Randolph Stow’s ‘Tourmaline’ to be adapted for film
Wednesday, 22 July 2015
A film adaptation of Randolph Stow’s 1963 novel Tourmaline has received funding in the latest round of Screen Australia grants.Stow’s post-apocalyptic novel, which will be re-issued as a ‘Text Classic’...
Educational Publishing Awards 2015 shortlists announced
Tuesday, 21 July 2015
The titles shortlisted for the Australian Publishers Association Educational Publishing Awards have been announced.The shortlisted titles in each category are:Primary EducationStudent Resource: Mathematics (Numeracy) Nelson Maths Australian Curriculum NSW K-6+...
Hockey to meet with states on GST threshold in August
Tuesday, 21 July 2015
Federal treasurer Joe Hockey has told a small business summit that the government will look at making foreign retailers pay GST on imported goods worth less than the current $1000...
ABA launches upgraded bookshop events page
Tuesday, 21 July 2015
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has launched an upgraded bookshop events page on its website. ABA members can now add event information direct to the site, while the page also includes...
Conakry, Guinea announced as World Book Capital City 2017
Tuesday, 21 July 2015
Conakry, the capital of Guinea, has been awarded the title of World Book Capital City 2017 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) in association with the International...
Ubud Festival authors announced
Tuesday, 21 July 2015
The Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF) has announced the first round of authors appearing in its 2015 program, which runs from 28 October to 1 November in Bali, Indonesia.International...
Survey highlights print book, ebook tax discrepancies
Tuesday, 21 July 2015
A report by the International Publishers Association (IPA) and the Federation of European Publishers has found only 22% of 79 surveyed nations—including Australia—apply the standard Value Added Tax (VAT) or...
Lawrence wins Philip Hodgins Memorial Medal
Monday, 20 July 2015
Anthony Lawrence has been awarded this year’s Philip Hodgins Memorial Medal at the Mildura Writers’ Festival in Victoria.The award, which is named after the Australian poet and co-founder of the...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 20 July 2015
Colouring books continue to dominate the bestsellers charts for the week ending 11 July, although none of them enough to unseat Grey (E L James, Arrow), which spends its fourth...
Adelaide bookstore ‘raided’ over unwrapped ‘American Psycho’ copies
Monday, 20 July 2015
Police have ‘raided’ Imprints Booksellers in Adelaide for selling copies of the R18-classified American Psycho that were not plastic-wrapped, reports ABC News.Co-owner Jason Lake said a new Picador Classic edition...
‘Go Set a Watchman’ one of the fastest-selling titles for Australian booksellers
Monday, 20 July 2015
Australian booksellers have reported that early sales of Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman (William Heinemann) have made it one of their fastest-selling titles ever.Dymocks reported that combined pre-order and sales on...
#LoveOzYA campaign gathers momentum
Monday, 20 July 2015
A grassroots campaign to promote Australian YA books in a market dominated by US titles has been gathering momentum.Book blogger Danielle Binks told Books+Publishing that the #LoveOzYA campaign is inspired...
Publishing Scotland launches international fellowship program
Friday, 17 July 2015
Scotland’s publishing trade association Publishing Scotland has launched an international fellowship program to increase the exposure of Scottish books internationally and facilitate rights sales, reports the Bookseller. As part of...
PANZ Book Design Awards 2015 winners announced
Friday, 17 July 2015
The winners of this year’s Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) Book Design Awards have been announced.Cardboard Cathedral (Andrew Barrie, Auckland University Press), designed by Janson Chau, won the overall...
HarperCollins acquires rights to book by NZ ‘social media sensation’
Friday, 17 July 2015
HarperCollins has acquired world rights to Jamie’s World: They Let Me Write a Book! by New Zealand ‘social media sensation’ Jamie Curry.The publisher has described Curry’s book as ‘a journey through her mind...
CAUL, ASA announce 2015 research fellowships
Friday, 17 July 2015
The Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL) and the Australian Society of Authors (ASA) have announced the recipients of this year’s CAUL-ASA Fellowship, which provides authors with access to university...
Impressive first-day sales for ‘Go Set a Watchman’ in UK and US
Thursday, 16 July 2015
Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman (William Heinemann) has recorded impressive first-day sales in the UK and North America. In the UK, Penguin Random House announced Go Set a Watchman’s...
Season’s Readings: Christmas 2015 titles
Thursday, 16 July 2015
Jackie Tang unwraps publishers’ Christmas offerings.Bring us some fic-y puddingThis year’s festive fiction boasts some big Australian names, including Tom Keneally, who explores Napoleon Bonaparte’s Australian connection during his exile...
Your store: Damaged goods
Thursday, 16 July 2015
For the past two years Dymocks Adelaide has been running a monthly damaged goods giveaway called Hurt Book Friday.Dymocks Adelaide special orders manager Louise Fay explains that as many publishers...
Your store: Best business idea
Thursday, 16 July 2015
This year’s Leading Edge Books Conference once again included the presentation of the Best Business Ideas Award, which went to Tracey Challis from Ulysses Bookstore in Melbourne.Challis' winning idea was...
Your store: Leap of faith
Thursday, 16 July 2015
How much do readers trust their booksellers’ recommendations? Stefen Brazulaitis from sci-fi, fantasy, horror and crime specialist Stefen’s Books in Perth decided to find out when he launched a ‘blind...
Publishing job ads in decline
Thursday, 16 July 2015
The publishing industry has seen a steady drop in job ads advertising in the Weekly Book Newsletter over the past few years, with publishers attributing the decline to lower staff...
Video created the publishing star: the rise of ‘vloggers’
Thursday, 16 July 2015
A number of high-profile vloggers have recently announced book deals. Danielle Binks finds out whether the trend is taking off in Australia.A funny thing happened in 2012 when US journalist...
Picture this: Market growth for illustrated children’s nonfiction
Thursday, 16 July 2015
A renewed interest in books as beautiful objects has boosted the market for illustrated children’s nonfiction, writes Carody Culver. While most people tend to think of picture books in terms of fiction,...
Campus calling: Karen Russell on her bookselling career
Thursday, 16 July 2015
Karen Russell is a career Co-op bookseller who spent a long time managing the Co-op Sunshine Coast store. She shares her career journey.I started my career with the Co-op at...
Doing it for the kids: Teacher-librarian Susan La Marca shares her career journey
Thursday, 16 July 2015
Susan La Marca is a teacher-librarian at a Catholic girls’ college in Melbourne, who has also worked as an academic, editor, reviewer and writer. She shares her career journey.I did...
Father’s Day favourites: Gift ideas for dad
Thursday, 16 July 2015
With a wide range of titles on offer, no dad’s bedside table should be empty after Father’s Day. Tim Coronel selects some highlights. All are August or September releases.FictionDarian Richards...
Child’s play: Jen Storer on ‘Danny Best: Full On’
Thursday, 16 July 2015
Jen Storer and illustrator Mitch Vane have collaborated on a new junior fiction series about Danny Best and his neighbourhood crew. The first book, Danny Best: Full On, will be available...
On tour: Meet the author Daniel Handler
Thursday, 16 July 2015
Daniel Handler is best-known for his ‘Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events’ series. His latest book for adults, We Are Pirates (Bloomsbury), is about a father and daughter, and...
On tour: Meet the author Kitty Crowther
Thursday, 16 July 2015
Kitty Crowther is a Belgian children’s book author and illustrator whose latest books are the ‘Poka & Mia’ series (Tate Publishing). In 2010 she won the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award....
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