On tour: Meet the author Marc Lewis Archive
Thursday, 23 July 2015
Neuroscientist and professor of developmental psychology Marc Lewis challenges the understanding of addiction as a ‘disease’ in his latest book The Biology of Desire (Scribe). He is travelling to Melbourne in August...
Melbourne Writers Festival 2015 program launched Archive
Thursday, 23 July 2015
British author Will Self will deliver the closing address at the 2015 Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF), which launched its full program on 24 July. As previously reported by Books+Publishing, UK...
More authors announced for Tasmanian Writers and Readers Festival Archive
Wednesday, 22 July 2015
The Tasmanian Writers and Readers Festival has released a second line-up of authors to appear at its 2015 festival, which runs from 11-13 September in Hobart.Joining Don Watson and Bob...
Maramenides leaves The Five Mile Press Archive
Wednesday, 22 July 2015
The Five Mile Press managing director Alexandra Maramenides has left the company, effective from 14 July. Publisher Kay Scarlett has been appointed acting managing director. (See news.)
Quote of the week Archive
Wednesday, 22 July 2015
‘The draft [National Program for Excellence in the Arts] guidelines—released earlier this month—do not seem to have been created with literature and publishing in mind. In fact, they don’t mention literature,...
HarperCollins launches agent portal in US Archive
Wednesday, 22 July 2015
In the US, HarperCollins has launched an agent portal that will provide access to sales data, royalty statements and anti-piracy measures to agents representing HarperCollins authors. The agent portal will...
Randolph Stow’s ‘Tourmaline’ to be adapted for film Archive
Wednesday, 22 July 2015
A film adaptation of Randolph Stow’s 1963 novel Tourmaline has received funding in the latest round of Screen Australia grants.Stow’s post-apocalyptic novel, which will be re-issued as a ‘Text Classic’...
Educational Publishing Awards 2015 shortlists announced Archive
Tuesday, 21 July 2015
The titles shortlisted for the Australian Publishers Association Educational Publishing Awards have been announced.The shortlisted titles in each category are:Primary EducationStudent Resource: Mathematics (Numeracy) Nelson Maths Australian Curriculum NSW K-6+...
ABA launches upgraded bookshop events page Archive
Tuesday, 21 July 2015
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has launched an upgraded bookshop events page on its website. ABA members can now add event information direct to the site, while the page also includes...
Conakry, Guinea announced as World Book Capital City 2017 Archive
Tuesday, 21 July 2015
Conakry, the capital of Guinea, has been awarded the title of World Book Capital City 2017 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) in association with the International...
Ubud Festival authors announced Archive
Tuesday, 21 July 2015
The Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF) has announced the first round of authors appearing in its 2015 program, which runs from 28 October to 1 November in Bali, Indonesia.International...
Survey highlights print book, ebook tax discrepancies Archive
Tuesday, 21 July 2015
A report by the International Publishers Association (IPA) and the Federation of European Publishers has found only 22% of 79 surveyed nations—including Australia—apply the standard Value Added Tax (VAT) or...
Adelaide bookstore ‘raided’ over unwrapped ‘American Psycho’ copies Archive
Monday, 20 July 2015
Police have ‘raided’ Imprints Booksellers in Adelaide for selling copies of the R18-classified American Psycho that were not plastic-wrapped, reports ABC News.Co-owner Jason Lake said a new Picador Classic edition...
#LoveOzYA campaign gathers momentum Archive
Monday, 20 July 2015
A grassroots campaign to promote Australian YA books in a market dominated by US titles has been gathering momentum.Book blogger Danielle Binks told Books+Publishing that the #LoveOzYA campaign is inspired...
Publishing Scotland launches international fellowship program Archive
Friday, 17 July 2015
Scotland’s publishing trade association Publishing Scotland has launched an international fellowship program to increase the exposure of Scottish books internationally and facilitate rights sales, reports the Bookseller. As part of...
