Quarto terminates sales talks
Thursday, 17 August 2017
The Quarto Group has terminated discussions with an unsolicited bidder on the ‘mutual agreement’ of both parties, reports the Bookseller. As previously reported by Books+Publishing, Quarto announced the offer from...
Black Inc. to publish the ‘Cook’s Companion’ of mental health
Thursday, 17 August 2017
Black Inc. will publish Mental: Everything You Never Knew You Needed to Know about Mental Health, a guidebook to mental health by psychiatrist and broadcaster Steve Ellen and comedian and...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 16 August 2017
Sales Fiction—Allen & Unwin has sold German-language rights to Girl in Between (Anna Daniels) to Heyne Verlag. Hachette has sold UK & Commonwealth rights (ex ANZ and Canada) to Nineteen...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 16 August 2017
‘It is always wonderful and heartwarming to see so many kids who love books—and treat authors like rockstars!’—Readings marketing manager Nina Kenwood on the launch of Andy Griffiths and Terry...
Book-to-screen adaptations pitched at 2017 Books at MIFF
Wednesday, 16 August 2017
‘Most producers are after stories with great characters and plot lines but also low-budget settings … Crime is always of interest, but not as much this year. Many I spoke...
ALIA Excellence Award winners named
Wednesday, 16 August 2017
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has announced the winners of the 2017 ALIA Excellence Award, which honours contributions to the library and information sector. The recipients are: Kerry...
Inky Awards 2017 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 16 August 2017
The Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria has announced the shortlists for the 2017 Inky Awards for young adult literature. The shortlisted books in each category...
Book-to-screen adaptations pitched at 2017 Books at MIFF
Wednesday, 16 August 2017
The 11th annual Books at MIFF (BaM) event, run by Melbourne International Film Festival’s 37º South Market, was held on 3 August. Fremantle Press CEO Jane Fraser reports: The Forum...
Book blogger spotlight: ReadLikeWildfire
Wednesday, 16 August 2017
BookTuber Chami Rupasinghe experimented with different platforms before settling on YouTube. ‘Although YouTube does take quite a bit more effort to produce content for compared to other platforms like Twitter...
Robertson wins 2017 ‘ABR’ Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize
Wednesday, 16 August 2017
UK author Eliza Robertson has won the Australian Book Review’s (ABR) 2017 Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize for her story ‘Pheidippides’. Dominic Amerena placed second for his story ‘The Leaching Layer’ and...
Fox Searchlight options ‘Two Steps Forward’
Wednesday, 16 August 2017
Fox Searchlight has optioned the film rights to Graeme Simsion and Anne Buist’s novel Two Steps Forward (Text). Ellen DeGeneres and Jeff Kleeman will produce the film through their company...
‘KYD’, ACWA announce shortlist for S D Harvey Short Story competition
Tuesday, 15 August 2017
Kill Your Darlings and the Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) have announced the shortlist for this year’s S D Harvey Short Story Competition. The shortlisted stories are: ‘Rules to Live By’ by Louise...
McBride, Cumming win 2017 James Tait Black Prizes
Tuesday, 15 August 2017
The winners of the James Tait Black Prizes for fiction and biography—the UK’s oldest literary awards—have been announced. Eimear McBride’s second novel The Lesser Bohemians (Text) has won the £10,000...
Longlists for Tasmanian Premier’s Literary Prizes announced
Tuesday, 15 August 2017
The longlists for the Tasmanian Premier’s Literary Prizes have been announced. The longlisted works and their authors are: Tasmania Book Prize for the best book with Tasmanian content in any...
Dymocks launches Books for Kids charity campaign
Tuesday, 15 August 2017
Dymocks bookstores are running a two-week Books for Kids charity campaign, with 50 cents from every children’s book sold to be donated to literacy support programs through Dymocks Children’s Charities....
