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Waterstones owner Mamut considering sale of the chain

Tuesday, 31 October 2017
Waterstones owner Alexander Mamut has asked corporate advisors from the investment banking company N M Rothschild to explore a £250m (A$429.5m) sale of the UK bookselling chain, reports the Sunday...

CBCA NSW announces shortlist for 2017 mentorship program

CBCA Tuesday, 31 October 2017
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) NSW branch has announced the shortlist for the 2017 Aspiring Writers Mentorship Program for unpublished children’s writers. The three shortlisted writers are: Angela...

Sharjah Publishing City opens for business 

Tuesday, 31 October 2017
Sharjah Publishing City, a new publishing hub located in the United Arab Emirates, has opened for business, and the Sharjah Book Authority is inviting international publishers to occupy its 400...

‘SRB’ to publish anniversary anthology

Monday, 30 October 2017
The Sydney Review of Books (SRB) will publish an anthology of essays on Australian fiction, poetry and nonfiction to mark its five-year anniversary. Essays in The Australian Face, previously published...

‘Extinctions’ wins 2017 Colin Roderick Award

Saturday, 28 October 2017
Josephine Wilson’s Miles Franklin Award-winning novel Extinctions (UWA Publishing) has won the 2017 Colin Roderick Award and the HT Priestley Medal, administered by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies at James...

‘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...

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...

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...

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

160511 Harry Hartog logo 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...

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...

 

 

 

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