‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’ to be adapted as TV miniseries Archive
Thursday, 20 September 2018
Synchronicity Films will adapt Heather Morris’ The Tattooist of Auschwitz (Echo) as a television drama miniseries. The project is currently in development, with Australian writer-producer Jacquelin Perske to adapt Morris’...
T A G Hungerford Award 2018 shortlist announced Archive
Thursday, 20 September 2018
The shortlist for the 2018 City of Fremantle T A G Hungerford Award has been announced. The shortlisted manuscripts are: 'Father of the Lost Boys' (Yuot Alaak) 'She Came to...
PRH offers $100k funding for kids’ booksellers amid Puffin brand revival Archive
Thursday, 20 September 2018
Penguin Random House (PRH) Australia has announced it will offer a total of $100,000 in funding to booksellers that run children’s reading programs. Australian bookstores with a dedicated children’s book...
RiP Tony Catt Archive
Wednesday, 19 September 2018
Sales representative and agent Tony Catt has died, aged 90. Tony and his wife, Pauline, came to Australia from England as 'ten-pound poms' and settled in Hobart, where Catt worked...
The Binding Archive
Wednesday, 19 September 2018
Imagine you could erase your grief. Imagine you could forget your pain. Imagine you could hide a secret forever. Emmett Farmer is working in the fields when a letter arrives...
Podcast spotlight: The Monthly Hour Archive
Wednesday, 19 September 2018
Launched in 2018, The Monthly Hour is a podcast companion to The Monthly magazine, described as ‘an essential hour of news, culture and ideas that [offers] insight into each issue...
RiP Albert Ullin Archive
Wednesday, 19 September 2018
The Little Bookroom founder Albert Ullin has died, aged 88. Born in Frankfurt, Germany in 1930, Ullin moved to Australia in 1939 before the outbreak of World War II. In...
ALIA announces ‘Truth, Integrity, Knowledge’ campaign for 2019 Archive
Wednesday, 19 September 2018
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has announced a new campaign that will promote the library profession throughout 2019. The Truth, Integrity, Knowledge (TIK) campaign will focus on ‘why librarianship...
Patterson donates £50k to UK school libraries Archive
Wednesday, 19 September 2018
US author James Patterson is donating £50,000 (A$91,400) to school libraries in the UK, in partnership with Scholastic UK Book Clubs, reports the Bookseller. £25,000 (A$45,700) will be made available...
‘Libraries Change Lives’ campaign launched in Victoria Archive
Wednesday, 19 September 2018
Public Libraries Victoria Network (PLVN) and State Library Victoria (SLV) have begun a statewide campaign to raise awareness and grow funding for Victorian public libraries. The Libraries Change Lives campaign, launched...
Target US metadata glitch causes book descriptions to be redacted Archive
Wednesday, 19 September 2018
In the US, department store retailer Target has been accused of redacting some words from the descriptions of books on its website, reports Publishers Weekly. According to a number of authors...
‘Ottilie Colter’ sells for ‘record’ sum in three-book German deal Archive
Wednesday, 19 September 2018
Hardie Grant Egmont has sold German-language rights to Rhiannon Williams’ Ottilie Colter and the Narroway Hunt, plus two further books by Williams, to Random House Germany imprint cbj Verlag, after a...
Webb-Pullman awarded Frankfurt Fellowship Archive
Wednesday, 19 September 2018
Scribe associate publisher Marika Webb-Pullman has been awarded a fellowship by Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF). Webb-Pullman is one of 16 book industry professionals to receive the Frankfurt Fellowship, and was...
NZ author Chidgey’s ‘The Beat of the Pendulum’ sold to UK Archive
Wednesday, 19 September 2018
UK imprint Lightning Books has acquired New Zealand author Catherine Chidgey's 2017 novel The Beat of the Pendulum (Victoria University Press), reports the Bookseller. Caroline Dawnay at United Agents sold UK...
MUP acquires Hanson-Young book on slut-shaming Archive
Wednesday, 19 September 2018
Melbourne University Publishing (MUP) has acquired ANZ rights to En Garde by Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young. ‘Senator Sarah Hanson-Young’s private life became a matter of public interest when she was...
