Ngaio Marsh Award 2018 winners announced
Monday, 3 September 2018
Alan Carter’s Marlborough Man (Fremantle Press) has won the 2018 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel. The novel, about an ex-undercover agent from England trying to distance himself from his...
Books+Publishing magazine Issue 3 2018
Friday, 31 August 2018
Books+Publishing magazine’s third issue for 2018 is out now! It features 30 reviews of adult and children’s books publishing from September to November. Reviews: Of the 17 adult books reviewed in this issue, four...
NYWF 2018 program launched
Friday, 31 August 2018
The full program for the National Young Writers' Festival (NYWF), which runs from 27-30 September in Newcastle, has been announced. Presented by This is Not Art (TiNA), the NYWF presents...
Waverley Library Award 2018 longlist announced
Friday, 31 August 2018
The longlist for the 2018 Waverley Library Award for Literature, known as ‘the Nib’, has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Relatively Famous (Roger Averill, Transit Lounge) The Trauma Cleaner:...
Alternative Nobel literature prize shortlist announced
Friday, 31 August 2018
In Sweden, the New Academy has announced a shortlist of four authors for a new prize in literature, reports the Guardian. The shortlisted authors are French-Caribbean novelist Maryse Condé, British fantasy author...
‘Overland’ Victoria University Short Story Prize 2018 winners announced
Friday, 31 August 2018
Katerina Gibson has won the 2018 Overland Victoria University Short Story Prize for new and emerging writers for her story ‘How to disappear into yourself (in 8 steps)’. Chosen from...
PRH acquires Leah Purcell’s ‘The Drover’s Wife’
Friday, 31 August 2018
Penguin Random House (PRH) has acquired world rights to Leah Purcell’s The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson, a novel based on Purcell’s play of the same name. The...
Slee wins inaugural Banjo Prize
Friday, 31 August 2018
HarperCollins Australia has announced journalist Tim Slee as the winner of the inaugural Banjo Prize for an unpublished work of Australian commercial fiction for his manuscript ‘Burn’. Slee’s work was chosen...
Jackson, Jones win Viva la Novella
Friday, 31 August 2018
Seizure has announced New Zealand authors Anna Jackson and Avi-Duckor Jones as the winners of this year's Viva la Novella competition. They are the first New Zealanders in the competition's six-year...
Growing pains: Karen Foxlee on ‘Lenny’s Book of Everything’
Thursday, 30 August 2018
Karen Foxlee’s middle-grade novel Lenny’s Book of Everything (A&U) is ‘bittersweet tale about heartbreak and healing’ with ‘a sense of whimsy that never feels forced’. Reviewer Karys McEwen spoke to the author. Lenny’s brother...
South African publishers to be investigated over price fixing
Thursday, 30 August 2018
The South African Competition Commission will investigate the Publishers’ Association of South Africa (PASA) and its 91 members over allegations of fixing the prices and trading conditions of books, reports...
New bookshop Rabble Books & Games opens in Perth
Thursday, 30 August 2018
A new bookshop has opened in the Perth suburb of Maylands. Rabble Books & Games opened on 1 June and is situated on the Eighth Avenue shopping strip. The shop...
‘100 Dogs’ named Sainsbury’s children’s book of the year
Thursday, 30 August 2018
UK supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has announced the winners of the Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Awards, reports the Bookseller. The children’s book of the year prize was awarded to 100 Dogs (Michael Whaite, Puffin), which...
Hope Prize winners announced
Thursday, 30 August 2018
The winners of the Brotherhood of St Laurence's 2018 Hope Prize for short stories have been announced. Finnegan Kruckemeyer won the $10,000 first prize for ‘Like Dresses in a Tree’;...
Grills wins ‘Lifted Brow’ Prize for Experimental Nonfiction
Thursday, 30 August 2018
Literary journal the Lifted Brow has selected Eloise Grills as the winner of its 2018 Prize for Experimental Nonfiction for her piece ‘big beautiful female theory’. Grills receives $5000 and her winning...
