CBCA Notable Books for 2017 announced Archive
Wednesday, 1 March 2017
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has released its list of Notable Books for 2017. Older Readers The Hounded (Simon Butters, Wakefield Press) Waer (Meg Caddy, Text) Words in...
Van Noorden to retire as OUP MD ‘towards the end of 2017’ Archive
Wednesday, 1 March 2017
Oxford University Press Australia and New Zealand managing director Peter van Noorden has announced his plans to retire ‘towards the end of 2017’. Van Noorden has held the role for...
Hoy appointed sales director at A&U Archive
Wednesday, 1 March 2017
Allen & Unwin has appointed Matt Hoy as its sales director. Hoy is currently sales and marketing director of Murdoch Books, which is owned by Allen & Unwin. Previously he...
Book bites: Big kids’ books Archive
Tuesday, 28 February 2017
Get smart Why let the little kids have all the fun? Picture books are a useful way to get primary school-aged children to engage with nonfiction, and there are several...
Funny business: Children’s books by comedians on the rise Archive
Tuesday, 28 February 2017
With children’s books by comedians on the rise, Jackie Tang asks publishers and booksellers what’s driving the trend—and whether the books are living up to the hype. Take a look...
Your Store: Non-book item of the month Archive
Tuesday, 28 February 2017
We all know rainy days are best spent curled up inside with a book, but if you must venture out you might as well let your favourite Penguin classic keep...
Question time: Reflections on the role of the publisher Archive
Tuesday, 28 February 2017
UQP nonfiction publisher Alexandra Payne has worked in the publishing industry since 1995 and is completing a doctorate on the future of the publisher in a transmedia landscape. She joins...
Readings Children’s Book Prize 2017 shortlist announced Archive
Tuesday, 28 February 2017
The shortlist for the Readings Children’s Book Prize for 2017 has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Escape to Moon Islands (Mardi McConnochie, A&U) A Most Magical Girl (Karen Foxlee,...
Fictionally Yours author event sells out in five hours Archive
Tuesday, 28 February 2017
Fictionally Yours, a two-day author event to be held in Melbourne on 17-18 September, has sold over 400 tickets within five hours of going on sale. Organisers Penny Rudge and...
HarperCollins introduces Facebook Messenger recommendation ‘bots’ Archive
Tuesday, 28 February 2017
In the US, HarperCollins has introduced bot-powered book recommendation engines to the Messenger feature on two of its Facebook pages, reports Publishers Weekly. The BookGenie interface is available on the...
Riwoe, Wright win Viva la Novella Archive
Tuesday, 28 February 2017
Seizure has announced Mirandi Riwoe and Stephen Wright as the winners of its fifth Viva la Novella competition. Riwoe’s ‘The Fish Girl’ tells the story of an Indonesian girl ‘whose...
Four Australian publishers in the running for Bologna Prize Archive
Tuesday, 28 February 2017
Four Australian publishers have been nominated for the Bologna Prize for Best Children’s Publisher of the Year in the Oceania category. The shortlisted publishers are Berbay Books, Lake Press, New...
Body of work: Karen Andrews on ‘On the Many Shapes Bodies Will Take’ Archive
Tuesday, 28 February 2017
Karen Andrews’ poetry collection, On the Many Shapes Bodies Will Take (Miscellaneous Press, April), ‘tackles the course of a life with such tenderness and grace that you could be tricked...
Pearson reports £2.6bn pre-tax loss Archive
Monday, 27 February 2017
In the UK, Pearson has reported a pre-tax loss of £2.6bn (A$4.22bn) in 2016, attributed to challenges in the US education market, reports the Bookseller. Pearson also reported a rise...
Fair Work Commission announces cuts to Sunday, holiday rates for workers Archive
Monday, 27 February 2017
Retail, hospitality and fast-food industry workers will have their Sunday and public holiday penalty rates reduced, the Fair Work Commission (FWC) has ruled. Full and part-time retail workers’ Sunday rates...
