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Bestsellers this week

The BFG cover Monday, 27 June 2016
The top 10 bestsellers remains largely unchanged this week with the film tie-in edition of Me Before You (Jojo Moyes, Michael Joseph) remaining at the top of a fiction-dominated bestsellers...

UK book trade responds to Brexit

Monday, 27 June 2016
In the UK, the Bookseller has spoken to a number of publishers and booksellers in the wake of the country’s vote to leave the UK. Hachette UK CEO Tim Hely...

‘Alice Miranda’ series to be adapted for TV

Monday, 27 June 2016
Jacqueline Harvey’s ‘Alice Miranda’ children’s book series (Random House) will be adapted into an animated TV show to screen on Channel Nine. The 26 half-hour episode series will be produced...

Feminist Writers Festival line-up announced

Friday, 24 June 2016
The line-up for the inaugural Feminist Writers Festival’s (FWF) networking day, to be held on Friday 26 August at the Queen Victoria Women’s Centre in Melbourne, has been announced. Among...

Bilingual Chinese Writers Festival to be held in Melbourne

Friday, 24 June 2016
A ‘completely bilingual’ Chinese Writers Festival will be held at Richmond Library in Melbourne on Sunday 28 August. The festival, presented by Writers Victoria, the Australia Chinese Writers Festival and...

McInerney wins 2016 Desmond Elliott Prize

Glorious Heresies Friday, 24 June 2016
In the UK, Irish author Lisa McInerney has won the 2016 Desmond Elliott Prize for new fiction for The Glorious Heresies (John Murray). McInerney’s black comedy about five misfits living...

2016 Book-to-Film Adaptations

Thursday, 23 June 2016
There are several book-to-film adaptations hitting the big screens in the second half of 2016. Sophie Teague rounds them up. The BFG The 1982 classic children’s novel The BFG (Roald...

HarperCollins UK to offer BAME training contracts

Thursday, 23 June 2016
In the UK, HarperCollins has opened applications for two training contracts targeting black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) graduates, reports the Bookseller. The 12-month rotational training contracts on offer will...

B&N sales drop 3.1% in fiscal 2016

Thursday, 23 June 2016
US bookselling chain Barnes & Noble’s financial statements for the fiscal year ending 30 April show a 3.1% drop in sales and a negative net income, reports Publishers Weekly. Revenue...

PRH to sell travel business Fodor’s

Wednesday, 22 June 2016
Penguin Random House (PRH) will sell its travel business Fodor’s to US online media and technology company Internet Brands for an undisclosed sum, reports Publishers Weekly. PRH and Internet Brands...

PRH acquires two new novels from Evie Wyld

Wednesday, 22 June 2016
Penguin Random House (PRH) has acquired two new novels from Miles Franklin Award-winning UK-Australian author Evie Wyld, reports the Bookseller. UK and Commonwealth rights were jointly acquired by Nikki Christer,...

ALS Gold Medal 2016 shortlist announced

Wednesday, 22 June 2016
The shortlist for the 2016 Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Six Bedrooms (Tegan Bennett Daylight, Vintage) Clade (James Bradley, Penguin) Second Half...

Wright, Howcroft join Wheeler Centre board

Wednesday, 22 June 2016
Stella Prize-winning author and historian Clare Wright and Ten Network general manager Russel Howcroft have been appointed to the Wheeler Centre board. Wright and Howcroft were appointed following the departures...

Crossan, Riddell win 2016 Carnegie, Greenaway medals

Tuesday, 21 June 2016
The UK Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) has announced the winners of the 2016 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals, with Sarah Crossan’s One (Bloomsbury) winning the Carnegie,...

Mawer wins Walter Scott Prize

Tuesday, 21 June 2016
British author Simon Mawer has won the £25,000 (A$49,170) Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for his 10th novel Tightrope (Little, Brown). The judges described Mawer’s novel as ‘a spy...

Bestsellers this week

Monday, 20 June 2016
Jojo Moyes’ Me Before You film tie-in (Michael Joseph) has retained its top spot in this week’s overall bestsellers chart, with the B-format paperback edition (Michael Joseph) also in the...

RWA awards 2016 finalists announced

Monday, 20 June 2016
The finalists for the 2016 Romance Writers of Australia (RWA) Romantic Book of the Year awards, known as the ‘RUBYs’, have been announced. The finalists in each category are: Long...

Warner wins 2016 Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction

Monday, 20 June 2016
Lip magazine’s 2016 Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction has been presented to Katy Warner for her story ‘One Hundred and Fifty Seconds’. The award, now in its fourth year, is...

Hachette UK acquires mobile games studio Neon Play

Monday, 20 June 2016
Hachette UK has bought mobile games development studio Neon Play in a ‘substantial acquisition’ that could be the ‘one of several’ purchases in the apps market for the publisher, reports...

PANZ Book Design Awards 2016 shortlists announced

Monday, 20 June 2016
The shortlists for the Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) Book Design Awards have been announced. The titles shortlisted in the best designed cover category are: 101 Works of Art...

National Day of Action today to protest arts cuts

Friday, 17 June 2016
A collective of artists and arts workers called the Protagonists have called for a National Day of Action today to protest recent cuts to the arts. ‘We are asking artists...

Atwood wins 2016 PEN Pinter Prize

Friday, 17 June 2016
In the UK, the 2016 PEN Pinter Prize has been awarded to Canadian author Margaret Atwood, reports the Bookseller. Atwood will receive the award and give a public address at...

Booktopia shortlisted for 2016 online retail awards

Friday, 17 June 2016
Booktopia has been shortlisted for the 2016 Online Retail Industry Awards (ORIAS). Booktopia is in the running for Best Pure-Play Online Retailer, Best Mobile Commerce Site/Application and the People’s Choice...

BWF releases 2016 schools program

Friday, 17 June 2016
The Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) released its 2016 Word Play program, designed for students from prep to year 12, last month. The program, which runs from 7-9 September, features sessions...

NT History Book Awards 2016 shortlist announced

Thursday, 16 June 2016
The shortlist for the 2016 Chief Minister’s Northern Territory History Book Awards has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Silent Pearls: Old Japanese Graves in Darwin and the History of...