Louisiana mayor wants library’s Drag Queen Story Hour event cancelled
Wednesday, 22 August 2018
In the US state of Louisiana, mayor-president of Lafayette Joel Robideaux has said he wants a Drag Queen Story Hour event planned at the Lafayette Public Library cancelled, reports Louisiana...
East Arnhem Land community library re-organises according to Yolngu culture
Wednesday, 22 August 2018
In Galiwin'ku, a remote community in the Northern Territory, the community library has replaced the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system with a system of organisation based on local Indigenous concepts. It...
UK family halts library closures in high court challenge
Wednesday, 22 August 2018
In the UK, a family has halted plans to close 21 libraries, after winning a high court challenge against Northamptonshire county council, reports the Guardian. The council is technically insolvent...
The secret diary of Shaun Bythell
Wednesday, 22 August 2018
Shaun Bythell owns Scotland’s largest second-hand bookstore The Bookshop, Wigtown and is the author of Diary of a Bookseller (Profile). He will deliver a keynote address at this year’s Booksellers...
Screen rights to ‘The Nowhere Child’ acquired
Wednesday, 22 August 2018
Australian production company Carver Films and US-based production company Anonymous Content have acquired screen rights to Christian White’s debut thriller The Nowhere Child (Affirm). Carver Films is known for producing...
‘Books+Publishing’ book industry employment survey
Wednesday, 22 August 2018
Books+Publishing is conducting research on wages in the Australian book industry for a feature article, which will be published in Issue 4 of Books+Publishing magazine. We last conducted this survey in 2013 and received...
PRH acquires ‘Fixed It’ book by Gilmore
Wednesday, 22 August 2018
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired rights to a nonfiction book by Melbourne-based writer, commentator and journalist Jane Gilmore. Titled Fixed It: One Woman's Movement Against the Real Fake...
Chronicle launches Chinese-language children’s books imprint
Wednesday, 22 August 2018
US publisher Chronicle Books has launched an imprint for Chinese-language editions of its children's titles, reports Publishers Weekly. Chronicle Books is partnering with international investment firm Trustbridge Global Media to...
Readings announces 2018 New Australian Fiction Award shortlist
Wednesday, 22 August 2018
Readings has announced the shortlist for its 2018 New Australian Fiction Award. The shortlisted titles are: Flames (Robbie Arnott, Text) Pulse Points (Jennifer Down, Text) The Fireflies of Autumn (Moreno...
RWA awards 2018 winners announced
Wednesday, 22 August 2018
The winners of the 2018 Romance Writers of Australia (RWA) Romantic Book of the Year awards, known as the ‘RUBYs’, were announced on 18 August at the RWA conference in...
Vogel winner ‘The Yellow House’ optioned for film
Wednesday, 22 August 2018
Emily O’Grady’s debut crime novel The Yellow House (Allen & Unwin) has been optioned for film by independent producers Lucy Hayes and John Tummino. Hayes, who is currently developing the...
Scribe acquires US nonfiction titles by Stack, Villarosa
Tuesday, 21 August 2018
Scribe has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to two nonfiction books by American authors Megan Stack and Linda Villarosa, reports BookBrunch. Stack's book, Women's Work: A Reckoning with Home and...
Lucas wins 2018 ‘ABR’ Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize
Tuesday, 21 August 2018
US-based Australian author Madelaine Lucas has won the Australian Book Review’s (ABR) 2018 Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize for her story ‘Ruins’. Lucas was announced as the winner of the $7000 prize...
Hugo Awards 2018 winners announced
Tuesday, 21 August 2018
For the third year running, N K Jemisin has won the best novel category at the Hugo Awards for science-fiction and fantasy titles. Jemisin picked up the award for her...
Harlequin launches website to promote romance titles
Monday, 20 August 2018
Harlequin has launched the website romance.com.au to promote romance titles to readers. The website features 23,000 titles from Harlequin imprints including Avon, Escape, Mira, and Mills & Boon, across a range of...
