Vic Books opens new Kelburn store; Price’s Bookshop set to close Archive
Tuesday, 30 April 2013
A new branch of Vic Books has opened at the Kelburn campus of the Victoria University of Wellington, reports Booksellers NZ. The new bookshop, which is owned by the Victoria...
NZ Post Children’s Book of the Year Award to honour Margaret Mahy Archive
Tuesday, 30 April 2013
The organisers of the New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards have announced that the overall Book of the Year Award will be renamed in honour of well-known New Zealand author...
‘Herman and Rosie’ adapted as school stage play Archive
Friday, 26 April 2013
Gus Gordon’s picture book Herman and Rosie (Viking) has been adapted as a stage play and will visit more than 120 schools across Australia. The play, which has been produced by...
Sony Pictures acquires ‘The Rosie Project’ Archive
Friday, 26 April 2013
Sony Pictures has optioned the screen rights to Graeme Simsion’s The Rosie Project (Text Publishing). Simsion will write the script for the film, which will be produced by Sony-based Matt...
Chinese writer wins inaugural NZ writing fellowship Archive
Tuesday, 23 April 2013
The inaugural Rewi Alley Writing Fellowship has been awarded to Chinese writer Huo Yan. Huo, a 23-year-old PhD student at Beijing Normal University, will undertake a two-month writing project in...
Plum launches new website Archive
Tuesday, 16 April 2013
Pan Macmillan’s food and lifestyle imprint Plum has launched a dedicated website. The new website favours striking imagery and minimal text, with links to the Pan Macmillan website for more...
Margaret Gee’s launches digital press release service Archive
Wednesday, 10 April 2013
Australian media database service Margaret Gee’s has launched an online press release centre called ConnectWeb, which allows subscribers to create and send press releases to the Australian media through the...
Temple’s ‘The Broken Shore’ to screen on ABC Archive
Thursday, 4 April 2013
ABC Television has announced the cast for a television adaptation of Peter Temple’s novel The Broken Shore (Text). The novel will be adapted into a telemovie for ABC1 starring Don...
Dymocks reveals 101 Club list for 2013 Archive
Wednesday, 3 April 2013
Dymocks has released its 101 Club list of the best books of all time for 2013, as voted by members of the company’s Booklover loyalty program. Series were popular in the top...
Brooks nominated for US Indie Award Archive
Tuesday, 2 April 2013
Australian-American author Geraldine Brooks is one of six finalists in the running for the Indie Champion Award (formerly Most Engaging Author Award) in the 2013 US Indies Choice Book Awards. Also nominated...
Lucashenko to present ASA Colin Simpson Memorial Lecture Archive
Thursday, 28 March 2013
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced that Melissa Lucashenko, ‘one of the most important Indigenous literary voices in contemporary Australian culture’, will deliver the 2013 Colin Simpson Memorial Lecture at the...
A&U, author sued over ‘defamatory’ Corby book Archive
Thursday, 28 March 2013
Relatives of convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby are suing Allen & Unwin and author Eamonn Duff for defamation over Sins of the Father, which considers Schapelle Corby’s role in her...
Publishers make the Arts Top 50 in the ‘Australian’ Archive
Monday, 25 March 2013
Griffith REVIEW founding editor Julianne Schultz, Melbourne University Publishing CEO Louise Adler, Text publisher Michael Heyward, Lonely Planet founders Maureen and Tony Wheeler and Black Inc. owner Morry Schwartz have...
‘Island’ to partner with university centre on Tasmanian essay series Archive
Monday, 18 March 2013
Island magazine has announced that it will publish a new essay series in partnership with the University of Tasmania’s Inglis Clark Centre for Civil Society. The Tasmania Papers, co-edited by...
Eye of the Storm festival program announced Archive
Friday, 15 March 2013
The program for this year’s Eye of the Storm festival, to be held in Alice Springs from 25-28 April, has been announced. This year’s festival will kick off on 25 April...
