Walkley Book Award 2014 longlist announced Archive
Friday, 24 October 2014
The longlist for the 2014 Walkley Book Award has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Breaking News: Sex, Lies and the Murdoch Succession (Paul Barry, A&U) Jacks and Jokers (Mathew Condon, UQP)...
Booktopia makes ‘BRW’ Fast 100 for sixth year Archive
Friday, 24 October 2014
Online bookseller Booktopia has been included in the Business Review Weekly Fast 100 list of fastest growing Australian companies for the sixth year running, with revenues of $39.3 million in the 2013-14...
Blake Poetry Prize 2014 shortlist announced Archive
Friday, 24 October 2014
The shortlist for the 2014 Blake Poetry Prize has been announced.The shortlisted poems are: ‘Penumbra’ (Brady Collard) ‘Soulchat’ (MTC Cronin) ‘either, Orpheus’ (Dan Disney) ‘Threnodials’ (Dave Drayton) ‘The Bridge’ (Ross...
Aotearoa Māori Book Awards finalists announced Archive
Friday, 24 October 2014
In New Zealand, 16 finalists in Massey University’s Ngā Kupu Ora Aotearoa Māori Book Awards have been announced. The awards, which include categories for arts, biography and history, fiction, nonfiction and te...
Nature Publishing Group, Palgrave Macmillan release author insights survey Archive
Thursday, 23 October 2014
Nature Publishing Group (NPG) and Palgrave Macmillan have released public data from an author insights survey completed by more than 30,000 of their authors, reports the Bookseller. The data, compiled last...
Oz, NZ authors and illustrators on 2014 White Ravens list Archive
Thursday, 23 October 2014
A number of books by Australian and New Zealand authors and illustrators have been included in the 2014 White Ravens list for international children’s and youth literature.The Australian titles on...
Blloon ereading app launched in UK Archive
Thursday, 23 October 2014
Ereading app Blloon has launched in the UK and is using ‘gamification’ to engage young people, reports the Bookseller. The app was launched earlier this year by Thomas Leliveld, founder of the Txtr ereading app. It allows customers to read...
Most Underrated Book Award 2014 shortlist announced Archive
Wednesday, 22 October 2014
The Small Press Network (SPN) has announced the shortlist for this year’s Most Underrated Book Award (MUBA). The shortlisted titles are: Gardens of Fire (Robert Kenny, UWA Publishing) A Wrong...
Bertelsmann to acquire Relias Learning Archive
Wednesday, 22 October 2014
Multinational media company Bertelsmann will acquire US elearning provider Relias Learning, reports the Bookseller. Bertelsmann said in a statement that it will spend ‘in the mid-hundreds of millions’ of US...
S&S, Amazon sign ‘version of agency pricing’ deal Archive
Wednesday, 22 October 2014
In the US, Simon & Schuster and Amazon have signed a sales agreement for the publisher’s print and digital books that has been described by S&S CEO Carolyn Reidy as...
Jim Haynes’ ‘Australia’s Best Unknown Stories’ Archive
Wednesday, 22 October 2014
Jim Haynes sorts the facts from the furphies in the audiobook Australia’s Best Unknown Stories, which combines snippets of Australian colonial history, short stories and poetry. With the voice of a...
International library news Archive
Wednesday, 22 October 2014
Wellcome Library to digitise 800,000 pages of mental health archives More than 800,000 pages of archival material drawn from psychiatric hospitals and asylums in the UK will be digitised and...
Australian public library stats report released Archive
Wednesday, 22 October 2014
The National and State Libraries Australasia (NSLA) has released its annual Australian Public Libraries Statistical Report.The report, which covers 2012-2013, found that while expenditure and funding for Australian public libraries...
VicArts grant recipients announced Archive
Wednesday, 22 October 2014
Arts Victoria has announced its latest round of VicArts grant recipients.The program will provide $1.4 million in funding for 88 new creative projects by independent professional artists and arts organisations...
