Louise Cornegé on the changing ways publishers market and promote books
Wednesday, 7 February 2018
Allen & Unwin’s head of publicity Louise Cornegé travelled to New York in April 2017 to ‘review the latest global trends, strategies and technologies in digital publicity and marketing’ as...
Welsh librarian jailed for stealing books
Wednesday, 7 February 2018
In Wales, a librarian has been jailed for stealing books from the workplace and attempting to sell them online, reports the BBC. Elizabeth Macregor, from Pontypridd Library in Rhondda Cynon...
ABC to dismantle sound libraries and send book collection to Samoa
Wednesday, 7 February 2018
The ABC will dismantle its sound and reference libraries throughout the country, and make 10 librarians redundant in order to free up floor space and cut costs, reports the Guardian....
Deeper connections: Terri-ann White on the Australia Council January delegation to India
Wednesday, 7 February 2018
In January, Australian publishers Robert Watkins (Hachette Australia), Margrete Lamond (Dirt Lane Press), Anna Moulton (Magabala Books), Sam Cooney (Brow Books) and Terri-ann White (UWA Publishing), travelled to India as...
Young made honorary fellow by NZSA
Wednesday, 7 February 2018
New Zealand writer Ashleigh Young has been made an honorary literary fellow as part of the New Zealand Society of Authors’ (NZSA) annual Waitangi Day Honours. Young said of the...
SLV announces new $15,000 fellowship for Indigenous cultural research
Wednesday, 7 February 2018
The State Library Victoria (SLV) will offer a new $15,000 specialist fellowship for Victorian Aboriginal researchers in 2018. The Indigenous Victorian Aboriginal Cultural Research Fellowship is offered to a researcher who...
Kobo report highlights mysteries and thrillers as most read in 2017
Wednesday, 7 February 2018
Mysteries and thrillers dominated Kobo’s 2017 top 10 ebook bestsellers and most read ebook titles in Australia, according to Kobo’s 2017 Book Report. The Missing Ones by Patricia Gibney (Sphere)...
WAYRBA 2018 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 7 February 2018
The shortlists for the 2018 West Australian Young Readers’ Book Awards (WAYRBA) have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Picture books Torty and the Soldier: A Story...
Italy to be guest of honour at 2023 Frankfurt Book Fair
Wednesday, 7 February 2018
Italy has been announced as the guest of honour at the 2023 Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF), which will be held from 18-22 October 2023. FBF director Juergen Boos said in...
Hardie Grant to publish Hamilton’s controversial ‘Silent Invasion’
Tuesday, 6 February 2018
Hardie Grant Books has acquired world rights to Clive Hamilton’s book on Chinese influence in Australia, Silent Invasion, with plans to publish the title in Australia in March 2018. Silent...
UK publishers urge Man Booker Prize organisers to reconsider rule change
Tuesday, 6 February 2018
Several UK publishers have signed a letter urging organisers of the Man Booker Prize to reconsider the rule change in 2013 that made US-authored titles eligible for the prize, reports...
‘The Garret’ podcast expands in 2018
Tuesday, 6 February 2018
The Garret podcast has announced plans to expand in 2018, which includes a move away from a season-based release schedule and new episodes dedicated to reviewing Australian books. In 2018,...
Staff changes at Readings
Tuesday, 6 February 2018
Melbourne independent bookshop Readings has announced several staff changes across its seven stores. Joe Rubbo will move from his current role managing Readings Doncaster to take up the position of...
Australian authors featured on 2017 Locus Awards Recommended Reading List
Tuesday, 6 February 2018
Several Australian authors and illustrators have been named on the 2017 Locus Recommended Reading List, which serves as the voting ballot for the annual Locus Awards for science-fiction and fantasy...
New bookstore opens in Victoria’s Dandenong Ranges
Tuesday, 6 February 2018
A new bookstore, Daisy Boots Book Shop, has opened in the Dandenong Ranges in regional Victoria. Located in Sassafras, the shop opened for business on 19 December 2017 and is...
Europa Editions to be distributed by NewSouth
Monday, 5 February 2018
Titles from New York-based publisher Europa Editions will be distributed in Australia by NewSouth Books from March 2018. The new sales and distribution relationship constitutes, for Europa, a ‘renewed focus...
New data shows 14.5% growth in Chinese book market in 2017
Monday, 5 February 2018
China’s retail book market expanded in 2017 at a rate of 14.55%, year on year, according to data from Chinese industry-data research firm OpenBook, reports Publishing Perspectives. Children’s books were...
FWF expands to two festivals in 2018
Monday, 5 February 2018
The Feminist Writers Festival (FWF) has announced it will expand to two festivals in 2018, with the theme ‘rewriting the story’. FWF will run its first New South Wales festival in...
ABDA launches new survey for book designers
Monday, 5 February 2018
The Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA) has launched a new survey to measure the health of the local book-design industry and generate data around the issues that book designers face....
New ‘Books+Publishing Junior’ reviews out now
Friday, 2 February 2018
Books+Publishing’s first Junior newsletter contains 12 reviews of books publishing in February and March 2018. Two books scored the maximum five-star rating: a new picture-book collaboration between Jane Godwin, Alison...
Janu wins XO Romance Prize 2017
Friday, 2 February 2018
Xoum Publishing has announced Penelope Janu as the winner of the 2017 XO Romance Prize for an unpublished manuscript for her novel ‘On the Same Page’. Janu receives a $5000...
Gui Minhai awarded 2018 IPA Prix Voltaire
Friday, 2 February 2018
The International Publishers Association (IPA) has awarded the 2018 Prix Voltaire award, which supports defenders of the freedom to publish, to missing Chinese-born Swedish publisher Gui Minhai. A Hong Kong-based publisher...
VIPs announced for 2018 SWF
Friday, 2 February 2018
The Australia Council for the Arts has announced the guests attending the 2018 Visiting International Publishers (VIPs) program, to be held alongside the Sydney Writers’ Festival in early May. The...
Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2018 winners announced
Thursday, 1 February 2018
Melbourne-based writer Sarah Krasnostein has won the $100,000 Victorian Prize for Literature for her first book, The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman’s Extraordinary Life in Death, Decay & Disaster (Text Publishing)...
Up for a challenge: Nelly Thomas on ‘Some Girls’
Thursday, 1 February 2018
When comedian Nelly Thomas came up with the idea for Some Girls, an early childhood picture book that challenges gender and other stereotypes in young girls, she decided to crowdfund...
Down through the blue: Alison Lester and Jane Godwin on ‘The Silver Sea’
Thursday, 1 February 2018
Alison Lester and Jane Godwin's The Silver Sea (Affirm, March) was created in collaboration with children from Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital, with all profits from the book going to the...
Clarke to present books segment on new ABC show
Thursday, 1 February 2018
Author Maxine Beneba Clarke will present a fortnightly books segment on a new ABC program hosted by journalist and commentator Stan Grant. The 45-minute program, Matter of Fact, will constitute...
National Book Award recognises works in translation in new award category
Thursday, 1 February 2018
In the US, the National Book Foundation announced that it will present a new award for translated literature as part of this year’s National Book Awards, reports the New York...
Copyright Agency publishes Cornegé report on the digital revolution and marketing
Thursday, 1 February 2018
The Copyright Agency has published a report by Allen & Unwin head of publicity Louise Cornegé that examines how the digital revolution has changed the way publishers market and promote...
Full program for Adelaide Writers’ Week 2018 announced
Thursday, 1 February 2018
The full program for Adelaide Writers’ Week, which runs from 3-8 March, has been announced. This year’s festival is dedicated to children's author Mem Fox, who will be in conversation...
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