Xoum announces inaugural XO Romance Prize shortlist
Friday, 2 December 2016
Xoum Publishing has announced the shortlist for its inaugural XO Romance Prize for an unpublished manuscript. The shortlisted works and their authors are: Wendy Lee Davies for ‘The Drover’s Rest’,...
Readings Foundation grant recipients 2017
Thursday, 1 December 2016
The Readings Foundation has chosen 10 Victorian organisations to share $128,349 worth of grants in 2017. The grant recipients are: African Communities Foundation Australia: $15,000 to support a weekly seniors...
Deborah Cass Prize 2016 shortlist announced
Thursday, 1 December 2016
Writers Victoria has announced the shortlist for the second Deborah Cass Prize for emerging writers from migrant backgrounds. The shortlisted writers and their works are: Jean Bachoura for ‘Night Falls’...
New Hawkins novel publishing in April
Thursday, 1 December 2016
In the UK, Doubleday has announced details of a new novel by Paula Hawkins, the bestselling author of The Girl on the Train, to be published on 2 May 2017,...
Knight appointed Walker Books publisher
Wednesday, 30 November 2016
Linsay Knight has been appointed to the newly created position of publisher at Walker Books Australia and New Zealand. Knight previously held the role of head of children’s publishing at...
Please complete our pre-Christmas survey
Wednesday, 30 November 2016
Books+Publishing is currently conducting its annual pre-Christmas survey of booksellers and publishers. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey online. Booksellers If you are a bookseller, please complete...
Christmas closing list 2016
Wednesday, 30 November 2016
Company Last day of business in 2016 First day of business in 2017 Allen & Unwin Friday 23 December (Closing 1pm) Tuesday 3 January Alliance Distribution Services (ADS) (see classified)...
SLQ wins Gallery and Museum Achievement Award for ‘Peace and Quiet’ exhibition
Wednesday, 30 November 2016
The State Library of Queensland’s signature program team have won the engagement category at the 2016 Gallery and Museum Achievement Awards (GAMAA) for the exhibition ‘Peace and Quiet’. The exhibition,...
Ayres appointed NLA director-general
Wednesday, 30 November 2016
Marie-Louise Ayres has been appointed as director-general of the National Library of Australia for a five-year term. Ayres has served in senior management roles at the NLA since 2002, most...
ALIA joins Professions Australia
Wednesday, 30 November 2016
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has joined Professions Australia, the peak body for professional associations. ALIA CEO Sue McKerracher said it joined as ‘our interests align in the important...
Sharing knowledge: Keiran Rogers and Greg Browne on the Small Press Network mentorship program
Wednesday, 30 November 2016
Earlier this year, the Small Press Network (SPN) launched a mentorship program that matched eight Victoria-based SPN members with established publishing professionals. The program, which has funding from Creative Victoria,...
Small publisher spotlight: Subterranean Ink
Wednesday, 30 November 2016
Melbourne-based writers’ collective Subterranean Ink is made up of four Australian authors whose work shares ‘common themes’. Founding member Brendan Murphy spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘small publisher spotlight’ series:...
Christmas closing list: Final chance to submit dates
Wednesday, 30 November 2016
Publishers and distributors have one more chance to advise the Weekly Book Newsletter of their Christmas closing dates by 5pm this Friday 2 December. If your business doesn’t appear on this week’s list, please...
German thriller ‘Fear’ generates international interest for Text
Wednesday, 30 November 2016
Text Publishing has sold UK and Commonwealth rights (excluding ANZ and Canada) to Dirk Kurbjuweit’s Fear to Orion in an eight-publisher auction, brokered by Sarah Lutyens at Lutyens & Rubinstein....
Oxford Literary Festival commits to paying authors after backlash
Wednesday, 30 November 2016
In the UK, the Oxford Literary Festival has ‘rebalanced its budgets’ and will pay authors £150 to speak at its 2017 festival and for all future festivals, reports the Bookseller....
