‘The Vegetarian’ wins 2016 Man Booker International Prize Archive
Tuesday, 17 May 2016
The Vegetarian by South Korean author Han Kang, translated into English by Deborah Smith (Portobello Books), has won the 2016 Man Booker International Prize. The winning title, chosen from a...
New Academy of NZ Literature to ‘promote homegrown writing’ Archive
Tuesday, 17 May 2016
The University of Auckland has launched the Academy of New Zealand Literature, a new body to promote NZ writing locally and overseas. Author and Master of Creative Writing program convenor...
Nebula Awards 2015 winners announced Archive
Tuesday, 17 May 2016
In the US, the winners of the 2015 Nebula Awards, presented in 2016, have been announced. Uprooted (Naomi Novik, Tor) won in the novel category, Binti (Nnedi Okorafor, Tor.com) won in...
Bestsellers this week Archive
Monday, 16 May 2016
Two children’s and YA titles are among the three new books to enter the bestsellers chart this week, with book one in Rick Riordan’s new ‘The Trials of Apollo’ series...
Ulman, Middleton named 2016 ‘SMH’ Best Young Australian Novelists Archive
Monday, 16 May 2016
Two short story writers, Abigail Ulman and Murray Middleton, have been named Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelists for 2016. Ulman was recognised for her debut collection Hot Little...
Porter wins £30,000 Dylan Thomas Prize Archive
Monday, 16 May 2016
Debut author Max Porter has won the £30,000 (A$59,190) Dylan Thomas Prize for the best English-language fiction work by an author aged 39 or under for his book Grief is...
HarperCollins US launches New Bookstore Development Program Archive
Monday, 16 May 2016
In the US, HarperCollins has announced its New Bookstore Development Program, which will provide extra discounts and grants to newly opened independent bookstores. The program, which launches 1 July, is...
Australian Book Design Awards 2016 winners announced Archive
Monday, 16 May 2016
The Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA) announced the winners of the 2016 Book Design Awards at an event in Melbourne on 13 May. The winning titles in each category are:...
Translated lit fiction selling better than English lit fiction in the UK, survey finds Archive
Friday, 13 May 2016
A survey in the UK has found that translated fiction sales have almost doubled in the past 15 years, while the overall market for fiction has declined, reports the Guardian....
‘I Got This Hat’ to be read for 2016 National Simultaneous Storytime Archive
Friday, 13 May 2016
I Got This Hat (Jol and Kate Temple, illus by Jon Foye, ABC Books) will be read at this year’s National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS), to be held at 11am on...
Thirteen literary groups receive four-year OzCo funding; key orgs miss out Archive
Friday, 13 May 2016
Thirteen literary organisations have received grants as part of the Australia Council’s Four-Year Funding program, worth $5.97m over the next four years. The recipients are: Journals and publishers Australian Book...
ABA Booksellers of the Year 2016 finalists announced Archive
Friday, 13 May 2016
The finalists for the 2016 Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) Booksellers of the Year awards have been announced. The finalists for the Bookseller of the Year award are: Annie Grossman, Annie’s...
MUP sells film rights to ‘Modern Love’ Archive
Friday, 13 May 2016
Melbourne University Publishing (MUP) has sold the film rights to Modern Love: The Lives of John and Sunday Reed (Kendrah Morgan & Lesley Harding) to Richard Keddie of The Film...
Perth bookstore Bookcaffe to close in June Archive
Thursday, 12 May 2016
Independent Perth bookstore Bookcaffe is closing at the end of June. In a post on the store’s website, owners James and Rose Caffey said ‘it is with heavy hearts that...
Balkin wins Gold Medal for Business Ethics at US Business Book Awards Archive
Thursday, 12 May 2016
Author Jeremy K Balkin was awarded the Gold Medal for Business Ethics 2016 at the Axiom Business Book Awards in Chicago on 11 May for his book Investing with Impact:...
