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NYWF announces first author line-up for 2016 program

Tuesday, 12 July 2016
The National Young Writers’ Festival (NYWF) has announced its first line-up of artists for its 2016 program, which runs in Newcastle from 29 September to 2 October. The writers announced include Omar Musa,...

Eight literary organisations receive multi-year funding from Creative Victoria

Tuesday, 12 July 2016
A number of literary organisations are among the 90 recipients of the 2017-2020 funding round of Creative Victoria’s Organisations Investment Program, worth a total of $113m over the next four...

Jolly to retire as Scholastic chairman

Tuesday, 12 July 2016
Scholastic International and Scholastic Australia chairman Ken Jolly has announced his retirement after 46 years with the publisher. Jolly joined the then H J Ashton Company in 1970 as a...

Santa baby: Children’s Christmas highlights

Monday, 11 July 2016
Anna Low from Potts Point Bookshop in Sydney and Deb Force and Kate O’Donnell from the Younger Sun in Melbourne share their Christmas highlights for kids, from new releases to...

From little things, big things grow: Behind the scenes of the Kids’ Reading Guide

Monday, 11 July 2016
Sixteen children’s book specialists are currently putting together the 16th annual ABA Kids’ Reading Guide, which is due out in November. Joanne Shiells goes behind the scenes. The Australian Booksellers...

Read it with feeling: Children’s and YA books tackle complex emotions

Monday, 11 July 2016
Carody Culver explores the market for children’s and YA books about complex emotions. Being a kid isn’t always easy. Depression, anxiety, grief, loss—none of these are exclusively adult experiences. Perhaps...

Right place, right time: The Younger Sun pop-up continues to grow

Monday, 11 July 2016
Starting out as a summer pop-up shop, Melbourne’s The Younger Sun has stepped out of the shadows of the ‘Big Sun’ to become ‘a bit of an institution’, according to...

2016 Chief Minister’s Book of the Year shortlist announced

Monday, 11 July 2016
The Northern Territory Writers’ Centre has announced the shortlist for the Chief Minister’s Book of the Year, as part of this year’s Territory Read Awards. The shortlisted titles are: Nona...

Audible unveils unlimited short-form streaming service

Monday, 11 July 2016
In the US, Amazon-owned audiobook portal Audible has unveiled an unlimited, short-form audio listening service called Channels, reports Publishers Weekly. The ad-free service is free to Audible subscribers while non-subscribers...

Fraillon longlisted for 2016 ‘Guardian’ children’s fiction prize

Monday, 11 July 2016
Australian author Zana Fraillon’s The Bone Sparrow (Lothian) has been longlisted for the 2016 Guardian children’s fiction prize. One of eight longlisted titles, Fraillon’s novel for middle-grade readers is a...

Book bites: A taste of books to come

Friday, 8 July 2016
Travel tales Travellers to Sydney and Melbourne have two new children’s picture books to choose from. Sydney Word by Word (Sonny Day & Biddy Maroney) and Melbourne Word by Word...

Reaching the readers: Terri-ann White on book promotion

Friday, 8 July 2016
Is the book industry doing enough to promote books in a crowded marketplace, asks UWA Publishing director, author and former bookseller Terri-ann White. The distractions of the online treasure chest...

Talkback: Booksellers on parallel important restrictions (PIRs)

Friday, 8 July 2016
A number of booksellers joined publishers, authors and industry groups in opposing the Productivity Commission’s recommendation to repeal parallel importation restrictions (PIRs). Here are some comments from their submissions to...

All I want for Christmas…: 2016 Christmas highlights

Friday, 8 July 2016
Andrea Hanke, Jackie Tang and Brad Jefferies preview this year’s Christmas highlights. Eat, drink and be merry Stephanie Alexander’s first new book since 2012, The Cook’s Table (Lantern, November), should...

What is a bestseller?: Cutting the sales figures

Friday, 8 July 2016
Nielsen Book Australia general manager Shaun Symonds explores the concept of a bestseller in Australia. A common question we get asked at Nielsen BookScan is ‘what is a bestseller?’ The...

Casting off: Australian publishers expanding overseas

Friday, 8 July 2016
Increasingly, Australian publishers are expanding overseas in order to enter new markets, compete for rights and hedge against the possible repeal of parallel importation restrictions, writes Simon Collinson. Australian publishers...