Tuesday, 8 April 2014
The shortlists for this year’s New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards have been announced.The shortlisted titles in each of the categories are:Christina Stead Prize for Fiction The Secret Lives of...

Tuesday, 8 April 2014
Myles Gough has won the 2013 Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize for New and Emerging Poets for his poem ‘Topography’. Gough was announced as the winner of the prize, which is worth...

Monday, 7 April 2014
The Griffith REVIEW has announced the appointment of Susan Hornbeck as associate publisher. Hornbeck was previously a publicist at UQP and publicity manager at Scribe Publications. She replaces Erica Sontheimer, who...

Monday, 7 April 2014
New Zealand author Eleanor Catton has been shortlisted for the £25,000 (A$44,630) Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for her Booker Prize-winning novel The Luminaries (Granta).The judges said that selecting...

Monday, 7 April 2014
James Patterson’s Unlucky 13 (Century) is in first place on the bestsellers chart for the second week running, followed in second place by Shadow Spell by Nora Roberts (Hachette), which is...

Monday, 7 April 2014
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has confirmed that its publication Reading Time will not be printed in 2014. Instead, the organisation will launch Reading Time Online. The publication...

Friday, 4 April 2014
Melbourne-based author Melissa Keil has won the 2014 Ena Noël Award, administered by the Australian branch of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), for her YA novel...

Friday, 4 April 2014
Booker Prize-winning New Zealand author Eleanor Catton (The Luminaries, Granta), Booker Prize-shortlisted author Emma Donoghue (Room, Picador) and Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan are among the 400-plus guests due to...

Wednesday, 2 April 2014
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (Picador) has topped the Dymocks 101 Club list of the best 101 books of all time for 2014, as voted by members of the company’s...

Wednesday, 2 April 2014
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has released the latest results from its StatShot program, which shows that US book sales increased by 1% from 2012 to 2013, reports Publishers...

Wednesday, 2 April 2014
‘We’re confident that there’s a book in this shortlist for every young reader, whether they’re into fantastical worlds or real-life dramas, action-packed adventures or situational comedy’—Emily Gale on the shortlist...

Wednesday, 2 April 2014
The program for the 2014 Auckland Writers Festival, to be held from 14-18 May, has been released.The festival will feature over 140 international and local guests. International guests on the program...

Tuesday, 1 April 2014
Anne Matiszik has replaced Renée Hodson as national buyer of books, audio and magazines at ABC Retail. ABC Retail buying manager Maureen Thompson told Books+Publishing that Matiszik started with the company two weeks ago....

Tuesday, 1 April 2014
The Storylines Children’s Literature Charitable Trust in New Zealand has announced its list of notable books for 2014.The Storylines 2014 Notable Books List was announced on 29 March at the...

Tuesday, 1 April 2014
SalesFiction—Black Inc. has sold Czech translation rights to Gazing at the Stars (Eva Slonim) to Mlada Fronta, and Slovak translation rights to Ikar. Zeitgeist Media has sold UK, French, German...

Monday, 31 March 2014
James Patterson’s Unlucky 13 (Century) has moved from outside the top 10 to take first spot in this week’s bestsellers chart. I Quit Sugar for Life (Sarah Wilson, Macmillan), which was at number one from...

Monday, 31 March 2014
Anna Moulton has been appointed the new CEO of Magabala Books.  Moulton, who takes up the role on 10 April, replaces former CEO Michelle Broun, who left the position in October...

Monday, 31 March 2014
Emerging writers from Australia and Indonesia have been selected for the 2014 Writers Exchange Project between the Emerging Writers Festival (EWF) in Australia and the Bali Emerging Writers Festival (BEWF) in...

Monday, 31 March 2014
Crow Books owner Alan Sheardown has purchased Fremantle’s New Edition Bookshop and will re-open the store in June.Sheardown told Books+Publishing that the new store will be located at 41 High...

Friday, 28 March 2014
Lonely Planet has partnered with ebook subscription service Scribd to make all of its travel guides available to subscribers.The announcement marks the launch of Scribd’s travel category, as well as...

Friday, 28 March 2014
Australian ebook company DNAML is one of three retailers that have filed legal action against Apple and the five major publishers that were involved in the Department of Justice’s agency...