State Library of NSW opens dedicated children’s learning centre
Wednesday, 3 October 2018
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has opened a new purpose-built children's learning centre, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. Facilitated by a $1 million donation to SLNSW, the John B...
Dutch library wins 2018 Public Library of the Year
Wednesday, 3 October 2018
The School 7 library in the Netherlands (KopGroep Libraries) has won the Public Library of the Year award for 2018, reports Dutch News. Announced at the World Library and Information...
Christchurch’s $92.7m public library set to open this October
Wednesday, 3 October 2018
The new $NZ92.7 million ($A89m) Tūranga public library, the ‘most modern’ and largest in the South Island of New Zealand, will officially open to visitors on 12 October this year....
Podcast spotlight: Bookish Friends
Wednesday, 3 October 2018
Established in 2016, Bookish Friends is a YA and genre fiction podcast created by Diem Nguyen. Each episode features a mix of conversation, book reviews, and interviews with Australian YA authors. Nguyen...
Blakemore wins 2018 Royal Society Science Book Prize
Wednesday, 3 October 2018
In the UK, Sarah-Jayne Blakemore has won the £25,000 (A$44,140) Royal Society Science Book Prize for her book Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain (Doubleday), reports the Guardian....
EU council allows VAT-free status for ebooks and audiobooks
Wednesday, 3 October 2018
The European Union’s (EU) Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) has agreed to allow all EU member states to reduce the amounts of value-added tax (VAT) on ebooks and audiobooks,...
Pages and Pages opens dedicated event space
Wednesday, 3 October 2018
Pages and Pages Booksellers, situated on Sydney's North Shore in the suburb of Mosman, has announced it is opening a new dedicated event space. Following the consolidation of Pages and...
PRH acquires Ronnie Scott’s ‘The Adversary’ in two-book deal
Wednesday, 3 October 2018
Penguin Random House (PRH) has acquired ANZ rights to Ronnie Scott’s debut novel The Adversary in a two-book deal. PRH acquired rights at auction to The Adversary and a second...
ASA announces 2018 Barbara Jefferis Award shortlist
Tuesday, 2 October 2018
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced the shortlist for the 2018 Barbara Jefferis Award. The shortlisted titles are: The Trapeze Act (Libby Angel, Text) Troppo (Madelaine Dickie, Fremantle...
Vu, Thomas win 2018 Inky Awards
Tuesday, 2 October 2018
Peter Vu and Angie Thomas have won the 2018 Inky Awards, presented by the Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria. Peter Vu’s Paper Cranes Don’t Fly...
The market down under
Tuesday, 2 October 2018
Australian titles are faring well in a market where personal development books and crime fiction are the standout trends, reports Andrea Hanke. For the fourth year in a row, the...
Giller Prize 2018 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 2 October 2018
In Canada, the shortlist for the C$100,000 (A$108,000) 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize for the best Canadian novel or short story collection published in English has been announced. The shortlisted novels...
Melbourne bookshop Collected Works to close in November
Tuesday, 2 October 2018
Melbourne bookshop Collected Works will not be renewing its current lease, according to owner Kris Hemensley, who runs the shop with his wife, Loretta. Currently situated in the historic Nicholas...
Love Your Bookstore campaign to run in US
Tuesday, 2 October 2018
In the US, a number of book industry figures have created the Love Your Bookstore campaign to promote physical bookstores, reports Publishers Weekly. The campaign will run from 10-16 November,...
SPN Independent Publishing Conference 2018 program: publishing in the age of Trump, podcasts, disability awareness
Tuesday, 2 October 2018
The Small Press Network (SPN) has announced the full program for its 2018 Independent Publishing Conference, which will run at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne from 22-24 November. The three-day...
Brow Books signs Grills in two-book deal; Ord’s ‘diary comic’ to publish in February
Tuesday, 2 October 2018
Brow Books has acquired world rights to big beautiful female theory by writer and artist Eloise Grills as part of a two-book deal. Described as ‘a book-length narrative essay combining...
Inaugural recipients of $150k The Next Chapter initiative announced
Monday, 1 October 2018
The Wheeler Centre (TWC) has announced the 10 inaugural recipients of the 2018 Next Chapter grants for developing writers, each worth $15,000. The recipients of the grants will each be...
Diversity reforms introduced at Carnegie, Greenaway awards following review
Monday, 1 October 2018
The UK’s Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) has made several changes to the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway awards, following an independently chaired diversity review, reports the Bookseller....
PRH sells Stevenson crime-thriller debut in US and UK
Monday, 1 October 2018
Penguin Random House (PRH) has sold North American and UK (ex ANZ) rights to debut crime-thriller Greenlight (Michael Joseph) by Sydney-based author Benjamin Stevenson. PRH senior rights manager Nerrilee Weir...
HarperCollins, Hardie Grant, S&S and Walker join forces in NZ sales and marketing agency
Thursday, 27 September 2018
HarperCollins has announced a new combined sales and marketing agency in New Zealand, which will represent Hardie Grant, Simon & Schuster (S&S) and Walker Books. The new Auckland-based agency, which...
Egan announced as incoming ABA CEO
Thursday, 27 September 2018
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced Robbie Egan as incoming CEO, beginning in early December 2018. Currently the group operations manager at Readings, Egan has been treasurer and a...
A twist of fate: Leigh Sales on ‘Any Ordinary Day’
Thursday, 27 September 2018
Author and journalist Leigh Sales’ third work of nonfiction, Any Ordinary Day: Blindsides, Resilience and What Happens After the Worst Day of Your Life (Hamish Hamilton, October), is an incisive...
Minister admits NSW arts funding was redirected to Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Thursday, 27 September 2018
NSW arts minister Don Harwin has admitted that some money from a Create NSW funding round was diverted to the Sydney Symphony Orchestra (SSO), meaning 11 arts organisations missed out...
Goldsmiths Prize 2018 shortlist announced
Thursday, 27 September 2018
In the UK, the shortlist for the 2018 Goldsmiths Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Kudos (Rachel Cusk, Faber) Murmur (Will Eaves, CB Editions) In Our Mad and Furious...
No ‘Daily’ on Friday
Thursday, 27 September 2018
Please note that, due to Melbourne’s AFL Grand Final Day public holiday on Friday, the next Daily newsletter will be published on Monday, 1 October.
Australian Reading Hour: 1240 orgs, 2324 readers participate
Wednesday, 26 September 2018
More than 1240 organisations and 2324 readers registered to participate in Australian Reading Hour (ARH) on 20 September, a huge increase in participation from last year's inaugural campaign. The campaign,...
Readings SLV moves to larger site amid library redevelopment
Wednesday, 26 September 2018
The Readings bookshop at State Library Victoria (SLV) has moved to a larger shop space, due to the $88.1 million redevelopment of SLV. The new SLV shop site is 60%...
First of SLV $88.1m redeveloped spaces revealed
Wednesday, 26 September 2018
State Library Victoria (SLV) has opened the first of its renovated spaces as part of its $88.1 million ‘Vision 2020’ redevelopment. The new spaces include two new reading rooms, a dedicated...
SLQ opens Queensland’s first ‘tool library’
Wednesday, 26 September 2018
The State Library of Queensland (SLQ) has partnered with the Brisbane Tool Library to open Queensland’s first tool library, reports the Age. The membership-based service, located at South Bank in Brisbane,...
Best Small Library in America 2018 announced
Wednesday, 26 September 2018
In the US, Madison County Public Libraries (MCPL) has won Library Journal’s 2018 award for Best Small Library in America, reports USA Today’s Citizen Times. The competition, sponsored by book...
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