Ubud announces 2015 dates
Thursday, 15 January 2015
The 2015 Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF) will be held from 28 October to 1 November in Bali, Indonesia, and will explore the theme ‘17,000 Islands of Imagination’. Organisers...
Perth Writers Festival 2015 program launched
Thursday, 15 January 2015
The 2015 Perth Writers Festival program has been launched and tickets are now on sale.As previously reported by Books+Publishing, the line-up of international guests includes UK author Hilary Mantel (via...
UK print book sales fall by more than £150m in five years
Wednesday, 14 January 2015
In the UK, new Nielsen BookScan figures reveal that sales of print books have fallen by more than £150m (A$278.53m) since 2009, reports the Guardian. An analysis of last year’s figures...
No more ‘nice’ books: Jackie French’s Colin Simpson Memorial Lecture
Wednesday, 14 January 2015
In her 2014 Colin Simpson Memorial Lecture, Australian Children’s Laureate Jackie French argues that children are turning away from reading because they are bored by many of the books on offer....
WA state library gathers Indigenous stories through interactive archive project
Wednesday, 14 January 2015
The State Library of Western Australia has gathered 1700 stories about the state’s Indigenous people through its Aboriginal heritage online interactive archive project Storylines, reports Perth Now. Around 2500 photos...
International library news
Wednesday, 14 January 2015
NYC libraries to offer internet hotspotsThe New York Public Library is lending out 10,000 free high-speed internet hotspots valued at US$1000 (A$1223) to some of the city’s poorest residents, reports...
No more ‘nice’ books: Jackie French’s Colin Simpson Memorial Lecture
Wednesday, 14 January 2015
‘Each time I visit schools I ask the teachers to please close their eyes while the children raise their hands when asked, “Hands up, who hates reading?” At least 30...
Jane Jolly and Sally Heinrich’s ‘One Step at a Time’
Wednesday, 14 January 2015
MidnightSun ran a successful crowdfunding campaign to finance its first picture book. It is an unusual and challenging book to launch its children’s list. It is touching and tragic, but also...
Harsent wins 2014 T S Eliot Prize
Tuesday, 13 January 2015
In the UK, David Harsent has won the 2014 T S Eliot Prize for Poetry for his collection Fire Songs (Faber) after being shortlisted for the prize five times, reports...
Man Booker Prize eligibility, availability rules changed
Tuesday, 13 January 2015
The Man Booker Prize has made changes to its rules on the availability of longlisted titles and eligibility of international titles, reports the Bookseller. Following complaints that the prize was...
The Bookworm launches publishing house and literary award
Tuesday, 13 January 2015
In China, literary organisation the Bookworm is launching the publishing house China Bookworm Press and the inaugural China Bookworm Literary Award, reports Creative Asia. China Bookworm Press will publish English-language...
Christmas sales up for UK indie booksellers
Monday, 12 January 2015
The majority of independent booksellers in the UK have reported a boost in Christmas sales this year, according to separate surveys by the Booksellers Association and the Bookseller. The Booksellers...
Patterson donates £50,000 to inaugural World Book Day Award
Monday, 12 January 2015
American author James Patterson is donating £50,000 (A$92,300) to the inaugural World Book Day Award, which gives UK and Ireland school libraries the chance to win funding to purchase books...
Williams joins Copyright Agency board
Monday, 12 January 2015
Former News Limited CEO Kim Williams has been appointed as a director of the Copyright Agency board, replacing former media executive Brian Johns.Copyright Agency chair Sandy Grant said in a statement that...
‘Kill Your Darlings’ announces new columnists
Monday, 12 January 2015
Melbourne-based literary journal Kill Your Darlings (KYD) has announced its new columnists for 2015, with James Tierney to write about books and writing. Tierney is a freelance writer and reviewer...
Hazel Rowley Fellowship 2015 finalists announced
Thursday, 8 January 2015
Writers Victoria has announced the finalists for the 2015 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship, awarded annually to an Australian writer for a proposed biographical work. The shortlisted writers and their projects...
ALIA Fellowship awarded to WA State Library CEO
Wednesday, 7 January 2015
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has awarded an ALIA Fellowship to the State Library of Western Australia CEO Margaret Allen.ALIA Fellowships are conferred by the organisation’s board of...
Political memoir, film tie-ins among most borrowed books in ACT libraries
Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Bob Carr’s Diary of a Foreign Minister (UNSW Press) was among the most borrowed books from ACT libraries in 2014, reports the Canberra Times. Other popular titles at ACT libraries...
In brief
Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Farm catalogues sought by NLAThe National Library of Australia (NLA) is seeking old farm catalogues for its ephemera collection, reports ABC Rural. NLA’s ephemera officer Catherine Aldersey told ABC Rural...
Macmillan signs new Amazon sales deal
Wednesday, 7 January 2015
In the US, Macmillan has signed a multiyear sales agreement with Amazon, reports Publishers Weekly. The deal guarantees the publisher’s print and ebooks will be sold through the online retailer, and...
International library news
Wednesday, 7 January 2015
National Digital Library to launch in Russia The Russian government has announced plans to launch a National Digital Library in 2015 that will give library branches access to wifi and the...
RiP Lynn Bryan
Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Lynn Bryan, custom publisher for the University of Queensland Press (UQP), has died, aged 66.UQP writes:‘Lynn Bryan passed away peacefully on December 23. Despite her health challenges in recent years,...
Debra Oswald’s ‘Useful’
Wednesday, 7 January 2015
At his nadir, Sullivan Moss stuffs up his own suicide attempt and is forced to reflect on his unreliable, selfish, underachieving ways. He strikes on the idea of doing something...
Costa Book Award 2014 category winners announced
Wednesday, 7 January 2015
In the UK, the Costa Book Award 2014 category winners have been announced. The winners for each award are: How to be Both (Ali Smith, Hamish Hamilton) in the novel...
Staff changes at ‘Books+Publishing’
Wednesday, 7 January 2015
The editorial team that produces the Weekly Book Newsletter, Books+Publishing Daily newsletter and Books+Publishing magazine has undergone some changes.Brad Jefferies has been appointed news editor on a full-time basis. Jefferies...
Griffith and Denton top 2014 bestsellers chart
Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Andy Griffith and Terry Denton’s The 52-Storey Treehouse (Pan) was the highest selling title in Australia in 2014 with 232,900 sales, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.In a strong year for...
What’s coming from page to screen in 2015?
Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Angelina Jolie’s adaptation of Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken (Fourth Estate), Clint Eastwood’s take on Chris Kyle’s autobiography American Sniper (HarperCollins), and an adaptation of Cheryl Strayed’s Wild (Atlantic Books) starring Reese Witherspoon...
Mildura Writers Festival seeks inaugural writer in residence
Wednesday, 7 January 2015
The Mildura Writers Festival is inviting writers ‘working in any genre’ to apply for its inaugural writers festival residency. The 2015 Mildura Writers Festival Residency will be located in Mildura,...
UK, US 2014 bestsellers announced
Wednesday, 7 January 2015
The Fault in Our Stars (John Green, Penguin) was the bestselling book in the UK and US in 2014 in what was a strong year for children’s books in both markets. In the...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 7 January 2015
‘I scour the publishers’ advance catalogues and never fail to be slightly surprised by how many good books are in the pipeline for the coming 12 months’—Stephen Romei rounds up...
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