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Archivists criticise push to make WA State Records Office part of WA State Library

Wednesday, 12 July 2017
The Australian Society of Archivists (ASA) has warned the WA state government’s push to make the State Records Office part of the State Library of WA (SLWA) threatens good accountable...

Rights round-up

Wednesday, 12 July 2017
Sales Fiction—Sandy Wagner Creative Agents has sold world rights to Bohemia Beach (Justine Ettler) to Transit Lounge, to be published in August 2018. Jane Novak Literary Agency has sold world...

Quote of the week

Wednesday, 12 July 2017
‘I don’t think you could over-state the value that writers like Philip Pullman and J K Rowling add to our nation, so why are we de-valuing them by discounting their...

Book blogger spotlight: Lillytales

Wednesday, 12 July 2017
Kate Lloyd started reviewing books on Instagram as a way to connect with like-minded readers. Her blog Lillytales now spans YouTube, Twitter, Goodreads and Litsy, but Instagram remains her favourite...

Titles sought for ‘Australia @ Frankfurt’ program

Wednesday, 12 July 2017
Titles in the Australian Publishers Association’s (APA) 'Australia @ Frankfurt' program will be presented to international publishers and agents through an intensive three days of meetings, to be conducted by former...

Digital Writers’ Festival artist call out 2017

Wednesday, 12 July 2017
The Digital Writers' Festival (DWF) is running an open artist call out for writers who would like to be involved in the 2017 program. Artists only need an internet connection...

Chronicle Books celebrates 50 years with competition

Wednesday, 12 July 2017
Chronicle Books is celebrating 50 years with an international competition to win $1000 AUD cash. The competition is open to all booksellers, simply create a display using at least 10...

Submissions now open for the 2017 Ampersand Prize

Wednesday, 12 July 2017
Hardie Grant Egmont is once again inviting unpublished writers to submit middle-grade or young adult manuscripts for the 2017 Ampersand Prize. Before submitting a manuscript, it is recommended that writers...

Morrison wins ALS Gold Medal

Wednesday, 12 July 2017
Zoe Morrison has won the 2017 Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal for her debut novel Music and Freedom (Vintage). Morrison’s novel was chosen from a shortlist of six and a longlist of...

Pearson to sell a 22% stake in PRH to Bertelsmann

Wednesday, 12 July 2017
Pearson will sell a 22% stake in Penguin Random House (PRH) to co-shareholder Bertelsmann, whose share of the company will increase to 75%, reports the Bookseller. Pearson will retain a...

Walkley-Pascall, Arts Journalism awards finalists announced

Wednesday, 12 July 2017
The Walkley Foundation has announced the finalists for the Walkley-Pascall Award for arts criticism and the new Arts Journalism Award. Walkley-Pascall Award for arts criticism Delia Falconer for ‘Out of...

Speech Pathology Australia book awards 2017 shortlists announced

Wednesday, 12 July 2017
The shortlists for the 2017 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Birth to three years 1, 2, Pirate...

Thompson steps down as PRH New Zealand MD

Wednesday, 12 July 2017
Penguin Random House (PRH) New Zealand managing director Margaret Thompson will leave the company on 28 July. Thompson was appointed to the role in 2014 after serving as MD of...

Rolfe wins 2017 Mary Gilmore Award

Wednesday, 12 July 2017
Aden Rolfe has won the 2017 Mary Gilmore Award for his poetry collection False Nostalgia (Giramondo). The award was presented by the Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) at...

Scribble sells North American rights to ‘The Underwater Fancy-Dress Parade’

Tuesday, 11 July 2017
Scribe’s children’s imprint Scribble has sold North American rights to Davina Bell and Allison Colpoys’ picture book The Underwater Fancy-Dress Parade to Abrams Books. Abrams will publish the book as...

Indie bookshop criticises heavy discounting of new Pullman novel

Tuesday, 11 July 2017
An independent bookseller in the UK has written a blog post criticising the heavy discounting of Philip Pullman’s first ‘Book of Dust’ novel at other retailers, reports the Bookseller. In...

Davitt Awards 2017 shortlists announced

Tuesday, 11 July 2017
Sisters in Crime has announced the shortlists for the 2017 Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women. The shortlisted works in each category are: Adult novel Dead...

Booktopia named finalist in Telstra Business Awards

Monday, 10 July 2017
Online bookseller Booktopia has been named a finalist in the Telstra Business Awards in the medium-sized category for New South Wales. The company has entered the awards six times and...

Little Brown signs self-published New Zealand author

Monday, 10 July 2017
In the UK, Little Brown imprint Piatkus has acquired two novels by self-published New Zealand author Tammy Robinson in a five-figure deal, reports the Bookseller. The first book Differently Normal,...

New Maurice Sendak picture book discovered

Monday, 10 July 2017
A new picture book by the late Maurice Sendak and his frequent collaborator Arthur Yorinks has been discovered in Sendak’s archives, reports Publishers Weekly. Presto and Zesto in Limboland was...

New ‘Books+Publishing Junior’ reviews out now

Monday, 10 July 2017
Books+Publishing’s latest Junior newsletter contains 12 reviews of books publishing in September. The ‘profoundly moving love poem’ Pea Pod Lullaby (Glenda Millard, illus by Stephen Michael King, A&U) received five...

‘Renniks Australian Pre-Decimal & Decimal Coin Errors’ shortlisted for the 2017 Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year

Friday, 7 July 2017
Ian McConnelly’s Renniks Australian Pre-Decimal & Decimal Coin Errors: The Premier Guide for Australian Pre-Decimal & Decimal Coin Errors (Renniks) is one of five books shortlisted for the Bookseller’s Diagram...