Change for Little Steps Publishing Archive
Wednesday, 19 September 2018
Publisher: Little Steps Publishing ISBN prefix: 9781925545; 9781925117 Old distributor: Dennis Jones & Associates New distributor: Woodslane Pty Ltd Changeover date: 20 September 2018 Contact URL: www.woodslane.com.au
Change for Helion & Company Archive
Wednesday, 19 September 2018
Publisher: Helion & Company ISBN prefix: 978191162; 978191239; 978191151; 978191286 Old distributor: DLS New distributor: Peribo Changeover date: 17 September 2018 Contact URL: www.peribo.com.au
Murakami withdraws from alternative Nobel Prize Archive
Tuesday, 18 September 2018
Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami has asked to be withdrawn from Sweden's New Academy prize in literature, reports Reuters. In a post on its Facebook page, the New Academy said that Murakami...
The Little Bookroom to hold kids book festival in Melbourne Archive
Tuesday, 18 September 2018
Melbourne children’s bookshop The Little Bookroom will hold its first kids book festival in October, called Kids Book Fest. Held at the Fitzroy Town Hall, the one-day event will feature...
Wootton wins NZ$10,000 Beatson Fellowship Archive
Tuesday, 18 September 2018
The New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) has announced that Dunedin writer Sue Wootton is the winner of the 2018 Peter and Dianne Beatson Fellowship. The fellowship, which saw increased...
‘Financial Times’ 2018 Business Book of the Year shortlist announced Archive
Tuesday, 18 September 2018
In the UK, the shortlist for the £30,000 (A$55,180) Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award has been announced. This year’s six shortlisted titles are: Bad Blood: Secrets and...
Waverley Library Award 2018 shortlist announced Archive
Monday, 17 September 2018
The shortlist for the 2018 Waverley Library Award for Literature, known as ‘the Nib’, have been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Relatively Famous (Roger Averill, Transit Lounge) The Trauma Cleaner (Sarah...
Voss Literary Prize 2018 longlist announced Archive
Monday, 17 September 2018
The longlist for the 2018 Voss Literary Prize has been announced. The longlisted titles are: No More Boats (Felicity Castagna, Giramondo) The Life to Come (Michelle De Kretser, A&U) First...
EU Parliament approves digital copyright reforms Archive
Monday, 17 September 2018
In France, the European Parliament has voted in favour of copyright reforms that aim to update digital copyright laws for the internet age. The legislation supports Europe’s creative industries and...
National Book Award 2018 fiction longlist announced Archive
Monday, 17 September 2018
In the US, the National Book Award fiction longlist has been announced. The finalists in the fiction category are: A Lucky Man (Jamel Brinkley, Graywolf Press) Gun Love (Jennifer Clement, Hogarth) Florida (Lauren...
National Book Award 2018 longlists announced Archive
Friday, 14 September 2018
In the US, longlists in four categories of the National Book Award have been announced, including the inaugural award for translated literature. The longlists announced so far are: Nonfiction One...
Five Islands Press to wind up Archive
Friday, 14 September 2018
Specialist poetry publisher Five Islands Press has announced the company will wind up in 2020. The small press announced last week that it is no longer accepting new manuscripts, and...
Introducing Peggy Frew’s ‘Islands’ Archive
Thursday, 13 September 2018
In March 2019, Allen & Unwin will publish award-winning Australian author Peggy Frew’s third novel Islands, the story of the disintegration of a marriage and its tragic aftermath. The publisher...
Award-winning novel ‘dissects the way Australians see ourselves’ Archive
Thursday, 13 September 2018
One of Australia’s most prestigious literary awards was announced last month. The winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award was Michelle de Kretser for her fifth novel The Life to...
More love for Nanette Archive
Thursday, 13 September 2018
International rights are being snapped up for Australian comedian Hannah Gadsby’s forthcoming memoir Ten Steps to Nanette (Allen & Unwin) after the Netflix special based on Gadsby’s stand-up comedy show went...
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