‘Cheap Eats’ and ‘Everyday Eats’ guides rebranded Archive
Thursday, 14 March 2013
Fairfax’s annual guides to low-cost dining, The Age Cheap Eats and Sydney Everyday Eats, have been rebranded as ‘Good Food Under $30’. The Age Good Food Under $30 and The...
Melbourne Literary Salon launched Archive
Thursday, 14 March 2013
The Melbourne Literary Salon, an informal monthly gathering for ‘all who work with books and stories’, will hold its first event on Tuesday 26 March. Organised by Anna Burkey, reader development...
ASA announces 2012-13 mentorship recipients Archive
Wednesday, 13 March 2013
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced the recipients of its 2012-13 mentorships for unpublished authors and illustrators. Twelve applicants have been selected for this year’s program and will...
2013 PANZ Book Design Awards to include cookbook category Archive
Wednesday, 13 March 2013
The Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) has announced that its 2013 Book Design Awards will include a new award for cookbooks, which will be sponsored by 1010 Printing. PANZ has also...
PMP cuts 180 jobs in cost-cutting plan Archive
Wednesday, 13 March 2013
PMP, the parent company of book printer Griffin Press, cut 180 full-time Australian jobs in the first half of the 2013 financial year as part of a cost-cutting ‘transformation plan’, reports...
Australian Festival of Travel Writing program announced Archive
Tuesday, 12 March 2013
The program for this year’s Australian Festival of Travel Writing, to be held in Melbourne from 22-24 March, has been announced. This year’s festival will kick off on Friday 22...
Milne and Funder join campaign for tax-free Miles Franklin Award Archive
Thursday, 7 March 2013
Australian Greens leader Christine Milne and 2012 Miles Franklin Literary Award winner Anna Funder have put their support behind a campaign to make the Miles Franklin Literary Award prize money...
New name for ‘First Tuesday Book Club’ Archive
Wednesday, 6 March 2013
The ABC’s First Tuesday Book Club has been renamed the Book Club. A spokesperson for the program told Books+Publishing that the First Tuesday Book Club team felt ‘it was time...
McDonald wins 2013 Storylines Gavin Bishop Award Archive
Wednesday, 6 March 2013
Wellington illustrator Patrick McDonald has won the 2013 Storylines Gavin Bishop Award, which is sponsored by Random House New Zealand. McDonald will receive a cash prize of NZ$1500 (A$1215) and mentoring...
ABA launches conference website; registrations open Archive
Monday, 4 March 2013
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has launched a dedicated website for its 2013 conference, which will be held at the Hilton Adelaide on 16 and 17 June. The new site includes...
Black Inc. announces ‘Best Australian’ editors Archive
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
Black Inc. has announced the editors of its annual ‘Best Australian’ series of anthologies. Kim Scott is editor of The Best Australian Stories 2013, Robert Manne is editor of The...
‘The Amber Amulet’ wins Crystal Bear award at Berlin film festival Archive
Tuesday, 26 February 2013
A film adaptation of Craig Silvey’s novella The Amber Amulet (A&U) has won the Crystal Bear award for the Best Short Film in the Generation Kplus section, for films aimed...
‘How Tea Cosies Changed the World’ makes Diagram Prize shortlist Archive
Friday, 22 February 2013
How Tea Cosies Changed the World by Australian author Loani Prior (Murdoch) has been shortlisted for this year’s Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year. Prior’s book is one...
Hardie Grant stationery competition winner announced Archive
Friday, 22 February 2013
Hardie Grant has announced that Cate Furey is the winner of its first stationery design competition. Furey’s design features vintage illustrations with the words ‘love’, ‘note’, ‘make’ and ‘word’. The...
Moirs Bookshop for sale Archive
Wednesday, 20 February 2013
Independent Sydney bookstore Moirs Bookshop is for sale. Rosemary Moir, who owns the independent bookstore with her husband Ian, told Books+Publishing that the couple has decided to ‘move on from...
