Christmas predictions: Cat Schulz from Fullers Bookshop in Hobart
Wednesday, 13 December 2017
In a new series running in the lead-up to Christmas, Books+Publishing is asking booksellers across the country to predict their biggest sellers and ‘surprise sellers’. In our final instalment, Fullers...
Natasha Lester signs four-book UK deal
Wednesday, 13 December 2017
Hachette Australia has sold UK and Commonwealth (ex ANZ) rights to four historical fiction novels by Natasha Lester to UK publisher Sphere. Rights were acquired by Sphere commissioning editor Viola...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 13 December 2017
Sales Fiction—Allen & Unwin has sold German rights to The Fighting Season (Bram Connolly) to Festa Verlag. Brio has acquired world rights to The Drovers Wives (Ryan O’Neill) and world rights...
Oz middle-grade novel ‘The Shark Caller’ optioned for film
Wednesday, 13 December 2017
Dianne Wolfer’s middle-grade novel The Shark Caller (Random House) has been optioned for film by New Zealand producers Kerry Warkia and Kiel McNaughton at Brown Sugar Apple Grunt Productions Wolfer’s...
Australian public library stats report for 2015-16 released
Wednesday, 13 December 2017
National and State Libraries Australasia (NSLA) has released its annual Australian Public Libraries Statistical Report for the period 2015-2016. The report found that total expenditure on public libraries increased from...
New Australian fiction podcast ‘Six Cold Feet’ debuts
Wednesday, 13 December 2017
Brisbane-based author J M Donellan has written a fiction anthology podcast called Six Cold Feet, which tells the story of River, who is looking for his recently disappeared sister in...
Echo acquires world rights to d’Alpuget’s fiction backlist
Wednesday, 13 December 2017
Bonnier Publishing Australia’s Echo imprint has acquired world rights to bestselling novelist Blanche D’Alpuget’s backlist. Echo will publish the last two titles in D’Alpuget’s ‘Birth of the Plantagenets’ series in...
Margaret Sullivan joins Pantera Press as nonfiction publisher
Wednesday, 13 December 2017
Pantera Press is delighted to announce that Margie Sullivan will be commencing her role as Non-Fiction Publisher of Pantera Press and Lost the Plot in February 2018. Margie began her...
Lonely Planet Christmas delivery dispatch dates
Wednesday, 13 December 2017
Please note this year's delivery dispatch dates to ensure early delivery prior to Christmas. WA, Perth, QLD Regional—11am Friday 15th Brisbane, Adelaide, SA, NT, NSW Regional, VIC Regional, TAS—11am Monday...
Final ‘Weekly Book Newsletter’ for 2017, ‘Special Bulletin’ coming
Wednesday, 13 December 2017
Today’s Weekly Book Newsletter will be the last for 2017. The first Weekly Book Newsletter for 2018 will be published on Wednesday 10 January. The last Daily Newsletter for 2017 was published on...
WA state government to overhaul public library system
Tuesday, 12 December 2017
The Western Australian state government has announced an overhaul of the state’s 231 public libraries, including replacing a 1950s-era funding model, and introducing a single-library-card system for all libraries, reports...
Report shows 105 UK libraries closed last year
Tuesday, 12 December 2017
In the UK, a report by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) has found 105 libraries closed in the UK last year, with £66m (A$117m) slashed from...
Haywood wins UQ library’s Creative Writing Fellowship
Tuesday, 12 December 2017
Poet and academic Ashley Haywood is the recipient of the University of Queensland library’s Creative Writing Fellowship. Haywood will draw on the Fryer Library’s Dorothy Hill collection for a book...
Griffiths wins 2017 ACT Book of the Year
Tuesday, 12 December 2017
Tom Griffiths has won the 2017 ACT Book of the Year for his nonfiction book The Art of Time Travel (Black Inc.). Griffiths was chosen from a shortlist of five,...
Over half of book-industry survey respondents report sexual harassment
Tuesday, 12 December 2017
Just over half (54%) of all respondents to Books+Publishing’s survey on sexual harassment in the Australian book industry have reported being sexually harassed. Books+Publishing received 213 responses to the survey....
