Pan Macmillan signs two-book deal with debut YA author Guillaume
Wednesday, 4 October 2017
Pan Macmillan Australia has signed a two-book deal with debut YA author and BuzzFeed Australia editor Jenna Guillaume, via Danielle Binks for Jacinta di Mase Management. Pan Macmillan acquired ANZ rights...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 4 October 2017
Sales Fiction—Affirm has sold rights to The Nowhere Child (Christian White) in the following territories via Linda Kaplan at Kaplan/DeFiore: UK rights to HarperCollins, US rights to St Martin’s Press,...
Book blogger spotlight: The Bookish Manicurist
Wednesday, 4 October 2017
Amanda Salles creates ‘bookish nail art’ inspired by the covers of her favourite books. Pictures of her nail art and tutorial videos accompany reviews of YA fiction on her blog,...
Mackay library wins top state award for design
Wednesday, 4 October 2017
Dudley Denny City Library in Mackay, Queensland, has won top spot in the 2017 Master Builders Queensland Awards' Refurbishment/Renovation over $2 million award category, reports the Daily Mercury. The judges...
Liverpool library to consider hosting weddings to generate income
Wednesday, 4 October 2017
In the UK, Liverpool Council will consider hosting weddings at Liverpool's Central Library under plans to generate income from the library service, reports the BBC. An independent report delivered to...
Tan’s ‘Rubik’ sold to North America
Wednesday, 4 October 2017
US and Canadian rights to Elizabeth Tan’s debut novel Rubik (Brio) have been sold to Unnamed Press. The deal was negotiated by Rachel Crawford at New York agency Wolf Literary...
Giller Prize shortlist 2017 announced
Wednesday, 4 October 2017
In Canada, the shortlist for the C$100,000 ($102,200) Scotiabank Giller Prize 2017 for the best Canadian novel or short-story collection published in English has been announced. The shortlisted works are:...
LEB to hold 2018 conference in Hobart
Wednesday, 4 October 2017
Leading Edge Books (LEB) will hold its annual conference on 25-27 March 2018 at the Hotel Grand Chancellor in Hobart. The conference program will incorporate a half-day supplier trade show...
Pascal Press price update
Wednesday, 4 October 2017
Beginning Monday 6 November 2017, Pascal Press will enact a price adjustment across a selection of Steve Parish titles to better reflect market feedback. Accordingly, orders received after 6 November...
Queensland council abolishes overdue book fines
Tuesday, 3 October 2017
Fraser Coast Regional Council in Queensland has abolished overdue book fines at its libraries, arguing that the fines require too much staff time to administer, reports the Fraser Coast Chronicle. Deputy...
SLNSW to offer $10,000 Young Creative Technologist Award
Tuesday, 3 October 2017
The State Library of NSW’s DX Lab has established a Young Creative Technologist Award, worth $10,000, for a person aged 18-25 to create an ‘innovative digital experience’ using some of...
Dorling Kindersley to sell Rough Guides to APA Publications
Tuesday, 3 October 2017
In the UK, Dorling Kindersley (DK) has agreed to sell travel publisher Rough Guides to APA Publications for an undisclosed amount, reports the Bookseller. DK has begun consultation with 30...
Writers Victoria announces Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund recipients
Tuesday, 3 October 2017
Writers Victoria has announced the first round of recipients for the Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund. Ten successful writers, playwrights and publishers were selected from of 205 applicants to receive...
New PRH Australia imprint Penguin Life to launch next year
Tuesday, 3 October 2017
Penguin Random House (PRH) Australia will launch Penguin Life, an imprint focussed on personal development and healthy living, in January 2018. Six books will be published under the imprint in...
World Book Day criticised for favouring celebrities over children’s authors
Tuesday, 3 October 2017
In the UK, children’s book authors have criticised World Book Day organisers for the number of celebrity-authored titles chosen for next year’s events, reports the Guardian. Authors including David Almond...
