On tour: A C Grayling
Thursday, 25 August 2016
British philosopher A C Grayling’s latest book The Challenge of Things (Bloomsbury) is a collection of his recent writings on war and conflict. He is touring various writers’ festivals around...
Case study: Mark Tedeschi on ‘Murder at Myall Creek’
Thursday, 25 August 2016
Mark Tedeschi’s Murder at Myall Creek (S&S) is an account of one of Australia’s most notorious criminal cases—11 men tried for the 1848 mass murder of up to 30 Indigenous Australians in...
Ruling women: Julia Baird on ‘Victoria the Queen’
Thursday, 25 August 2016
Julia Baird’s ‘thoroughly contemporary’ biography of Queen Victoria explores the social evolution of ‘British society during her long reign—particularly that of the position of women’, writes reviewer Jo Case. She spoke...
Rogers to leave Hardie Grant Egmont
Thursday, 25 August 2016
Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) publishing director Hilary Rogers is leaving the company to start her own ‘series creation business’. HGE said in a statement that Rogers will continue to collaborate...
Ubud releases 2016 festival program
Thursday, 25 August 2016
The Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF) has released the full program for its 2016 festival, which will run from 26-30 October in Ubud, Indonesia. Among the newly announced international...
Tchaikovsky wins 2016 Arthur C Clarke Award
Thursday, 25 August 2016
UK author Adrian Tchaikovsky has won the 2016 Arthur C Clarke Award for science-fiction writing for his novel Children of Time (Pan). Tchaikovsky’s book was chosen from a shortlist of...
Italian govt to give teens €500 on 18th birthday to spend on books and culture
Thursday, 25 August 2016
Italian citizens will receive a €500 (A$740) ‘culture bonus’ on their 18th birthday as part of a new government initiative designed to promote the importance of cultural enrichment for young...
‘Child, Arise!’ wins Australian Christian Book of the Year Award
Thursday, 25 August 2016
Child, Arise! The Courage to Stand by Jane N Dowling (David Lovell Publishing) has won the 2016 Australian Christian Book of the Year Award. Chosen from a shortlist of 10, the...
Small publisher spotlight: Brandl & Schlesinger
Wednesday, 24 August 2016
Established in 1994, NSW-based Brandl & Schlesinger publishes literary fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translation and academic journals. Publisher Veronica Sumegi spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘small publisher spotlight’ series: Describe your...
Summer Reading Club announces ‘Heroes and villains’ theme
Wednesday, 24 August 2016
The Summer Reading Club (SRC) has announced a ‘Heroes and villains’ theme for its 2016-17 library program, which will run from 1 December 2016 to 31 January 2017. The theme...
Missouri library launches ‘1000 Books before Kindergarten’ initiative
Wednesday, 24 August 2016
In the US, St Louis County Library in Missouri has launched a new program called ‘1000 Books Before Kindergarten’ to encourage parents to start reading to children early and often,...
ALIA launches ‘uplifting books’ campaign
Wednesday, 24 August 2016
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) is running a campaign to find Australia’s ‘favourite mood-boosting titles’. ALIA is currently inviting the public to nominate books for the campaign and...
Oz academics receive funding to study popular fiction; Melb Uni to hold popular fiction symposium
Wednesday, 24 August 2016
A group of Australian academics have received an Australian Research Council grant to study contemporary Australian popular fiction and its methods of publishing. The project, ‘Genre Worlds: Australian Popular Fiction...
Inaugural Chinese Writers Festival releases full program
Wednesday, 24 August 2016
Writers Victoria has released the full program for the inaugural Chinese Writers Festival, to be held in Melbourne on 28 August. The program features a line-up of international Chinese and...
Readings announces 2016 New Australian Writing Award shortlist
Tuesday, 23 August 2016
Readings has announced the shortlist for its New Australian Writing Award. The shortlisted titles are: Portable Curiosities (Julie Koh, UQP) The High Places (Fiona McFarlane, Hamish Hamilton) Music and Freedom...
NSW govt funding targets emerging Western Sydney writers
Tuesday, 23 August 2016
The NSW state government has announced it will provide $75,000 in funding to the Western Sydney University’s (WSU) Writing and Society Research Centre to support emerging Western Sydney writers in...
Wiley acquires publishing software company Atypon
Tuesday, 23 August 2016
In the US, publisher John Wiley & Sons has acquired publishing software company Atypon for US$120m (A$157m), reports the Bookseller. The Silicon Valley-based company develops software that allows publishers to...
A&U acquires debut crime novel ‘The Dark Lake’
Tuesday, 23 August 2016
Allen & Unwin has acquired Melbourne author Sarah Bailey’s debut novel The Dark Lake via Lyn Tranter at Australian Literary Management. The Dark Lake is a crime novel set in...
Lonely Planet announces food imprint
Tuesday, 23 August 2016
Lonely Planet has announced a new imprint for food-themed titles, called Lonely Planet Food. The imprint follows the launch of Lonely Planet’s recipe book series ‘From the Source’ last year,...
Hugo Awards 2016 winners announced
Monday, 22 August 2016
The winners of the 2016 Hugo Awards for the best science-fiction and fantasy titles of the previous year have been announced, with N K Jemisin’s The Fifth Season (Orbit) winning...
Kickstarter reaches milestone of US$100m for publishing
Monday, 22 August 2016
Crowdfunding website Kickstarter has reached a milestone of US$100m (A$132m) in pledges for general-publishing projects since launching in 2009, reports Publishers Weekly. On Kickstarter, the general-publishing category includes nonfiction, fiction,...
RWA awards 2016 winners announced
Monday, 22 August 2016
The winners of the 2016 Romance Writers of Australia (RWA) Romantic Book of the Year awards, known as the ‘RUBYs’, were announced on 20 August at the RWA’s 25th national...
NYWF 2016 program announced
Monday, 22 August 2016
The full program for the 2016 National Young Writers’ Festival (NYWF) has been announced. The festival, which runs from 29 September to 2 October in Newcastle, will include over 114...
CBCA Awards 2016 winners announced
Friday, 19 August 2016
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...
Horswood wins 2016 Scribe Nonfiction Prize
Friday, 19 August 2016
Deserae Horswood has won the 2016 Scribe Nonfiction Prize for Young Writers for her entry, ‘My Parents’ Ashes are in the Boot of My Car’. Horswood was selected from a...
Reminder: CBCA awards announced today
Friday, 19 August 2016
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) will announce the winners of this year’s Book of the Year Awards at 12pm today in Sydney. Books+Publishing will publish a list of the...
PANZ calls on members to share revenue data for industry report
Friday, 19 August 2016
The Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) has called on its members to share revenue data to reinforce to the New Zealand government ‘the importance of the book publishing sector...
Sisters in Crime releases diversity report
Friday, 19 August 2016
In the US, a recent survey of 1,100 Sisters in Crime members found that white, non-Hispanic people make up 93% of the total membership, reports Publishers Weekly. The organisation, which...
Adsett partners with US agency Wolf Literary
Thursday, 18 August 2016
Alex Adsett Publishing Services (AAPS) has announced a partnership with former UQP marketing coordinator Rachel Crawford at Wolf Literary Services in New York. The deal will see Crawford represent AAPS...
Rowling to release new Harry Potter ebooks in September
Thursday, 18 August 2016
J K Rowling will release new digital short-form content set in the Harry Potter world in September, reports the Bookseller. A Pottermore spokesperson told the Bookseller that the ‘Pottermore Presents’...
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