Hans Christian Andersen Awards 2016 winners announced Archive
Tuesday, 5 April 2016
The 2016 Hans Christian Andersen awards, presented by the International Board of Books for Young People (IBBY), have been awarded to Chinese author Cao Wenxuan and German illustrator Rotraut Susanne...
HarperCollins France established Archive
Tuesday, 5 April 2016
HarperCollins’ international expansion continues with the establishment of HarperCollins France, reports Publishers Weekly. The French office was created after the publisher bought out Hachette Livre SA’s stake in Harlequin SA....
S&S to manage sales, distribution of VIZ Media manga catalogue Archive
Tuesday, 5 April 2016
Simon & Schuster has announced an Australian and New Zealand sales and distribution agreement to manage VIZ Media’s manga catalogue, which includes more than 1600 titles, with another 300 added...
Better Reading to host live-streamed book club Archive
Tuesday, 5 April 2016
Cheryl Akle’s Better Reading website will host a new monthly book club via Facebook’s video-streaming feature. Akle will be joined by ‘special guests’ each month, with viewers able to interact...
New ‘Books+Publishing’ reviews out now Archive
Monday, 4 April 2016
Books+Publishing’s latest Reviews newsletter contains 11 reviews of books publishing in May and June 2016. Novelist and filmmaker Julia Leigh’s memoir of IVF treatment Avalanche: A Love Story (Hamish Hamilton,...
‘Writing Clementine’ wins Ena Noël Award Archive
Monday, 4 April 2016
Kate Gordon’s YA novel Writing Clementine (A&U) has won the 2016 Ena Noël Award, a biennial prize administered by the Australian branch of the International Board on Books for Young...
Perseus sale to Hachette, Ingram completed Archive
Monday, 4 April 2016
In the US, the sale of Perseus Book Group’s publishing and distribution arms to Hachette Book Group (HBG) and Ingram, respectively, has been completed, reports Publishers Weekly. HBG’s purchase of...
CYL launches Inky Awards Ambassador Program Archive
Monday, 4 April 2016
The Centre of Youth Literature (CYL) at the State Library of Victoria has launched its new Inky Awards Ambassador Program, with four schools from across Australia selected as ‘Ambassador Schools’...
Fiction that slays: Julie Koh on ‘Portable Curiosities’ Archive
Friday, 1 April 2016
Julie Koh’s debut short story collection Portable Curiosities (UQP, June) ‘takes a magnifying glass to Australia’s greatest fallacies’, writes reviewer Sonia Nair. She spoke to the author. How does the...
A novella approach: Nick Earls on the ‘Wisdom Tree’ series Archive
Friday, 1 April 2016
Nick Earls’ Gotham (Inkerman & Blunt) is the first of five interlinked novellas that will be released each month from May to September. Reviewer Carody Culver spoke to Earls about...
On defeated dreams: Julia Leigh on ‘Avalanche’ Archive
Friday, 1 April 2016
Novelist and filmmaker Julia Leigh’s first work of nonfiction Avalanche: A Love Story (Hamish Hamilton) is a ‘brave and candid account of her desire to have a child [via IVF...
Oz, NZ writers shortlisted for 2016 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Archive
Friday, 1 April 2016
A number of Australian and New Zealand writers have been shortlisted for the 2016 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. They are: ‘Black Milk’ (Tina Makereti, New Zealand) ‘Charmed’ (Jane Downing, Australia)...
VIDA 2015 count released; expands to include intersectional data Archive
Friday, 1 April 2016
In the US, VIDA has released the results of its 2015 count tallying how many women and men were reviewed in, reviewed for or wrote for ‘top tier’ literary publications. The...
Small publisher spotlight: FableCroft Publishing Archive
Thursday, 31 March 2016
ACT-based speculative fiction publisher FableCroft was launched in 2010 by editor Tehani Wessely. She spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘small publisher spotlight’ series: Describe your company in under 50 words....
SWF 2016 program launched Archive
Thursday, 31 March 2016
The 2016 Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) program has been launched and is now available online. Sixty international writers will attend this year’s festival, which runs from 16-22 May, with UK novelist,...
Williamson appointed Picador publisher Archive
Thursday, 31 March 2016
Editor, reviewer and author Geordie Williamson has been appointed publisher of Pan Macmillan’s Picador imprint following the departure of Alex Craig. Williamson’s previous roles include chief literary critic of the...
UK Booksellers Association targets piracy in new social media campaign Archive
Thursday, 31 March 2016
In the UK, the Booksellers Association (BA) has launched a social media campaign to support the ‘Get it right from a genuine site’ anti-piracy initiative, organised by Creative Content UK....
Clarence Valley receives $132,000 grant to keep mobile library running Archive
Thursday, 31 March 2016
The NSW government will give Clarence Valley Council a $132,000 grant to fund a new van for its mobile library service, which councillors have criticised for not offering value for...
BBC investigation shows 342 libraries, quarter of jobs lost in the UK Archive
Thursday, 31 March 2016
Almost 8000 UK library jobs have been lost and 342 libraries have closed in the past six years, a BBC investigation has found. Using data from more than 200 authorities...
‘The Water Diviner’ shortlisted for Audie Award Archive
Thursday, 31 March 2016
The audiobook edition of The Water Diviner (Andrew Anastasios & Meaghan Wilson-Anastasios, narrated by Jack Thompson, Bolinda) is a finalist in the Audiobook of the Year category in the US-based...
Text acquires new novel from Simsion, Buist Archive
Thursday, 31 March 2016
Text has acquired world rights to a new novel co-written by husband and wife authors Graeme Simsion and Anne Buist. The novel Left Right, which does not yet have a...
Parramatta councillors approve plans for new town square library Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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...
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