Writers Victoria announces winners of its emerging writers prizes, fellowships
Monday, 10 August 2015
Writers Victoria has announced the 2015 winners of its Glenfern Fellowships and Grace Marion Wilson Emerging Writers Competition.Glenfern Fellowships were awarded to Audrey El-Osta for her poetry collection ‘Primavera’; Jacquie Byron...
Not the Booker Prize 2015 shortlist announced
Friday, 7 August 2015
The shortlist has been announced for this year’s Not the Booker Prize, which is run by the Guardian in the UK and voted on by the public. The shortlisted titles,...
Hachette, SA Writers Centre mentorships announced
Friday, 7 August 2015
The first South Australian Hachette Mentoring Program, offered in partnership with the SA Writers Centre, has been jointly awarded to Rose Hartley and Liana Skrzypczak.Hartley and Skrzypczak will work with...
Redgum launches Young Writers’ Award for children
Friday, 7 August 2015
Redgum Book Club has launched a Young Writers’ Award for children aged nine to 13, with the winning books to be published and distributed to bookstores and libraries.The award includes two...
Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books 2015 shortlist announced
Thursday, 6 August 2015
In the UK, the shortlist for the 2015 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books—the only major international prize that celebrates science-writing for a non-specialist audience—has been announced. The finalists...
Amazon UK releases ebook bestseller charts over past five years
Thursday, 6 August 2015
Amazon UK has announced its top-selling Kindle books over the past five years to mark five years since the Kindle store opened in the UK, reports the Guardian. E L James’...
On tour: Meet the author Jack Andraka
Thursday, 6 August 2015
Young scientist Jack Andraka is the author of Breakthrough (with Matthew Lysiak, Scribe), a memoir about growing up, being bullied and developing an early-detection test for pancreatic, ovarian and lung...
Light and shadow: Vikki Wakefield on ‘Inbetween Days’
Thursday, 6 August 2015
Vikki Wakefield’s latest YA novel Inbetween Days (Text, October) is about a high-school dropout who finds herself stagnating in a small town. Reviewer Bec Kavanagh spoke to the author. Read...
Tasmanian Premier’s Literary Prizes 2015 longlists announced
Thursday, 6 August 2015
The longlists for the Tasmanian Premier’s Literary Prizes have been announced.The biennial awards, previously known as the Tasmanian Literary Prizes, were rebranded in March. A new Young Writer’s Prize was also...
New ‘Books+Publishing Junior’ reviews out now
Thursday, 6 August 2015
Books+Publishing’s latest Junior newsletter contains reviews of 15 children’s and YA books publishing in October.Two books received top marks from our reviewers. Dani Solomon awarded five stars to Jen Storer...
US bookshop offering refunds for ‘Go Set a Watchman’
Wednesday, 5 August 2015
US independent bookstore Brilliant Books is offering refunds to customers who purchased Go Set a Watchman expecting a ‘nice summer novel’ rather than a ‘first draft’, reports the Guardian. In...
Eye of the Storm festival details announced
Wednesday, 5 August 2015
The dates and some of the participating writers for the biennial Eye of the Storm festival in Alice Springs have been announced.The festival, which is run by the Northern Territory...
Japanese readers spend the most on ebooks
Wednesday, 5 August 2015
Japanese ebook users are spending the highest average amount of money on ebooks, according to a report released by online statistics portal Statista. Japanese ebook users will spend an estimated average of US$104.55(A$141.77) on ebooks in 2015, followed...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 5 August 2015
‘Now in Australia there really is someone online who can take it to Amazon and the other international players’—Booktopia CEO Tony Nash on his company’s acquisition of Bookworld
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 5 August 2015
SalesFiction—Black Inc. has sold ANZ audio rights to Dietland (Sarai Walker) to Bolinda. Spinifex Press has sold Indian Tamil-language rights to My Sister Chaos (Lara Fergus). Text has sold Russian...
Noosa library costs have more than doubled in eight years, says mayor
Wednesday, 5 August 2015
According to Queensland’s Noosa Shire mayor Noel Playford, library service costs have more than doubled in eight years, from 7% of general rates ($1.8 million of $25 million) to 10%...
SLQ launches ‘Ideas Box’ for remote community
Wednesday, 5 August 2015
The State Library of Queensland (SLQ) has created a portable ‘Ideas Box’ for the residents of Mapoon in Far North Queensland, reports the Brisbane Times.The demountable box, based on a...
NSW library to loan out science resource kits
Wednesday, 5 August 2015
Wagga Wagga City Library in NSW has partnered with the Riverina Science Hub to loan out science resource kits, reports the Daily Advertiser. The kits, which include themes such as...
International library news
Wednesday, 5 August 2015
UK report finds decrease in children’s library attendance; librarians dispute findingsIn the UK, an annual survey of children’s cultural and sporting activities has found that library visits by children aged five...
The Stella Count: 2014 gender ratios in books pages revealed
Wednesday, 5 August 2015
Books by male authors received on average 58% of coverage in Australia’s major newspapers and literary journals compared to 42% for books by female authors, the 2014 Stella Count has...
Bookstores prepare for National Bookshop Day
Wednesday, 5 August 2015
Preparations are underway for the fifth annual National Bookshop Day this Saturday 8 August, with stores around the country hosting events and promotions.Details about in-store events can be found on...
HarperCollins Brasil launched
Tuesday, 4 August 2015
HarperCollins and its Brazilian partner Ediouro Group have launched HarperCollins Brasil, a subsidiary that will publish around 350 titles a year, reports Publishers Weekly. The list will include children’s, Christian...
Harlequin UK to move to HarperCollins office, redundancies announced
Tuesday, 4 August 2015
In the UK, Harlequin will move into the HarperCollins office this month, with around 25 roles to go from the shared services team, reports the Bookseller. HarperCollins has confirmed ‘a...
NT Literary Awards 2015 winners announced
Tuesday, 4 August 2015
The Northern Territory Library has announced the winners of the Northern Territory Literary Awards.The 2015 winners are:Short story ($1000) ‘It’s a Privilege to Live in Arrernte Country’ (Jo Dutton) Poetry ($1000)...
Property developer to sponsor NZ Book Awards
Tuesday, 4 August 2015
Auckland-based property developer Ockham Residential has taken over sponsorship of the New Zealand Book Awards.The announcement follows the withdrawal of previous sponsor the New Zealand Post Group last year, with a...
RiP Kat Muscat
Tuesday, 4 August 2015
Kat Muscat, a Melbourne writer and former editor of the magazine Voiceworks, has died, aged 25.Adolfo Aranjuez, who was deputy editor of Voiceworks during Muscat’s editorship, writes:‘I first met Kat...
Penguin offers free extracts for London Underground passengers
Monday, 3 August 2015
Penguin is offering London Underground passengers free extracts of new books and author interviews during August as part of the publisher’s 80th birthday celebrations, reports marketing news website the Drum....
‘SRB’ announces new editor
Monday, 3 August 2015
The Sydney Review of Books (SRB) has appointed Catriona Menzies-Pike as its new editor.Menzies-Pike is a former arts editor for the Conversation and managing editor of New Matilda. She has...
‘The Big Issue’ announces 2015 fiction edition line-up
Monday, 3 August 2015
The Big Issue has announced the writers who will feature in its 11th annual fiction edition.The edition will feature stories from four commissioned writers: UK author S J Watson and...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 3 August 2015
Colouring books have taken over this week’s charts, with seven of the top 10 spots occupied by colouring titles, the largest number so far this year. The three non-colouring titles in the top...
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