Copyright Agency to offer publisher, author and copyright research fellowships
Monday, 2 March 2015
The Copyright Agency has established nine fellowships ‘to support innovation in writing, publishing and copyright research’, worth $120,000 annually.The first round of fellowships consist of four Publisher Fellowships, worth $10,000 each,...
Australian titles featured on USBBY outstanding international books list
Monday, 2 March 2015
Four books by Australian authors have been selected for the 2015 United States Board of Books for Young People (USBBY) list of Outstanding International Books for children and young adults.The...
Canberra’s Noted writers’ festival launches program
Friday, 27 February 2015
Canberra’s ‘experimental’ writers’ festival Noted has launched its first program.The program is divided into three streams—live, digital and professional development—and features a range of emerging writers and artists.The live stream...
Wattpad releases romance and erotica app After Dark
Friday, 27 February 2015
Online writing platform Wattpad has released the After Dark app, which offers readers a curated selection of romance and erotica stories, reports Publishers Weekly. The app features thousands of erotic stories...
Australian recipe site Cooked launches in the UK
Friday, 27 February 2015
Local Australian recipe subscription website Cooked has expanded into the UK, reports the Bookseller. The new site was launched by Hardie Grant, Quadrille and Bloomsbury and will feature over 22,000 recipes, including full...
‘The Lifted Brow’ Prize for Experimental Nonfiction shortlist announced
Thursday, 26 February 2015
Melbourne-based publisher and literary magazine the Lifted Brow has announced the shortlist for its Prize for Experimental Nonfiction.The shortlisted works are: Sophia O’Rourke for ‘Flaming June: Still Life and the Anthroposcene’ Scott...
UQP rejects Campbell Newman memoir over awards axing
Thursday, 26 February 2015
The University of Queensland Press (UQP) has declined to publish former Queensland premier Campbell Newman’s memoir, citing Newman’s axing of the Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards as the reason, reports the...
Puffin, PRH and Pan Macmillan winners at UK marketing awards
Thursday, 26 February 2015
In the UK, Puffin, Penguin Random House (PRH) and Pan Macmillan were the winners of the Book Marketing Society’s best Christmas campaigns, reports the Bookseller. Puffin Books won the best children’s...
On tour: Meet the author Elizabeth Gilbert
Thursday, 26 February 2015
Elizabeth Gilbert is the author of The Signature of All Things (Bloomsbury). She is attending Adelaide Writers’ Week and touring Australia and New Zealand in February and March.What would you...
On tour: Meet the author Tom Rob Smith
Thursday, 26 February 2015
Tom Rob Smith is the author of the psychological thriller The Farm (S & S). He is a guest of Adelaide Writers’ Week in February and March.What would you put...
All about ‘Eve’: Rochelle Siemienowicz on ‘Fallen’
Thursday, 26 February 2015
Rochelle Siemienowicz is the author of Fallen (Affirm Press, May), a ‘thought-provoking memoir about religion, marriage and sexuality’ that juxtaposes Siemienowicz’s ‘burgeoning sexuality with her strict Seventh Day Adventist upbringing’....
Wild Dog partners with PNG charity to create children’s books
Wednesday, 25 February 2015
Children’s publisher Wild Dog Books has partnered with not-for-profit organisation Buk bilong Pikinini (BbP) in Papua New Guinea to publish a series of books produced by local children.BbP was founded...
Readerlink acquires Baker & Taylor publishing, warehouse units
Wednesday, 25 February 2015
US book distributor Readerlink Distribution Services has acquired Baker & Taylor Publishing Group (BTPG) and Baker & Taylor Marketing Services US (BTMS), reports Publishers Weekly. Under the agreement, Readerlink takes over...
NLA digitises early Chinese newspapers to mark Lunar New Year
Wednesday, 25 February 2015
Three of the earliest known Chinese-Australian newspapers have been digitised by the National Library of Australia (NLA) and made available via Trove to mark the Lunar New Year, reports PSnewsonline.The...
