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Curtis Brown, Hachette top list of UK acquisitions

Tuesday, 16 May 2017
In the UK, a survey of 278 acquisition deals in March and April reveals Curtis Brown and Hachette as the biggest agent and publisher respectively, reports the Bookseller. Curtis Brown’s deals...

Better Reading introduces author podcast

Tuesday, 16 May 2017
Book recommendation website Better Reading has launched a new podcast featuring interviews with authors. Participating authors so far have included Nikki Gemmell, Candice Fox, Rebecca Huntley, Caroline Overington, John Safran...

Australian authors shortlisted for Locus Awards

Monday, 15 May 2017
Several Australian authors and illustrators have been named as finalists for the Locus Awards for science-fiction and fantasy writing. Garth Nix is a finalist in the young adult category for...

George Robertson Award 2017 winners announced

Monday, 15 May 2017
The winners of the 2017 George Robertson Award, which recognises long and distinguished service to the publishing industry, were announced by the Australian Publishers Association (APA) on 27 April. The...

Melbourne’s Books in Print to close in June

Friday, 12 May 2017
Books in Print in the Melbourne suburb of Malvern will close at the end of June. The store has been run by Chris Harrington and Deborah Holland for the past...

Argentina’s book market down 40% in 2016

Friday, 12 May 2017
Argentina’s book market declined 40% in 2016, from US$905.5m (A$1,228m) in revenue in 2015 to US$540m (A$732m) last year, reports Publishers Weekly. The figures were compiled by an Argentine consultancy...

Echo acquires historical novel from Meg Keneally

Friday, 12 May 2017
Echo Publishing has acquired world rights to Meg Keneally’s historical novel Fled in a two-book deal. The novel, which is based on the life of convict Mary Bryant, will be...

McFarlane wins £30,000 International Dylan Thomas Prize

the high places Thursday, 11 May 2017
Fiona McFarlane has won the £30,000 (A$52,772) International Dylan Thomas Prize for her short-story collection The High Places (Hamish Hamilton), reports the Guardian. McFarlane was selected from a shortlist of...

Book blogger spotlight: Reading Matters

Wednesday, 10 May 2017
UK-based Australian blogger Kim Forrester started Reading Matters in 2004 to help her remember what she was reading. Now she likes to focus on ‘books that may have slipped under...

Margaret Hamilton: A life in children’s books 

Wednesday, 10 May 2017
Former children’s book publisher Margaret Hamilton AM recently retired from the national board of the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) after 57 years with the organisation. This is an...

PRH acquires ‘subversive’ boarding school YA debut

Wednesday, 10 May 2017
Penguin Random House Australia has acquired the rights to Margot McGovern’s contemporary YA debut Neverland. Random House Young Readers publisher Zoe Walton acquired ANZ rights and English-language rights in Asia via Jacinta...

Budget confirms return of Catalyst funding to OzCo

Wednesday, 10 May 2017
The 2017-18 federal budget has confirmed the return of Catalyst funding to the Australia Council, first announced in March this year. The budget papers show that the government is directing...

EWF 2017 program launched

Wednesday, 10 May 2017
The Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) has announced its full 2017 program, which runs from 14-23 June in venues across Melbourne’s CBD, Footscray and Dandenong. The festival will open with ‘an...

Spufford wins 2017 Ondaatje Prize

Wednesday, 10 May 2017
Francis Spufford’s debut novel Golden Hill (Faber) has won the Royal Society of Literature’s Ondaatje Prize in the UK. The annual £10,000 (A$17,630) prize is awarded for ‘a distinguished work...

Book bites: books to come for teens and tots 

Tuesday, 9 May 2017
Children’s book buyer at Hill of Content Bookshop Meg Whelan offers a taste of books to come. In the picture Aaron Blabey is back with Guff (August, Viking), a hilarious...

Brave new world: Sydney’s Beachside Bookshop

Tuesday, 9 May 2017
Sydney’s Beachside Bookshop, which specialises in teen fiction, celebrated its one-year anniversary earlier this year. Owner and second-generation bookseller Libby Armstrong shares her bookseller’s diary. ‘Oh, you’re very brave.’ If...

 

 

 

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