Christmas closing list: submissions due this Monday 28 November Archive
Tuesday, 22 November 2016
Publishers and distributors are asked to advise Books+Publishing of their Christmas closing dates by 5pm this Monday 28 November. A full list will appear in the Weekly Book Newsletter on Wednesday 7...
Lester awarded 2016 Dromkeen Medal Archive
Tuesday, 22 November 2016
Children’s book author Alison Lester has been awarded the 2016 Dromkeen Medal at a presentation at the State Library of Victoria (SLV). Lester is the author and illustrator of numerous...
BAME prize chair labels publishers ‘pathetic’ after lack of submissions to inaugural award Archive
Tuesday, 22 November 2016
In the UK, the chair of the inaugural £1000 (A$1695) Jhalak prize for black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) writers has called publishers ‘pathetic’ after the award received fewer submissions...
Australian, NZ authors on 2017 International Dublin longlist Archive
Tuesday, 22 November 2016
Ten books by Australian authors and six by New Zealand authors have been longlisted for the 2017 International DUBLIN Literary Award. Books by Australian authors on the longlist are: Clade...
New Zealand Book Awards 2017 longlists announced Archive
Tuesday, 22 November 2016
The longlists for the 2017 New Zealand Book Awards have been announced. The longlisted titles in each category are: Fiction The Wish Child (Catherine Chidgey, Victoria University Press) A Briefcase,...
Copyright Agency announces shortlist for Author Fellowship Archive
Tuesday, 22 November 2016
The Copyright Agency has announced the shortlist for its 2016 Author Fellowship, worth $80,000. The shortlisted authors and their proposed works are: Georgia Blain, for a memoir that is ‘a...
UWAP to drop awards submissions in 2017 Archive
Monday, 21 November 2016
University of Western Australia Publishing (UWAP) will no longer enter its titles for Australian book awards from 2017. UWAP director Terri-ann White said in a letter to UWAP authors that...
New owner for Mary Martin Southgate Archive
Monday, 21 November 2016
Medical researcher Jaye Chin-Dusting has purchased Mary Martin Bookshop in Southgate, Melbourne, from the previous owners Graham and Margaret Brookes, who have decided to retire after running the business for...
ABC’s ‘The Book Club’ to host year-end special Archive
Monday, 21 November 2016
ABC TV’s The Book Club will present an hour-long special program on Tuesday, 13 December to discuss 2016’s best books. The ‘Five of the Best 2016’ program will see hosts...
Bad S-x in Fiction Award 2016 shortlist announced Archive
Monday, 21 November 2016
In the UK, the Literary Review has announced the books shortlisted for the 2016 Bad S-x in Fiction Award. The six shortlisted titles are: A Doubter’s Almanac (Ethan Canin, Bloomsbury),...
Wheatle wins ‘Guardian’ children’s fiction prize Archive
Monday, 21 November 2016
Alex Wheatle has won the 2016 Guardian children’s fiction prize for his YA novel Crongton Knights (Atom Books), the second book in a planned trilogy ‘set on a fictitious inner...
Australian romance readers’ survey released; erotica and rural romance decline in popularity Archive
Friday, 18 November 2016
The Australian Romance Readers Association (ARRA) has released the results of its annual readers’ survey, based on 275 respondents. This year’s survey saw a drop in the popularity of erotica...
National Book Award 2016 winners announced Archive
Friday, 18 November 2016
In the US, the winners of the 2016 National Book Awards have been announced. Colson Whitehead won the fiction award for The Underground Railroad (Fleet), which traces a slave’s flight...
Bloomsbury launches literary crime and thriller imprint Archive
Friday, 18 November 2016
Bloomsbury has launched a new imprint that specialises in literary crime, thrillers and suspense, called Raven Books. The imprint, led by UK-based editorial director Alison Hennessey, will launch in January...
Carter to be adapted for BBC radio’s ‘Crime Down Under’ season Archive
Friday, 18 November 2016
Fremantle Press has sold radio dramatisation rights to Alan Carter’s first book in the ‘Cato Kwong’ series, Prime Cut, to BBC radio drama in the UK. The deal will see...