Industry responds to liquidation of Dennis Jones & Associates
Monday, 20 August 2018
Industry groups including the Australian Society of Authors (ASA), the Small Press Network (SPN) and the Australian Publishers Association (APA) have expressed views on how the liquidation of Melbourne-based book...
Brown, Williams win 2018 James Tait Black Prizes
Monday, 20 August 2018
The winners of the James Tait Black Prizes for fiction and biography—the UK’s oldest literary awards—have been announced. Craig Brown’s Ma'am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret (HarperCollins) has won the...
CBCA Awards 2018 winners announced
Friday, 17 August 2018
The winners of this year’s Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The winning titles in each of the categories are: Older readers...
Dennis Jones & Associates enters liquidation
Friday, 17 August 2018
Melbourne-based book distributor Dennis Jones & Associates has ceased trading and has entered voluntary liquidation. On 17 August, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) listed a notice appointing Steven...
Morton gives evidence in NSW Supreme Court; legal dispute with former agent continues
Friday, 17 August 2018
Bestselling Australian author Kate Morton has given evidence before the NSW Supreme Court as part of an ongoing legal dispute with former agent Selwa Anthony, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. As previously...
Adelaide to host Jaipur Literature Festival
Friday, 17 August 2018
Adelaide's OzAsia Festival has announced it has partnered with the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) to host JLF Adelaide, which will run a number of events from 9-11 November. More than...
‘The Bible in Australia’ wins 2018 Australian Christian Book of the Year
Friday, 17 August 2018
The Bible in Australia: A Cultural History by historian Meredith Lake (NewSouth) has been named 2018 Australian Christian Book of the Year. Chosen from a shortlist of 10 titles, the winning book is...
SAGE acquires Talis
Friday, 17 August 2018
In the UK, journal publishing company SAGE Publishing has acquired education-technology company Talis, along with its course list management system Talis Aspire, for an undisclosed sum, reports the Bookseller. Used...
ABC to close online store, ABC Centres
Thursday, 16 August 2018
The ABC has proposed closing its online store and discontinuing any ABC Centres still hosted by third-party booksellers, reports Mumbrella. The move will see the broadcaster’s direct retail operations shut...
UK working class writers’ festival planned for 2020
Thursday, 16 August 2018
In the UK, authors, publishers and trade professionals will launch a working class writers’ festival, reports the Bookseller. Author Natasha Carthew initially tweeted to her followers in July: ‘Comrades! This is a call...
‘Overland’ Victoria University Short Story Prize 2018 shortlist announced
Thursday, 16 August 2018
The shortlist for the 2018 Overland Victoria University (VU) Short Story Prize for new writers has been announced. The shortlisted stories are: 'Mr Bananafish' (Caoimhe McKeogh) 'Geraldton wax' (Beejay Silcox) 'Nothing in...
Finch Publishing to close; S&S acquires Biddulph
Wednesday, 15 August 2018
Finch Publishing has announced it will cease publishing in late December this year and owner Rex Finch will retire. The publisher, which is best known for its parenting books, celebrated its...
New inquiry into ACT public libraries
Wednesday, 15 August 2018
The ACT Legislative Assembly’s Standing Committee on Environment and Transport and City Services has announced a new committee inquiry into the future of the territory’s public libraries. The inquiry into...
US libraries suspend 3D printer use amid gun concerns; ALA updates policy
Wednesday, 15 August 2018
In the US state of Florida, 38 library branches in Broward County have suspended the use of 3D printers this week over concerns that they could be used to make...
Footpath library opens in Port Macquarie to provide books for the homeless
Wednesday, 15 August 2018
The Rotary Club of Port Macquarie and Orange Sky Laundry have set up a footpath library in Port Macquarie, reports the Port News. Initially founded by Sydney woman Sarah Garnett...
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