Australians nominated for 2015 Carnegie, Greenaway medals Archive
Tuesday, 21 October 2014
The nominations for the 2015 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals, presented by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) in the UK, have been announced.Australian author Morris Gleitzman...
UK survey finds cheap ebooks boosts overall reading Archive
Tuesday, 21 October 2014
A UK survey conducted by market research company Mintel has found that one in four (26%) ebook buyers are reading more because ebooks are cheaper than paperbacks. Among younger ebook readers (aged...
Inaugural NSW State Library Awards announced Archive
Tuesday, 21 October 2014
The winners of the inaugural NSW State Library Awards, which recognise the work of library professionals, have been announced. Former NSW governor Marie Bashir was awarded the Medal of the...
Kostakis, Berry win 2014 Inky Awards Archive
Tuesday, 21 October 2014
The winners of the 2014 Inky Awards, presented by the Centre for Youth Literature, were announced at the State Library of Victoria on 21 November.Will Kostakis won the Gold Inky...
PM’s Literary Awards shortlists announced Archive
Monday, 20 October 2014
The shortlists for this year’s Prime Minister’s Literary Awards have been announced.The shortlisted titles in each of the categories are:Fiction A World of Other People (Steven Carroll, Fourth Estate) The...
IPA releases report on global publishing markets Archive
Monday, 20 October 2014
The International Publishers Association (IPA) has released its annual report on global publishing markets. The survey of 42 countries has found mostly negative growth in the book markets of wealthier...
Bestsellers this week Archive
Monday, 20 October 2014
The Blood of Olympus: Heroes of Olympus (Rick Riordan, Puffin) is Percy Jackson’s final battle. It’s in first place on the bestsellers chart and the fastest movers chart this week....
Oz, NZ festival announces 2015 dates Archive
Monday, 20 October 2014
The Australian and New Zealand Festival of Literature and Arts has announced the dates for its 2015 event. The London-based festival, which held its inaugural event in May 2014, will...
McSweeney’s to seek non-profit status Archive
Friday, 17 October 2014
US publisher McSweeney’s will seek status as a non-profit organisation from next year, reports Publishers Lunch. In a statement on its website, McSweeney’s said: ‘A nonprofit structure, with a board and...
Sales down, profits up at WHSmith Archive
Friday, 17 October 2014
UK book chain WHSmith has recorded a 9% year-to-year rise in pre-tax profits in its annual results for the year ending 31 August, reports the Bookseller. The chain’s travel stores had a ‘record...
Sexton appointed head of programming at the Wheeler Centre Archive
Friday, 17 October 2014
The Wheeler Centre has announced the appointment of Emily Sexton as head of programming.Sexton has been creative producer and co-CEO of Melbourne’s contemporary art festival Next Wave for the past...
Radio NZ to broadcast reading of ‘The Life and Loves of Lena Gaunt’ Archive
Friday, 17 October 2014
Tracy Farr’s novel The Life and Loves of Lena Gaunt (Fremantle Press) will be broadcast as a 12-part reading on Radio New Zealand (RNZ), beginning on 29 October.Farr, who was...
New Walker Books website for teachers and librarians Archive
Friday, 17 October 2014
Walker Books Australia has launched a new website for teachers and librarians. Walker Books Classroom features classroom ideas, book lists, interviews and other resources, which are organised by theme, title,...
National Book Award finalists announced Archive
Thursday, 16 October 2014
In the US, the National Book Award has announced the finalists in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and young people’s literature. In fiction the finalists are: An Unnecessary Woman (Rabih...
Attendance dips at 2014 Frankfurt Book Fair Archive
Thursday, 16 October 2014
Attendance at the Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF) is down for the second year in a row, but only ‘modestly’, reports Publishers Weekly. FBF officials have reported that 140,291 trade visitors...
Authors announced for Adelaide Writers’ Week Archive
Thursday, 16 October 2014
Adelaide Writers’ Week has announced the line-up for its 2015 festival. Among the international guests are UK authors John Lanchester, Michel Faber, Esther Freud and Tom Rob Smith; US author...
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