UWAP announces Dorothy Hewett Award 2016 shortlist
Wednesday, 30 November 2016
UWA Publishing has announced the shortlist for the 2016 Dorothy Hewett Award for an unpublished manuscript. The shortlisted authors and their works are: Anne-Marie Priest for ‘A Free Flame’, a...
Campus Bookselling Award winners announced
Wednesday, 30 November 2016
The Australian Campus Booksellers Association (ACBA) has announced the recipients of its annual booksellers awards. Supplier Customer Service Person of the Year Awards (joint winners) Nick Evgenias (Oxford University Press)...
Pizzinga wins 2016 ABA Vic Rep of the Year
Wednesday, 30 November 2016
Anthony Pizzinga from Penguin Random House was named as this year’s Victorian Rep of the Year at the Australian Booksellers Association’s (ABA) Victorian booksellers and publishers Christmas party on 29...
Ireland to roll out 23 more ‘staffless’ libraries
Tuesday, 29 November 2016
Ireland will expand its ‘staffless’ library scheme to a further 23 libraries in 2017, reports the Irish Times. Under the ‘My Open Library’ initiative, libraries will remain operating without staff...
Children’s book sales up 15% in China; publishers warn of overcrowded market
Tuesday, 29 November 2016
In China, sales of children’s books are up 15% year-on-year in value terms in 2016 to date, on the back of double-digit surges in recent years, reports the Bookseller. Book...
New Zealand Education Awards winners 2016 announced
Tuesday, 29 November 2016
The winners of the New Zealand Content Counts Education Awards 2016 have been announced. The winners in each category are: Primary Toitoi: A Journal for Young Writers and Artists (ed...
Publishing software company Typefi wins Australian Export Award
Tuesday, 29 November 2016
Queensland-based publishing software company Typefi has won the Small Business category at the Australian Export Awards, which were hosted by Austrade and the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in...
‘Overland’ Story Wine Prize winners announced
Tuesday, 29 November 2016
The winners of the 2016 Overland Story Wine Prize have been announced. Melbourne-based writer Cameron Watson won the $4000 first prize for his piece ‘Sweeping’, a story exploring the role...
Pollock appointed CEO of BWF organisation UPLIT
Monday, 28 November 2016
Zoe Pollock has been appointed CEO of UPLIT, the new name of the Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) organisation. Pollock, who was previously head of development at Sydney Living Museums and...
Finnegan wins Sports Book of the Year Award for ‘Barbarian Days’
Monday, 28 November 2016
In the UK, US journalist and author William Finnegan has won the £28,000 (A$46,900) William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award for his surfing memoir, Barbarian Days (Little, Brown),...
Inaugural Writing NSW grants announced
Monday, 28 November 2016
The NSW Writers’ Centre has announced the recipients of its inaugural Writing NSW Grants for early career writers, an emerging writing organisation, and a writer and technologist working on a...
Bloomsbury hosts character performances for ‘Harry Potter’ book events
Monday, 28 November 2016
Bloomsbury Australia will mark the 20th anniversary of ‘Harry Potter’ in 2017 with a series of book events and festival performances by theatre artist Nadia Sunde in the role of...
Essay collection by BAME writers voted Britain’s favourite book of 2016
Friday, 25 November 2016
The Good Immigrant (ed by Nikesh Shukla), an essay collection written by emerging black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) writers, has been voted Britain’s favourite book of 2016 at the...
Lonely Planet increases turnover in 2015
Friday, 25 November 2016
Lonely Planet has released its full-year results for the 2015, revealing a 6.7% growth in turnover from £16.1m (A$27.1m) in 2014 to £17.2m (A$28.9m) in 2015, reports the Bookseller. Operating...
Holland-Batt awarded Sidney Myer Creative Fellowship
Friday, 25 November 2016
Poet Sarah Holland-Batt has been awarded a Sidney Myer Creative Fellowship, worth $160,000 tax-free over two years. Holland-Batt is the author of two poetry collections, Aria and The Hazards (both...
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