Foxlee wins 2017 Readings Children’s Book Prize Archive
Tuesday, 2 May 2017
Karen Foxlee has won the 2017 Readings Children’s Book Prize for her middle-grade novel A Most Magical Girl (Piccadilly). Foxlee’s title was chosen from a shortlist of six. She receives $3000. The...
Miles Franklin Literary Award 2017 longlist announced Archive
Tuesday, 2 May 2017
The longlist for the 2017 Miles Franklin Literary Award has been announced. The longlisted titles are: The Easy Way Out (Steven Amsterdam, Hachette) An Isolated Incident (Emily Maguire, Picador) The...
HarperCollins US launches literacy promotion for 200th anniversary Archive
Tuesday, 2 May 2017
HarperCollins US has launched #WhyIRead, a social media campaign to highlight literacy, which is timed to coincide with the publisher’s 200th anniversary, reports Publishers Weekly. The publisher has asked a number...
‘The Garret’ podcast announces episodes with publishers, editors, booksellers, critics Archive
Tuesday, 2 May 2017
The Australian writers podcast ‘The Garret’ has announced a series of special episodes with publishers, editors, booksellers and critics, beginning with Text publisher Michael Heyward on 4 May. In his...
Byron Writers Festival unveils StoryBoard Bus Archive
Tuesday, 2 May 2017
The Byron Writers Festival has launched its StoryBoard Bus, a travelling creative writing program that will take authors and illustrators into schools across NSW’s Northern Rivers region. The bus, which...
Two writers named as winners of the SA Hachette Mentoring Program Archive
Tuesday, 2 May 2017
Writers Dee Ayer and Jessie Byrne have been named as the winners of the second South Australian Hachette Mentoring Program. Ayer and Byrne will work with Hachette publisher Sophie Hamley...
Barnes & Noble appoints new CEO amid sales slump Archive
Tuesday, 2 May 2017
In the US, bookselling chain Barnes & Noble has appointed Demos Parneros as its CEO, replacing interim chief Len Riggio, reports Publishers Weekly. Riggio has served as CEO since August...
ABIA 2017 shortlists announced Archive
Monday, 1 May 2017
The shortlists for the 2017 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) have been announced. The titles in each category are: General fiction book of the year The Birdman’s Wife (Melissa Ashley,...
McKinty wins 2017 Edgar Award Archive
Monday, 1 May 2017
Melbourne-based Irish author Adrian McKinty has won the 2017 Edgar Allan Poe Award for best paperback original for his novel Rain Dogs (Serpent’s Tail). Rain Dogs is the fifth book...
Industry bodies back Australian Reading Hour campaign Archive
Monday, 1 May 2017
Five industry bodies are backing the Australian Reading Hour campaign, which will promote the idea of ‘picking up a book and reading for an hour’ on 14 September, and hopes...
Melbourne Prize announces new award to acknowledge Melbourne’s UNESCO City of Literature status Archive
Friday, 28 April 2017
The Melbourne Prize Trust and the Melbourne UNESCO City of Literature Office have announced a new award to acknowledge Melbourne’s City of Literature status. The $10,000 ‘Public Artwork Design Concept...
US author Bret Anthony Johnston wins £30,000 ‘Sunday Times’ Short Story Award Archive
Friday, 28 April 2017
In the UK, US writer Bret Anthony Johnston has won the £30,000 (A$51,850) Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award for ‘Half of What Atlee Rouse Knows About Horses’, reports the...
New Melbourne Jewish Book Week to host inaugural event in May Archive
Thursday, 27 April 2017
The newly established Melbourne Jewish Book Week will host its first event on the 28 May, ahead of its first full program in May 2018. Curated by Gary Abrahams, the event...
Boston Public Library returns 14th-century manuscript to Italy Archive
Thursday, 27 April 2017
In the US, the Boston Public Library has returned a manuscript written in the 14th century to Italy, reports the Boston Globe. Two other items were also repatriated to Italy: a...
Book blogger spotlight: Book Thingo Archive
Thursday, 27 April 2017
Kat Mayo runs the romance-focused blog Book Thingo, which started in 2008 as a spin-off from her personal blog. ‘At the time, it was difficult to find information on release dates...
