Nielsen BookScan Christmas figures: value and volume up Archive
Friday, 22 January 2016
Local booksellers experienced a boost in sales over the Christmas period thanks to the continued success of adult colouring books. According to Nielsen BookScan, sales were up 1.8% in volume...
Publishers’ perspectives Archive
Friday, 22 January 2016
Christmas sales were up in 2015 for more than two thirds of the major publishers, and ‘about the same’ for the remaining third. Approximately half of the major publishers said...
APA, ASA continue fight against PIRs repeal Archive
Friday, 22 January 2016
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) is seeking to change the minds of those in government and opposition about the ‘value of existing conditions’ for the Australian book market in its...
SWF to run ‘mini March festival’ Archive
Friday, 22 January 2016
The Sydney Writers Festival (SWF) is running events with four international authors in March. From 3-4 March the festival will host events with British novelist and journalist Simon Winchester, Scottish...
Fiction most-loaned in Victorian public libraries Archive
Thursday, 21 January 2016
A survey of more than 40 public library branches in Victoria has found that fiction was the most popular category among borrowers in 2015, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. The 10 most...
Griffiths, Denton sell more than 700,000 ‘Treehouse’ books to top 2015 local bestsellers list Archive
Thursday, 21 January 2016
Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton’s ‘Treehouse’ books took the top five spots in the 2015 Australian bestsellers chart, selling a total of 714,000 copies, according to data from Nielsen BookScan....
Online literary magazine ‘Antic’ to launch in mid-2016 Archive
Wednesday, 20 January 2016
Antic, a self-funded online literary magazine founded by Sabita Naheswaran and Julian Novitz, will launch its first edition in mid-2016. Naheswaran, an editorial coordinator at Echo Publishing, told Books+Publishing that...
Starford leaves Text Publishing; Cowell appointed senior editor Archive
Wednesday, 20 January 2016
Rebecca Starford has resigned from her role as editor at Text Publishing to write full-time. Starford, whose memoir Bad Behaviour (A&U) was published in 2015, will also continue as editor...
Stella Prize launches ‘Stella Sparks’ fundraising campaign Archive
Wednesday, 20 January 2016
The Stella Prize is running a new fundraising campaign to ‘ensure the sustainability of the Stella Prize as an organisation’ and ‘celebrate and recognise the importance of writing by women’....
Blak & Bright Indigenous Literary festival program announced Archive
Tuesday, 19 January 2016
The program for the inaugural Indigenous Literary Festival Blak & Bright has been announced. The festival, to be held in Melbourne from 18-21 February, features more than 60 Aboriginal and...
Inaugural Rock & Roll Writers Festival to be held in Brisbane in April Archive
Tuesday, 19 January 2016
The inaugural Rock & Roll Writers Festival will be held at The Brightside in Brisbane on 2-3 April. The festival was founded by former band managers Leanne de Souza and...
MUP to publish Payne autobiography Archive
Tuesday, 19 January 2016
Melbourne University Publishing has acquired the rights to My Story, the autobiography of Michelle Payne, who in 2015 became the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup. In a...
Indie Awards 2016 shortlists announced Archive
Tuesday, 19 January 2016
Leading Edge Books has announced the shortlists for the 2016 Indie Book Awards. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Fiction A Guide to Berlin (Gail Jones, Vintage) The Natural Way...
Australian Romance Readers Awards 2015 finalists announced Archive
Monday, 18 January 2016
The finalists for the 2015 Australian Romance Readers Awards have been announced. Ten writers have been shortlisted for the Favourite Australian Romance Author award, including Kylie Scott, who has won...
IPEd to open membership to individual editors Archive
Monday, 18 January 2016
The Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) will open its membership to individual editors from July 2016. The organisation’s current membership comprises seven editors’ societies in Australia. Under the new changes,...
