Penguin to publish new Peter Carey novel in November Archive
Wednesday, 15 March 2017
Penguin Australia will publish a new novel from Peter Carey, A Long Way from Home, in November. The book will also be published by Faber in the UK, Knopf in...
Granta acquires Oz, UK rights to new Catton novel Archive
Wednesday, 15 March 2017
Granta has acquired Australian and UK rights to Booker Prize-winning New Zealand author Eleanor Catton’s third novel Birnam Wood. Victoria University Press (VUP) will publish the book in New Zealand, with...
Shakespeare and Company named Bookstore of the Year Archive
Wednesday, 15 March 2017
France’s Shakespeare and Company has been named Bookstore of the Year at the London Book Fair (LBF) International Excellence Awards. Shakespeare and Company is the second bookstore to win the...
The Wayward Witch and the Feelings Monster: Polly and Buster Book One (Sally Rippin, HGE) Archive
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
Polly is an unusual witch—she can’t read spells because the letters get jumbled and so she makes mistakes. Buster is an unusual monster—emotions make him shrink and swell. They are...
A country practice: Portia Lindsay’s journey into regional arts development Archive
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
Former bookseller and NSW Writers’ Centre program officer Portia Lindsay has found her calling in regional arts development and now runs the Mudgee Readers’ Festival. She shares her career journey. ...
Sales up 4% in 2016 for UK bricks-and-mortar bookstores Archive
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
UK bricks-and-mortar booksellers saw a 4% increase in book sales volume in 2016 while online sales held steady, according to Nielsen’s Books and Consumer survey reported in the Bookseller. Ebook...
Braybrooke promoted to MD of Scribe UK Archive
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
Scribe UK publicity and operations manager Sarah Braybrooke has been promoted to managing director of Scribe UK. Braybrooke’s promotion is one of four at Scribe’s UK office, with Molly Slight...
Hachette UK sales up 11% in 2016; US down 4.2% Archive
Friday, 10 March 2017
Hachette UK revenue was up 11% in 2016, with the growth credited with driving parent company Lagardère’s publishing division revenue up 2.5% on the previous year, reports the Bookseller. Little,...
Transportation Press announces international microfiction competition Archive
Friday, 10 March 2017
Tasmanian publisher Transportation Press has launched an international microfiction competition, with a collection of winning and highly commended stories to be published later in the year. The competition, which is...
Keene’s ‘Counternarratives’ wins inaugural UK small press prize Archive
Friday, 10 March 2017
In the UK, John Keene’s Counternarratives (Fitzcarraldo Editions) has won the inaugural Republic of Consciousness Prize for small presses, reports the Bookseller. The £3000 ($4860) prize money is split, with...
‘ABR’ reopens gender fellowship with expanded guidelines Archive
Friday, 10 March 2017
The Australian Book Review (ABR) has reopened its $7500 gender fellowship with broader criteria, following its decision not to award the inaugural fellowship. The revised fellowship calls for proposals for ‘a substantial...
Bonnier to launch self-publishing platform in the UK Archive
Thursday, 9 March 2017
Swedish-owned Bonnier Books is launching a new print and digital self-publishing platform in the UK, reports the Bookseller. Type & Tell, which launches at the London Book Fair in March,...
Henderson to join S&S Archive
Thursday, 9 March 2017
Affirm Press publisher Fiona Henderson has been appointed publishing director of Simon & Schuster, effective from 3 April. Henderson has worked in publishing for more than 20 years, including senior...
Inaugural ‘ABR’ gender fellowship unawarded Archive
Wednesday, 8 March 2017
Australian Book Review’s (ABR) inaugural gender fellowship has not been awarded, with the publication citing a lack of original proposals, reports ArtsHub. ABR announced the gender fellowship, worth $7500, earlier this...
Heiss among new appointees to Library Board of Queensland Archive
Wednesday, 8 March 2017
Author Anita Heiss is one of nine new appointees to the Library Board of Queensland, announced by the Queensland government this week. The appointees will serve a three-year term beginning...
