HarperCollins partners with Bolinda to produce audiobooks
Wednesday, 23 August 2017
HarperCollins will partner with audiobook publisher Bolinda to jointly produce audio editions of HarperCollins’ Australian titles. About 50 titles from HarperCollins’ frontlist and backlist will be published for the launch...
TitlePage relaunches on APA platform
Wednesday, 23 August 2017
Australian book industry’s price and availability service TitlePage relaunched on the Australian Publishers Association’s (APA) platform on 23 August. The APA said users will notice ‘some design improvements’, as well...
Book blogger spotlight: Lectito
Wednesday, 23 August 2017
Since starting her book blog Lectito in 2015, Margot McGovern believes that blogging has become ‘much more fluid’. ‘Most of the bloggers I follow work across multiple platforms and use...
John Howard library to open at Old Parliament House
Wednesday, 23 August 2017
The University of NSW Canberra will open the John Howard prime ministerial library at Old Parliament House, featuring personal papers, mementos and documents from Howard’s time as prime minister from...
Bloomsbury to launch China imprint in 2018
Wednesday, 23 August 2017
Bloomsbury will launch an English-language imprint Bloomsbury China in February next year, reports the Bookseller. The imprint will be based at the publisher’s London office. It will publish works in...
RMIT students to host Odyssey literary festival
Wednesday, 23 August 2017
Students from RMIT University’s Professional Writing and Editing program are hosting a literary festival in Melbourne on 6 September. The Odyssey: Line by Line festival, which was first held in...
A&U acquires Jack Heath’s ‘grisly’ adult debut; rights sold into five territories
Wednesday, 23 August 2017
Allen & Unwin has acquired children’s and YA author Jack Heath’s debut adult thriller Hangman, to be published in January 2018. Hangman is a ‘grisly crime novel about a cannibal...
S&S acquires debut thriller from ABC journalist Tim Ayliffe
Wednesday, 23 August 2017
Simon & Schuster Australia has acquired world rights to the debut thriller—the first in a trilogy—by ABC News managing editor of television and video, Tim Ayliffe. The Greater Good was...
‘Overland’ Victoria University Short Story Prize 2017 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 23 August 2017
The shortlist for the 2017 Overland Victoria University Short Story Prize for New and Emerging Writers has been announced. The shortlisted stories are: Allan Drew for ‘Wharekaho Beach, 1944’ Amanda Niehaus...
Readings announces 2017 New Australian Fiction Award shortlist
Tuesday, 22 August 2017
Readings has announced the shortlist for its 2017 New Australian Fiction Award. The shortlisted titles are: The Windy Season (Sam Carmody, A&U) Australia Day (Melanie Cheng, Text) Jean Harley Was...
NZ publishing projects awarded CLNZ funds
Tuesday, 22 August 2017
A number of New Zealand publishers will share in NZ$75,000 (A$69,248) of funding in the latest round of Copyright Licensing New Zealand’s (CLNZ) Contestable Fund. The successful publishers and authors...
CUP reverses decision to block access to journal articles in China
Tuesday, 22 August 2017
In the UK, Cambridge University Press (CUP) has reversed its decision to block access to hundreds of articles in its journal The China Quarterly in China after a ‘justifiably intense...
Ubud releases festival program for 2017
Tuesday, 22 August 2017
The Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF) has released the full program for its 2017 festival, which will run from 25-29 October in Ubud, Indonesia. Among the newly announced international...
Parliament passes legislation to impose GST on low-value online imports
Tuesday, 22 August 2017
Federal parliament has enacted legislation to impose a 10% GST on low-value imports purchased from online overseas sellers from 1 July 2018. As previously reported by Books+Publishing, the government first...
NZ Book Industry Awards 2017 winners announced
Tuesday, 22 August 2017
The winners of the 2017 New Zealand Book Industry Awards were announced in Auckland on 19 August. The winners in each category are: Bookshop of the Year Time Out Bookstore,...
CUP censors journal articles under pressure from Chinese authorities
Monday, 21 August 2017
In the UK, Cambridge University Press (CUP) has confirmed it complied with a demand from Chinese authorities to censor hundreds of articles in its China Quarterly journal, reports the Bookseller....
Mem Fox receives CBCA Nan Chauncy Award
Monday, 21 August 2017
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has presented Mem Fox with the 2017 CBCA Nan Chauncy Award for her contribution to Australian children’s literature. The award was presented on...
S&S acquires debut novel by Australian ‘book ninjas’
Monday, 21 August 2017
Simon & Schuster Australia has acquired world rights to the debut novel by Australian ‘book ninjas’ Ali Berg and Michelle Kalus. Berg, a copywriter and co-founder of Melbourne advertising agency...
Hardy appointed MWF artistic director
Friday, 18 August 2017
Writer and producer Marieke Hardy has been appointed artistic director of the Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF), with general manager Shona Barrett to take on the role of CEO. As previously...
CBCA Awards 2017 winners announced
Friday, 18 August 2017
The winners of this year’s Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The winning titles in each of the categories are: Older readers...
Giramondo to publish series of ‘innovative fiction and nonfiction’ by southern hemisphere writers
Friday, 18 August 2017
Giramondo has published the first title in its ‘Southern Latitudes’ series, which focusses on ‘innovative fiction and nonfiction by writers of the southern hemisphere’. The first book in the series,...
CBCA Awards 2017 winners announced today
Friday, 18 August 2017
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) will announce the winners of the 2017 Book of the Year Awards at an event in Hobart at 12pm AEST today. Books+Publishing will publish...
‘SRB’ announces recipients of Emerging Critics fellowships
Friday, 18 August 2017
The ‘Sydney Review of Books’ has announced the recipients of this year’s Copyright Agency-SRB Emerging Critics fellowships. The recipients are: Rita Horanyi (SA) Darius Sepehri (NSW) Robert Wood (WA). Each...
Pan Macmillan to release 70th-anniversary classics series
Friday, 18 August 2017
In the UK, Pan Macmillan is celebrating 70 years since the publication of the first Pan paperback by reissuing 20 classic titles, reports the Bookseller. The Pan 70 series pays...
Nielsen NZ report: reading the second most popular leisure activity
Thursday, 17 August 2017
A Nielsen Consumer and Media Insight survey has found about 1.9 million New Zealanders aged over 10 read a book every week, making reading the second most popular leisure activity...
Quarto terminates sales talks
Thursday, 17 August 2017
The Quarto Group has terminated discussions with an unsolicited bidder on the ‘mutual agreement’ of both parties, reports the Bookseller. As previously reported by Books+Publishing, Quarto announced the offer from...
Black Inc. to publish the ‘Cook’s Companion’ of mental health
Thursday, 17 August 2017
Black Inc. will publish Mental: Everything You Never Knew You Needed to Know about Mental Health, a guidebook to mental health by psychiatrist and broadcaster Steve Ellen and comedian and...
Gold Coast Council changes privacy rules to access library user information
Wednesday, 16 August 2017
The Gold Coast Council has changed privacy rules to gain greater access to library users’ personal information, reports the Gold Coast Bulletin. Councillors, council officers and ‘authorised contractors’ will now...
ALIA Excellence Award winners named
Wednesday, 16 August 2017
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has announced the winners of the 2017 ALIA Excellence Award, which honours contributions to the library and information sector. The recipients are: Kerry...
Inky Awards 2017 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 16 August 2017
The Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria has announced the shortlists for the 2017 Inky Awards for young adult literature. The shortlisted books in each category...
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