Hazel Rowley Fellowship 2015 finalists announced
Thursday, 8 January 2015
Writers Victoria has announced the finalists for the 2015 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship, awarded annually to an Australian writer for a proposed biographical work. The shortlisted writers and their projects...
‘Westerly’ magazine editors step down
Thursday, 8 January 2015
The editors of WA literary magazine Westerly, Delys Bird and Tony Hughes-d’Aeth, have stepped down from their positions.Bird has been editor since 1992, first with Dennis Haskell and then as...
RiP Lynn Bryan
Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Lynn Bryan, custom publisher for the University of Queensland Press (UQP), has died, aged 66.UQP writes:‘Lynn Bryan passed away peacefully on December 23. Despite her health challenges in recent years,...
Staff changes at ‘Books+Publishing’
Wednesday, 7 January 2015
The editorial team that produces the Weekly Book Newsletter, Books+Publishing Daily newsletter and Books+Publishing magazine has undergone some changes.Brad Jefferies has been appointed news editor on a full-time basis. Jefferies...
Griffith and Denton top 2014 bestsellers chart
Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Andy Griffith and Terry Denton’s The 52-Storey Treehouse (Pan) was the highest selling title in Australia in 2014 with 232,900 sales, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.In a strong year for...
Mildura Writers Festival seeks inaugural writer in residence
Wednesday, 7 January 2015
The Mildura Writers Festival is inviting writers ‘working in any genre’ to apply for its inaugural writers festival residency. The 2015 Mildura Writers Festival Residency will be located in Mildura,...
Government to take $6 million from Australia Council to fund new Book Council
Wednesday, 7 January 2015
The Federal Government will provide $6 million over three years to establish the new Book Council of Australia.The funding, which was announced in the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook on...
Please complete our post-Christmas survey
Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Books+Publishing is currently conducting its annual post-Christmas survey of booksellers and publishers. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey online. BooksellersIf you are a bookseller, please complete the...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 7 January 2015
‘I scour the publishers’ advance catalogues and never fail to be slightly surprised by how many good books are in the pipeline for the coming 12 months’—Stephen Romei rounds up...
Melbourne teacher launches $5000 grant for online writing
Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Melbourne teacher and blogger Philip Thiel has announced the formation of the $5000 Thiel Grant for Online Writing, aimed at supporting inventive online writing. The recipient will commit to producing 50...
Bestsellers this week
Tuesday, 6 January 2015
This week’s bestsellers chart is full of familiar titles, including a number of cookbooks that have risen up the charts over the festive season. Jeff Kinney’s Long Haul (Puffin) and Richard Flanagan’s The...
Government whitepaper to examine online GST threshold
Tuesday, 6 January 2015
Federal assistant treasurer Josh Frydenberg has signalled an upcoming government whitepaper will examine the GST threshold that applies to online overseas sales, in an opinion piece published in the Australian.Frydenberg...
Foley named Victorian Creative Industries Minister
Tuesday, 6 January 2015
The recently elected Victorian Labor Government announced Martin Foley as the Minister for Creative Industries in December 2014, and has rebranded Arts Victoria as Creative Victoria. Foley, the Member for Albert...
Australian Romance Readers Awards 2014 finalists announced
Monday, 5 January 2015
The finalists for the 2014 Australian Romance Readers Awards have been announced. Kylie Scott is once again in the running for Favourite Australian Romance Author after winning the award last...
WHSmith acquires Supanews newsagency stores
Monday, 5 January 2015
Supanews has sold its chain of company-owned and franchised newsagency stores to WHSmith, reports the Courier Mail. However, Supanews managing director Adrian Gaskin told Books+Publishing his business had retained and continues to...
Sheahan-Bright wins 2014 Johnno Award
Friday, 19 December 2014
Editor, writer and academic Robyn Sheahan-Bright has won the 2014 Johnno Award for outstanding contribution to writing in Queensland.The award, which was presented by the Queensland Writers Centre (QWC) on 11 December,...
ACT Writing and Publishing Awards 2014 winners announced
Thursday, 18 December 2014
The winners of the 2014 ACT Writing and Publishing Awards were announced on 16 December.The awards, which are administered by the ACT Writers Centre, recognise writing by authors from the...
NSW State Library launches humour-writing prize
Wednesday, 17 December 2014
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced the launch of the inaugural Russell Prize for Humour Writing to ‘celebrate, recognise and encourage humour writing, and to promote interest in...
Publishers’ perspectives
Wednesday, 17 December 2014
Publishers are almost unanimous in reporting a boost to sales compared to the same time last year. Yet not all are getting carried away. While half of the respondents to...
Online sales, ebooks and ereaders
Wednesday, 17 December 2014
Online sales of print books have slowed somewhat for respondents in 2014, compared with Christmas 2013. While 45% of bookshops that sold print books online for Christmas 2013 said sales...
The books: Flanagan, Simsion, Kinney
Wednesday, 17 December 2014
Booksellers are less impressed by the books this Christmas compared to previous years. Only 65% of respondents thought the Christmas range was ‘strong’, compared to 95% who said the same...
Nielsen BookScan figures: value slightly down, volume slightly up
Wednesday, 17 December 2014
Overall, sales in the 10 weeks to 6 December are down 0.1% in value, although they are up slightly (0.4%) in volume compared to the same period in 2013, according...
Pre-Christmas survey 2014: Subdued after a heady Christmas 2013
Wednesday, 17 December 2014
After an extremely successful Christmas in 2013, booksellers are so far experiencing a more subdued Christmas for 2014. Nonetheless, for the majority of respondents to our annual pre-Christmas survey, sales...
Trade cautious about Christmas 2014
Wednesday, 17 December 2014
Overall, the trade is in a much more cautious mood for Christmas 2014 than in 2013. While only one percent are expecting a ‘disappointing’ Christmas (the same number as in...
Supply, stock, staff and sales
Wednesday, 17 December 2014
As always, a number of booksellers have reported issues with the supply of books and speed of deliveries in the lead-up to Christmas, although most seem to be satisfied overall....
Grattan Institute releases PM summer reading list
Wednesday, 17 December 2014
Australian public policy think tank Grattan Institute has released its annual summer reading list for the Prime Minister.The list contains ‘books and articles that we believe the Prime Minister—or indeed...
ASA announces 2014-15 mentorship recipients
Wednesday, 17 December 2014
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced the recipients of its 2014-15 mentorships for emerging writers and illustrators, including the inaugural Edel Wignell Mentorship.The 12 applicants awarded mentorships are:...
Reduction in Australia Council funding will not come wholly from literature budget
Tuesday, 16 December 2014
The $2 million per year reduction in funding to the Australia Council announced by the Federal Government yesterday will not come wholly from the Council’s literature budget. An Australia Council...
Government announces $6m funding for new Book Council of Australia, to come from Australia Council funding
Monday, 15 December 2014
The Federal Government will provide $6 million over three years to establish the new Book Council of Australia.The funding, which was announced in the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook on...
Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2015 shortlists announced
Friday, 12 December 2014
The 2015 Victorian Premier’s Literary awards shortlists have been announced.The shortlisted titles are:Fiction Only the Animals (Ceridwen Dovey, Penguin) Golden Boys (Sonya Hartnett, Penguin) The Snow Kimono (Mark Henshaw, Text)...
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