Greenhill wins Richell Prize
Thursday, 29 September 2016
Tasmanian author Susie Greenhill has won the 2016 Richell Prize for Emerging Writers for her entry ‘The Clinking’, described as an ‘ecological love story’. In a statement, Emerging Writers’ Festival...
No ‘Daily’ on Friday
Thursday, 29 September 2016
Please note that, due to the Grand Final Friday holiday on Friday in Victoria, the next Daily newsletter will be published on Monday, 3 October (even though that day is Labour Day public holiday in...
#LoveOzYA gathers momentum
Wednesday, 28 September 2016
A grassroots campaign to promote Australian YA books in a market dominated by US titles has been gathering momentum, writes Sophie Teague. In 2015, a group of authors, teachers and...
Danish publishers withdraw ebooks from libraries
Wednesday, 28 September 2016
Danish publishers have withdrawn their ebooks from libraries in opposition to to the lack of restrictions around digital lending in the country, reports Digital Book World. Several Danish publishers, including...
Small publisher spotlight: UWA Publishing
Wednesday, 28 September 2016
UWA Publishing was launched in 1935 at the University of Western Australia in Perth to produce textbooks for its students, and has since expanded into general fiction, poetry and nonfiction....
SLV Google Expedition launches
Wednesday, 28 September 2016
The State Library of Victoria’s (SLV) Google Expedition, which uses virtual reality to create the experience of an immersive field trip, was launched in Mildura on 16 September. The expedition...
Rural library introduces 24-7 access service
Wednesday, 28 September 2016
Tullamore Library in Central NSW has claimed to be the first Australian library to be open to the community 24 hours a day, seven days a week. An open day...
Giller Prize 2016 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 28 September 2016
In Canada, the shortlist for the C$100,000 (A$98,820) Scotiabank Giller Prize 2016 for the best Canadian novel or short story collection published in English has been announced. The shortlisted works...
Carter to receive international sports autobiography prize
Wednesday, 28 September 2016
New Zealand rugby player Dan Carter will receive the best autobiography prize at the 2016 Sportel Awards, to be held in Monaco on 25 October, for his book Dan Carter:...
Film Vic gives funding to Boori Monty Pryor web-series
Wednesday, 28 September 2016
A documentary web-series looking back on the life of Indigenous author and activist Boori Monty Pryor, to be screened on the ABC’s iview portal, is one of 17 Victorian film...
Affirm mentorship award winners announced
Wednesday, 28 September 2016
Affirm Press has announced the winners of its second Affirm Mentorship Award, run in partnership with Varuna, the Writers’ House. The writers and their projects are: Angela J Williams, for her creative...
Yearning potential: Lucy Durneen on ‘Wild Gestures’
Tuesday, 27 September 2016
UK writer Lucy Durneen’s Wild Gestures debut short story collection will be published by South-Australian publisher MidnightSun in January. It is an ‘intriguing collection’ of ‘psychologically acute portraits … shaped...
New monthly Australian poetry podcast launched
Tuesday, 27 September 2016
The Poet’s Voice has launched a new podcast series, called ‘The necessary poet’, which presents Australian writers, thinkers and poets discussing the work of a poet they consider to be...
Printer turns down anti same-sex marriage title due to its ‘subject matter and content’
Tuesday, 27 September 2016
McPherson’s Printing Group, a division of parent company Opus Group, has declined the job of printing an anti same-sex marriage book from niche publisher Connor Court, citing that it wouldn’t...
Texas bans 15,000 books from state prisons
Tuesday, 27 September 2016
In the US, the banning of Dan Carter’s Wolf Boys (A&U) in Texas prisons has highlighted the state’s aggressive stance on banning books, reports the Guardian. Carter’s nonfiction book about...
‘The 65-Storey Treehouse’ tops Australian children’s bestsellers charts
Monday, 26 September 2016
Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton’s The 65-Storey Treehouse (Pan) has topped the Australian children’s bestsellers chart for July 2015-June 2016, selling an astounding 347,000 titles over this period. This is...
Video game developer Ubisoft launches in-house book line
Monday, 26 September 2016
Video game developer Ubisoft is launching an in-house publishing initiative that will release two books in November in the US based on its Assassin’s Creed franchise, reports Publishers Weekly. The...
Inaugural Excellence in Translation medal shortlist announced
Monday, 26 September 2016
The shortlist for the inaugural Medal for Excellence in Translation, administered by the Australian Academy of the Humanities, has been announced. The shortlisted translators and their works are: John Minford,...
‘Dummies’ to relaunch in October
Friday, 23 September 2016
Wiley’s ‘For Dummies’ series will officially relaunch in October with new book covers, interiors and mascot, as well as an expanded online presence. Every new book published since July has...
UK study finds parents spend less on books for boys
Friday, 23 September 2016
In the UK, a new study into the media consumption of pre-schoolers has found parents spend on average £6 (A$10.20) per month on books for boys, 25% less than the...
‘The Dressmaker’, ‘I Quit Sugar’ top 2015-16 Australian adult bestsellers charts
Friday, 23 September 2016
Rosalie Ham’s The Dressmaker (Duffy & Snellgrove) and Sarah Wilson’s I Quit Sugar: Simplicious (Macmillan) have topped the Australian adult fiction and nonfiction bestsellers charts for July 2015-June 2016, respectively....
Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction 2016 longlist announced
Friday, 23 September 2016
In the UK, the 2016 longlist for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction, formerly the Samuel Johnson Prize, has been announced. The 10 longlisted titles are: Second-hand Time (Svetlana Alexievich,...
Peat wins inaugural CLNZ Writer’s Award
Thursday, 22 September 2016
Wildlife photographer and author Neville Peat has won the inaugural NZ$25,000 (A$24,195) Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) Writers Award for nonfiction, to help support his project The Invading Sea. Peat...
MacDonald wins 2016 Lady Cutler Award
Thursday, 22 September 2016
Bookseller Paul MacDonald has won this year’s Lady Cutler Award, presented by the New South Wales branch of the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) for distinguished service to children’s...
Kirkus Prize 2016 finalists announced
Thursday, 22 September 2016
The finalists have been announced for the 2016 Kirkus Prize, sponsored by the US publication Kirkus Reviews. The awards are presented in three categories—fiction, nonfiction and young readers’ literature—and each...
Symonds leaves Nielsen
Wednesday, 21 September 2016
Shaun Symonds, general manager of Nielsen Book in Australia and New Zealand, has left the company. Symonds has been replaced in the role by Julie Winters following an internal reorganisation...
Brisbane council opens new mobile library
Wednesday, 21 September 2016
Brisbane city council unveiled its new mobile library at King George Square on 20 September. Staffed and driven by librarians, the custom-built vehicle ‘transforms into a multi-dimensional library’ with a...
SLV to be Melbourne Music Week hub
Wednesday, 21 September 2016
The State Library of Victoria (SLV) will host a number of music events in November as part of the 2016 Melbourne Music Week (MMW). Melbourne lord mayor Robert Doyle said...
UK’s oldest public lending library faces closure
Wednesday, 21 September 2016
The oldest public lending library in Britain could be closed because of local council funding cuts, reports the Mirror. Warrington Central Library in Cheshire, which first opened in 1848, is...
The rights stuff 2016
Wednesday, 21 September 2016
For the 14th year in a row, Think Australian has surveyed Australian rights managers and literary agents to gauge the health of Australian rights trading and book exports. Andrew Wrathall...
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