Parramatta councillors approve plans for new town square library
Thursday, 31 March 2016
Councillors for the City of Parramatta in Sydney have endorsed the design of a $50m glass building to house a new library, as well as council chambers, offices and a...
Readings to return as MWF festival bookseller
Thursday, 31 March 2016
Melbourne independent bookseller Readings will return as the Melbourne Writers Festival’s (MWF) official bookseller in 2016, replacing Dymocks, which has run the festival bookstore for the past few years. Managing...
EWF 2016 ambassadors announced
Thursday, 31 March 2016
The Emerging Writers Festival (EWF) has announced its festival ambassadors for 2016. The five ‘established writers’ are cookbook author and TV presenter Adam Liaw; cartoonist First Dog on the Moon;...
Booktopia appoints advisers ahead of potential $150m IPO
Wednesday, 30 March 2016
Booktopia has appointed investment banks Ord Minnett and Morgans as lead advisers as it targets an initial public offering (IPO) for the second half of the year. The online bookstore...
Oz authors nominated for 2016 RITA Awards
Wednesday, 30 March 2016
Two Australian authors have been nominated for the 2016 RITA Awards, presented by Romance Writers of America (RWA) for ‘excellence in published romance novels and novellas’. M J Scott is...
Children’s category driving global print book sales
Wednesday, 30 March 2016
Growth in the children’s category is driving growth in the global print book market, Nielsen’s global managing director Jonathan Stolper told the Nielsen Book Insights Conference in London last week....
Zusak tops Dymocks 101 reader poll for third year in a row
Wednesday, 30 March 2016
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (Picador) has topped the Dymocks Top 101 books of all time list for the third year in a row. Twenty three Australian books made...
Ditmar, Norma K Hemming winners announced
Tuesday, 29 March 2016
The winners of the 2016 Ditmar Awards for Australian science-fiction, fantasy and horror writing were announced at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention: Contact2016 in Brisbane on 27 March. The...
Self-published titles made up 22% of UK ebook market in 2015
Tuesday, 29 March 2016
Self-published ebooks accounted for 22% of the digital book market in the UK in 2015, up from 16% in 2014, reports the Bookseller. Nielsen Book UK research director Steve Bohme...
Aurealis Award 2015 winners announced
Tuesday, 29 March 2016
The winners of the 2015 Aurealis Awards for the best science-fiction, fantasy and horror writing in Australia have been announced. The winning titles were: Best Fantasy Novel Day Boy (Trent...
Treloar shortlisted for Walter Scott Prize
Tuesday, 29 March 2016
Australian author Lucy Treloar has been shortlisted for the UK’s Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction for her novel Salt Creek (Picador). Salt Creek is one of six books shortlisted...
Australian Romance Readers Awards 2015 winners announced
Thursday, 24 March 2016
The winners of the 2015 Australian Romance Readers Awards, presented by the Australian Romance Readers Association (ARRA), have been announced, with Anne Gracie named Favourite Australian Romance Author. Gracie also...
No ‘Daily’ until 29 March
Thursday, 24 March 2016
The Books+Publishing Daily newsletter will not be published tomorrow, 25 March, or on Monday, 28 March, due to the Easter public holidays. The next Daily will be published Tuesday 29 March.
‘The Natural Way of Things’ wins Indie Book of the Year for 2016
Thursday, 24 March 2016
The Natural Way of Things by Charlotte Wood (A&U) has been named Indie Book of the Year at the 2016 Indie Book Awards, presented by Leading Edge Books in Sydney on...
Bertelsmann interested in greater stake in PRH
Thursday, 24 March 2016
Bertelsmann chief executive Thomas Rabe has said he would ‘feel comfortable’ increasing the company’s stake in Penguin Random House (PRH) to 70-75% in the future, reports the Bookseller. Bertelsmann currently...
SLNSW to commemorate Shakespeare anniversary
Wednesday, 23 March 2016
The State Library of NSW will commemorate the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death on 23 April with a celebration to be headlined by singer-songwriter Paul Kelly. Other events include...
ALIA releases ‘Great School Libraries’ honours list
Wednesday, 23 March 2016
The Australian Library and Information Association’s (ALIA) advocacy arm Freedom of Access to Information and Resources (FAIR) has released the honours list from its ‘Great School Libraries’ campaign. The 213...
ALIA renames ‘Australian Library Journal’, ceases publication of ‘AARL’
Wednesday, 23 March 2016
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has renamed the Australian Library Journal as the Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association (JALIA), and will cease publication of the...
‘Library Journal’ publishes 2016 ‘Movers and Shakers’ list
Wednesday, 23 March 2016
In the US, Library Journal has released this year’s ‘Movers and Shakers’ list of influential library professionals. The 2016 list, which is available online here, recognises individuals who ‘are passionate about what all...
ABIA 2016 longlists announced
Wednesday, 23 March 2016
The longlists for this year’s Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) have been announced. They are: General fiction book of the year The Lake House (Kate Morton, A&U) Close Your Eyes...
Profit and revenue up at PRH in 2015
Wednesday, 23 March 2016
Penguin Random House (PRH) has recorded an 11.8% rise in global revenue in 2015, up from €3.3bn (A$4.86bn) in 2014 to €3.7bn (A$5.5bn) in 2015, with profits (EBITDA) increasing 23.2% to...
ABA Nielsen BookData Booksellers Choice Award 2016 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 23 March 2016
The shortlist for this year’s Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) Nielsen BookData Booksellers Choice Award has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Flesh Wounds (Richard Glover, ABC Books) Reckoning: A Memoir...
T&H Australia to expand local publishing; Abbott appointed associate publisher
Wednesday, 23 March 2016
Thames & Hudson Australia has announced plans to expand its local publishing and has appointed Kirsten Abbott as associate publisher, among other staff changes. Abbott will commission a program of...
Harlequin to host Rural Fiction Festival at Royal Easter Show
Wednesday, 23 March 2016
Harlequin will host a Rural Fiction Festival at Sydney’s Royal Easter Show from 25-26 March. Two of Harlequin’s bestselling rural fiction authors, Rachael Johns and Fiona McCallum, will participate in...
‘WBN’ published Thursday next week
Wednesday, 23 March 2016
Please note that, due to the Easter holidays, the next Weekly Book Newsletter will be published on Thursday 31 March. The deadline for classifieds and job advertisements is therefore 12 noon Wednesday 30 March....
Small publisher spotlight: MidnightSun Publishing
Tuesday, 22 March 2016
‘Small publisher spotlight’ is a new series from Books+Publishing. Each week we will interview the publisher of a small press to find out what makes them tick, what successes they’ve...
PRH to publish Treasure’s nonfiction book ‘Down the Dirt Roads’
Tuesday, 22 March 2016
Penguin Random House (PRH) will publish Rachael Treasure’s first nonfiction book Down the Dirt Roads in November. The publisher described Down the Dirt Roads as ‘a celebration of life on...
Ernest Scott Prize 2016 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 22 March 2016
The shortlist for the 2016 Ernest Scott Prize for history, presented by the University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Arts, has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Entanglements of Empire (Tony...
James Patterson to release short novels for non-readers
Tuesday, 22 March 2016
James Patterson is working with his US publisher Little, Brown to release a new line of short novels aimed at non-readers and readers who don’t want to invest time in...
Clunes Booktown Festival 2016 program announced
Tuesday, 22 March 2016
The program for the 2016 Clunes Booktown Festival, to be held from 30 April to 1 May in Clunes, Victoria, has been announced. This year the festival celebrates its 10th...
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