Monday, 12 October 2015
In the UK, booksellers have nominated books by Jonathan Bate, Jamie Oliver, David Walliams and Zoe Sugg as the most likely Christmas bestsellers, reports the Bookseller. An industry-wide ‘Books Are My...

Friday, 9 October 2015
Belarusian journalist and author Svetlana Alexievich has been awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature for ‘her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time’. Alexievich was born...

Friday, 9 October 2015
Publisher Bonnier is developing a new ebook and audiobook subscription service in its native Sweden, with plans to expand the service internationally, reports the Bookseller. The Bookbeat service is still in the...

Friday, 9 October 2015
Iran has announced it will boycott this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF) after organisers invited author Salman Rushdie to deliver a keynote speech, reports the Guardian. Iran’s foreign ministry said...

Thursday, 8 October 2015
In the UK, novelist Jonathan Buckley has won the £15,000 ($A31,890) BBC National Short Story Award for his story ‘Briar Road’. Mark Haddon was named the runner-up and received £3000...

Thursday, 8 October 2015
Scottish independent publisher Canongate has reported ‘extremely disappointing’ results for 2014, with turnover down 24% to £7.9m (A$16.8m), according to the Bookseller. CEO Jamie Byng has blamed the results on...

Wednesday, 7 October 2015
UK bookselling chain Waterstones is removing Amazon’s Kindle devices from many of its stores due to ‘pitiful’ sales, reports the Bookseller. Waterstones MD James Daunt said the experience ‘feels very...

Tuesday, 6 October 2015
The winner of this year’s Nobel Prize for Literature will be announced this Thursday 8 October (7pm AEDT), reports the Guardian. Among the favourites at bookmakers Ladbrokes and Paddy Powers...

Tuesday, 6 October 2015
Japanese bookstore chain Kinokuniya has revealed plans to increase direct purchases of books from publishers—as opposed to the conventional practice of buying them through wholesale booksellers—in order to better compete...

Monday, 5 October 2015
In the UK, the shortlist for the 2015 Goldsmiths Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Beatlebone (Kevin Barry, Canongate), Acts of the Assassins (Richard Beard, Harvill Secker), Satin...

Monday, 5 October 2015
The London Book Fair (LBF) will take place on 14-16 March in 2017 to avoid a ‘bottleneck’ of book fairs, reports Publishers Weekly. The move will put space between LBF...

Thursday, 1 October 2015
Apple has launched iBooks, iTunes Movies and Apple Music in China, reports Reuters. Paid iBooks start at 0.5 yuan (A$0.11), although free iBooks are also available. iTunes movies range from...

Thursday, 1 October 2015
In the UK, the winners of the 2015 Forward Prize for Poetry have been announced at a ceremony in London. Jamaican-born writer Claudia Rankine won the £10,000 (A$21,570) Forward Prize...

Thursday, 1 October 2015
In the UK, the Folio Prize has announced it will not run in 2016, following The Folio Society’s decision to end its sponsorship of the award. The prize is currently...

Tuesday, 29 September 2015
Egyptian bookshop chain Alef Bookstores will open its first international branch in London next month, reports the Bookseller. The store, which will be located next door to 221B Baker Street,...

Tuesday, 29 September 2015
Waterstones and the UK book industry are launching the Buy Books for Syria campaign, with the aim of raising £1 million (A$2.2 million) for Oxfam’s Syria Crisis Appeal, reports the...

Monday, 28 September 2015
UK Publishers Association chief executive Richard Mollet has announced he will step down from his position in 2016, reports the Bookseller. Mollet, who has been the association’s chief executive for...

Monday, 28 September 2015
In the UK, year-to-date print book sales are up for the first time in eight years, reports the Bookseller. According to Nielsen BookScan, print book sales are up 4.6% for...

Wednesday, 23 September 2015
In the UK, the shortlist for this year’s £30,000 (A$65,080) Business Book of the Year Award has been announced, reports the Bookseller. The shortlisted titles are: The Rise of the...

Wednesday, 23 September 2015
Germany’s booksellers association has lodged complaints against Amazon subsidiary Audible with the German competition authority and the European Commission, claiming the audiobook provider is abusing its dominance in the market,...

Tuesday, 22 September 2015
The UK’s National Book Awards will not run in 2015, reports the Bookseller. The consumer-focused awards are the country’s ‘only national literary prize that covers every genre of publishing’, and...

Tuesday, 22 September 2015
US-based ebook subscription service Oyster is shutting down its operations, reports Publishers Weekly. The company said in a statement on its blog: ‘We will be taking steps to sunset the...

Tuesday, 22 September 2015
The longlist for the Samuel Johnson Prize for Nonfiction has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Ted Hughes: The Unauthorised Life (Jonathan Bate, Flamingo) This Divided Island (Samanth Subramanian, Atlantic...

Friday, 18 September 2015
In the UK and US, Amazon has introduced a low-cost tablet priced at £49.99 (A$108.26) and US$49.99 (A$69.52) in the two markets, reports the Bookseller and the Wall Street Journal....

Friday, 18 September 2015
In the UK, the shortlist for the BBC National Short Story Award 2015 has been announced. The shortlisted writers and their stories are: Jonathan Buckley for ‘Briar Road’, Mark Haddon for ‘Bunny’,...

Thursday, 17 September 2015
In the UK, a survey conducted by Scholastic has found only 17% of 15- to 17-year-olds often read for fun, reports the Bookseller. The ‘Kids & Family Reading Report’ surveyed...

Thursday, 17 September 2015
German author and illustrator Cornelia Funke, best known for her children’s fantasy series ‘Inkheart’ and ‘Mirrorworld’, has started her own publishing company in response to editorial disagreements with her US...

Wednesday, 16 September 2015
The shortlist for this year’s Man Booker Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: A Brief History of Seven Killings (Marlon James, Oneworld Publications), Satin Island (Tom McCarthy, Jonathan...