Digital Writers’ Festival reveals 2017 program
Tuesday, 3 October 2017
The program for the 2017 Digital Writers Festival (DWF), which runs from 24 October to 3 November, has been announced. More than 120 guests will participate in the online-first program,...
Text to publish two John Clarke collections
Tuesday, 3 October 2017
Text Publishing will release two collections by the late satirist John Clarke at the end of 2017. Tinkering: The Complete Book of John Clarke, which is publishing 27 November, will...
Richell Prize 2017 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 3 October 2017
Hachette Australia and the Emerging Writers’ Festival have announced the shortlist for the 2017 Richell Prize for emerging writers. The shortlisted writers and their works are: Michelle Barraclough for ‘As...
Crowley, Oseman win 2017 Inky Awards
Tuesday, 3 October 2017
Cath Crowley and Alice Oseman have won the 2017 Inky Awards, presented by the Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria. Cath Crowley’s Words in Deep Blue...
Gibson fined $410,000 for ‘misleading and deceptive conduct’
Monday, 2 October 2017
The Federal Court has ordered Belle Gibson to pay the state of Victoria $410,000, after earlier finding she had engaged in ‘misleading and deceptive conduct’, reports the Guardian. Gibson was...
New ‘Books+Publishing’ reviews out now
Monday, 2 October 2017
Books+Publishing’s latest Reviews newsletter contains eight reviews of books publishing in October, November and December. The highest-scoring book was Alexis Wright’s biography of Indigenous activist Tracker Tilmouth, Tracker (Giramondo, November),...
Zable awarded 2017 Australia Council Fellowship
Friday, 29 September 2017
Writer Arnold Zable has been awarded the 2017 Australia Council Fellowship for literature, worth $80,000. Zable is the author of several memoirs, short story collections and novels, including Jewels and...
Goldsmiths Prize 2017 shortlist announced
Thursday, 28 September 2017
In the UK, the shortlist for the 2017 Goldsmiths Prize has been announced, reports the Bookseller. The shortlisted titles are: H(a)ppy (Nicola Barker, William Heinemann) A Line Made by Walking (Sara Baume, William...
Tracker (Alexis Wright, Giramondo)
Wednesday, 27 September 2017
A biography can be written in a standard form: subject born, raised, educated, worked and died. And that will be fine for most people. But not Tracker Tilmouth. He was a polarising, intelligent, charismatic...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 27 September 2017
Sales Fiction—HarperCollins has sold German rights to Tears of the Maasai and Roar of the Lion (both Frank Coates) to Weltbild Retail GmbH & Co. KG; and German rights to...
Book blogger spotlight: Trish Talks Texts
Wednesday, 27 September 2017
Trish Buckley is a teacher-librarian who brings a critical perspective to YA literature. ‘I have been reading YA novels since I was a teenager, so that’s 30-odd years of context,...
Bailey’s ‘The Dark Lake’ optioned for screen
Wednesday, 27 September 2017
Hopscotch Features has optioned the film and TV rights to Sarah Bailey’s crime thriller The Dark Lake (A&U), via Lyn Tranter of Australian Literary Management. The Dark Lake, which was...
‘Reader-powered’ publishing startup Inkitt raises US$3.9m in venture capital financing
Wednesday, 27 September 2017
Berlin-based publishing startup Inkitt, which calls itself a ‘reader-powered book publisher’, has raised US$3.9m (A$4.95m) in venture capital financing, reports Tech Crunch. Inkitt members can solicit feedback for in-progress work...
Big year of new publishing for Kate DiCamillo in 2018
Wednesday, 27 September 2017
The Walker Books Group announces that an exciting follow-up novel to Kate DiCamillo’s 2016 #1 New York Times bestseller, Raymie Nightingale, is to be released by the author in 2018....
NewSouth congratulates John Murphy and Elizabeth Tynan for CHASS Prize shortlisting
Wednesday, 27 September 2017
Congratulations to John Murphy, author of Evatt: A Life, and Elizabeth Tynan, author of Atomic Thunder: The Maralinga Story, on being shortlisted for the 2017 CHASS Australia Prize for a...
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