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Booktopia wins ‘Smart Company’ top retailer award

Tuesday, 8 November 2016
Online bookseller Booktopia has won the top retailer award at the Smart Company Smart50 category awards. Booktopia was chosen from a shortlist that also included: Noosa Chocolate, Factory, Adore Beauty,...

Macquarie Dictionary launches podcast

Tuesday, 8 November 2016
Macquarie Dictionary has launched a new podcast that investigates the histories behind Australian words and phrases. Word for Word will go behind-the-scenes with dictionary editors and interview some of Australia’s...

Sales, acquisitions successes for Australian publishers at Frankfurt

Monday, 7 November 2016
‘New voices in literary fiction’, crime fiction, nature writing and ‘narrative nonfiction for female readers’ were among the trends observed by Australian attendees at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair, which...

Eight things to take home from Frankfurt

Monday, 7 November 2016
Former Books+Publishing publisher Andrew Wilkins attended this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair, and came away with eight lessons for publishers, agents and booksellers. A week later than usual, this year’s Frankfurt...

‘Kirkus’ Prize 2016 winners announced

Monday, 7 November 2016
US publication Kirkus Reviews has announced the winners of its annual literary prize. The fiction prize was awarded to C E Morgan’s The Sport of Kings (Fourth Estate), an ‘epic...

Oz, NZ authors and illustrators on 2016 White Ravens list

Monday, 7 November 2016
A number of books by Australian and New Zealand authors and illustrators have been included in the 2016 White Ravens list for international children’s and youth literature. The Australian titles...

Edwards resigns from S&S

Monday, 7 November 2016
Simon & Schuster Australia head of publishing Larissa Edwards has resigned from the company to pursue interests outside of publishing. Simon & Schuster managing director Dan Ruffino said sales at...

KOALAs 2016 winners announced

Friday, 4 November 2016
The 2016 winners of New South Wales’ annual children’s choice awards, the Kids Own Australian Literature Awards (KOALAs), have been announced. The winners and honour books in each category are:...

2016 AusRomToday Reader’s Choice Awards nominees announced

Friday, 4 November 2016
The nominees for the 2016 AusRomToday Reader’s Choice Awards have been announced. The nominees in each category, are: Best New Author Caroline Beecham Melanie Coles Athena Daniels Diane Demetre Marilyn...

Twentieth Century Fox options rights to ‘Nevermoor’

Friday, 4 November 2016
Twentieth Century Fox has optioned the film rights to Australian author Jessica Townsend’s forthcoming middle-grade novel Nevermoor, the first book in a trilogy acquired by Hachette US, UK and Australia...

Amazon introduces illustrated children’s stories app

Friday, 4 November 2016
In the US, Amazon has introduced a new app featuring short, illustrated stories designed to look like text-chat for young readers, reports Publishers Weekly. The app, offered at an introductory price...

First authors announced for Perth Writers Festival 2017

Thursday, 3 November 2016
The first guests have been announced for the 2017 Perth Writers Festival, which runs from 23-26 February. UK author Ben Rawlence will give the opening address on the issue of...

Roth donates personal book collection to Newark library

Thursday, 3 November 2016
US author Philip Roth has bequeathed his personal book collection to Newark Library in New Jersey, reports the New York Times. The collection comprises close to 4000 volumes and will...

Report finds library of the future is a 24/7 ‘community support centre’

Thursday, 3 November 2016
A new report by Civica Library & Education Solutions and the University of Technology Sydney has found the library sector has a strong belief libraries will become community support centres,...

Small publisher spotlight: Busybird Publishing

Thursday, 3 November 2016
Launched in Melbourne in 2009, Busybird Publishing is a ‘boutique micropublisher’ with a focus on ‘altruistic outcomes’. Publications manager Les Zigomanis spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘small publisher spotlight’ series:...

Memoir ‘Learning Polish’ wins T.A.G. Hungerford Award

Thursday, 3 November 2016
Jay Martin has won the 2016 T.A.G. Hungerford Award for an unpublished manuscript for Learning Polish, a memoir about living as a diplomat’s wife in Poland. The award was presented at...

Small Press Network’s MUBA 2016 shortlist announced

Thursday, 3 November 2016
The Small Press Network (SPN) had announced the shortlist for this year’s Most Underrated Book Award (MUBA), sponsored by Booktopia. The shortlisted titles are: The Floating Garden (Emma Ashmere, Spinifex...

Beneba Clarke to deliver Word for Word Festival keynote

Thursday, 3 November 2016
The program has been announced for the third annual Word for Word nonfiction festival, running in Geelong from 18-20 November. Author Maxine Beneba Clarke will deliver the opening keynote address,...

Chan’s ‘Dark Heavens’ series optioned for film

Thursday, 3 November 2016
Alex Adsett Publishing Services (AAPS) has optioned the film rights to Kylie Chan’s nine-book ‘Dark Heavens’ fantasy series to Hollywood production company Keller Entertainment. Chan’s agent Alex Adsett negotiated the deal...