Adaptations win at AACTA Awards 2017
Friday, 8 December 2017
The 2017 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards have been announced, with many of the awards going to book-to-screen adaptations. The feature film adaptation of Saroo Brierley’s...
Dymocks stores undergo extensive upgrades in 2017
Friday, 8 December 2017
Dymocks has announced it is making ‘significant upgrades’ to its network, with the bookseller refurbishing 15% of its stores in 2017. Upgrades have included introducing consistent signage across categories, additional...
Brio acquires O’Neill’s ‘The Drover’s Wife’ reinterpretations; acquires new debut novel by Vincent Silk
Friday, 8 December 2017
Xoum imprint Brio has acquired Ryan O’Neill’s The Drovers Wives, a collection of 99 remixes and reinterprations of Henry Lawson’s The Drover’s Wife. In the collection, O’Neill reimagines Lawson’s classic...
Rooney wins Young Writer of the Year award
Friday, 8 December 2017
In the UK, Irish writer Sally Rooney has won the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award for her ‘fearless, sensual’ debut novel Conversations with Friends (Faber), reports the...
Dymocks poll finds over half of all adults planning to give a book this Christmas
Friday, 8 December 2017
A Dymocks-commissioned OmniPoll survey of more than 1200 adults has found more than half of all Australians say they’re likely to give someone a book this Christmas, including about 62%...
Final ‘B+P Daily’ for 2017
Friday, 8 December 2017
This issue of the Books+Publishing Daily will be the last for 2017. The Daily will return on Monday 8 January. The Books+Publishing team wishes our subscribers all the best for...
Pham awarded NSW Writer’s Fellowship
Thursday, 7 December 2017
Cabramatta-based writer Stephen Pham has been awarded the NSW Writer’s Fellowship, worth $30,000. The fellowship, presented by NSW Minister for the Arts Don Harwin, includes an optional residency at Varuna,...
Radio National revamps arts programming for 2018
Thursday, 7 December 2017
ABC Radio National has announced its program for 2018, with its daily Books and Arts program to be replaced by a new arts program, The Hub. The Hub will be...
Christmas predictions: Gavin Williams from Matilda and Lindy Jones from Abbey’s
Wednesday, 6 December 2017
In a series running in the lead-up to Christmas, Books+Publishing is asking booksellers across the country to predict their biggest sellers and ‘surprise sellers’. In this instalment, Gavin Williams, owner...
Government to table Bill extending safe harbour to libraries
Wednesday, 6 December 2017
Communications minister Mitch Fifield has told the Financial Review the federal government will introduce legislation extending safe harbour provisions to libraries, educational institutions and the disability, archive and culture sectors....
Library manager wins top gong at inaugural NT Digital Excellence Awards
Wednesday, 6 December 2017
Alice Springs Town Council library services manager Georgina Davison has won the Minister’s gold award and community benefit award at the inaugural Northern Territory Digital Excellence Awards, reports Information Age....
Hong Kong rolls out library vending machines at train stations
Wednesday, 6 December 2017
In Hong Kong, vending machines stocked with up to 300 library books each are being installed at train stations, reports the South China Morning Post. Books in the machine can...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 6 December 2017
Sales Nonfiction—Allen & Unwin has sold world English-language (ex-ANZ) rights to Fight Like a Girl (Clementine Ford) to OneWorld Publications; Korean rights to The Mekong: Second Edition (Milton Osborne) to...
Christmas closing list 2017: Updated
Wednesday, 6 December 2017
Company Last day of business in 2017 First day of business in 2018 Allen & Unwin Friday, 22 December (closing 1pm) Tuesday, 2 January Alliance Distribution Services Closed public holidays...
Winners of Emerging Writers’ Mentorships 2018 announced
Wednesday, 6 December 2017
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced the winners of the 2018 Emerging Writers’ Mentorship program. The winners are: Adult fiction: Amanda Niehaus for ‘The Breeding Season’ H T...
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