Ventura acquires world rights to d’Alpuget’s ‘Birth of the Plantagenets’ Archive
Tuesday, 26 June 2018
Ventura Press has acquired world rights to Blanche D’Alpuget’s ‘Birth of the Plantagenets’ series. The first two books in the series, The Young Lion and The Lion Rampant, will be...
Maguire’s ‘An Isolated Incident’ sold to UK Archive
Tuesday, 26 June 2018
UK publisher Lightning Books has acquired Emily Maguire’s 2016 crime novel An Isolated Incident (Picador), reports the Bookseller. Lightning Books editor-at-large Scott Pack acquired world English-language rights (excluding Australia and...
US online sales tax ruling applauded by booksellers Archive
Tuesday, 26 June 2018
In the US, the Supreme Court has ruled that online retailers with no physical presence in a state are required to collect tax on sales in that state, reports Publishers...
Dymocks Book Club launches on ‘Kids’ WB’ Archive
Tuesday, 26 June 2018
Chain bookseller Dymocks has partnered with Australian children’s television show Kids’ WB, from Channel Nine, to launch a monthly children’s book segment. Each month’s segment will feature a group of...
Allan wins 2018 Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction Archive
Tuesday, 26 June 2018
Lip magazine’s 2018 Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction has been presented to Liz Allan for her story ‘Our Voices, Fierce’. Margot McGovern, on behalf of the judging panel, described the winning...
Law to edit ‘Growing Up Queer in Australia’ anthology Archive
Tuesday, 26 June 2018
Black Inc. has announced it will publish a new anthology in 2019, Growing Up Queer in Australia, which will be edited by Benjamin Law. The anthology, which will be aimed...
Online bookstore stocking only debut Australian titles to launch this year Archive
Tuesday, 26 June 2018
A new online bookstore that will stock only debut Australian writers is preparing to launch later this year. Non-profit group Underground Writers is establishing the new online store—called Underground Books—to...
‘Into the Heart of Tasmania’ wins inaugural Dick and Joan Green Family Award Archive
Tuesday, 26 June 2018
Historian Rebe Taylor’s Into the Heart of Tasmania: A Search for Human Antiquity (MUP) has won the inaugural Dick and Joan Green Family Award for Tasmanian History, reports the Advocate. The...
ALA renames Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal Archive
Monday, 25 June 2018
In the US, a division of the American Library Association (ALA) has voted to remove the name of Laura Ingalls Wilder from a children’s book award, over concerns about how...
Better Reading launches ‘crowd-sourced’ review platform Archive
Monday, 25 June 2018
Better Reading has launched a new ‘crowd-sourced’ book review platform named Preview. Under the new program, publishers will be able to sponsor a title to be promoted to Better Reading’s...
Donovan appointed scout for FremantleMedia Archive
Monday, 25 June 2018
Australian editor and consultant Philippa Donovan has been appointed literary scout for production and entertainment company FremantleMedia Australia. Donovan will be covering book-to-film as well as TV adaptations for world English-language territories, with...
Shortlist for ‘KYD’ 2018 Unpublished Manuscript Award announced Archive
Monday, 25 June 2018
The shortlist for the 2018 Kill Your Darlings Unpublished Manuscript Award has been announced. The shortlisted authors and their works are: ‘Blindside’ (Beth Amos) ‘The Eulogy’ (Jacqueline Bailey) ‘What in...
Writers Vic announces 2018 Glenfern Fellowships Archive
Monday, 25 June 2018
Writers Victoria has announced the recipients of this year’s Glenfern Fellowships. The fellowships were awarded to Anna Sublet for her book on grief and relationships, Melissa Manning for her collection...
New owner for Torquay Books; Featherston retires Archive
Friday, 22 June 2018
Lynne Main has purchased Torquay Books in the Bayside area of Victoria from previous owner and manager Rosemary Featherston, who has decided to retire after running the business for 14...