PANZ Book Design Awards 2015 winners announced Archive
Friday, 17 July 2015
The winners of this year’s Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) Book Design Awards have been announced.Cardboard Cathedral (Andrew Barrie, Auckland University Press), designed by Janson Chau, won the overall...
HarperCollins acquires rights to book by NZ ‘social media sensation’ Archive
Friday, 17 July 2015
HarperCollins has acquired world rights to Jamie’s World: They Let Me Write a Book! by New Zealand ‘social media sensation’ Jamie Curry.The publisher has described Curry’s book as ‘a journey through her mind...
Impressive first-day sales for ‘Go Set a Watchman’ in UK and US Archive
Thursday, 16 July 2015
Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman (William Heinemann) has recorded impressive first-day sales in the UK and North America. In the UK, Penguin Random House announced Go Set a Watchman’s...
On tour: Meet the author Kitty Crowther Archive
Thursday, 16 July 2015
Kitty Crowther is a Belgian children’s book author and illustrator whose latest books are the ‘Poka & Mia’ series (Tate Publishing). In 2010 she won the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award....
Black Inc. launches ‘online book club community’ Archive
Thursday, 16 July 2015
Black Inc. has launched an ‘online book club community’ to promote Black Inc. and Nero titles to members of book clubs.‘Read between the Wines’, which has its own website, quarterly...
US authors call for antitrust investigation into Amazon Archive
Wednesday, 15 July 2015
In the US, Authors United, a loose coalition who protested Amazon during its 2014 dispute with Hachette US, has asked members to sign a letter calling for the Department of...
Kibble and Dobbie Awards 2015 winners announced Archive
Wednesday, 15 July 2015
The winners of the 2015 Kibble and Dobbie Literary Awards have been announced at a ceremony at the State Library of New South Wales.The $30,000 Nita B Kibble Literary Award,...
Quote of the week Archive
Wednesday, 15 July 2015
‘Although there are some regular successes in terms of rights sales of Oz titles into various territories around the world, it’s haphazard, and there are some good titles I suspect...
Joint winners announced for 2015 Ernest Scott Prize Archive
Wednesday, 15 July 2015
Alan Atkinson’s The Europeans in Australia: Volume 3: Nation (UNSW Press) and Tom Brooking’s Richard Seddon, King of God’s Own: The Life and Times of New Zealand’s Longest-Serving Prime Minister...
Eggleton wins Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal Archive
Wednesday, 15 July 2015
Literacy consultant, teacher and author Jill Eggleton has won the Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal for ‘outstanding contribution to New Zealand children’s literature and literacy’.As a teacher, Eggleton implemented literacy programs...
Martin Shaw sub-agenting services Archive
Tuesday, 14 July 2015
Martin Shaw is representing various Australian publishers at the Frankfurt Book Fair this year. Please get in touch with martin@thebooksdesk.com for further information.
Shaw joins Alex Adsett Publishing Services, announces sub-agenting services Archive
Tuesday, 14 July 2015
Outgoing Readings books division manager Martin Shaw will join Alex Adsett Publishing Services this month.Shaw, who is moving to Germany, has joined the company as a literary agent specialising in...
Festival of Dangerous Ideas program launched Archive
Tuesday, 14 July 2015
The annual Festival of Dangerous Ideas (FODI) has announced its 2015 program.Presented by the Sydney Opera House and the Ethics Centre, the festival invites ‘thinkers and culture creators’ from around...
Thriller Awards 2015 winners announced Archive
Tuesday, 14 July 2015
International Thriller Writers (ITW) has announced the winners of the 2015 Thriller Awards. Winning titles include: The Fever (Megan Abbott, Picador) for Best Hardcover Novel; The Weight of Blood (Laura McHugh,...
Hachette Australia cancels ‘Millennium’ tattoo promotion Archive
Tuesday, 14 July 2015
Hachette Australia has cancelled a tattoo promotional campaign around the new ‘Millennium’ title, The Girl in the Spider’s Web (MacLehose Press), due to complaints that the stunt was offensive. Originally labelled as ‘tatvertising’,...
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