UK government says CIPFA library statistics ‘flawed’
Wednesday, 29 August 2018
The UK government’s Libraries Taskforce has raised concerns about library statistics published by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA), reports the Bookseller. In a report entitled ‘CIPFA...
Australian Reading Hour announces author events
Wednesday, 29 August 2018
The Australian Reading Hour (ARH), which will take place on Thursday, 20 September, has announced a number of events for the day. The annual campaign encourages Australians to 'pick up a...
Librarians offered incentives to move to NT as part of $50m government strategy
Wednesday, 29 August 2018
The Northern Territory government has announced a new initiative to increase the population of the NT, seeking to create 21,000 jobs and add $10 billion to the economy over the...
ABA announces Kids’ Reading Guide
Wednesday, 29 August 2018
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced that this year's Kids' Reading Guide will use All the Ways to Be Smart (Davina Bell & Allison Colpoys, Scribble) for its cover...
RiP Mirka Mora
Wednesday, 29 August 2018
Melbourne-based, French-born artist Mirka Mora has died, aged 90. Mora and her husband, Georges, arrived in Melbourne in 1951 after surviving the Holocaust, and became entrenched in the city's bohemian...
For sale: Boomerang Books online business
Wednesday, 29 August 2018
Well-known online bookstore with $1m+ revenue for sale. Modern, fully-integrated, automated website platform with over 5 million titles. Established consumer and school clientele. Low risk acquisition for an established book...
Important date reminder: Lonely Planet Warehouse transition to UBD
Wednesday, 29 August 2018
As you're aware Lonely Planet will be closing its Victorian distribution warehouse and moving supply for all our product to United Book Distributors (UBD) from next Monday, 3 September. If...
Former CEO sues B&N for defamation
Wednesday, 29 August 2018
Former Barnes & Noble (B&N) CEO Demos Parneros has sued the retailer, charging it with breach of contract and defamation, reports Publishers Weekly. A lawsuit filed on 28 August included...
$60m invested into NSW public libraries
Wednesday, 29 August 2018
The NSW government has announced a $60 million boost to NSW public libraries, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. The announcement, made on Friday, 24 August by Arts minister Don Harwin,...
Change for I B Tauris
Wednesday, 29 August 2018
Publisher: I B Tauris Old distributor: Footprint Books New distributor: Bloomsbury Australia (UBD) Changeover date: 7 December 2018 Returns cut-off: 1 December 2018 Contact URL: www.footprint.com.au
S&S Australia in new arrangement with Printer’s Row, Hazelden, Weldon Owen and more
Wednesday, 29 August 2018
Simon & Schuster Australia are pleased to announce an exciting new distribution arrangement with our sister company Simon & Schuster US. S&S Australia will be taking on Australian and New...
Change for Christmas Press
Wednesday, 29 August 2018
Publisher: Christmas Press ISBN prefix: 978064819 and 978099452 Old distributor: Dennis Jones & Associates New distributor: Peribo Changeover date: 29 August 2018 Returns not accepted Contact URL: www.peribo.com.au
A&U acquires UK rights to ‘Ten Steps to Nanette’
Wednesday, 29 August 2018
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired UK rights to comedian Hannah Gadsby’s memoir Ten Steps to Nanette. A&U initially acquired ANZ rights to the book last year via Kevin Whyte...
Booktopia named Business of the Year at Telstra Business Awards
Wednesday, 29 August 2018
Online bookseller Booktopia has been named New South Wales Business of the Year at the Telstra Business Awards. The judges said they were impressed by Booktopia’s ‘leadership in warehouse innovation,...
Dymocks returns to Midland Gate in Perth
Wednesday, 29 August 2018
Dymocks has opened a new store in outer Perth shopping centre Midland Gate. Officially opened on 23 August, the store marks Dymocks’ return to Midland after the retailer closed its...
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