Inaugural Friends of the NLA Creative Arts Fellow announced
Wednesday, 25 February 2015
Composer Chris Williams has been named the Friends of the NLA inaugural Creative Arts Fellow. Williams will receive $10,000 and undertake a four-week residency at the NLA in April. His...
International library news
Wednesday, 25 February 2015
EBSCO buys YBP Library Services from Baker & TaylorLibrary service provider EBSCO has acquired YBP Library Services from Baker & Taylor, which has owned the company since 1999, reports Publishers...
Patti Miller’s ‘Ransacking Paris’
Wednesday, 25 February 2015
This delightful recollection of the rewarding year that writer Patti Miller spent in Paris completing a challenging manuscript is that rare object—a book for anyone who believes we don’t need...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 25 February 2015
‘This is the first truly collaborative initiative that we’ve undertaken together’—Small Press Network general manager Mary Masters on the new Victorian Indigenous literature officer role, which was developed by The...
Bookish films honoured at Academy Awards
Tuesday, 24 February 2015
A number of winners at this year’s Academy Awards on 22 February were based on or related to books, reports Shelf Awareness. Birdman or (the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), which...
Bologna children’s book catalogue released
Tuesday, 24 February 2015
Books Illustrated and the Australian Publishers Association (APA) have released the catalogue to accompany the ‘Hello! from Australia’ children’s book exhibition at the 2015 Bologna Children’s Book Fair. As previously...
Random House publishes retraction for Gillard autobiography
Tuesday, 24 February 2015
Random House has published a retraction and apology over an allegation against senator Nick Xenophon in Julia Gillard’s autobiography.In a statement the publisher said that ‘on page 320 of the first...
LBF to hold social media conference
Monday, 23 February 2015
The London Book Fair (LBF) will stage its first social media conference on trends in global publishing, reports the Bookseller. The online conference, called ‘Around the World in 8 Hours’,...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 23 February 2015
This week’s bestsellers chart has a new number one, with Richelle Mead’s The Ruby Circle (Viking) placed first in both the top 10 bestsellers and the highest new entries charts. This...
Nebula award nominees announced
Monday, 23 February 2015
In the US, the nominees for the 2014 Nebula Awards have been announced. Titles nominated in the Fiction category of the Nebula Awards are: The Goblin Emperor (Katherine Addison, Tor);...
US jury finds Australian publisher of ‘Fifty Shades’ defrauded partner out of royalties
Monday, 23 February 2015
A Texas jury has ruled that American Jennifer Lynn Pedroza was defrauded by Australian Amanda Hayward over royalty rights to the ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ series, reports Reuters. Pedroza was...
New award categories for 2015 ABIAs
Monday, 23 February 2015
Three new awards will be presented for the first time at this year’s Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs).Two of the new awards, the Small Publisher Adult Book of the Year and...
Oz, NZ festival of literature and arts line-up announced
Monday, 23 February 2015
The first line-up for the Australian and New Zealand Festival of Literature and Arts in London has been announced. Kate Grenville, Steve Toltz, Alan Duff, Howard Jacobson, Omar Musa, Dylan...
NGV to host inaugural Melbourne Art Book Fair in May
Monday, 23 February 2015
The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) will host the inaugural Melbourne Art Book Fair on 1-3 May.Local and international book designers and publishers will exhibit fine art, architecture and design...
Kindle Unlimited illegal in France
Friday, 20 February 2015
Kindle Unlimited and similar ebook subscription services contravene French fixed price law and will be required to alter their practices within months, French culture minister Fleur Pellerin has said in...
Booktopia opens new headquarters and distribution centre
Friday, 20 February 2015
Booktopia officially opened its 10,000 square metre headquarters and distribution centre in Homebush, Sydney, this week, to coincide with the company’s 11th birthday.The headquarters includes offices, an author signing room...
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