Book blogger spotlight: Book Thingo Archive
Thursday, 27 April 2017
Kat Mayo says Book Thingo, a blog she runs with about half-a-dozen regular contributors, is a site for ‘readers, browsers and compulsive book hoarders, mostly of romance novels’. She spoke...
Heart to heart: Melanie Cheng on ‘Australia Day’ Archive
Thursday, 27 April 2017
Melanie Cheng’s Australia Day (Text, July) is a ‘bittersweet, beautifully crafted collection’ about the conflicts and realisations that occur when people of different backgrounds are brought together. She spoke to reviewer...
Untying the knots: Mark Brandi on ‘Wimmera’ Archive
Thursday, 27 April 2017
Mark Brandi’s debut crime novel Wimmera (Hachette, July) is a ‘languid and unsettling’ story about two boys growing up together in a small town in the 1980s. He spoke to reviewer...
Hinterland (Steven Lang, UQP) Archive
Thursday, 27 April 2017
A small Queensland town is divided. The collapse of local industry in a once-thriving dairy community has seen farmland abandoned, repurposed for suburban sprawl or replanted by conservationists. When a...
Copyright Agency confirms fund for advocacy, legal cases Archive
Thursday, 27 April 2017
The Copyright Agency has confirmed it has amassed a fund to help to support advocacy and run legal cases in the event of changes to copyright law, reports Fairfax. Fairfax...
Granta announces Best Young American Novelists list Archive
Thursday, 27 April 2017
UK literary journal Granta has revealed its Best Young American Novelists list for 2017, which honours 21 writers under the age of 40. The writers on the list are: Jesse...
Peričić wins Vogel for ‘The Lost Pages’ Archive
Thursday, 27 April 2017
Melbourne writer Marija Peričić has won the 2017 Australian/Vogel’s Literary Award for The Lost Pages, a fictional memoir of Czech writer Max Brod. The Lost Pages is set in Prague in...
NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2017 shortlists announced Archive
Wednesday, 26 April 2017
The shortlists for the 2017 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Christina Stead Prize for Fiction ($40,000) Vancouver: Wisdom Tree Book...
New children’s and YA publisher launches in NZ Archive
Wednesday, 26 April 2017
Two New Zealand publishers, Christine Dale and Jenny Nagle, have launched a new independent children’s and YA publisher, OneTree House. In a statement, Dale and Nagle said they are ‘committed...
‘Who’s Afraid?’ optioned for TV Archive
Wednesday, 26 April 2017
Maria Lewis’ supernatural novel Who’s Afraid? (Hachette) has been optioned for television by Queensland production company Hoodlum Entertainment. The deal, which was negotiated by Alex Adsett Publishing Services, was announced...
De Kerangal wins 2017 Wellcome Book Prize Archive
Wednesday, 26 April 2017
Maylis de Kerangal has won the 2017 Wellcome Book Prize for Mend the Living (MacLehose Press), a novel that tracks the journey of a heart from donor to recipient over 24...
Affirm moves sales, distribution to Hachette Archive
Monday, 24 April 2017
Affirm Press titles will be distributed by Alliance Distribution Services (ADS) and sold by Hachette from 3 July. ADS and Hachette will take over the distribution and sales from United...
Vogel Award 2017 shortlist announced Archive
Monday, 24 April 2017
The shortlist has been announced for the 2017 Australian/Vogel’s Literary Award for an unpublished manuscript by a writer under the age of 35. The five titles on this year’s shortlist,...
‘Dragonkeeper’ to become an animated film Archive
Monday, 24 April 2017
Carole Wilkinson’s children’s book Dragonkeeper (Black Dog Books) is being adapted into an animated feature film. The China-Spain co-production was announced at the Beijing Film Festival. It is being produced...
Children’s imprint Penguin Workshop to launch in the US Archive
Monday, 24 April 2017
In the US, Penguin Random House will launch a new children’s imprint called Penguin Workshop with an emphasis on ‘accessible titles and brands’, reports Publishers Weekly. The imprint will be...
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