Perth Writers Festival to feature human libraries
Wednesday, 20 January 2016
The 2016 Perth Writers Festival is giving festival-goers the opportunity to borrow a ‘human book’, reports the ABC. The Human Library will run twice over the festival on the themes...
Fiction most-loaned in Victorian public libraries
Wednesday, 20 January 2016
A survey of more than 40 public library branches in Victoria has found that fiction was the most popular category among borrowers in 2015, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. The...
Fourteen million fewer books in British public libraries since Tories took office
Wednesday, 20 January 2016
In the UK, funding cuts and closures among public libraries has led to a reduction of 14 million print books over the past six years, reports the Telegraph. According to...
Librarians delete user data to protect privacy
Wednesday, 20 January 2016
In the US, librarians at the City University of New York’s Graduate Centre have begun deleting interlibrary loan records in order to protect user privacy, reports the Guardian. Beth Posner,...
Starford leaves Text Publishing; Cowell appointed senior editor
Wednesday, 20 January 2016
Rebecca Starford has resigned from her role as editor at Text Publishing to write full-time. Starford, whose memoir Bad Behaviour (A&U) was published in 2015, will also continue as editor...
Stella Prize launches ‘Stella Sparks’ fundraising campaign
Wednesday, 20 January 2016
The Stella Prize is running a new fundraising campaign to ‘ensure the sustainability of the Stella Prize as an organisation’ and ‘celebrate and recognise the importance of writing by women’....
Sales up for travel guides after seven-year slump
Wednesday, 20 January 2016
In the UK, the travel guide market has recorded an increase in sales in 2015 for the first time in seven years, reports the Bookseller. After averaging sales of £103m-£104m...
Blak & Bright Indigenous Literary festival program announced
Tuesday, 19 January 2016
The program for the inaugural Indigenous Literary Festival Blak & Bright has been announced. The festival, to be held in Melbourne from 18-21 February, features more than 60 Aboriginal and...
Inaugural Rock & Roll Writers Festival to be held in Brisbane in April
Tuesday, 19 January 2016
The inaugural Rock & Roll Writers Festival will be held at The Brightside in Brisbane on 2-3 April. The festival was founded by former band managers Leanne de Souza and...
National Book Critics Circle Awards 2015 finalists announced
Tuesday, 19 January 2016
In the US, the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Awards finalists have been announced. The finalists in the fiction category are: The Sellout (Paul Beatty, Farrar, Straus & Giroux), Fates...
MUP to publish Payne autobiography
Tuesday, 19 January 2016
Melbourne University Publishing has acquired the rights to My Story, the autobiography of Michelle Payne, who in 2015 became the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup. In a...
Indie Awards 2016 shortlists announced
Tuesday, 19 January 2016
Leading Edge Books has announced the shortlists for the 2016 Indie Book Awards. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Fiction A Guide to Berlin (Gail Jones, Vintage) The Natural Way...
Roy wins 2016 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature
Monday, 18 January 2016
Indian novelist Anuradha Roy has won the 2016 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature for her novel Sleeping on Jupiter (Quercus). Roy’s novel was selected from a shortlist of six...
Writers call for boycott of literary festivals that don’t pay speakers
Monday, 18 January 2016
In the UK, a numbers of writers have called for publishers and fellow authors to boycott festivals that don’t pay speakers’ fees, reports the Bookseller. The calls come after Society...
Australian Romance Readers Awards 2015 finalists announced
Monday, 18 January 2016
The finalists for the 2015 Australian Romance Readers Awards have been announced. Ten writers have been shortlisted for the Favourite Australian Romance Author award, including Kylie Scott, who has won...
IPEd to open membership to individual editors
Monday, 18 January 2016
The Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) will open its membership to individual editors from July 2016. The organisation’s current membership comprises seven editors’ societies in Australia. Under the new changes,...
Hachette signs Richell Prize winner, shortlisted writer
Friday, 15 January 2016
Hachette has acquired titles from the winner of the inaugural Richell Prize for Emerging Writers, Sally Abbott, and shortlisted writer Brodie Lancaster. Hachette publisher Robert Watkins told Books+Publishing that Abbott’s...
Pullman resigns as Oxford Literary Festival patron over refusal to pay authors
Friday, 15 January 2016
In the UK, author Philip Pullman has announced his resignation as Oxford Literary Festival patron over its refusal to pay speakers, reports the Bookseller. Pullman told the Bookseller it was...
ASA announces 2015-16 mentorship recipients
Friday, 15 January 2016
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced the recipients of its 2015-16 mentorships for emerging writers and illustrators. Elizabeth Bryer (nonfiction) Steve Fraser (fiction) Denise Cummins (fiction) June Perkins...
Featherston to hold second Booktown event in May
Friday, 15 January 2016
Featherston, New Zealand, will hold its second major Booktown event from 20-22 May this year. The town held its first Booktown event in October last year as part of its...
‘Watershed’ moment for WA writing sector after literary groups defunded
Thursday, 14 January 2016
The WA Department of Culture and the Arts (DCA) has defunded WritingWA, the state’s peak body for the writing sector, as part of its restructured multi-year funding program. Only two...
Annotated edition of ‘Mein Kampf’ debuts on German bestseller list
Thursday, 14 January 2016
In Germany, a new annotated edition of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf will debut on the bestseller charts, reports the Guardian. The new critical version published by the Munich Institute for...
Perth Writers Festival 2016 program released
Thursday, 14 January 2016
The full program for the 2016 Perth Writers Festival, which runs from 18-21 February, has been released. As previously reported by Books+Publishing, UK pop-philosopher Roman Krznaric will give the festival’s...
Starford, Kent to edit ‘KYD’ in 2016
Wednesday, 13 January 2016
Kill Your Darlings founders Rebecca Starford and Hannah Kent will jointly edit the literary journal in 2016, with current editor Brigid Mullane stepping down from the position. Mullane has been...
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...
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Wednesday, 13 January 2016
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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...
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