Third major book fair for Thailand Archive
Thursday, 12 May 2016
A third major Thai book fair will be held in the city of Chiang Mai from 25 June to 3 July, the Publishers and Booksellers Association of Thailand (PUBAT) has...
‘Global Ebook Report’ suggests ‘end of the digital beginning’ Archive
Thursday, 12 May 2016
The international book market is at the ‘end of the digital beginning’, according to the 2016 edition of the Global Ebook Report, compiled by Ruediger Wischenbart. ‘What we currently see,”...
Quote of the week Archive
Wednesday, 11 May 2016
‘Removing PIRs will result in the swamping of the Australian market with overseas products where the economies of scale are vastly different’—Spinifex Press publisher Susan Hawthorne argues against the repeal...
Restructure threatens jobs at Mornington Peninsula libraries Archive
Wednesday, 11 May 2016
Jobs at Mornington Peninsula shire libraries in Victoria are under threat due to a proposed restructure, reports the Mornington Peninsula News. Australian Services Union organiser Prescilla Schwalger said seven senior...
EWF 2016 program launched Archive
Wednesday, 11 May 2016
The program for the 2016 Emerging Writers’ Festival, to be held in Melbourne from 14-24 June, has been announced. The 2016 festival will open with a ‘Storytelling Slam’ featuring four...
British Book Industry Awards 2016 winners announced Archive
Wednesday, 11 May 2016
In the UK, the annual British Book Industry Awards have been announced, including the inaugural Books of the Year Awards, reports the Bookseller. Andrew Michael Hurley’s gothic debut The Loney...
Former Lantern designers open studio OetomoNew Archive
Wednesday, 11 May 2016
Former Lantern designers Daniel New and Evi Oetomo have opened a Sydney-based studio ‘devoted to designing beautiful books’, called OetomoNew. New was previously art director and Evi Oetomo was senior...
Daisley wins New Zealand Book Award for fiction Archive
Wednesday, 11 May 2016
Novelist Stephen Daisley has won the NZ$50,000 (A$46,135) fiction prize at the New Zealand Book Awards for his novel Coming Rain (Text), announced at a ceremony in Auckland on 10...
Christian wins 2016 Text Prize Archive
Wednesday, 11 May 2016
Playwright and former teacher Claire Christian has won the 2016 Text Prize for YA and Children’s Writing for her manuscript Beautiful Mess. The winning manuscript, which was shortlisted under the...
Books+Publishing magazine Issue 2 2016 Archive
Tuesday, 10 May 2016
Books+Publishing magazine’s second issue for 2016 is out now, featuring 26 reviews of adult and children’s books publishing in June to August. Ashleigh Wilson’s Brett Whiteley: Art Life and the...
Feminist Writers Festival announced for Melbourne Archive
Tuesday, 10 May 2016
A new Feminist Writers Festival (FWF) has been established and will partner with the Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) in its inaugural year. The festival, co-founded by academic Cristy Clark and...
Australia Council February grants announced Archive
Tuesday, 10 May 2016
Seventeen literary organisations and almost 40 writers and writing groups have received Australia Council grants as part of its $11.2m February grants round. The 17 literary organisations received a combined...
SWF receives $460k grant in second Catalyst funding round Archive
Tuesday, 10 May 2016
The Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) has received a $461,350 Catalyst grant for its Western Sydney and regional NSW touring program to ‘boost accessibility to reading and literature’ among children of...
Bonnier acquires nonfiction publisher John Blake Archive
Tuesday, 10 May 2016
Swedish-owned Bonnier Publishing has bought UK nonfiction publisher John Blake for an undisclosed sum, reports the Bookseller. John Blake, which specialises in commercial nonfiction, including bestsellers such as Being Jordan...
Expounding and expanding: On Wellington’s Unity Books Archive
Tuesday, 10 May 2016
Books, people, ideas and a strong sense of community are at the heart of Unity Books in Wellington, writes co-owner and manager Tilly Lloyd. I doubt many Australian sports people,...
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