Schwirtlich reappointed NLA director-general
Wednesday, 13 January 2016
Anne-Marie Schwirtlich has been reappointed as the National Library of Australia (NLA) director-general until March 2017. Schwirtlich has served in the role since 2011. She was previously CEO and state...
Digital loans on the rise in NSW public libraries
Wednesday, 13 January 2016
Many NSW public libraries are expanding their digital collections and recording an increase in loans, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. The City of Sydney now offers 10,000 ebooks for loan,...
Cahill moves from Target to WHSmith
Wednesday, 13 January 2016
Sarah Cahill been appointed buyer of books and magazines at WHSmith, based in Sydney. Cahill was previously the books and magazines buyer at Target. Target buying manager Dan Aston said...
Please complete our post-Christmas survey
Wednesday, 13 January 2016
Books+Publishing is currently conducting its annual post-Christmas survey of booksellers and publishers. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey online. Booksellers If you are a bookseller, please complete...
Australian Academy of Science library closes
Wednesday, 13 January 2016
The Australian Academy of Science has confirmed that its Basser Library and Fenner Archives in Canberra has closed, reports the Age. The library, located in the Shine Dome, opened in...
International library news
Wednesday, 13 January 2016
Report recommends ‘unified digital platform’ for English libraries The UK’s Chief Society of Librarians has released a report recommending a £20m (A$41m) investment in a ‘unified digital platform’ and an...
Sydney bookstore specialising in YA to open this month
Wednesday, 13 January 2016
Beachside Bookshop, a new bookstore specialising in Australian YA titles, will open at Avalon Beach, Sydney, later this month ahead of its official opening in February. Owner Libby Armstrong, who...
Howe wins 2015 T S Eliot Prize
Wednesday, 13 January 2016
In the UK, Sarah Howe has won the 2015 T S Eliot Prize for her debut poetry collection Loop of Jade (Chatto & Windus), the first time a debut has...
Five Hong Kong publishers missing; bookshops remove politically sensitive titles
Wednesday, 13 January 2016
Five employees from Hong Kong’s Mighty Current publishing house and its affiliated Causeway Bay Bookshop have gone missing, with fears the staff have been detained by Chinese authorities, reports the...
ABIAs 2016 date, venue announced
Wednesday, 13 January 2016
The Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) will be held on 19 May at the Art Gallery of NSW this year. The awards will be hosted by comedian Kitty Flanagan and...
SLQ partners with Hachette for black&write! Indigenous Writing Fellowships
Tuesday, 12 January 2016
The State Library of Queensland (SLQ) is partnering with Hachette Australia for its annual black&write! Indigenous Writing Fellowships. The fellowships for writers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent were...
Nguyen, Mann win 2016 ALA Andrew Carnegie Medals
Tuesday, 12 January 2016
The American Library Association (ALA) has announced the winners of the 2016 Andrew Carnegie Medals. Viet Thanh Nguyen was awarded the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction for The...
Inaugural Deborah Cass Prize shortlist announced
Tuesday, 12 January 2016
The shortlist for Writers Victoria’s inaugural Deborah Cass Prize for emerging writers from migrant backgrounds has been announced. The shortlisted works are: ‘Scent of Sousan and Yasaman’ by Sanaz Fotouhi...
ALA Youth Media Awards 2016: Newbery, Caldecott, Printz, Stonewall
Tuesday, 12 January 2016
In the US, the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has announced the winners of its Youth Media Awards, including the...
PC report recommends cutting Sunday penalty rates
Tuesday, 12 January 2016
The Productivity Commission has recommended reducing Sunday penalty rates for entertainment, hospitality and retail workers in its review of the industrial relations system. In its final report to government, the...
ASA calls for fairer contracts in open letter to publishers
Tuesday, 12 January 2016
Australian Society of Authors (ASA) chair David Day and its new executive director Juliet Rogers have published an open letter to members of the Australian Publishers Association (APA) calling for...
Government proposes amendment to Copyright Act
Tuesday, 12 January 2016
The government has released a draft bill amending the Copyright Act 1968 in order to simplify the use of copyright materials by libraries, educational institutions, archives and people with disabilities....
‘Grey’, ‘Go Set a Watchman’ top UK, US charts
Monday, 11 January 2016
E L James’ Grey (Arrow) and Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman (HarperCollins) were the bestselling books in the UK and US respectively in 2015. In the UK, the Bookseller...
PRH sells Author Solutions
Monday, 11 January 2016
Penguin Random House (PRH) has sold its self-publishing division Author Solutions to an affiliate of Najafi Companies, an US-based private investment firm, for an undisclosed sum, reports Publishers Weekly. Author...
Costa Book Award 2015 category winners announced
Monday, 11 January 2016
In the UK, the Costa Book Award 2015 category winners have been announced. The winners are: A God in Ruins (Kate Atkinson, Doubleday) in the novel category; The Loney (Andrew...
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature 2016 shortlists announced
Monday, 11 January 2016
The shortlists for the 2016 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Fiction The Anchoress (Robyn Cadwallader, Fourth Estate) A Million Windows...
Henshaw wins 2015 ACT Book of the Year
Monday, 11 January 2016
Mark Henshaw’s The Snow Kimono (Text) was announced as the winner of the $10,000 ACT Book of the Year Award for 2015 at a ceremony in Canberra on 17 December....
Inaugural UWAP Dorothy Hewett Award shortlist announced
Monday, 11 January 2016
The shortlist for UWA Publishing’s inaugural Dorothy Hewett Award for an unpublished manuscript was announced in December. The shortlisted works, chosen from 136 entries, are: ‘Extinctions’ by Josephine Wilson ‘Dark...
Griffiths and Denton top 2015 bestsellers chart
Monday, 11 January 2016
Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton’s The 65-Storey Treehouse (Pan) was the highest selling title in Australia in 2015 with 312,000 copies sold, reports the Age. The sales topped those of...
The books: Kinney, Szubanski, Bryson
Wednesday, 16 December 2015
Fewer booksellers are impressed by the books on offer this Christmas. Only 42% of respondents thought the Christmas range was strong, compared to 65% who said the same for Christmas...
Online sales and ebooks
Wednesday, 16 December 2015
While the majority of bricks-and-mortar booksellers (84%) have embraced ecommerce, either through their own website or through a chain website, 16% of those surveyed said they don’t sell print books...
Publishers’ perspectives
Wednesday, 16 December 2015
Publishers are pretty pleased with the way Christmas is shaping up, with the majority reporting an increase in sales compared to last year and just a handful reporting a plateau...
Pre-Christmas survey 2015: Booksellers surprised by strong sales
Wednesday, 16 December 2015
The majority of booksellers are experiencing an increase in sales this Christmas after a more subdued lead-up to Christmas last year. Eighty percent of stores surveyed reported a rise in...
Supply, stock, staff and sales
Wednesday, 16 December 2015
This year there was much more frustration from booksellers over delays in supply and damaged goods, mostly directed at UBD, although Scholastic was also mentioned several times. ‘UBD are very...
High hopes for Christmas
Wednesday, 16 December 2015
Optimism has returned to the industry, with a whopping 80% of booksellers expecting Christmas sales to be ‘excellent’, compared to 28% last year and 56% the year before. Nineteen percent...
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