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Amazon UK reveals 2016 bestsellers

Thursday, 7 July 2016
In the UK, Amazon has released the print and ebook bestsellers for the first half of 2016 and disclosed its customer’s book buying habits in its ‘Summer Trends 2016’ report,...

Henson joins SLV

Thursday, 7 July 2016
Rebecca Henson has been appointed reading and literacy development manager at the State Library of Victoria, responsible for the library’s children’s and family programs and the Centre for Youth Literature...

Quote of the week

Wednesday, 6 July 2016
‘The richness of human possibility that is Ozlit’s stock in trade is an affront to the barren and denuded vocabulary both sides of politics employ’—incoming Picador publisher Geordie Williamson reflects...

RiP Cory Taylor

Wednesday, 6 July 2016
Author Cory Taylor has died, aged 61. Taylor’s 2011 debut novel Me and Mr Booker won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for the Pacific region, and her second novel My Beautiful...

RiP Elie Wiesel

Wednesday, 6 July 2016
Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor, Nobel Peace Prize winner and author of the memoir Night (Penguin), has died, aged 87. Wiesel was the author of over 50 works of fiction and...

RiP Terry Kitson

Wednesday, 6 July 2016
Terry Kitson, former CEO of HarperCollins UK and Australia, has died following a short illness. The Bookseller writes: ‘Kitson started out as a sales rep with Corgi Books at Transworld...

WA Premier’s Book Awards 2016 shortlists announced

Wednesday, 6 July 2016
The shortlists for the biennial WA Premier’s Book Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Fiction Fever of Animals (Miles Allinson, Scribe) Clade (James Bradley, Hamish...

Harlequin launches literary fiction imprint

Wednesday, 6 July 2016
In the US, Harlequin has announced a new literary fiction imprint called Park Row Books, reports Publishers Weekly. Park Row Books will release its first title Benjamin Ludwig’s The Improbable Flight...

Debut novel ‘Man in the Corner’ optioned for film

Wednesday, 6 July 2016
Film producers Simon Baker and Rebecca Rigg have optioned the film rights to Australian writer Nathan Besser’s debut novel Man in the Corner (Vintage), ahead of its publication on 1...

WORD Christchurch 2016 program announced

Wednesday, 6 July 2016
The program for the 2016 WORD Christchurch Writers & Readers Festival, which runs from 24-28 August, has been announced. Among the international guests attending this year’s festival, which embraces the...

WA inter-library loan program restored

Tuesday, 5 July 2016
Western Australia’s inter-library loan program has been restored to a twice-a-week service following the program’s suspension last week, reports the Australian. As previously reported by Books+Publishing, the courier van service...

Funeral service for Terry Kitson

Tuesday, 5 July 2016
The family of Terry Kitson, former CEO of HarperCollins Australia, regret to announce his passing on Sunday 3 July after a short illness. His funeral service will be held at...

National Biography Award 2016 shortlist announced

Tuesday, 5 July 2016
The State Library of NSW has announced the shortlist for the 2016 National Biography Award for biographical writing and memoir. The shortlisted titles are:  Battarbee and Namatjira (Martin Edmond, Giramondo) Comrade...

Howard appointed DWF director

Tuesday, 5 July 2016
Writer and critic Jane Howard has been appointed as Digital Writers’ Festival director. Howard has worked with numerous Adelaide-based arts organisations, been commissioned for work by the Lifted Brow and...

French book sales up in 2015 after five-year slump

Tuesday, 5 July 2016
French publishers have reported an increase in book sales in 2015—up 0.6% in value to €2.267bn (A$3.353bn) and 3.5% in volume to 436.7m—after five consecutive years of decline, reports the...

MWF international authors announced

Tuesday, 5 July 2016
The Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) has announced the first of its international authors who will appear at the 2016 festival, which runs from 26 August to 4 September. The line-up...

Bestsellers this week

The BFG cover Monday, 4 July 2016
This week’s bestsellers includes a number of film tie-ins and film-related titles moving up the charts. Top of the overall bestsellers for the fourth straight week is the film tie-in...

Film rights to Australian YA debut sold to US producers

Krystal Sutherland Monday, 4 July 2016
US film production company Awesomeness Films has acquired film rights to Townsville author Krystal Sutherland’s forthcoming debut YA novel Our Chemical Hearts (Penguin). The book, which will be simultaneously published...

New Books+Publishing reviews out now

Friday, 1 July 2016
Books+Publishing’s latest Reviews newsletter contains 19 reviews of books publishing in July to September 2016. Two books scored the maximum five stars from reviewers: Melina Marchetta’s first novel for adults...

PRH to launch ‘Penguin Living’ events

Friday, 1 July 2016
In the UK, Penguin Random House (PRH) is launching a series of lifestyle events under the brand Penguin Living, reports the Bookseller. The events will promote authors and experts specialising...

Lonely Planet opens new headquarters

Friday, 1 July 2016
Lonely Planet’s new headquarters in the inner-city suburb of Carlton, Melbourne opened this week. The offices are across levels two and three of The Malt Store building, the former Carlton...

Publishers selected for SPN mentorship program

Wednesday, 29 June 2016
Eight small publishers based in Victoria have been selected for the Small Press Network’s (SPN) mentorship program. The publishers are: Celapene Press, Empowering Resources, Monash University Publishing, Miscellaneous Press, Three...

‘Letters to Tiptree’ wins Locus Award

Letters to Tiptree Wednesday, 29 June 2016
An anthology by Australian speculative-fiction publisher Twelfth Planet Press has won a 2016 Locus Award for science-fiction and fantasy, announced at a ceremony in Seattle, US, on 25 June. Letters...

Book-to-film adaptations coming in 2016

Wednesday, 29 June 2016
From the BFG to the story of a Ugandan chess prodigy, several book-to-film adaptations are due to be released in Australian cinemas in the second half of the year. Read...

 

 

 

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