NewSouth sells world English rights for ‘Wild Sea’ Archive
Friday, 22 June 2018
NewSouth Publishing has sold world English rights (ex ANZ) to Joy McCann’s Wild Sea: A History of the Southern Ocean to the University of Chicago Press. NewSouth publisher Elspeth Menzies...
US audiobook sales up 22.7% in 2017 Archive
Friday, 22 June 2018
In the US, a new report by the Audio Publishers Association (APA) has found that audiobook sales experienced another consecutive year of double-digit growth, estimating that sales in 2017 were...
B&N posts $125m loss in fiscal 2018 Archive
Friday, 22 June 2018
US retail chain Barnes & Noble (B&N) reported a total sales decline of six percent in the fiscal year ending 28 April 2018, with revenue falling to US$3.66 billion (A$4.95bn),...
ASA Model Trade Publishing Agreement now available to SPN members Archive
Friday, 22 June 2018
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) and the Small Press Network (SPN) have partnered to make a version of the ASA's Model Trade Publishing Agreement available to all full members...
Sherwin‐Stark appointed CEO of Hachette ANZ Archive
Friday, 22 June 2018
Hachette Australia and New Zealand (Hachette ANZ) has announced that Louise Sherwin-Stark, current joint managing director, has been appointed CEO of the publisher’s ANZ arm. In her new role, effective...
Taneja wins 2018 Desmond Elliott Prize Archive
Thursday, 21 June 2018
Preti Taneja has won the 2018 Desmond Elliott Prize for first-time novelists for We Are That Young (Galley Beggar Press). A reworking of William Shakespeare’s King Lear, We Are That Young is...
International authors announced for MWF 2018 Archive
Thursday, 21 June 2018
The first international authors have been announced for the 2018 Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF), which runs from 24 August to 2 September. International guests include musician Andrew WK, who will...
McDuling appointed senior content producer at Booktopia Archive
Thursday, 21 June 2018
Booktopia has appointed Sarah McDuling to the position of senior content producer. McDuling is currently editor of Booktopia’s crime-focused and YA-focused monthly newsletters, as well as manager of Booktopia’s Tumblr...
SPN announces 2018 conference research day keynote Archive
Thursday, 21 June 2018
The Small Press Network (SPN) has announced Monash University associate professor Rebecca Giblin as the keynote speaker for the 2018 Independent Publishing Conference academic research day, which will take place...
Tauranga council to build NZ$35 million library Archive
Wednesday, 20 June 2018
New Zealand's Tauranga City Council (TCC) will invest NZ$35 million (A$33m) in development to replace its central library, reports Sun Live. Tauranga Libraries manager Joanna Thomas said a ‘community hub’ model...
Podcast spotlight: Dymocks Podcast Archive
Wednesday, 20 June 2018
Established in 2012, the Dymocks Podcast includes author interviews and conversations about the world of books and publishing. Released on a weekly basis, and with an extra condensed video version...
Bristol council backtracks on decision to close 17 libraries Archive
Wednesday, 20 June 2018
In the UK, Bristol City Council has backtracked on a decision to close 17 of its 27 libraries, reports the BBC. Despite the council's proposal in February last year to...
UK copyright specialists create copyright board game Archive
Wednesday, 20 June 2018
In the UK, two copyright specialists have created a board game to help research students and early-career researchers understand copying and licensing choices, reports the Chartered Institute of Library and...
Melbourne libraries sign up for Libraries After Dark campaign Archive
Wednesday, 20 June 2018
In Melbourne, four public libraries have signed up for the Libraries After Dark program, staying open until 10pm to host late-night activities and events, reports the Age. The program started...
Amazon launches Prime in Australia Archive
Wednesday, 20 June 2018
Amazon has launched its subscription service Prime on the company's Australian website, offering users free delivery and subscription access to ebooks, videos and games. The service will include free ‘expedited...
The ‘B+P’ guide to the Miles Franklin 2018 shortlist Archive
Wednesday, 20 June 2018
Six titles are vying for this year’s Miles Franklin Literary Award. Two of these are from multinational publishers (one each from HarperCollins and Pan Macmillan), three are from small, independent...
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