Wednesday, 21 January 2015
Fiction—Giramondo has sold Indian rights to Carpentaria (Alexis Wright) to Navayana. Fremantle Press has sold US audio rights to Whisky Charlie Foxtrot (Annabel Smith). HarperCollins has sold French rights to The...

Wednesday, 21 January 2015
Please note that, due to the Australia Day public holiday on Monday, the next Weekly Book Newsletter will be published on Thursday 29 January.The deadline for classifieds and job advertisements is therefore 12 noon...

Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Australian self-published author Jessica Bell is organising an international publishing project called ‘Outside the Box: Women Writing Women’, which showcases women writers who are ‘self-publishing as a mark of independence and integrity,...

Monday, 19 January 2015
Fiction titles are dominating this week’s bestsellers chart. The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Richard Flanagan, Vintage) reclaimed the overall top spot from Jeff Kinney’s The Long Haul (Puffin),...

Friday, 16 January 2015
Local booksellers have recorded a boost in sales over the Christmas period compared to the previous year.According to Nielsen BookScan, sales were up 1.5% in volume and 0.7% in value over the 13...

Thursday, 15 January 2015
A new writers’ festival will be held in Canberra in 2015.Noted, an offshoot of Canberra’s experimental arts festival You Are Here, is being pitched as ‘Canberra’s first ever experimental festival...

Thursday, 15 January 2015
Crowdfunding websites raised more than $1.2m for successful publishing and writing projects in Australia in 2014. At Kickstarter, $609,182 was pledged to 56 successful Australian publishing projects, from a total of...

Wednesday, 14 January 2015
A new independent bookstore opened in the Perth suburb of Mt Hawthorn in November.Diabolik Books and Records owner Scott Jones told Books+Publishing that books account for around 70% of the...

Wednesday, 14 January 2015
‘Comments like “isn’t everyone buying ebooks” and “isn’t everyone buying books from the internet” are virtually non-existent’—Collins Booksellers Wagga owner Peter Halicki responds to the Books+Publishing post-Christmas survey. Booksellers can complete the...

Wednesday, 14 January 2015
SalesFiction—Literary agent Alex Adsett has sold world rights to the two-book series ‘Who’s Afraid’ (Maria Lewis) to Piatkus in the UK. Nonfiction—Black Inc. has sold Japanese rights to Gazing at...

Wednesday, 14 January 2015
Brisbane bookstore Black Cat Books has announced that it will close on 30 January.The Paddington store, which specialises in children’s books, has been the site of a bookshop for more than 30...

Tuesday, 13 January 2015
Dymocks is withdrawing from the Hong Kong market, beginning with the closure of its flagship store and Hong Kong office.A further five independently owned and operated Dymocks stores will continue...

Monday, 12 January 2015
While The Long Haul (Jeff Kinney, Puffin) is once again at the top of the bestsellers chart this week, healthy-eating cookbooks are also making their moves up the chart. TV presenter Pete Evans’...

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...

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...

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...

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...