Cheng wins 2016 Vic Prem’s Literary Award for Unpublished Manuscript
Wednesday, 15 June 2016
Melanie Cheng has won the 2016 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript for her book of short fiction ‘Australia Day’. The $15,000 award was presented at the opening...
German online retailers gain market share in 2015; marginal drop in overall sales
Wednesday, 15 June 2016
In Germany, book trade association Börsenverein has released figures on the German book market’s 2015 performance, reporting a marginal drop in overall sales by 1.4% to €9.2bn (A$14.0bn), reports the...
Davitt Awards 2016 longlists announced
Wednesday, 15 June 2016
Sisters in Crime has announced the longlists for the 2016 Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women. There are 77 titles longlisted, including 47 adult novels, nine...
Byron Writers Festival 2016 program announced
Wednesday, 15 June 2016
The full program for the 2016 Byron Writers Festival, to be held 5-7 August, has been announced. Among the international guests are US satirist and political commentator P J O’Rourke;...
Couldwell wins 2016 Ray Koppe Young Writers’ Residency
Tuesday, 14 June 2016
Nick Couldwell has won the Australian Society of Authors (ASA)’s 2016 Ray Koppe Young Writers’ Residency for his novel ‘Calluses’. Couldwell’s novel is set in the small towns of Australia’s...
White appointed head of design at HarperCollins
Tuesday, 14 June 2016
Allen & Unwin senior designer Lisa White has been appointed head of design at HarperCollins Australia. White replaces Matt Stanton, who has left the publisher after 12 years to focus...
Zoella book club titles surge on Amazon UK charts
Tuesday, 14 June 2016
In the UK, YouTube personality and author of Girl Online Zoella has announced the eight books to be featured in her book club, propelling the books up the Amazon charts,...
SLQ appoints new state librarian and CEO
Tuesday, 14 June 2016
Vicki McDonald has been appointed state librarian and CEO of the State Library of Queensland (SLQ). McDonald has been executive director of library and information services at State Library of...
Australian Historical Association 2016 awards shortlists announced
Tuesday, 14 June 2016
The Australian Historical Association (AHA) has announced the shortlists for the 2016 Magarey Medal for Biography, the Kay Daniels Award and the W K Hancock Prize. The Magarey Medal for...
Laforest steps down from Harlequin
Friday, 10 June 2016
Harlequin Asia Pacific regional vice-president Michelle Laforest will step down from the position, effective from 17 June, after 15 years with the publisher. Laforest has decided to leave Harlequin to...
Sharma wins 2016 International Dublin Literary Award
Friday, 10 June 2016
US author Akhil Sharma has won the 2016 International Dublin Literary Award for his novel Family Life (Faber). The award, worth €100,000 (A$152,270), is presented annually for a novel written...
Ginninderra Press celebrates 20th birthday
Friday, 10 June 2016
Adelaide-based independent publisher Ginninderra Press is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Founded in Canberra in 1996, Ginninderra Press moved its operation to Port Adelaide in 2008. Owner and publisher...
Rakuten closes UK online store
Friday, 10 June 2016
Japanese eretailer Rakuten is closing its UK online store following a review of its European operations, reports the Bookseller. Rakuten will also exit the Spanish and Austrian markets as part...
Parties outline arts, copyright commitments at election debate
Thursday, 9 June 2016
Federal Arts Minister Mitch Fifield was joined by shadow Arts Minister Mark Dreyfus and Australian Greens Party arts spokesperson Adam Bandt for an arts election debate at the Wheeler Centre...
Ngaio Marsh Award 2016 longlist announced
Thursday, 9 June 2016
The longlist for this year’s Ngaio Marsh Award for New Zealand crime fiction has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Inside the Black Horse (Ray Berard, Mary Egan Publishing) Made...
Lambda literary awards 2016 winners announced
Thursday, 9 June 2016
The winners of the 2016 Lambda literary awards, known as the ‘Lammys’, have been announced. The awards celebrate excellence in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) writing published in the...
Irish debut novelist McInerney wins 2016 Baileys Women’s Prize
Thursday, 9 June 2016
Irish novelist Lisa McInerney has won the 2016 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction for her debut novel The Glorious Heresies (John Murray). Chosen from a shortlist of five that included...
‘WBN’ published Thursday next week
Wednesday, 8 June 2016
Please note that, due to the Queen's Birthday holiday on Monday (in all states except Queensland and Western Australia), the next Weekly Book Newsletter will be published on Thursday 16 June. The deadline for...
Small publisher spotlight: Inkerman & Blunt
Wednesday, 8 June 2016
Established in 2013, Melbourne-based Inkerman & Blunt publishes poetry, prose and nonfiction of ‘originality, intelligence and beauty’. Founder Donna Ward spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘small publisher spotlight’ series: Describe...
Singapore research agency develops autonomous shelf-scanning robot
Wednesday, 8 June 2016
An autonomous shelf-scanning robot is being developed by the Institute for Infocomm Research at Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research, reports Cnet. Using laser-mapping to navigate a library and...
Access to Australian Standards removed from libraries after negotiation breakdown
Wednesday, 8 June 2016
The National Library of Australia (NLA) and all Australian state libraries will no longer have online access to Australian Standards publications after unsuccessful negotiations between licensees SAI global and National...
Renewed push for $11m Armidale war memorial library
Wednesday, 8 June 2016
The administrator for Armidale Regional Council in rural NSW has put plans for a $11m war memorial library first floated in 2012 ‘back on the agenda’ by offering support for...
Author Earnings’ Amazon sales report expands scope to cover more than 1m titles
Wednesday, 8 June 2016
Independent website Author Earnings has expanded the scope of its latest quarterly report on Amazon print, audio and ebook sales to take into account titles outside the Amazon bestseller lists,...
Literary Hub launches review aggregation site Book Marks
Wednesday, 8 June 2016
US website Literary Hub has launched a new section of its site that aggregates book reviews from over 70 sources, called Book Marks. Pitched by Literary Hub as the ‘Rotten...
NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2016 finalists announced
Wednesday, 8 June 2016
The finalists for this year’s New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults have been announced. The finalists in each category are: Young adult fiction Battlesaurus: Rampage at Waterloo...
Australian publisher named finalist at British Fantasy Awards
Wednesday, 8 June 2016
An anthology by Australian speculative-fiction publisher Twelfth Planet Press has been named a finalist in the British Fantasy Awards. Letters to Tiptree, which is edited by Alexandra Pierce and Alisa...
HarperCollins US launches daily Facebook Live program
Tuesday, 7 June 2016
In the US, HarperCollins has announced the launch of its daily Facebook Live program, which will see authors broadcast live videos to readers and take comments and questions on the...
Mudgee Readers’ Festival 2016 program announced
Tuesday, 7 June 2016
The Mudgee Readers’ Festival in regional NSW has announced the program for its 2016 festival, to be held from 13-14 August. Festival guests include Jane Caro, Sami Shah, Emily Maguire,...
Kibble and Dobbie Awards 2016 shortlists announced
Monday, 6 June 2016
The 2016 Kibble and Dobbie Literary Awards shortlists have been announced. The three shortlisted titles for the $30,000 Kibble Literary Award for an established Australian female writer are: A Few...
Labor pledges ‘careful consultation’ on copyright, return of OzCo money
Monday, 6 June 2016
The Australian Labor Party (ALP) has pledged to ‘carefully consult on copyright’, close the Catalyst —Australian Arts and Culture Fund and return funding to the Australia Council as part of...
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