‘Letters to Tiptree’ wins Locus Award
Wednesday, 29 June 2016
An anthology by Australian speculative-fiction publisher Twelfth Planet Press has won a 2016 Locus Award for science-fiction and fantasy, announced at a ceremony in Seattle, US, on 25 June. Letters...
New POD braille printer opens at SA school library
Wednesday, 29 June 2016
A new braille printer installed at the South Australian School for Vision Impaired in Adelaide will be used to print textbooks, fiction titles and other tactile books for vision-impaired students...
Libraries the best-performing council service according to Victorian survey
Wednesday, 29 June 2016
The Victorian state government’s ‘2016 Community Satisfaction Survey’ report shows that libraries are the best-performing council services according to ratepayers. ‘Art centres and libraries’ scored 72 out of 100 to...
Small publisher spotlight: Transportation Press
Wednesday, 29 June 2016
Established in 2013, Tasmania-based Transportation Press publishes Tasmanian literature alongside work from around the world. Editor-in-chief Rachel Edwards spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘small publisher spotlight’ series: Describe your company...
Changes to NZ National Library school loans system causing delays
Wednesday, 29 June 2016
A change to the way the National Library of New Zealand (NLNZ) loans books to schools has led to delivery delays of up to eight weeks, frustrating teachers and librarians across...
ProQuest acquires Alexander Street
Wednesday, 29 June 2016
In the US, information-content and technology company ProQuest has acquired Alexander Street, a provider of streaming videos, music and other primary-source collections to libraries. In a statement ProQuest CEO Kurt...
Chicago library to stay open past midnight for new ‘Harry Potter’ book
Wednesday, 29 June 2016
In the US, a Chicago public library will stay open until 1am on 31 July so readers can get their hands on a copy of the new Harry Potter book...
Librarians, members angered after Perth inter-library loan service suspended
Wednesday, 29 June 2016
Council libraries in Western Australia are urging their members to complain about cuts to funding for inter-library loans to Culture and Arts Minister John Day, following the service’s suspension across...
Speech Pathology Australia book awards 2016 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 29 June 2016
The titles shortlisted for this year’s Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Birth to three years As Big...
Ex MUP and Black Inc. publicists form PR agency
Wednesday, 29 June 2016
A new PR agency has been launched by former Melbourne University Publishing publicists Terri King and Dina Kluska and former Black Inc. publicist Anna Lensky. Pitch Projects ‘specialises in publicity,...
UK children’s laureates to promote the arts in schools
Wednesday, 29 June 2016
In the UK, children’s laureate Chris Riddell has joined forces with eight former children’s laureates to promote the importance of the arts and creativity in schools, reports the Guardian. Riddell,...
‘The Pearl Frontier’ wins NT History Book Award
Wednesday, 29 June 2016
Julia Martinez and Adrian Vickers have won the 2016 Chief Minister’s Northern Territory History Book Award for their book The Pearl Frontier: Indonesian Labor and Indigenous Encounters in Australia’s Northern...
Xenophon calls on government to keep PIRs
Tuesday, 28 June 2016
South Australian senator Nick Xenophon outlined his objections to the Productivity Commission’s draft recommendation to repeal parallel importation restrictions (PIRs) at a press conference at Matilda Bookshop in Adelaide on...
Diminishing UK book review pages concern publicists
Tuesday, 28 June 2016
In the UK, book publicists have spoken to the Bookseller of their ‘shock’ and ‘concern’ over the lack of books coverage in the country’s national newspapers. Recent cutbacks to UK books...
ASAL conference to focus on Indigenous writing
Tuesday, 28 June 2016
This year’s Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) conference will be held in Canberra from 6-9 July, and will include a focus on Indigenous writing. Melissa Lucashenko, author...
Byron Writers Festival announces new children’s writing bus
Tuesday, 28 June 2016
The Byron Writers Festival has announced a new children’s writing bus to support its regional creative writing program StoryBoard. The bus, which has been funded by a $50,000 grant from Arts...
Ticket sales up 25% at EWF 2016
Monday, 27 June 2016
Ticket sales were up 25% at this year’s Emerging Writers Festival (EWF), which ran in Melbourne from 14-24 June and was the first under festival director Michaela McGuire. McGuire said...
UK book trade responds to Brexit
Monday, 27 June 2016
In the UK, the Bookseller has spoken to a number of publishers and booksellers in the wake of the country’s vote to leave the UK. Hachette UK CEO Tim Hely...
‘Alice Miranda’ series to be adapted for TV
Monday, 27 June 2016
Jacqueline Harvey’s ‘Alice Miranda’ children’s book series (Random House) will be adapted into an animated TV show to screen on Channel Nine. The 26 half-hour episode series will be produced...
Productivity Commission submissions: overwhelming author response; booksellers, lawyers and other groups weigh-in
Friday, 24 June 2016
Authors opposing the repeal of parallel import restrictions (PIRs) and a ‘fair use’ copyright arrangement make up the vast majority of submissions to the Productivity Commission’s draft report, alongside submissions...
Feminist Writers Festival line-up announced
Friday, 24 June 2016
The line-up for the inaugural Feminist Writers Festival’s (FWF) networking day, to be held on Friday 26 August at the Queen Victoria Women’s Centre in Melbourne, has been announced. Among...
Bilingual Chinese Writers Festival to be held in Melbourne
Friday, 24 June 2016
A ‘completely bilingual’ Chinese Writers Festival will be held at Richmond Library in Melbourne on Sunday 28 August. The festival, presented by Writers Victoria, the Australia Chinese Writers Festival and...
Affirm Press to represent US publisher The Experiment
Friday, 24 June 2016
Affirm Press will represent New York publisher The Experiment’s titles in Australia and New Zealand starting from 1 July. The partnership will see the Melbourne-based publisher sell The Experiment’s frontlist...
McInerney wins 2016 Desmond Elliott Prize
Friday, 24 June 2016
In the UK, Irish author Lisa McInerney has won the 2016 Desmond Elliott Prize for new fiction for The Glorious Heresies (John Murray). McInerney’s black comedy about five misfits living...
2016 Book-to-Film Adaptations
Thursday, 23 June 2016
There are several book-to-film adaptations hitting the big screens in the second half of 2016. Sophie Teague rounds them up. The BFG The 1982 classic children’s novel The BFG (Roald...
‘Take Me to the River’ wins 2016 Margaret Medcalf Award
Thursday, 23 June 2016
Julian Bolleter has won the 2016 Margaret Medcalf Award for his book Take Me to the River: The Story of Perth’s Foreshore (UWA Publishing). The Margaret Medcalf Award rewards excellence...
New ‘online mall’ The BentoNet to connect small publishers and indie bookshops
Thursday, 23 June 2016
A new online retail aggregator The BentoNet aims to connect consumers with small publishers and independent bookshops. Small publishers who make their titles available on IngramSpark’s print-on-demand service can list...
HarperCollins UK to offer BAME training contracts
Thursday, 23 June 2016
In the UK, HarperCollins has opened applications for two training contracts targeting black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) graduates, reports the Bookseller. The 12-month rotational training contracts on offer will...
B&N sales drop 3.1% in fiscal 2016
Thursday, 23 June 2016
US bookselling chain Barnes & Noble’s financial statements for the fiscal year ending 30 April show a 3.1% drop in sales and a negative net income, reports Publishers Weekly. Revenue...
Binks joins Jacinta Dimase Management as ‘agent-at-large’
Thursday, 23 June 2016
Writer and reviewer Danielle Binks has joined Jacinta Dimase Management as an ‘agent-at-large’, and will work to source and sign new authors for the agency, with a particular focus on...
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