Oz, NZ writers among 2016 World Fantasy Award finalists
Friday, 15 July 2016
A number of Australian and New Zealand writers are finalists for the 2016 World Fantasy Awards, including New Zealand author Anna Smaill, whose novel The Chimes (Sceptre) was nominated in...
Connors awarded Magarey Medal 2016
Friday, 15 July 2016
Libby Connors was awarded the biennial Magarey Medal for Biography for Warrior: A Legendary Leader’s Dramatic Life and Violent Death on the Colonial Frontier (A&U) at the 2016 Australian Historical Association...
Crowdfunded memoir wins 2016 PEN/Ackerley Prize
Friday, 15 July 2016
Alice Jolly’s crowdfunded book Dead Babies and Seaside Towns (Unbound) has been awarded the 2016 PEN/Ackerley Prize for a work of memoir or autobiography, reports the Bookseller. Jolly received a cheque for £3000 (A$5252)...
Kibble and Dobbie Awards 2016 winners announced
Friday, 15 July 2016
The winners of the 2016 Kibble and Dobbie Literary Awards were announced at a ceremony at the State Library of New South Wales on 14 July. The $30,000 Nita B...
UK start-up aims to give London bookshops one-hour delivery service
Thursday, 14 July 2016
In the UK, retail tech start-up NearSt is aiming to connect readers in London with their local high street bookstores by offering customers one-hour delivery through their newly launched website,...
Wagner’s Billy Goat Books launches book club for young ‘reluctant readers’
Thursday, 14 July 2016
Michael Wagner, children’s book author and founder of boutique publisher Billy Goat Books, has launched an online book club and website to accompany a new series of books aimed at...
Scribble signs fashion designers Kee and Jackson
Thursday, 14 July 2016
Scribe children’s book imprint Scribble has acquired rights to two board books by Australian fashion designers and artists Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson, to be released in mid-2017. The books...
Small publisher spotlight: Christmas Press
Wednesday, 13 July 2016
NSW-based children’s publisher Christmas Press released its first titles in 2013. Founder Sophie Masson spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘small publisher spotlight’ series: Describe your company in under 50 words....
NLA launches new online bookshop
Wednesday, 13 July 2016
The National Library of Australia (NLA) has launched a new online bookshop. The redesign features an improved layout and mobile friendly browsing, with new Australian releases given prominent placement on...
Black Inc. and La Trobe University launch joint imprint
Wednesday, 13 July 2016
Black Inc. has partnered with La Trobe University to form a joint publishing imprint, La Trobe University Press (LTUP). The new imprint, which aims to bring ‘scholarly works to a...
Frankfurt Book Fair launches new illustrators’ prize with $43,000 prize pool
Wednesday, 13 July 2016
The Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF) has announced a new international prize for illustrators with a €10,000 (A$14,530) first prize, reports the Bookseller. The prize is divided into five categories: cover...
Naoum launches consulting business, Critical Mass
Wednesday, 13 July 2016
Former Momentum publisher Joel Naoum has launched Critical Mass, a consulting business for authors, publishers and content producers. Naoum, who left Momentum in February after Pan Macmillan decided to scale...
UK council scraps plan to outsource libraries
Wednesday, 13 July 2016
In the UK, Northern Wales’ Wrexham council will reverse its decision to transfer its 11 libraries to a trust, after a financial review showed it was more expensive than running...
Bain to step down as UQP CEO in November
Wednesday, 13 July 2016
University of Queensland Press (UQP) CEO Greg Bain will step down in November after 14 years in the role. The publisher said Bain had ‘successfully navigated UQP through unprecedented changes...
Irish Booksellers Association warns government about centralised library supply
Tuesday, 12 July 2016
The Booksellers Association of Ireland has called on the Irish government to reconsider its planned centralised national library tender scheme, due to commence in September, reports the Bookseller. The cost-cutting...
NT government to consult community on libraries to inform library funding, service decisions
Tuesday, 12 July 2016
The Northern Territory Government and the Northern Territory Library will undertake a consultation in the second half of 2016 to determine what the community wants from library services. The consultation...
BBC’s must-read children’s book list too focussed on the classics, warns BookTrust
Tuesday, 12 July 2016
In the UK, literacy charity BookTrust has warned the BBC’s list of ‘must-read’ books for children places too much emphasis on ‘timeless classics’, reports the Daily Telegraph. BookTrust chief executive...
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...
Second act: Richard Roxburgh on ‘Artie and the Grime Wave’
Friday, 8 July 2016
Artie and the Grime Wave (A&U, October), written and illustrated by Richard Roxburgh, is an ‘action-packed story’ for younger readers with ‘elements of [Roxburgh’s] famous wit’, writes reviewer Angela Crocombe....
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...
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