Australian Romance Readers Awards 2016 winners announced Archive
Monday, 27 February 2017
The winners of the 2016 Australian Romance Readers Awards, presented by the Australian Romance Readers Association (ARRA), have been announced, with Anne Gracie named Favourite Australian Romance Author for the...
Kelada wins UWAP’s Dorothy Hewett Award for an unpublished manuscript Archive
Monday, 27 February 2017
Melbourne-based writer and academic Odette Kelada has won UWA Publishing’s (UWAP) Dorothy Hewett Award for an unpublished manuscript for her novel ‘Drawing Sybylla’. Kelada receives $10,000 and a publishing contract...
Peter Porter Poetry Prize 2017 shortlist announced Archive
Monday, 27 February 2017
The shortlist for the Australian Book Review (ABR) Peter Porter Poetry Prize has been announced. The shortlisted poems are: ‘Four Egrets’ by Ronald Dzerigian ‘Sentence to Lilacs’ by Louis Klee...
Spirited away: Gabrielle Wang on ‘The Beast of Hushing Woods’ Archive
Monday, 27 February 2017
Gabrielle Wang’s The Beast of Hushing Woods (Puffin, April) is a ‘lyrical, dreamlike fable for confident readers aged 10 and up’, which ‘marries snippets of Eastern mythology with a setting...
Movie mayhem: Alex Miles on ‘Mammoth Mistake’ Archive
Monday, 27 February 2017
Mammoth Mistake is the first book in Alex Miles’ new ‘Olive Black’ series, about a 10-year-old actress who juggles friendships, rivals and on-set hijinks. Reviewer Bec Kavanagh spoke to the...
Kent, Smith longlisted for Walter Scott Prize Archive
Friday, 24 February 2017
Australian author Hannah Kent and Australian-born, US-based Dominic Smith have been longlisted for the 2017 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. Kent is longlisted for The Good People (Picador) and...
Readings in the running for store design award Archive
Friday, 24 February 2017
Independent bookselling chain Readings is a finalist for the Customer Experience Store Design Award, as part of Inside Retail’s 2017 Retailer Awards. Readings was selected for the design of its...
PEN America Literary Awards 2017 winners announced Archive
Friday, 24 February 2017
In the US, Pen America has announced the winners of several categories in its 2017 Literary Awards. Among the award winners are: PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction Evicted: Poverty...
Around 90 indie publishers, booksellers attend APA, ABA Indies Forum Archive
Friday, 24 February 2017
Around 90 independent publishers, booksellers and other guests attended the Indies Forum, hosted by the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) and Australian Publishers Association (APA) in Melbourne on 20 February. The...
Nielsen survey finds 75% of Australian adults interested in Amazon Australia Archive
Friday, 24 February 2017
A Nielsen survey has found 75% of Australians aged 18 years and older are interested in Amazon Australia, and 56% say they are likely to purchase from an Australian Amazon...
Nebula Awards 2016 nominees announced Archive
Thursday, 23 February 2017
In the US, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) has announced the nominees for the 2016 Nebula Awards, which are presented in 2017. The books nominated in...
Inky Awards 2017 longlists announced Archive
Thursday, 23 February 2017
The longlists for the 2017 Inky Awards have been announced. The awards are presented by the Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria for local and international...
Macmillan UK acquires YA novel penned by seven authors Archive
Thursday, 23 February 2017
In the UK, Macmillan Children’s Books has acquired a ‘unique collaborative novel’ written by seven YA authors, reports the Bookseller. Floored follows the lives of a group of teenagers over...
Fury awarded 2017 Kat Muscat Fellowship Archive
Thursday, 23 February 2017
Melbourne writer Fury has been awarded the 2017 Kat Muscat Fellowship to work on a play ‘investigating the relationship between lesbians and gay men during the early AIDS crisis’. Fury...
Small Publisher Spotlight: Real Film and Publishing Archive
Wednesday, 22 February 2017
Established in 2012, Melbourne-based Real Film and Publishing specialises in ‘memoirs, biographies, family histories and legacy books’ in high-quality hardback. Only a few of the books are available commercially, as...
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