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Costa Book Awards 2018 category winners announced

Monday, 14 January 2019
In the UK, the five category winners for the 2018 Costa Book Awards have been announced. The five winners were chosen from shortlists announced in November 2018. The winning authors...

Please complete our post-Christmas survey

Monday, 14 January 2019
Books+Publishing is currently conducting its annual post-Christmas survey of booksellers and publishers. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey online. Booksellers If you are a bookseller, please complete...

Booksellers optimistic

Tuesday, 18 December 2018
Twenty-four percent of booksellers are expecting sales to be 'excellent' this Christmas, double the number who had high expectations for the same time last year (12%). Most respondents, however, are...

Pre-Christmas survey 2018: Sales stable for third year in a row

Tuesday, 18 December 2018
Christmas sales are tracking at similar levels to last year for the majority of booksellers (60%), with slightly more stores (21%) reporting an increase in sales than those (19%) reporting a...

The books: Strong offering led by standout fiction

Tuesday, 18 December 2018
Most booksellers are pleased with the books on offer this Christmas, with 75% considering the titles available ‘strong’, and just one percent considering them ‘disappointing’. The remaining 24% consider the...

Nielsen BookScan: Aus fiction popular; ‘similar’ overall sales shape

Tuesday, 18 December 2018
Australian fiction titles are popular with book buyers this Christmas period, with statistics from Nielsen BookScan showing Australian fiction titles high on the bestsellers chart and an increased market share...

Supply, stock, sales and staffing: HEDS delays felt Australia-wide

Tuesday, 18 December 2018
'A Christmas HEDS will want to forget' The vast majority of booksellers surveyed reported the delays from Harper Entertainment and Distribution Services (HEDS) as the only major issue with the...

Publishers’ perspectives: Sales up on last year

Tuesday, 18 December 2018
Australian publishers are reporting that so far Christmas sales are up compared to this time last year, and most are expecting overall Christmas period sales to be excellent. Bracing for...

Marsden awarded 2018 Dromkeen Medal

Friday, 14 December 2018
The State Library Victoria (SLV) has awarded the 2018 Dromkeen Medal to author John Marsden. Marsden is the author of more than 40 books, including the ‘Tomorrow’ series, which is...

Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2019 shortlists announced

Wednesday, 12 December 2018
The shortlists for the 2019 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Fiction Flames (Robbie Arnott, Text) Ironbark (Jay Carmichael, Scribe) The Fireflies of Autumn: And...

Podcast spotlight: The Wheeler Centre podcast

Wednesday, 12 December 2018
Established in 2010, The Wheeler Centre (TWC) podcast features full recordings of talks hosted in TWC building in Melbourne. TWC senior digital editor Jon Tjhia has been working on the...

Report shows 127 UK libraries closed last year

Wednesday, 12 December 2018
The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) has found that 127 libraries closed in the UK last year and a continued decline in overall spending and staff levels,...

Christmas predictions: Louise Pfanner from Gleebooks in Sydney

Wednesday, 12 December 2018
In the lead-up to Christmas, the busiest time of year on the bookselling calendar, Books+Publishing is asking booksellers across the country to predict their biggest sellers and ‘surprise sellers’. In this final instalment...

Margery C Ramsay scholarship recipients to research VR and augmented reality in libraries

Wednesday, 12 December 2018
The State Library of Victoria has awarded to 2018 Margery C Ramsay scholarship to siblings Scott Mundell, from Yarra Plenty Regional Library, and Steven Mundell, from Whitehorse Manningham Regional Library...

SLQ conservator named 2018 Conservator of the Year

Wednesday, 12 December 2018
State Library of Queensland (SLQ) conservator Kelly Leahey has won the Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Materials' (AICCM) 2018 Conservator of the Year award. Leahey, who specialises in the...

Saleh, Abdel-Fattah to edit anthology about growing up Arab in Australia

Wednesday, 12 December 2018
Picador has announced it will publish a new anthology in 2019 about growing up Arab in Australia, to be co-edited by activist and poet Sara Saleh, and author and academic...

Book industry figures among OzCo’s arts leaders

Wednesday, 12 December 2018
Several literary arts workers have been selected for the 2019 Australia Council leadership programs. Participants in the 2019 Future Leaders program include former Black Inc. marketing and publicity coordinator Christina...

IPEd announces keynotes for 2019 conference

Wednesday, 12 December 2018
The Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) has announced four keynote presentations for its ninth National Editors Conference, held in Melbourne on 8-10 May 2019. Keynotes include: Macquarie Dictionary former editor Susan Butler will...