Hachette signs Richell Prize winner, shortlisted writer Archive
Friday, 15 January 2016
Hachette has acquired titles from the winner of the inaugural Richell Prize for Emerging Writers, Sally Abbott, and shortlisted writer Brodie Lancaster. Hachette publisher Robert Watkins told Books+Publishing that Abbott’s...
ASA announces 2015-16 mentorship recipients Archive
Friday, 15 January 2016
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced the recipients of its 2015-16 mentorships for emerging writers and illustrators. Elizabeth Bryer (nonfiction) Steve Fraser (fiction) Denise Cummins (fiction) June Perkins...
Featherston to hold second Booktown event in May Archive
Friday, 15 January 2016
Featherston, New Zealand, will hold its second major Booktown event from 20-22 May this year. The town held its first Booktown event in October last year as part of its...
‘Watershed’ moment for WA writing sector after literary groups defunded Archive
Thursday, 14 January 2016
The WA Department of Culture and the Arts (DCA) has defunded WritingWA, the state’s peak body for the writing sector, as part of its restructured multi-year funding program. Only two...
Perth Writers Festival 2016 program released Archive
Thursday, 14 January 2016
The full program for the 2016 Perth Writers Festival, which runs from 18-21 February, has been released. As previously reported by Books+Publishing, UK pop-philosopher Roman Krznaric will give the festival’s...
Starford, Kent to edit ‘KYD’ in 2016 Archive
Wednesday, 13 January 2016
Kill Your Darlings founders Rebecca Starford and Hannah Kent will jointly edit the literary journal in 2016, with current editor Brigid Mullane stepping down from the position. Mullane has been...
Cahill moves from Target to WHSmith Archive
Wednesday, 13 January 2016
Sarah Cahill been appointed buyer of books and magazines at WHSmith, based in Sydney. Cahill was previously the books and magazines buyer at Target. Target buying manager Dan Aston said...
Sydney bookstore specialising in YA to open this month Archive
Wednesday, 13 January 2016
Beachside Bookshop, a new bookstore specialising in Australian YA titles, will open at Avalon Beach, Sydney, later this month ahead of its official opening in February. Owner Libby Armstrong, who...
SLQ partners with Hachette for black&write! Indigenous Writing Fellowships Archive
Tuesday, 12 January 2016
The State Library of Queensland (SLQ) is partnering with Hachette Australia for its annual black&write! Indigenous Writing Fellowships. The fellowships for writers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent were...
Inaugural Deborah Cass Prize shortlist announced Archive
Tuesday, 12 January 2016
The shortlist for Writers Victoria’s inaugural Deborah Cass Prize for emerging writers from migrant backgrounds has been announced. The shortlisted works are: ‘Scent of Sousan and Yasaman’ by Sanaz Fotouhi...
PC report recommends cutting Sunday penalty rates Archive
Tuesday, 12 January 2016
The Productivity Commission has recommended reducing Sunday penalty rates for entertainment, hospitality and retail workers in its review of the industrial relations system. In its final report to government, the...
ASA calls for fairer contracts in open letter to publishers Archive
Tuesday, 12 January 2016
Australian Society of Authors (ASA) chair David Day and its new executive director Juliet Rogers have published an open letter to members of the Australian Publishers Association (APA) calling for...
Government proposes amendment to Copyright Act Archive
Tuesday, 12 January 2016
The government has released a draft bill amending the Copyright Act 1968 in order to simplify the use of copyright materials by libraries, educational institutions, archives and people with disabilities....
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature 2016 shortlists announced Archive
Monday, 11 January 2016
The shortlists for the 2016 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Fiction The Anchoress (Robyn Cadwallader, Fourth Estate) A Million Windows...
Henshaw wins 2015 ACT Book of the Year Archive
Monday, 11 January 2016
Mark Henshaw’s The Snow Kimono (Text) was announced as the winner of the $10,000 ACT Book of the Year Award for 2015 at a ceremony in Canberra on 17 December....
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