Amazon appoints Oz manager, leases warehouse Archive
Friday, 4 August 2017
Amazon has appointed Rocco Braeuniger as its country manager for Australia and has confirmed it will open its first Australian fulfilment centre in Dandenong South in Melbourne’s south-east, reports Fairfax....
J K Rowling leads ‘Forbes’ list of top-earning authors Archive
Friday, 4 August 2017
J K Rowling has taken out the top spot in Forbes’ annual list of the world’s top-earning authors, reports the Guardian. Rowling is estimated to have earnt US$95m (A$119m) over...
Multilingual children’s bookstore opens in Fairfield Archive
Friday, 4 August 2017
A multilingual children’s bookstore, Lost in Books, has opened in Fairfield, South Western Sydney. Open from Monday to Friday, the bookstore also serves as a café, creative learning and language...
First guests announced for 2017 Tasmanian Writers and Readers Festival Archive
Thursday, 3 August 2017
The Tasmanian Writers and Readers Festival has announced the first guests for its 2017 program, which runs from 14-17 September in Hobart. UK author A C Grayling will deliver the...
Robinsons to open Canberra store in October Archive
Thursday, 3 August 2017
Independent bookselling chain Robinsons Bookshop is opening a store in Canberra on 31 October. The store is Robinsons’ 10th and its first outside of Melbourne. It will open alongside other...
Fine shortlisted for Royal Society Science Book Prize Archive
Thursday, 3 August 2017
Australia-based British author Cordelia Fine has been shortlisted for the 2017 Science Book Prize for her book Testosterone Rex: Unmaking the Myths of our Gendered Minds (Icon Books). Fine’s book is one...
NZ Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement 2017 announced Archive
Thursday, 3 August 2017
Creative New Zealand has announced the winners of the 2017 Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement, worth NZ$60,000 (A$55,900) each. Novelist Witi Ihimaera has been honoured in the fiction category,...
Something wundrous: Jessica Townsend on ‘Nevermoor’ Archive
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
Queensland author Jessica Townsend’s debut Nevermoor (Hachette, October) is a middle-grade fantasy about a cursed 11-year-old girl ‘that will hook readers aged 10 and up with intricate imaginative detail and...
Fresh take: Margrete Lamond on ‘The Sorry Tale of Fox and Bear’ Archive
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
The Sorry Tale of Fox and Bear (Margrete Lamond, illus by Heather Vallance, August) is the first title from newly launched small publisher Dirt Lane Press. Inspired by Norwegian folk...
Book blogger spotlight: Half Deserted Streets Archive
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
For blogger Danielle Carey, Instagram ‘feels like the most enthusiastic and inviting place to flail about books online’. Her Instagram-based microblog, Half Deserted Streets, reaches 11,000 followers, but she also...
Melbourne’s City of Casey to open new library as part of $125m development Archive
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
Melbourne’s City of Casey will open the new Narre Warren Library at the $125m Bunjil Place development on 28 October. The two-level library will feature a dedicated children’s library, study...
Community protests council plan to close Guildford library Archive
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
Residents of Guildford in Perth are protesting a report to be presented to the City of Swan councilors on 2 August that details plans to close the Guildford library, reports...
2016 Stella Count revealed; judges for 2018 prize announced Archive
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
The 2016 Stella Count has found that four out of 12 publications surveyed reviewed more books by women than men—up from one publication in 2015’s survey—with book reviews in Australian...
New report shows government funding for literature and writing lags other artforms Archive
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
A report prepared for the Department of Communications and the Arts has found that Australian federal, state and territory, and local governments contributed $5.8b to cultural activities in 2015-16, with...
A&U to publish Nick Riewoldt’s autobiography in November Archive
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
Allen & Unwin will publish AFL player Nick Riewoldt’s autobiography in November, following the St Kilda captain’s announcement that he will retire at the end of the season. The publisher said...
