 2014?
Friday, 2 May 2014
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Forthcoming film adaptations of The Fault in Our Stars (John Green, Penguin) and Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn, Orion), along with the recent...
Top stories this week
Thursday, 1 May 2014
This week’s top stories from the Weekly Book Newsletter include: Best Australian Blogs 2014 finalists announced ABIA 2014 book awards shortlists announced, website launched EBSCO announces restructure Wright wins 2014...
‘WBN’ published Thursday next week
Wednesday, 16 April 2014
Please note that, due to the Easter Monday public holiday, next week’s Weekly Book Newsletter will be published on Thursday 24 April. The deadline for classifieds and job advertisements is therefore 12 noon,...
CBCA shortlist announced today
Tuesday, 8 April 2014
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) will announce the CBCA shortlisted books at 12 noon on Wednesday 8 April. Books+Publishing will publish the shortlist online and in a special bulletin...
No ‘B+P Daily’ on Monday
Friday, 7 March 2014
Please note that, due to the public holiday on Monday 10 March in Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory, the Books+Publishing Daily newsletter will not be published on that day.
Correction: Hachette Australia 2013 results
Friday, 7 March 2014
In an article in the Books+Publishing Daily on 6 March, Books+Publishing incorrectly reported that Hachette Australia recorded an increase in print sales in 2013. According to the statement from the...
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