‘The Dry’ wins CWA Gold Dagger
Friday, 27 October 2017
Australian author Jane Harper has won the 2017 UK Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Gold Dagger for her debut novel The Dry (Pan). The Dry was one of seven titles shortlisted...
WA government honours arts ‘champions’ in inaugural awards
Friday, 27 October 2017
The Western Australian government has announced the recipients of the inaugural State Arts and Culture Partnership Honours, which ‘acknowledge the outstanding contributions of individual philanthropists and businesses who partner with...
First authors announced for 2018 Adelaide Writers’ Week
Friday, 27 October 2017
A number of authors have been announced for the 2018 Adelaide Writers’ Week, which runs from 3-8 March. Among the big-name international authors attending the festival are US novelist Barbara...
WAYRBA 2017 winners announced
Friday, 27 October 2017
The winners of the 2017 West Australian Young Readers’ Book Awards (WAYRBA) have been announced. The winners are: Picture book: Do Not Open This Book (Andy Lee, illus by Heath...
Scribe acquires ‘alarming report card’ on Trump’s first year
Thursday, 26 October 2017
Scribe has acquired ANZ rights to Brian Klaas’ The Despot’s Apprentice: Donald Trump’s Attack on Democracy, a study of Trump’s ‘increasingly authoritarian tactics and the threat they pose to American...
New ‘Books+Publishing’ reviews out now
Thursday, 26 October 2017
Books+Publishing’s final Reviews newsletter for 2017 contains 14 reviews of books publishing in January, February and March 2018, as well as previews of Australian publishers’ most anticipated 2018 releases. Michael...
Spineless Wonders, Tablo, SLV to launch Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award
Thursday, 26 October 2017
Publisher Spineless Wonders, online publishing platform Tablo and the State Library Victoria (SLV) have partnered to launch the Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award, a new prize for writers of short-story...
Oscar-nominated screenwriter to write, produce ‘Nevermoor’ adaptation
Thursday, 26 October 2017
The Oscar-nominated US screenwriter, director and producer Drew Goddard will write and produce the film adaptation of Jessica Townsend’s children’s book Nevermoor (Lothian), reports the Hollywood Reporter. Goddard was a...
New Ventura Press imprint signs Meyer
Thursday, 26 October 2017
The debut novel by Melbourne writer and Echo Publishing commissioning editor Angela Meyer has been acquired by Ventura Press’ new Peter Bishop Books imprint. Martin Shaw, a literary agent at...
Harry Hartog to open eighth store in East Maitland
Wednesday, 25 October 2017
Independent bookselling chain Harry Hartog will open a new store at Stockland Green Hills shopping centre in East Maitland in New South Wales. Harry Hartog Green Hills will be managed...
Broad interest across Australian publishers’ lists at Frankfurt 2017
Wednesday, 25 October 2017
Australian publishers who attended this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair (11-15 October) reported interest across a broad range of titles, from literary debuts to ‘women’s commercial fiction’ to political memoirs. Allen...
Behind the marketing campaign: Ashleigh Barton on ‘Nevermoor’
Wednesday, 25 October 2017
When Jessica Townsend’s debut children’s novel Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow (Lothian) was published on 10 October, the buzz around the novel was immense. In the following week it...
Nguyen’s ‘investigation of humanoid robots’ wins ALIA Research Grant Award
Wednesday, 25 October 2017
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has presented its 2017 Research Grant Award to Linh Nguyen for her project ‘An investigation of humanoid robots and their implication to Australian...
NLA wins national award for digital replacement program
Wednesday, 25 October 2017
The National Library of Australia (NLA) has won the Australian Institute of Project Management’s (AIPM) National Project of the Year for its Digital Library Infrastructure Replacement (DLIR) program. The program,...
YALSA announces teens’ top 10 books of 2017
Wednesday, 25 October 2017
In the US, the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association, has announced the 2017 Teens’ Top 10 list of books nominated and voted...
UK campaign group Voices for the Library to close
Wednesday, 25 October 2017
The UK campaign group Voices for the Library has announced that it will disband because its volunteers ‘can no longer undertake the work required to be a voice for public...
Library of Congress to offer early career residency program
Wednesday, 25 October 2017
The US Library of Congress is launching a ‘Librarians-in-Residence pilot program’ for early career librarians completing their master’s degree in an American Library Association-accredited program. Starting in June 2018, four...
Voss Literary Prize 2017 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 25 October 2017
The shortlist for the 2017 Voss Literary Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Dodge Rose (Jack Cox, Text) Our Magic Hour (Jennifer Down, Text) Our Tiny, Useless Hearts...
Pozible campaign raises over $20,000 for ‘Some Girls’ picture book
Wednesday, 25 October 2017
Australian comedian and broadcaster Nelly Thomas has successfully raised $20,925 for her self-published picture book Some Girls in a crowdfunding campaign on the website Pozible. Written by Thomas and illustrated...
Walker acquires debut Australian YA psychological thriller
Wednesday, 25 October 2017
Walker Books has acquired world rights to debut author Sarah Epstein’s YA psychological thriller Small Spaces. Due for release in April 2018, Small Spaces is the story of 17-year-old Tash,...
‘The Windy Season’ wins 2017 Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction
Tuesday, 24 October 2017
Sam Carmody’s The Windy Season (A&U) has won the 2017 Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction. Carmody’s novel, which follows 20-year-old Paul as he travels to a fictional West Australian...
Echo acquires midlife dating guide
Tuesday, 24 October 2017
Bonnier Publishing’s Echo imprint has acquired world rights to Kerri Sackville’s Out There: A Survival for Guide for Dating in Midlife via Pippa Masson at Curtis Brown Australia. Out There...
HGE announces 2017 Ampersand Prize shortlist
Tuesday, 24 October 2017
Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) has announced the shortlist for its 2017 Ampersand Prize for unpublished YA and middle-grade authors. The six shortlisted authors and their works are: Lincoln Law for...
ABC’s ‘The Book Club’ to host year-end special, announces book industry’s favourite 2017 reads
Tuesday, 24 October 2017
ABC TV’s The Book Club will host a year-end special episode on 19 December when it will announce the results of its ‘five of the best’ reader poll for 2017....
Print and ebook sales on the rise in the UK
Tuesday, 24 October 2017
Early results from the Bookseller’s annual digital census of UK publishers has found that print and ebook sales are on the rise, with audiobook sales ‘seeing rapid growth despite being...
Asher Award 2017 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 24 October 2017
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced the shortlist for the 2017 Asher Literary Award. The shortlisted titles are: Our Lady of the Fence Post (J H Crone, UWA...
‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ coming to Melbourne in 2019
Tuesday, 24 October 2017
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will be coming to Melbourne’s Princess Theatre in early 2019. The play, based on an original new story by J K Rowling, Jack Thorne...
Noted festival on hiatus in 2018
Tuesday, 24 October 2017
Canberra’s experimental writers’ festival Noted will not be held in 2018. The festival announced on its website in September that it will spend the next year ‘looking at ways to...
‘Hickory Dickory Dash’ to be read for 2018 National Simultaneous Storytime
Monday, 23 October 2017
Tony Wilson and Laura Wood’s new picture book Hickory Dickory Dash (Scholastic)—released in February 2018—has been chosen for the Australian Library and Information Association’s (ALIA) National Simultaneous Storytime next year....
Beyond print: Exploring transmedia narratives
Monday, 23 October 2017
UQP nonfiction publisher Alexandra Payne explores the potential of transmedia narratives for publishers. (more…)
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