Hachette Children’s Group to launch two new imprints
Monday, 25 July 2016
In the UK, Hachette Children’s Group (HCG) has announced it will launch two new imprints from next year, reports the Bookseller. The first, Pat-a-Cake, will publish early learning titles for...
Scribe Nonfiction Prize for Young Writers shortlist announced
Monday, 25 July 2016
Scribe and Express Media have announced the shortlist for this year’s Scribe Nonfiction Prize for Young Writers. The shortlisted writers and their works are: Michelle Balogh, ‘Shan-Yi’ Lech Blaine, ‘iGrief’...
Brisbane Writers Festival 2016 program launched
Monday, 25 July 2016
The full program for the 2016 Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) has launched. US author Lionel Shriver will deliver the opening address on communities and belonging, joining international guests Alexei Sayle,...
Booktopia wins ORIA for Best Mobile Commerce Site
Monday, 25 July 2016
Online bookseller Booktopia was awarded a 2016 Online Retail Award (ORIA) in the Best Mobile Commerce Site/Application category at an awards ceremony in Sydney on 21 July. Booktopia was also...
Swedish bookstore chain expands to the UK
Friday, 22 July 2016
Swedish bookstore chain Pocket Shop has opened its first UK store in Birmingham airport, reports the Bookseller. Run by a group of UK booksellers, with assistance from a team of...
Copyright Agency’s Author Fellowship doubles value to $80,000
Friday, 22 July 2016
The Copyright Agency has doubled its annual Author Fellowship for mid-to-late career authors from $40,000 to $80,000 this year. Copyright Agency CEO Adam Suckling said it increased the prize money...
‘J K Rowling’s Wizarding World’ interactive series to Walker Books
Friday, 22 July 2016
Walker Books Australia has been awarded the sublicence for a program of interactive tie-in books for ‘J K Rowling’s Wizarding World’, ahead of the upcoming ‘Harry Potter’ spin-off film Fantastic...
SWF appoints Sawyer as head of children’s & YA programming
Friday, 22 July 2016
Sydney Writers’ Festival has appointed Clare Sawyer as its new head of children’s and YA programming. Sawyer programmed the 2016 Sydney Film Festival program and was previously general manager of...
Random House Studio sold to Fremantle Media
Thursday, 21 July 2016
Penguin Random House has sold the Random House film development unit known as Random House Studio to Bertelsmann-owned television production company Fremantle Media North America (FMNA), reports Publishers Weekly. PRH...
MWF 2016 program announced
Thursday, 21 July 2016
The Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) has announced the program for its 2016 festival, which runs from 26 August to 4 September. Author Maxine Beneba Clarke will deliver the opening night address...
Public libraries engage Pokemon Go fans
Wednesday, 20 July 2016
The release of smartphone app game Pokemon Go has resulted in several Australian public libraries becoming ‘sought after’ locations for players, with some libraries actively using the game to attract...
Dymocks Glenelg wins top award at Dymocks conference for second year in a row
Wednesday, 20 July 2016
For the second year in a row Dymocks Glenelg in Adelaide has won the Chairman’s Award for Retail Excellence at the Dymocks national conference, which this year was held on...
New US Librarian of Congress confirmed
Wednesday, 20 July 2016
In the US, Carla Hayden has been confirmed as the 14th Librarian of Congress, the first woman and the first African-American to serve in the position, reports Publishers Weekly. Hayden...
ALIA warns of ‘potentially critical’ shortage of health librarians
Wednesday, 20 July 2016
A new report from ALIA Group Health Libraries Australia (HLA) has found a potentially critical shortage of health librarians. The census report found that for every seven health librarian retirees...
Small publisher spotlight: em PRESS
Wednesday, 20 July 2016
Established in 1999 in central Victoria, em PRESS publishes books that connect ‘people to Australian landscapes’. Founder Gib Wettenhall spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘small publisher spotlight’ series: Describe your...
McCormack appointed small business minister; COSBOA, ARA concerned portfolio omitted from cabinet
Wednesday, 20 July 2016
Nationals MP Michael McCormack was sworn in as the federal small business minister on 19 July, replacing Liberal MP Kelly O’Dwyer in the position. O’Dwyer was appointed to the role...
‘The Lifted Brow’ & RMIT non/fictionLab Prize for Experimental Nonfiction longlist announced
Wednesday, 20 July 2016
Melbourne-based publisher and literary magazine the Lifted Brow has announced the longlist for its Prize for Experimental Nonfiction. The longlisted works are: ‘When Flakes of Ash Fall and Melt into Water’ by...
Amazon US launches ‘Kindle Singles Classics’
Wednesday, 20 July 2016
In the US, Amazon has announced the launch of its new nonfiction series ‘Kindle Singles Classics’, which will include ‘hard-to-find’ essays and stories by established authors, including John le Carré,...
New Stephenie Meyer thriller in November
Wednesday, 20 July 2016
Publishers Little Brown and Hachette Australia have announced the forthcoming release of The Chemist, a new thriller by Twilight author Stephenie Meyer, to be published worldwide on 15 November. The...
Luthy wins 2016 RWA Golden Heart award
Tuesday, 19 July 2016
Melbourne-based author Gabrielle Luthy has won a 2016 Romance Writers of America (RWA) Golden Heart award for her unpublished manuscript ‘Shelter Me’ in the contemporary romance category. Luthy’s win was...
Subscription service eMusic relaunches audiobook program, eStories
Tuesday, 19 July 2016
In the US, online music subscription service eMusic is relaunching and rebranding its audiobook service under the name eStories, reports Publishers Weekly. The service includes over 80,000 titles, and is...
First Ubud Writers and Readers Festival 2016 authors announced
Tuesday, 19 July 2016
The Ubud Writers and Readers Festival has announced the first line-up of authors to appear at its 2016 festival, which will run from 26-30 October in Ubud, Indonesia. Among the...
McKnight named inaugural ‘Overland’ writer-in-residence
Monday, 18 July 2016
Writer and teacher Karen McKnight has been awarded the inaugural Overland Writers Residency, which this year focussed on women writers who are the sole primary carers of one or more...
US publishing industry generated estimated $36.4 billion in revenue in 2015
Monday, 18 July 2016
The Association of American Publishers’ (AAP) annual StatShot survey estimated book sales in the US fell slightly in 2015 from the previous year, with revenue down 0.6% to US$27.78bn (A$36.40bn)....
Booktopia named Telstra Business Awards finalist
Monday, 18 July 2016
Online bookstore Booktopia has been named a finalist in the Telstra Business Awards in the medium sized category for New South Wales. Booktopia was ineligible to enter the awards last...
Te Papa Press, Massey University Press announce partnership
Monday, 18 July 2016
New Zealand publisher Te Papa Press has formed a partnership with Massey University Press, which will see the publishers work together to produce books under two separate eponymous imprints. As...
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...
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