2015 Stella Count revealed; judges for 2016 prize announced
Monday, 1 August 2016
The 2015 Stella Count, which compiles statistics showing how many books by women and men were reviewed in Australian publications and the gender of reviewers, has been revealed. Overall, 59%...
Indigo Books launches book recommendation app
Monday, 1 August 2016
Canadian bookseller Indigo Books and Music has launched Reco, a new social networking app that allows readers to rate and recommend the books, reports the Financial Post. The app, which...
PANZ Book Design Awards 2016 winners announced
Monday, 1 August 2016
The winners of this year’s Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) Book Design Awards have been announced. James K Baxter: Complete Prose (James K Baxter, Victoria University Press) designed by...
Territory Read Awards, NT Literary Awards 2016 winners announced
Friday, 29 July 2016
The winners of this year’s Territory Read Awards and Northern Territory Literary Awards have been announced, with two authors taking out the top prize in the Chief Minister’s Book of...
Post-Brexit currency fluctuation threatening UK indie presses
Friday, 29 July 2016
In the UK, a number of independent publishers have reported feeling ‘extremely vulnerable’ about the uncertainty caused by Brexit, reports the Bookseller. The drop in the value of the pound...
Ngaio Marsh Award 2016 shortlist announced
Friday, 29 July 2016
The shortlist for this year’s Ngaio Marsh Award for New Zealand crime fiction has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Inside the Black Horse (Ray Berard, Mary Egan Publishing) Made to...
New Books+Publishing reviews out now
Friday, 29 July 2016
Books+Publishing’s latest Reviews newsletter contains 18 reviews of books publishing in September and October 2016. Goodwood (Holly Throsby, A&U, October) is one of three books to receive the highest score...
SLV Creative Fellowships announced
Friday, 29 July 2016
The State Library of Victoria (SLV) has announced the recipients of its 2016 Creative Fellowships. Each of the creative fellowships is funded for three months with a grant of $12,500....
Black Inc. acquires Murray’s ‘The Biographer’s Lover’
Friday, 29 July 2016
Black Inc. publisher Aviva Tuffield has acquired Australian author Ruby J Murray’s second novel, The Biographer’s Lover. Set to be published in August 2017, The Biographer’s Lover is a dual narrative that switches...
Looking for a fair fight: Clementine Ford on ‘Fight Like a Girl’
Thursday, 28 July 2016
Clementine Ford’s debut Fight Like a Girl (A&U, October) is an examination of ‘what it means to be a girl in the world today’, fuelled by Ford’s ‘clear-eyed defiance and...
Border disputes: Meredith Jaffé on ‘The Fence’
Thursday, 28 July 2016
Meredith Jaffé’s examination of neighbourhood divisions in her debut The Fence (Macmillan, September) makes for an ‘engaging and satirical novel’ that ‘explores a range of topics beyond mere border patrol...
On tour: Lionel Shriver
Thursday, 28 July 2016
US author Lionel Shriver’s latest book, The Mandibles (HarperCollins), follows a family in the near future as they contend with the ruin of their fortunes in the aftermath of a...
On tour: Angela Flournoy
Thursday, 28 July 2016
Angela Flournoy’s The Turner House (Black Inc.) is a sprawling domestic drama that tells the story of Detroit through the generations of one family. She will be attending Melbourne Writers...
On tour: Chris Cleave
Thursday, 28 July 2016
Irish author Chris Cleave’s Everyone Brave is Forgiven (Sceptre) weaves a little-known segment of history during Blitz-torn London with a love story that draws on his grandparents’ courtship during in...
On tour: Lev Grossman
Thursday, 28 July 2016
Author of the ‘Magicians’ trilogy (Arrow) Lev Grossman is visiting the Melbourne Writers Festival and Sydney’s Festival of Dangerous Ideas in August and September. What would you put on a...
Ned Kelly 2016 shortlists announced
Thursday, 28 July 2016
The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) has announced the shortlists for this year’s Ned Kelly Awards for crime writing. The shortlisted works in each category are: Best novel R&R (Mark...
Coetzee longlisted for Man Booker Prize
Thursday, 28 July 2016
South African-born Australian author J M Coetzee’s forthcoming novel The Schooldays of Jesus (Text, October) has been longlisted for the 2016 Man Booker Prize. The 13 books longlisted for the...
Bookstores expect ‘Cursed Child’ to be bestselling title in almost a decade; concern about ‘extreme’ discounts
Wednesday, 27 July 2016
The publication of the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child play script on 31 July is expected to be the bestselling book since the last Harry Potter book was released...
Big Bad Wolf book sale expands
Wednesday, 27 July 2016
Malaysia’s Big Bad Wolf (BBW) book sale, marketed as the ‘biggest book sale in the world’, will expand to Bangkok for the first time. Running from 12-24 August and opening...
Lithium-ion battery storage system to be installed at SA State Library
Wednesday, 27 July 2016
A lithium-ion battery storage system will be installed at the State Library of South Australia as part of the South Australian government’s $1m renewable energy program. Adelaide-based company ZEN Energy...
Small publisher spotlight: Wild Dingo Press
Wednesday, 27 July 2016
Melbourne-based Wild Dingo Press was founded in 2010 and specialises in stories of ‘individuals doing extraordinary things’. Founder Catherine Lewis spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘small publisher spotlight’ series: Describe...
US Library of Congress hit by cyberattack
Wednesday, 27 July 2016
In the US, the Library of Congress website and other associated sites it hosts were offline for three days following a cyber-attack, reports the Washington Times. A spokesperson said the...
UK government grants concessions for Amazon to step up drone tests
Wednesday, 27 July 2016
Amazon has been granted special permissions by the UK government to have strict flying restrictions around its drone tests lifted, reports the Bookseller. The UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has...
Davitt Awards 2016 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 27 July 2016
Sisters in Crime has announced the shortlists for the 2016 Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Adult novels Medea’s...
Authors announced for Brisbane council’s writer in residence program
Wednesday, 27 July 2016
The authors participating in the Brisbane city council’s $100,000 writers in residence program, designed to use bestselling authors to promote reading and writing, have been announced. The authors participating include...
NZ Society of Authors to host inaugural writers forum in September
Tuesday, 26 July 2016
The New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) will host the inaugural National Writers Forum at the University of Auckland from 17-18 September. NZSA CEO Jackie Dennis said the forum is...
Inaugural Canberra Writers Festival program launched
Tuesday, 26 July 2016
The program for the inaugural Canberra Writers Festival, running from 26 to 28 August, has been announced. Among the artists appearing at the festival are international guests the Man Booker...
Scholastic reports gains in revenue
Tuesday, 26 July 2016
In the US, Scholastic has reported a 2.3% revenue growth to US$1.67bn (A$2.23bn), excluding the negative impact of foreign exchange, for the year ending 31 May 2016, reports Publishers Weekly....
Hachette Children’s Group to launch two new imprints
Monday, 25 July 2016
In the UK, Hachette Children’s Group (HCG) has announced it will launch two new imprints from next year, reports the Bookseller. The first, Pat-a-Cake, will publish early learning titles for...
Scribe Nonfiction Prize for Young Writers shortlist announced
Monday, 25 July 2016
Scribe and Express Media have announced the shortlist for this year’s Scribe Nonfiction Prize for Young Writers. The shortlisted writers and their works are: Michelle Balogh, ‘Shan-Yi’ Lech Blaine, ‘iGrief’...
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