SA state library workers ramp up industrial action to protect jobs
Wednesday, 19 October 2016
The Public Service Association (PSA) is preparing to escalate industrial action to try to save 20 full-time jobs at the State Library of South Australia, reports InDaily. Members have already...
Digital Writers Festival 2016 program announced
Wednesday, 19 October 2016
The program for the Emerging Writers’ Festival’s Digital Writers’ Festival, which runs from 1-11 November, has been announced. More than 20 events will take place online during the festival, including panels,...
New Pantera imprint Lost the Plot targets millennial readers
Wednesday, 19 October 2016
Pantera Press is launching a new imprint aimed at millennials at the Frankfurt Book Fair. The Lost the Plot imprint, which is created by Pantera CEO and founding director Alison...
‘Music and Freedom’ wins 2016 Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction
Wednesday, 19 October 2016
Zoë Morrison’s Music and Freedom (Vintage) has won the 2016 Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction. Morrison’s novel was chosen from a shortlist of six for the $4000 prize, which was...
Fraillon shortlisted for 2016 ‘Guardian’ children’s fiction prize
Wednesday, 19 October 2016
Australian author Zana Fraillon’s The Bone Sparrow (Lothian) has been shortlisted for the 2016 Guardian children’s fiction prize. Fraillon’s novel for middle-grade readers is a coming-of-age story about the friendship...
Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction 2016 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 18 October 2016
In the UK, the shortlist for the 2016 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction, formerly the Samuel Johnson Prize, has been announced. The shortlisted titles, chosen from a longlist of 10,...
Victorian Community History Awards 2016 winners announced
Tuesday, 18 October 2016
Pam Baragwanath and Ken James have won the top prize at the 2016 Victorian Community History Awards (VCHA) for their self-published book These Walls Speak Volumes: A History of Mechanics’...
Prime Minister’s Literary Awards 2016 shortlists announced
Monday, 17 October 2016
The shortlists for the 2016 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Fiction Forever Young (Steven Carroll, HarperCollins) The Life of Houses (Lisa Gorton,...
Carmel Bird wins 2016 Patrick White Literary Award
Monday, 17 October 2016
Author Carmel Bird has been named the winner of the $20,000 Patrick White Literary Award for 2016. The annual award was established by Patrick White using the proceeds of his 1973...
Hachette UK to introduce more transparent royalty statement
Monday, 17 October 2016
In the UK, Hachette has used its annual end-of-year letter to authors to announce a new more regular, clearer and detailed royalty system following consultation with agents, reports the Bookseller....
Speech Pathology Australia book awards 2016 winners announced
Monday, 17 October 2016
The winning titles for this year’s Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The winning titles in each category are: Birth to three years Once I...
SPN Independent Publishing Conference 2016 program announced
Friday, 14 October 2016
The Small Press Network (SPN) has launched the program for its 2016 Independent Publishing Conference, which will run at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne from 9-12 November. The four-day conference...
Dylan wins 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature
Friday, 14 October 2016
US singer-songwriter Bob Dylan has won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature ‘for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition’. Dylan was announced as the winner...
NZ publisher Eunoia signs with Chinese house
Friday, 14 October 2016
New Zealand publisher Eunoia Publishing has signed an agreement with Chinese Universe & Publishing Media Company that will see each publish books from the other publisher in their respective countries....
Second Rock & Roll Writers Festival to be held in Brisbane next year
Friday, 14 October 2016
The second Rock & Roll Writers Festival will be held in Brisbane from 1-2 April 2017. The first festival, which was held in April this year, received ‘enthusiastic coverage and...
Black Inc. to publish kids’ guide to inaugural AFL Women’s season
Thursday, 13 October 2016
Black Inc. has acquired the rights to A Footy Girl’s Guide to the Stars of 2017, a children’s book by ‘Outer Sanctum’ podcast hosts Alicia Sometimes and Nicole Hayes, which...
HarperCollins UK launches ‘publisher agnostic’ events website
Thursday, 13 October 2016
In the UK, HarperCollins has launched an online events platform that is open to all publishers and events organisers, reports the Bookseller. Events featured on the BookGig site are from across...
CWA Dagger awards announced; Australian author wins Debut Dagger for an unpublished writer
Thursday, 13 October 2016
Australian writer Mark Brandi has won the Debut Dagger for an unpublished writer at this year’s Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Dagger awards in the UK. Brandi was recognised for his...
List of mood-boosting books announced for World Mental Health Day
Wednesday, 12 October 2016
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) released its list of 252 books chosen by members as the best ‘mood-boosting titles’ on World Mental Health Day on 10 October. The list was produced...
British Library partners with 21 major libraries for national knowledge network
Wednesday, 12 October 2016
In the UK, the British Library has launched a knowledge network with 21 major libraries across the UK to combine local expertise and organising power. The Living Knowledge Network, which is...
Booktopia shares priced at $2 each ahead of ASX listing
Wednesday, 12 October 2016
Shares in online book retailer Booktopia have been priced at $2 each ahead of the company’s planned listing on the ASX, with management and sponsor brokers Morgans and Ord Minnett speaking...
Publisher draws criticism from Publishing Ireland for charging submission fees
Wednesday, 12 October 2016
In Ireland, a publisher’s decision to charge writers €100 (A$147) per manuscript submission, except those received from a recognised literary agent, has drawn criticism from industry association Publishing Ireland, reports...
A&R marks 130th anniversary; holds first book poll since 2011
Wednesday, 12 October 2016
Bookseller Angus & Robertson will celebrate its 130th anniversary by holding its first national book poll since its bricks-and-mortar stores closed in 2011. The poll is open until the end...
No Way But This: In Search of Paul Robeson (Jeff Sparrow, Scribe)
Tuesday, 11 October 2016
Paul Robeson (1898-1976) was an African-American singer, actor and political activist. His father was a slave, yet Robeson was able to carve out an acting and music career despite facing...
‘Griffith Review’, Queensland Literary Awards announce fellowship program
Tuesday, 11 October 2016
Up to six Queensland writers’ fellowships will be awarded each year over the next two years under a new program launched by the Griffith Review and the Queensland Literary Awards....
NZ PM’s Awards for Literary Achievement 2016 announced
Tuesday, 11 October 2016
Atholl Anderson, Marilyn Duckworth and David Eggleton are the recipients of 2016 New Zealand Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement, in recognition of their ‘outstanding contribution to New Zealand literature’....
Sarah Jessica Parker imprint to begin publishing in 2018
Tuesday, 11 October 2016
US actress Sarah Jessica Parker will head up a new imprint at Penguin Random House’s Hogarth Press, called SJP for Hogarth. PRH said in a statement that the imprint will...
Overseas ebooks taxed in NZ as digital imports GST comes into effect
Tuesday, 11 October 2016
A 15% GST is being charged on ebooks purchased in New Zealand from international vendors since the country’s digital imports tax came into effect on 1 October. Other digital products...
Book sales up 20% in Ireland
Monday, 10 October 2016
Books sales in Ireland are up approximately 20% this year compared to the previous year, with the largest growths coming from nonfiction and children’s books, reports the Irish Times. According...
CHASS Australia Prize 2016 shortlist announced
Monday, 10 October 2016
The Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) has announced the 2016 Australia Book Prize shortlist. The prize, worth $3500, is part of the CHASS Australia Prizes program,...
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