‘The Wake’ wins 2014 Gordon Burn Prize
Monday, 13 October 2014
In the UK, Paul Kingsnorth’s crowdfunded novel The Wake (Unbound) has won the Gordon Burn Prize, reports the Bookseller. The prize, worth £5000 (A$9246), celebrates writers whose works follows in the ‘fearless footsteps’...
International library news
Monday, 13 October 2014
Library book therapy to tackle dementiaIn the UK, the Reading Agency and the Society of Chief Librarians will introduce a new initiative in libraries in January 2015 to promote ‘book-based therapy’ for dementia sufferers,...
Oz, NZ authors and illustrators nominated for 2015 Astrid Lindgren Award
Friday, 10 October 2014
Four Australians and two New Zealanders have been nominated for the 2015 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. Australian authors Ursula Dubosarsky, Libby Gleeson, Morris Gleitzman and Mem Fox are among the...
Text, Hardie Grant nominated for 2014 FutureBook Innovation Awards
Friday, 10 October 2014
Text Publishing and Hardie Grant Publishing have been shortlisted for the Bookseller’s Futurebook Innovation Awards for 2014.Text’s website is in the running for best publisher website and Hardie Grant Publishing’s...
French author Patrick Modiano wins 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature
Friday, 10 October 2014
The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2014 has been awarded to French author Patrick Modiano—the 15th French writer to win the prize.The Swedish Academy awarded the 8m kronor (A$1.2m) prize to...
Barbara Jefferis Award 2014 shortlist announced
Friday, 10 October 2014
The shortlist for this year’s Barbara Jefferis Award has been announced.The shortlisted titles are: Sufficient Grace (Amy Espeseth, Scribe) The Life and Loves of Lena Gaunt (Tracy Farr, Fremantle Press)...
Self-publishing ‘beginning to mature’, according to Bowker report
Thursday, 9 October 2014
In an analysis of US ISBN data, Bowker has revealed that 458,564 self-published titles were published in 2013, up 17% from 2012 and 437% from 2008. The growth is due entirely to...
Samuel Johnson Prize 2014 shortlist announced
Thursday, 9 October 2014
In the UK, the shortlist for this year’s Samuel Johnson Prize for Nonfiction has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Roy Jenkins (John Campbell, Jonathan Cape), The Iceberg: A Memoir...
Wyld among winners of 2014 EU Prize for Literature
Thursday, 9 October 2014
Australian born, UK-based author Evie Wyld has won the 2014 European Union Prize for Literature, along with 12 other authors from European countries.Established in 2009 by the European Commission in...
Waverley Library Award 2014 shortlist announced
Thursday, 9 October 2014
The shortlist for the 2014 Waverley Library Award for Literature, known as ‘the Nib’, has been announced.The shortlisted titles are: Let the Land Speak: A History of Australia—How the Land...
‘The Reef’ wins 2014 CHASS Australia Book Prize
Thursday, 9 October 2014
Iain McCalman’s The Reef: A Passionate History (Penguin) has won the 2014 Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) Australia Book Prize.The winner was announced at the CHASS...
NLA launches new creative arts fellowship
Wednesday, 8 October 2014
The National Library of Australia (NLA) has launched a new fellowship for ‘professional practicing artists’.The Friends of the NLA Creative Arts Fellowship is open to Australian citizens or permanent residents...
Tranter launches poetry research journal
Wednesday, 8 October 2014
Poet John Tranter has launched an online poetry research journal. The Journal of Poetics Research (JPR) will publish research articles, book reviews, interviews and some creative writing, and will be ‘generally peer-reviewed’. According to the journal, ‘Poems...
National Film and Sound Archive celebrates 30 years
Wednesday, 8 October 2014
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) is celebrating its 30th birthday and has published a timeline of highlights from the past 30 years on its website.The original...
HarperCollins creates HarperCollins Germany
Wednesday, 8 October 2014
HarperCollins has announced the creation of HarperCollins Germany by expanding the Harlequin Hamburg office to form the new division, reports Publishers Weekly. The publisher said it will continue to release the...
International library news
Wednesday, 8 October 2014
White Paper offers recommendations for improved library e-contentAn international E-Data Quality Working Group consisting of library professionals, content providers and OCLC has published a white paper on library e-content. The...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 8 October 2014
‘The general mood was extremely positive with everyone excited about the past year’s results and the upcoming Christmas trading period’—Collins Booksellers financial controller Will Smith reports on the bookseller’s national...
Faber launches London pop-up shop
Tuesday, 7 October 2014
In the UK, Faber will host a pop-up shop in London in the lead-up to Christmas, reports the Bookseller. The shop, run by Faber’s publishing and events arm Faber Social,...
‘WRIT Poetry Review’ launches first issue
Tuesday, 7 October 2014
A new online West Australian poetry journal has been launched. The WRIT Poetry Review seeks ‘first and foremost to connect the poetry community in the West’. Editors Alexis Lateef and Christine Della Vedova...
‘Guardian’ children’s fiction prize shortlist announced
Tuesday, 7 October 2014
In the UK, the shortlist for the Guardian children’s fiction prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Flora & Ulysses (Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick Press); The Dark Wild (Piers Torday,...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 6 October 2014
Former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s memoir My Story (Knopf) is this week’s highest new entry, debuting in second place on the bestsellers chart. It’s behind The 52-Storey Treehouse (Andy Griffiths &...
Egmont Publishing to sell US business
Monday, 6 October 2014
Egmont Publishing, a division of Denmark-based Egmont Group that includes Egmont UK and Egmont USA, has announced it is selling its US business. The publisher of children’s and YA fiction said...
Poll names Harry Potter as best book-to-film adaptation
Monday, 6 October 2014
The films based on J K Rowling’s Harry Potter series have topped a Samsung Electronics poll of the best book-to-film adaptations, reports the Evening Standard. The Shawshank Redemption, based on Stephen King’s novella Rita Hayworth...
MUP memoir subject of legal action
Friday, 3 October 2014
A forthcoming memoir from the former executive producer of TV breakfast show ‘Sunrise’ is the subject of legal action.Publisher MUP said in a statement that the Seven Network has issued...
Kenneally receives Irish Presidential Distinguished Service Award
Friday, 3 October 2014
Irish-Australian author Thomas Keneally has been presented with one of Ireland’s 2014 Presidential Distinguished Service Awards. The awards, which span numerous categories, including the arts, recognise the contribution of the Irish...
NZ-Taiwan graphic novel exchange and collaboration
Friday, 3 October 2014
Six graphic novelists and comic artists will participate in a residential exchange between Taiwan and New Zealand as part of a program developed between the Publishers Association of New Zealand...
Harlequin signs exclusive subscription deal with Scribd
Friday, 3 October 2014
Harlequin has signed a one-year agreement to make Scribd the ‘exclusive subscription partner’ for 15,000 of its backlist titles, reports Digital Book World. The publisher’s full catalogue will also be available for...
New ‘Books+Publishing Junior’ reviews out now
Friday, 3 October 2014
Books+Publishing’s latest Junior newsletter contains 11 reviews of children’s and YA books publishing in January to March. Included is a five-star review of A Small Madness by Dianne Touchell (A&U,...
New website for PANZ
Friday, 3 October 2014
The Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) has launched a new website. The website was developed by Alistair Cook from New Zealand design company Book Design using WordPress, and is...
Picador acquires debut by award-winning screenwriter
Thursday, 2 October 2014
Pan Macmillan imprint Picador has announced it has acquired local rights to a debut novel by award-winning Australian screenwriter Shirley Barrett.Barrett’s scripts include Love Serenade and South Solitary. She has...
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