Reading Australia website relaunched, new content added
Monday, 6 July 2015
The Copyright Agency has relaunched its Reading Australia website with a new design and new content.The website, which provides free resources for teachers to promote Australian literary works, now includes...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 6 July 2015
E L James’ Grey (Arrow) has enjoyed a second week at number one on the overall bestsellers chart, while Johanna Basford’s two colouring books Enchanted Forest and Secret Garden (Laurence King...
Transworld partners with the ‘Sun’ for ‘Jack Reacher’ week
Monday, 6 July 2015
In the UK, Transworld has partnered with the Sun newspaper to promote Lee Child’s ‘Jack Reacher’ series, reports the Bookseller. The first Jack Reacher Week campaign will run in the...
Henderson joins Affirm Press
Monday, 6 July 2015
Affirm Press has appointed Fiona Henderson as its new publisher following the departure of Aviva Tuffield.Henderson has worked in publishing for more than 20 years, including senior roles at Random...
National Biography Award 2015 shortlist announced
Monday, 6 July 2015
The State Library of NSW has announced the shortlist for the 2015 National Biography Award for biographical writing and memoir.The shortlisted titles are: An Unsentimental Bloke: The Life and Work of...
MidnightSun signs first international rights deals
Monday, 6 July 2015
Adelaide-based small press MidnightSun Publishing has signed its first three international rights deals.The publisher has sold US rights to Amanda Hickie’s thriller An Ordinary Epidemic to Little, Brown in a...
RiP Michael Zifcak
Friday, 3 July 2015
Michael Zifcak, former chairman of Collins Booksellers and Hill of Content Publishing, has died, aged 96.Zifcak was the chairman of Collins Booksellers and its publishing division Hill of Content, which he...
Mad Hatters Bookshop opens in Brisbane
Friday, 3 July 2015
The Mad Hatters Bookshop has opened in the Brisbane bayside suburb of Manly. The new store is run by Anne-Marie Finn and Kaylene Hobson, who purchased TLC Books from Tanya Cauce in...
Comics and graphic novel sales at 20-year high in North America
Friday, 3 July 2015
The sale of graphic novels and periodical comics in North America reached a combined total of US$935m (A$1225m) in 2014, a 7% increase on 2013, reports comics trade news sites ICv2 and...
Draft guidelines released for National Program for Excellence in the Arts; Arts Minister to approve all funding
Friday, 3 July 2015
The Ministry for the Arts has released the draft guidelines for the National Program for Excellence in the Arts, which indicates that all funding proposals will need to be approved...
Speech Pathology Australia book awards 2015 shortlists announced
Friday, 3 July 2015
The titles shortlisted for this year’s Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards have been announced.The shortlisted titles in each category are:Three to five years Bridie’s Boots (Phil Cummings...
Australian Christian Book of the Year 2015 shortlist announced
Friday, 3 July 2015
The 2015 Australian Christian Book of the Year shortlist has been announced.The shortlisted titles are: What If? (Kristen Young, Fervr) The Wisdom of Islam and the Foolishness of Christianity (Richard...
2015 Gourmand Awards for cookbooks and wine and drink books announced
Thursday, 2 July 2015
The 2015 Gourmand Awards for the ‘Best in the World’ cookbooks and wine and drink books have been announced.Five Australian titles came in first place in their respective categories:Best Authors...
Scribd makes dramatic cuts to romance list
Thursday, 2 July 2015
Scribd is dramatically reducing the number of romance and erotica titles offered through its subscription service in a move that is believed to prevent romance readers from cannibalising profits, reports...
Fuller wins Desmond Elliott Prize
Thursday, 2 July 2015
In the UK, Claire Fuller’s Our Endless Numbered Days (Penguin) has won the £10,000 (A$20,438) Desmond Elliott Prize for new fiction. Fuller’s debut novel was chosen from a shortlist that...
Robotham shortlisted for CWA Gold Dagger
Thursday, 2 July 2015
Life or Death by Australian author Michael Robotham (Sphere) has been shortlisted for the 2015 Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Gold Dagger award for best crime novel in the UK.Life or...
Neurosurgery memoir wins PEN/Ackerley Prize
Wednesday, 1 July 2015
The £3000 (A$6115) PEN/Ackerley Prize for a work of memoir or autobiography has been awarded to neurosurgeon Henry Marsh for his memoir Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and...
Apple loses US court appeal on ebook price-fixing decision
Wednesday, 1 July 2015
In the US, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld Judge Denise Cote’s 2013 finding that Apple conspired to fix ebook prices with publishers, reports Publishers Weekly. Cote previously ruled...
International library news
Wednesday, 1 July 2015
Ebook pricing discussed at American library conferenceEbook pricing was a key issue discussed at the American Library Association’s (ALA) annual conference, which ran from 25-30 June in San Francisco, reports...
NZ national library proposes centralised service
Wednesday, 1 July 2015
The National Library of New Zealand may close its Palmerston North branch at the end of the year in favour of a centralised service, reports Stuff.co.nz. The library, which provides...
SLNSW collection valued at $3.5bn
Wednesday, 1 July 2015
The State Library of NSW’s collection has recently been valued at $3.15 billion, an increase of nearly $1 billion since 2010.The collection is the most valuable library collection in Australia....
CSIRO launches children’s publishing program
Wednesday, 1 July 2015
CSIRO Publishing has launched a children’s book publishing program and will release its first title in September.The press, which has been publishing science and technology books for more than 20 years, is...
Black to leave Aboriginal Studies Press
Wednesday, 1 July 2015
Rhonda Black has retired as publisher at Aboriginal Studies Press (ASP) after 12 years in the role. Black was instrumental in developing many resources at ASP, including the publisher’s information...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 1 July 2015
‘While total NZ-published sales increased, NZ Fiction decreased by just over 50% in both volume and value—no titles have replaced the impact that The Luminaries had on NZ Fiction sales’—Nielsen...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 1 July 2015
SalesFiction—A&U has sold US and UK & Commonwealth (ex ANZ) rights to To Name Those Lost (Rohan Wilson) to Europa Editions US and UK, respectively; Norwegian and Swedish rights to...
Transportation Press announces literary collaboration with UK, Iran
Tuesday, 30 June 2015
Tasmanian publisher Transportation Press has announced plans to publish a second collection of short stories from Tasmania and abroad.‘The Third Script will include stories from Tasmania, the UK and Iran,...
Editia wins Walkley Grant for Innovation in Journalism
Tuesday, 30 June 2015
Digital-first publisher Editia has won a $5000 Walkley Grant for Innovation in Journalism. The grants offer seed funding for innovative projects that will benefit Australian journalism, with funding from Google Australia and...
Disney combines publishing and interactive media divisions
Tuesday, 30 June 2015
In the US, the Walt Disney Company will combine the division that includes its publishing arm with its interactive media division, reports Digital Book World. Disney Consumer Products, which houses...
New websites for A&U, Murdoch Books
Tuesday, 30 June 2015
Allen & Unwin (A&U) and Murdoch Books have recently launched new websites.A&U’s website has been redeveloped with a responsive design, and similar websites have been created for A&U New Zealand...
Williams appointed chair of the Copyright Agency
Tuesday, 30 June 2015
Former News Corp CEO Kim Williams has been appointed chair of the Copyright Agency. Williams replaces Hardie Grant Publishing chief executive Sandy Grant, who has been chair of the board...
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