‘The Chaser’s’ Andrew Hansen and wife Jessica Roberts sign two-book deal with Walker Books Archive
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
Comedian Andrew Hansen, best known for his work on ‘The Chaser’, and his wife, designer Jessica Roberts, have signed a two-book deal with Walker Books. The books will be the...
The Lifted Brow launches imprint Brow Books Archive
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
The Lifted Brow (TLB) has announced its new books imprint, Brow Books. In a statement on its website, the imprint said it will publish ‘across a variety of genres, styles...
US judge finds classics-inspired picture books infringe copyright Archive
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
A US judge has ruled that Moppet Books’ series of classics-inspired children’s picture books have infringed the copyright of the originals, reports the Bookseller. As previously reported by Books+Publishing, in...
Pullman calls for UK to reintroduce minimum price for books Archive
Tuesday, 1 August 2017
In the UK, author and Society of Authors president Philip Pullman has called for the reintroduction of a minimum price for books, drawing support for consideration of the idea from...
New festival to focus on Indigenous and culturally diverse writers Archive
Tuesday, 1 August 2017
The NSW Writers’ Centre and Bankstown Arts Centre have announced a new writers’ festival that focuses on Indigenous and culturally diverse Australian writers and writing. The inaugural Boundless festival will...
Waterstones selects Australian author for UK ‘Book of the Month’ promotion Archive
Tuesday, 1 August 2017
Melbourne-born, Edinburgh-based author Anthony O’Neill’s forthcoming novel Dr Jekyll and Mr Seek (Xoum, September) has been chosen by UK bookselling chain Waterstones as its Scottish ‘Book of the Month’ for September....
Screen rights to ‘The Good People’ optioned Archive
Tuesday, 1 August 2017
Australian production company Aquarius Films has optioned the film and TV rights to Hannah Kent’s The Good People (Picador) via Curtis Brown Australia. Aquarius producers Angie Felder, Polly Staniford and Cecilia...
Dorrington steps down as PWF program manager Archive
Tuesday, 1 August 2017
Perth Writers Festival (PWF) program manager Katherine Dorrington has left the organisation after 12 years in the role. Perth International Arts Festival artistic director Wendy Martin said in a statement:...
‘Before Rupert’ wins National Biography Award Archive
Monday, 31 July 2017
The State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW) has announced Tom D C Roberts’ Before Rupert: Keith Murdoch and the Birth of a Dynasty (UQP) as the winner of this...
Survey finds Canadians reading more local authors Archive
Monday, 31 July 2017
In Canada, the government-sponsored organisation BookNet has published the results from a survey of Canadian book buyers’ reading habits, reports Publishers Weekly. The survey found 44% of Canadian book buyers...
SLV 2017 Creative Fellowships announced Archive
Monday, 31 July 2017
The State Library of Victoria (SLV) has announced the recipients of its 2017 Creative and Specialist Fellowships, including several writers working on book projects. The recipients of the Creative Fellowships,...
Dymocks Waurn Ponds wins top award at Dymocks conference Archive
Monday, 31 July 2017
Dymocks Waurn Ponds in Geelong has won the Chairman’s Award for Retail Excellence at the 2017 Dymocks national conference, which was held on the Gold Coast from 23-25 July. Dymocks...
New ABC TV ‘Story Time’ series to screen during Children’s Book Week Archive
Monday, 31 July 2017
A new ABC TV series called Story Time will screen during Children’s Book Week in August. The Play School spin-off series will feature Australian celebrities—including journalist Leigh Sales, comedian Rove...
Canberra Writers Festival 2017 program launched Archive
Friday, 28 July 2017
The program has been announced for the second annual Canberra Writers Festival, which will run from 25-27 August. International guests appearing at the festival include UK novelist Samantha Shannon, Dutch...
Affirm to publish junior fiction series by ‘Bondi Rescue’ lifeguard Archive
Friday, 28 July 2017
Affirm Press will publish a children’s fiction series by Bondi Rescue lifeguard Trent ‘Maxi’ Maxwell in 2018. The series will be co-written by David Lawrence, author of the ‘Fox Swift’...
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