Ipswich purchases land for new CBD library Archive
Wednesday, 8 March 2017
Ipswich City Council in regional Queensland has taken ownership of a 1.3 hectare parcel of land in the Ipswich CBD in preparation for a new $150m city library and entertainment...
Quote of the week Archive
Wednesday, 8 March 2017
‘I wonder whether the current generation of female Australian novelists will have achieved canonical status in 20 or 50 years time, or whether the canon will still be dominated by...
The missing beat: Benjamin Ludwig on ‘Ginny Moon’ Archive
Wednesday, 8 March 2017
One of the first titles from Harlequin Australia’s new HQ imprint is US author Benjamin Ludwig’s debut novel Ginny Moon (May), ‘a unique and compelling narrative that gets deep inside...
The missing beat: Benjamin Ludwig on ‘Ginny Moon’ Archive
Wednesday, 8 March 2017
One of the first titles from Harlequin Australia’s new HQ imprint is US author Benjamin Ludwig’s debut novel Ginny Moon (May), ‘a unique and compelling narrative that gets deep inside...
Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction 2017 longlist announced Archive
Wednesday, 8 March 2017
The longlist for the 2017 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction, previously known as the Orange Prize for Fiction, has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Stay With Me (Ayobami Adebayo,...
Stella Prize 2017 shortlist announced Archive
Wednesday, 8 March 2017
The shortlist for the 2017 Stella Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Between a Wolf and a Dog (Georgia Blain, Scribe) The Hate Race (Maxine Beneba Clarke, Hachette)...
Rights round-up Archive
Wednesday, 8 March 2017
Sales Nonfiction—Black Inc. imprint Nero has sold Slovak rights to Buddhism for Break-ups (Meshel Laurie) to Ikar, and Czech rights to Euromedia. HarperCollins has sold Greek rights to The Secret of Happy Children (Steve Biddulph) to...
Affirm to start supplying titles to Book Depository, Amazon Archive
Wednesday, 8 March 2017
Affirm Press has announced it will start selling its print books through the Book Depository and Amazon, after previously refusing to supply the online retailers in a bid to support...
Harlequin to launch new imprint HQ Archive
Wednesday, 8 March 2017
Harlequin Australia has announced it will launch a new imprint called HQ in April. The publisher, a division of HarperCollins ANZ, said the imprint will ‘showcase quality fiction with a focus on...
Hachette UK acquires ebook publisher Bookouture Archive
Wednesday, 8 March 2017
In the UK, Hachette has acquired independent ebook publisher Bookouture in order to share expertise between the two companies, reports the Bookseller. Bookouture was founded four years ago by former...
UK translated children’s fiction promotion releases shortlist Archive
Wednesday, 8 March 2017
In the UK, BookTrust has released the shortlist for its inaugural children’s books in translation project, In Other Words. The promotion, which was launched last year, is designed to promote...
Tapper, Stewart join Giramondo Archive
Wednesday, 8 March 2017
Giramondo Publishing has appointed two new staff to its editorial team. Nick Tapper has been appointed commissioning editor. Tapper previously worked as editor at Mossenson Art Foundation, and at art-and-design...
Report finds NZ writers earn $12,500 on average from their writing Archive
Tuesday, 7 March 2017
New Zealand writers earn an average of NZ$13,500 (A$12,450) per year from their writing, according to a new report commissioned by Copyright Licensing NZ. The survey of New Zealand writers,...
Grenville wins OzCo Lifetime Achievement in Literature Award Archive
Tuesday, 7 March 2017
Kate Grenville has won the 2017 Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature. The award, formerly known as the Writers’ Emeritus Award, recognises ‘the achievements of eminent literary writers...
ILF’s Great Book Swap launches today Archive
Tuesday, 7 March 2017
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation’s (ILF) Great Book Swap launches today with a special event with ILF ambassador Justine Clarke and the Indigenous students at Villawood East Public School in Sydney....
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