Booktopia makes ‘BRW’ Fast 100 for the seventh time Archive
Friday, 18 November 2016
Online bookseller Booktopia has made the Business Review Weekly’s (BRW) annual Fast 100 for the seventh time. Booktopia’s revenue grew from $12m in 2011 to $80.7m in 2016. It came...
Drury, Hannam and Walsh awarded NSW Sales Rep of the Year awards Archive
Friday, 18 November 2016
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced the winners of its 2016 NSW Sales Rep of the Year awards. Simon & Schuster’s Kay Drury and Allen & Unwin’s Mark Hannam...
Harry Hartog opens seventh store Archive
Friday, 18 November 2016
Independent bookselling chain Harry Hartog has opened its seventh store at Warringah Mall in Brookvale in Sydney’s northern beaches. The bookstore, which opened on 17 November, is one of around...
Former Pan Mac commissioning editor launches agency Archive
Thursday, 17 November 2016
Former Pan Macmillan fiction commissioning editor Haylee Nash has launched The Nash Agency, offering editing services and representation to aspiring and established authors. Nash told Books+Publishing she’s been ‘blown away’...
Hall wins Charlotte Waring Barton Award for an unpublished children’s author Archive
Thursday, 17 November 2016
Danika Hall has won the 2016 Charlotte Waring Barton Award, presented annually by the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) NSW branch to an unpublished NSW author of children’s or...
Sands wins 2016 Baillie Gifford prize for nonfiction Archive
Thursday, 17 November 2016
Philippe Sands has won the 2016 Baillie Gifford Prize for nonfiction, formerly known as the Samuel Johnson Prize, for East West Street (Weidenfeld & Nicolson). Sands’ investigation into the history...
Attendance up at SPN conference; small presses remain strong in nonfiction, reports Nielsen Archive
Wednesday, 16 November 2016
The Small Press Network’s (SPN) fifth Independent Publishing Conference was held at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne on 9-12 November, with an extra half day of programming this year for...
Campbelltown Council exploring library programs for children with autism Archive
Wednesday, 16 November 2016
Campbelltown Council in Sydney will run a trial program for children with autism, reports the Daily Telegraph. A motion for the council to prepare a report on options to improve...
Is female leadership in publishing impeded by motherhood? Archive
Wednesday, 16 November 2016
In this edited extract from The Return of Print? Contemporary Australian Publishing (ed by Aaron Mannion & Emmett Stinson, Monash University Publishing), Sarah Couper interviews several women in senior positions...
IPEd urges government to reconsider removal of student loans for writing, editing courses Archive
Wednesday, 16 November 2016
The Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) has urged the federal government to reconsider its decision to remove tertiary writing and editing courses’ eligibility for students loans, saying it will have...
Hachette UK mentorships target diversity among senior management team Archive
Wednesday, 16 November 2016
In the UK, Hachette is introducing a diverse leaders mentoring scheme to target diversity in its senior management team, reports the Bookseller. The scheme is designed to give ‘up-and-coming stars...
‘Lost & Found’, ‘Foal’s Bread’ among book-to-film projects to receive Screen NSW funding Archive
Wednesday, 16 November 2016
Screen NSW has announced development funding for a number of book-to-film projects. Four Australian novels received adaptation funding. They are: Lost and Found by Brooke Davis (Hachette), Foal’s Bread by...
Alice appointed MWF program manager Archive
Wednesday, 16 November 2016
Editor Jessica Alice has joined the Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) as the festival’s program manager. Alice replaces former program manager Jo Case, who has moved into the role of schools’...
Canadian licensing agency warns educational royalties could drop by 55% in 2017 Archive
Tuesday, 15 November 2016
In Canada, the national licensing agency Access Copyright has warned that royalties could fall from C$11m (A$10.75m) in 2016 to C$5m (A$4.88m) in 2017 due to a drop in revenue...
PRH to help employees with student loan repayments Archive
Tuesday, 15 November 2016
In the US, Penguin Random House (PRH) has launched a student loan repayment assistance program, which will contribute up to US$1200 (A$1588) annually towards student loan repayments for employees who...
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