Stella Prize 2016 longlist announced
Tuesday, 9 February 2016
The longlist for the fourth Stella Prize has been announced. This year’s longlisted titles are: The Women’s Pages (Debra Adelaide, Picador) The Other Side of the World (Stephanie Bishop, Hachette)...
Authors ask Supreme Court to hear appeal against Google ruling
Tuesday, 9 February 2016
In the US, the Authors Guild is petitioning the Supreme Court to hear its case alleging Google breached copyright by digitising millions of books, reports the Guardian. The petition has...
Gadd awarded Mildura Writers Festival residency
Tuesday, 9 February 2016
Writer Nick Gadd has been named the writer in residence at this year’s Mildura Writers Festival, which runs from 14-17 July. Gadd, a blogger, essayist and author of the novel...
Licensed café and bookshop opens on the Gold Coast
Tuesday, 9 February 2016
A new licensed café and bookshop has opened at the Paradise Island Resort on the Gold Coast. REaD, which stands for Read, Eat and Drink, features a ‘fireside lounge area’...
‘The Natural Way of Things’ optioned for film
Tuesday, 9 February 2016
The film rights to Charlotte Wood’s 2015 novel The Natural Way of Things (A&U) have been optioned by producers Katia Nizic and Emma Dockery. Nizic and Dockery will work on a ‘micro-budget’...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 8 February 2016
The Dressmaker (Rosalie Ham, Duffy & Snellgrove) maintains its position as the overall bestseller for a second consecutive week, ahead of All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr, Fourth...
Google opens experimental ebookstore
Monday, 8 February 2016
Google has opened a new ebookstore for ‘mobile-first’ titles, reports the Bookseller. Editions at Play, created by London-based publisher Visual Editions and Google’s Creative Lab in Sydney, is designed to...
Hobbs chosen as Australian Children’s Laureate for 2016-17
Monday, 8 February 2016
Children’s author and illustrator Leigh Hobbs has been chosen at the Australian Children’s Laureate for 2016-17. The creator of more than 20 books, including Old Tom, Mr Chicken Goes to...
NSW govt announces fellowship for early career writers
Friday, 5 February 2016
The NSW State Government has announced a new NSW Writer’s Fellowship for early career writers. The fellowship, worth $30,000, will be offered to a professional writer ‘in the early stages...
Macquarie Uni report reveals innovations, challenges in publishing
Friday, 5 February 2016
Macquarie University has released a report examining Australian publishers’ responses to industry changes, including 25 case studies of trade and educational publishers. The report, ‘Disruption and innovation in the Australian...
Waterstones sales increase in 2014-15
Friday, 5 February 2016
UK chain bookseller Waterstones has recorded a rise in sales for the year to 25 April 2015, leading MD James Daunt to comment that the company was ‘moving in the...
On tour: Lucy Cousins
Thursday, 4 February 2016
English writer and illustrator Lucy Cousins is the creator of the ‘Maisy’ books. She will be travelling to the Perth Writers Festival and Adelaide Writers’ Week in February/March and appearing...
On tour: Katherine Rundell
Thursday, 4 February 2016
Katherine Rundell is the author of children’s books The Wolf Wilder (Bloomsbury) and Rooftoppers (Faber). She will be appearing at the Perth Writers Festival in February. What would you put...
Melbourne alternative bookstore Polyester Books to close
Thursday, 4 February 2016
Melbourne alternative bookstore Polyester Books is closing its doors in May, reports the Age. The store, located on Brunswick St in Fitzroy, was founded in 1985 and became known for...
Book Depository confirms local supply
Wednesday, 3 February 2016
Amazon-owned online bookseller the Book Depository has confirmed it has set up local supply of Australian titles, with packing and distribution from Melbourne-based logistics company DAI Post. In a statement,...
Ebook sales down 2.4% for ‘big five’
Wednesday, 3 February 2016
In the UK, ebook sales for the big five publishers—Penguin Random House (PRH), Hachette, HarperCollins, Pan Macmillan and Simon & Schuster—have all declined in the past year, reports the Bookseller....
Random House to publish novel by ‘Marching Powder’ author
Wednesday, 3 February 2016
Random House Australia will publish the first novel by Australian-born Marching Powder-author Rusty Young in October. The Work of Other Men, set in Colombia, is ‘the story of one young...
News Corp launches literacy campaign, Dr Seuss book giveaway
Tuesday, 2 February 2016
News Corp Australia has launched a children’s literacy campaign that includes a giveaway of Dr Seuss books. The month-long ‘Raise a Reader’ campaign, which begins on 13 February, ‘will reveal...
HarperCollins UK profits tripled in FY 2014-15
Tuesday, 2 February 2016
HarperCollins UK’s profits have tripled in the 2014-15 financial year, with revenues up by £6.6m (A$13.4m) to £186m (A$377m) and profit before tax up by £8.9m (A$18.1m) to £13.1m (A$26.6m),...
Carnell appointed first small business ombudsman
Tuesday, 2 February 2016
Former head of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) Kate Carnell has been appointed as the first small businesses and family enterprise ombudsman. The ombudsman role, which replaces...
Amazon revenue up 20% in 2015
Monday, 1 February 2016
Amazon’s fourth-quarter financial results show net sales increased to US$107bn (A$151.3bn) in 2015, a 20% increase on 2014, although net income remained marginal at just US$596m (A$842.52m) for the year....
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 1 February 2016
The Dressmaker film tie-in (Rosalie Ham, Duffy & Snellgrove) has climbed to the top of the overall bestsellers chart this week for the first time, edging out Old School: Diary...
Australian publisher of ‘Fifty Shades’ ordered to pay $18.6m
Monday, 1 February 2016
A Texas judge has ordered Australian Amanda Hayward pay US$11.5m (A$16.2m) in unpaid royalties and US$1.7m (A$2.4m) in attorney’s fees to American Jennifer Lynn Pedroza, her former partner in The Writer’s Coffee Shop...
Carmody voted ‘Australia’s Favourite Author’ in Booktopia poll
Monday, 1 February 2016
Fantasy and YA author Isobelle Carmody has been voted ‘Australia’s Favourite Author’ in Booktopia’s annual poll. Booktopia announced the top 10 finalists on its website on 29 January. They were (from one to...
WAYRBA 2016 shortlists announced
Friday, 29 January 2016
The shortlists for the 2016 West Australian Young Readers’ Book Awards (WAYRBA) have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Picture books Pig the Fibber (Aaron Blabey, Scholastic)...
CWA Diamond Dagger awarded to Peter James
Friday, 29 January 2016
In the UK, the Crime Writer’s Association (CWA) has awarded its Diamond Dagger award to Peter James, best known for his series about the detective superintendent Roy Grace. The Diamond...
NZ Writers Week 2016 program announced
Friday, 29 January 2016
The full program for the 2016 New Zealand Writers Week has been announced. Running from 8 to 13 March in Wellington, the biennial event will feature sessions with international guests...
New YA festival to fund author visits to schools, libraries
Friday, 29 January 2016
UK author Alexia Casale has established a YA festival and author touring program that aims to connect libraries and schools, reports the Guardian. The first YA Shot festival will be...
Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2016 winners announced
Friday, 29 January 2016
Darwin-based playwright Mary Anne Butler has won the Victorian Prize for Literature, worth $100,000, for her play Broken at this year’s Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards. The play, which also won the...
On tour: Lauren Groff
Thursday, 28 January 2016
Lauren Groff is the author of Fates and Furies (William Heinemann), a portrait of a marriage told from two points-of-view. She is appearing at Perth Writers Festival and Adelaide Writers’...
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