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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...

Audiobooks, data-driven publishing discussed at FutureBook 2018

Wednesday, 12 December 2018
The ‘audio gold rush’, data-driven publishing and the importance of surprise in an increasingly algorhythmic world were some of the topics covered at this year’s wide-ranging FutureBook Live conference, which...

Final ‘Weekly Book Newsletter’ for 2018, ‘Special Bulletin’ coming

Wednesday, 12 December 2018
Today’s Weekly Book Newsletter will be the last for 2018. The first Weekly Book Newsletter for 2019 will be published on Wednesday 16 January. The last Daily Newsletter for 2018 was published on...

Agent ordered to pay $514k after losing lawsuit against Morton

Tuesday, 11 December 2018
Literary agent Selwa Anthony has lost her lawsuit in the NSW Supreme Court against former client Kate Morton, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. Anthony has been ordered to pay Morton...

HarperCollins acquires McKinnon’s second novel

Tuesday, 11 December 2018
HarperCollins has acquired world rights to Catherine McKinnon’s second novel, The Great Time, via Jeanne Ryckmans at the Cameron Creswell Agency. Set during World War II, The Great Time follows...

Collis wins 2018 ACT Book of the Year for ‘Dancing Home’

Monday, 10 December 2018
Paul Collis has won the 2018 ACT Book of the Year for his novel Dancing Home (UQP). Dancing Home, which won the 2016 David Unaipon Award for an unpublished manuscript,...

James wins Horne Prize

Monday, 10 December 2018
The Saturday Paper and cosmetics company Aesop announced writer Daniel James as the winner of the $15,000 Horne Prize 2018 for his essay ‘Ten More Days’. An account of intergenerational...

Activist author made director of Mexico’s largest state-owned publishing house

Friday, 7 December 2018
Author and activist Pablo Ignacio Taibo II has been made director of Mexico's largest state-owned publishing house, Fondo de Cultura Económica (FCE), reports Publishers Weekly. Mexico's new president Andrés Manuel...

Presser wins 2018 Voss Literary Prize for ‘The Book of Dirt’

Friday, 7 December 2018
Author Bram Presser has won the 2018 Voss Literary Prize for The Book of Dirt (Text). The Voss Literary Prize is awarded to the best novel published in Australia in the...

Christmas predictions: Sean Guy from The Bookshop Darwin

Friday, 7 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 instalment,...

Adaptations win at AACTA Awards 2018

Friday, 7 December 2018
The 2018 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards have been announced, with many of the awards going to book-to-screen adaptations. The award for best adapted screenplay went...

Christmas predictions: the Hobart Bookshop team

Ko wins Deborah Cass Prize 2018

Friday, 7 December 2018
Writer Karina Ko has won the 2018 Deborah Cass Prize for emerging writers from migrant backgrounds for her manuscript extract ‘Things I used to Believe’. Chosen from a shortlist of...

Final ‘B+P Daily’ for 2018

Friday, 7 December 2018
This issue of the Books+Publishing Daily will be the last for 2018. The Daily will return on Monday 14 January. The Books+Publishing team wishes our subscribers all the best for...

UK Society of Authors issues ‘Brexit Briefing’

Thursday, 6 December 2018
The UK's Society of Authors (SoA) has issued a report outlining the vulnerabilities faced by the UK's creative industries during the government's Brexit negotiations, reports Publishers Weekly. Representing 10,500 members,...