Ngaio Marsh Award 2017 shortlists announced
Tuesday, 15 August 2017
The shortlists for the 2017 Ngaio Marsh Award for New Zealand crime fiction have been announced. The shortlisted works in each category are: Nonfiction Double-Edged Sword (Simonne Butler & Andra Jenkin,...
‘Snark’ takes out top prize at 2017 NZ Book Awards for Children and YA
Tuesday, 15 August 2017
David Elliot’s illustrated book for ‘grown-up children of all ages’, Snark: Being a True History of the Expedition that Discovered the Snark and the Jabberwock … and its Tragic Aftermath...
‘Funny Kid for President’ tops bestsellers chart
Monday, 14 August 2017
Bestselling Australian children’s author and illustrator Matt Stanton (There is a Monster under My Bed Who Farts, This is a Ball) has launched a new middle-grade series called ‘Funny Kid’...
Introducing Berbay Publishing
Monday, 14 August 2017
Australian small press Berbay Publishing specialises in local and international children’s picture books. Last year it won the Bologna Prize for Best Children’s Publisher of the Year in the Oceania...
Refugee story takes out Australian YA prize
Monday, 14 August 2017
Zana Fraillon’s YA novel The Bone Sparrow (Hachette) has won the inaugural Readings YA Prize. Fraillon’s novel tells the story of Subhi, a refugee born in a detention centre, who...
New acquisitions for Affirm Press, Walker Books
Monday, 14 August 2017
Affirm Press has acquired a children’s fiction series by Australian lifeguard and TV star Trent ‘Maxi’ Maxwell. The series, co-written by children’s book author David Lawrence, will centre on ‘a...
Two children’s publishers launch in Australia; Magabala celebrates 30th birthday
Monday, 14 August 2017
Two new Australian children’s publishers have recently released their first titles. Dirt Lane Press has published The Sorry Tale of Fox and Bear (Margrete Lamond, illus by Heather Vallance), a...
HarperCollins releases 2017 full-year results
Monday, 14 August 2017
In the US, HarperCollins has reported a decline in revenue of US$10m ($A12.7m) in the fiscal year ending 30 June, a drop of 0.6% compared to fiscal 2016, reports Publishers...
RWA awards 2017 winners announced
Monday, 14 August 2017
The winners of the 2017 Romance Writers of Australia (RWA) Romantic Book of the Year awards, known as the ‘RUBYs’, were announced on 12 August at the RWA conference in...
Ned Kelly Awards 2017 shortlists announced
Monday, 14 August 2017
The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) has announced the shortlists for this year’s Ned Kelly Awards for Australian crime writing. The shortlisted works in each category are: Best fiction Crimson...
Environment Award for Children’s Literature 2017 winners announced
Monday, 14 August 2017
The Wilderness Society has announced the winners for the 2017 Environment Award for Children’s Literature. The winners are: Picture fiction Chooks in Dinner Suits (Diane Jackson Hill & Craig Smith,...
Hugo Awards 2017 winners announced
Monday, 14 August 2017
For the second year running, N K Jemisin has won the Best Novel category at the Hugo Awards for science-fiction and fantasy titles. Jemisin picked up the award for her...
Copyright Agency signs three new publishers to LearningField
Friday, 11 August 2017
The Copyright Agency has signed three new publishers—National Educational Advancement Programs, Edrolo and Titan Education—to its etextbook subscription service LearningField for a further three years. The deal adds about 250...
Booksellers prepare for Love Your Bookshop Day
Thursday, 10 August 2017
Preparations are underway for the Australian Booksellers Association’s (ABA) Love Your Bookshop Day this Saturday 12 August, with stores around the country hosting events and promotions. More than 80 stores...
Transworld acquires rights to Wilson’s ‘First, We Make the Beast Beautiful’
Thursday, 10 August 2017
UK publisher Transworld has acquired Commonwealth rights (ex-ANZ) to Sarah Wilson’s First, We Make the Beast Beautiful (Macmillan) via Peggy Boulos Smith at Writers House, reports the Bookseller. Transworld editorial director...
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