Michelle Payne autobiography to become a film
Monday, 21 March 2016
Actor Rachel Griffiths has acquired the film rights for Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michelle Payne’s forthcoming autobiography. Griffiths will produce and direct the film, which will begin shooting in 2017. Payne’s...
‘Too Naked for the Nazis’ wins Diagram Prize
Monday, 21 March 2016
Too Naked for the Nazis (Alan Stafford, Fantom Films) has won the Diagram Prize for the Oddest Book Title of the Year, presented by the Bookseller. Stafford’s book, about a...
PANZ challenges government on the extent of increased royalties under the TPP
Friday, 18 March 2016
The Publishers’ Association of New Zealand (PANZ) has written to the NZ government claiming it has vastly overestimated the projected increase to royalties under the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade...
Solomons wins 2016 Waterstones Children’s Book Prize
Friday, 18 March 2016
In the UK, David Solomons’ My Brother is a Superhero (Nosy Crow) has won the 2016 Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, reports the Bookseller. Waterstones children’s buyer Florentyna Martin described the...
Inky Awards 2016 longlists announced
Thursday, 17 March 2016
The longlists for the 2016 Inky Awards have been announced. The awards are presented by the Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria for local and international...
Brisbane libraries invite tender for radio frequency identification systems
Thursday, 17 March 2016
Brisbane City Council libraries are inviting suppliers of radio frequency identification (RFID) systems to fit out their libraries to track books, magazines and electronic media, reports the Australian Financial Review....
Clarence Valley councillors claim mobile library ‘not providing value for money’
Thursday, 17 March 2016
Councillors for the Clarence Valley in regional NSW have argued that the council’s $148,000 mobile library service is not providing value for money, reports the Daily Examiner. At a community...
New library for Sydney’s Darling Harbour
Thursday, 17 March 2016
The City of Sydney will open a new two-storey, 2225sqm library as part of the $3.4bn redevelopment of Darling Harbour, reports Business Insider. The library will take up two floors...
Storylines National Writers’ Awards 2016 shortlists announced
Thursday, 17 March 2016
The Storylines Children’s Literature Trust of New Zealand has announced the shortlists for its three national writers’ awards. The shortlists are: Joy Cowley Award for picture book text ‘The Boy...
ABA 2016 conference program announced
Thursday, 17 March 2016
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced the program for this year’s conference, to be held at the QT hotel in Canberra from 29-30 May. Author Stan Grant will give...
‘Four horsemen’ the focus of Digital Book World 2016
Thursday, 17 March 2016
This year’s Digital Book World conference was held in New York from 7-9 March. Books+Publishing’s Andrew Wrathall reports from the event: Digital Book World (DBW) organiser and The Idea Logical...
Shakespeare’s handwritten play script digitised for British Library
Thursday, 17 March 2016
The only surviving play script handwritten by William Shakespeare has been digitised by the British Library ahead of an exhibition, reports the Guardian. While Shakespeare was not the original author...
ABA welcomes government’s decision to introduce effects test
Thursday, 17 March 2016
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has welcomed the government’s decision to introduce legislation to protect small businesses against the misuse of market power by larger competitors. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull...
Irish children’s and YA book 2015 sales up 16%
Thursday, 17 March 2016
Sales for children’s books rose 16% in Ireland in 2015 on the back of strong local publishing as well as releases from bestselling authors David Walliams, Jeff Kinney and Julia...
Marlon James, Hanya Yanagihara to appear at 2016 Auckland Writers Festival
Thursday, 17 March 2016
Booker Prize-winning Jamaican-US novelist Marlon James, US novelist Hanya Yanagihara and US writer and activist Gloria Steinem are among the international authors appearing the 2016 Auckland Writers Festival, to be...
Michelle Anderson Publishing up for sale
Thursday, 17 March 2016
Melbourne publishing company Michelle Anderson Publishing is up for sale. Publisher Michelle Anderson said she has decided to retire and is looking to sell the business, including all stock and...
Knopf US acquires Kristoff YA trilogy
Thursday, 17 March 2016
Melbourne-based author Jay Kristoff has sold North American rights to his YA novel LIFEL1K3 to Knopf in a three-book deal. The first book in a planned trilogy, LIFEL1K3 is about...
Dymocks, Sydney Uni to host ‘Innovation Challenge’
Thursday, 17 March 2016
Undergraduate students from the University of Sydney will be challenged to create a ‘future concept’ for the Dymocks business as part of the university’s student leadership program. The Dymocks Innovation...
Carnegie, Greenaway medals 2016 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 16 March 2016
In the UK, the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) has announced the shortlists for the 2016 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals. The eight books on this year’s...
2016 Grimshaw Sargeson Fellows announced
Wednesday, 16 March 2016
New Zealand writers Diana Wichtel and Breton Dukes are the recipients of the 2016 Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship. Wichtel and Dukes will each receive NZ$20,000 (A$17,711) and tenure at the Sargeson...
Readings Children’s Book Prize 2016 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 16 March 2016
The shortlist for the Readings Children’s Book Prize for 2016 has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: 88 Lime Street (Denise Kirby, Omnibus) The Bad Guys (Aaron Blabey, Scholastic) The...
Spinifex Press celebrates 25th anniversary
Tuesday, 15 March 2016
Melbourne-based independent feminist publisher Spinifex Press is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. Founded by Susan Hawthorne and Renate Klein in 1991, Spinifex has published around 250 poetry, fiction and...
LoveOzYA launches website
Tuesday, 15 March 2016
The grassroots Australian youth literature advocacy movement LoveOzYA has launched its official website. The new site features news about Australian YA authors, book deals, awards, competitions and bookstores; an events...
Harper Lee’s estate bans cheap US paperback edition of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’
Tuesday, 15 March 2016
In the US, Hachette has told booksellers that Harper Lee’s estate will no longer allow publication of the mass-market paperback of To Kill a Mockingbird, reports the New Republic. The...
Storylines NZ awards Else Margaret Mahy Medal, releases 2016 Notable Books List
Friday, 11 March 2016
The Storylines Children’s Literature Charitable Trust of New Zealand has awarded Barbara Else the 2016 Margaret Mahy Medal, presented annually for ‘lifetime achievement and an outstanding contribution to New Zealand...
No ‘Daily’ on Monday
Friday, 11 March 2016
The Books+Publishing Daily newsletter will not be published on Monday 14 March due to the public holiday in Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and the ACT. The next Daily will be...
Shortlist for 2016 UK YA Book Prize announced
Friday, 11 March 2016
In the UK, the shortlist for the Bookseller’s second annual YA Book Prize has been announced. The 10 books on the shortlist are: Concentr8 (William Sutcliffe, Bloomsbury), One (Sarah Crossan,...
International authors dominate book sales at Adelaide Writers’ Week
Friday, 11 March 2016
Attendance and book sales were up again at this year’s Adelaide Writers’ Week (27 February to 3 March), with international authors dominating book sales at the event. Festival director Laura...
Man Booker International Prize 2016 longlist announced
Thursday, 10 March 2016
The longlist for the 2016 Man Booker International Prize has been announced. The longlisted titles are: A General Theory of Oblivion (José Eduardo Agualusa, trans by Daniel Hahn, Harvill Secker)...
Stella Prize 2016 shortlist announced
Thursday, 10 March 2016
The shortlist for the 2016 Stella Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Six Bedrooms (Tegan Bennett Daylight, Vintage) Hope Farm (Peggy Frew, Scribe) A Few Days in the...
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