LIANZA Children’s Book Awards 2015 winners announced
Tuesday, 16 June 2015
The winners of the 2015 Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA) Children’s Book Awards have been announced.The winning titles are: Russell Clark Illustration Award Mrs Mo’s Monster (Paul Beavis,...
Robotham longlisted for CWA Gold Dagger
Tuesday, 16 June 2015
Life or Death by Australian author Michael Robotham (Sphere) has been longlisted for the 2015 Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Gold Dagger award for best crime novel in the UK.Life or...
Spurling wins Walter Scott Prize
Tuesday, 16 June 2015
British author John Spurling has won the £25,000 (A$50,217) Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for The Ten Thousand Things (Duckworth), reports the Bookseller. The judges described Spurling’s novel, which...
Fenton wins PEN/Pinter Prize
Tuesday, 16 June 2015
British poet James Fenton has won the 2015 PEN/Pinter Prize, reports the Bookseller. The award, established by English PEN in memory of Nobel-Laureate playwright Harold Pinter, is presented annually for...
‘Rivertime’ wins 2015 Readings Children’s Book Prize
Tuesday, 16 June 2015
Rivertime by Trace Balla (A&U) has won the 2015 Readings Children’s Book Prize.The book was chosen from a shortlist of six. Also on the shortlist were: The Mapmakers Chronicles: Race...
Australia Council March grants announced; 38 literature projects funded
Tuesday, 16 June 2015
The Australia Council has announced the recipients of its March grants round, including funding for 38 literature projects, worth a total of $1,350,991. The funding includes arts project grants for...
UK indie press to publish only women writers in 2018
Monday, 15 June 2015
UK independent publisher And Other Stories will only publish books by women writers in 2018 following author Kamila Shamsie’s call for publishers to help redress the gender bias in the literary world,...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 15 June 2015
This week’s bestsellers charts sees The Mindfulness Colouring Book (Emma Farrarons, Boxtree) climb to number one in the top 10, followed by The Girl on the Train (Paula Hawkins, Doubleday) and Troll...
Jonathan Green appointed ‘Meanjin’ editor
Friday, 12 June 2015
Broadcaster and journalist Jonathan Green has been appointed editor of the literary journal Meanjin from 1 July.In February former Monthly editor John van Tiggelen was appointed editor and was due to take...
PANZ Book Design Awards 2015 shortlists announced
Friday, 12 June 2015
The shortlists for the Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) Book Design Awards, including the PANZ Young Designer of the Year Award, have been announced.The titles shortlisted in the best...
Te Papa Press to continue publishing during museum’s redevelopment
Friday, 12 June 2015
Te Papa Museum in Wellington, New Zealand, has announced Te Papa Press will continue publishing books during the museum’s redevelopment.As previously reported by Books+Publishing, museum management announced in April that it...
Byron Bay Writers’ Festival launches 2015 program
Friday, 12 June 2015
The Byron Bay Writers’ Festival has launched its 2015 program.International guests include English Pakistaki author Tariq Ali, US author David Vann and debut Nigerian author Chigozie Obioma (The Fishermen, Scribe)....
European Commission to investigate Amazon ebook practices
Friday, 12 June 2015
The European Commission (EC) has opened a formal investigation into Amazon’s ebook practices, reports the Bookseller. The EC said it will focus on clauses ‘which seem to shield Amazon from...
US publishers report 4.6% sales growth in 2014
Friday, 12 June 2015
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has reported that US book sales increased by 4.6% in 2014 compared to the previous year, reports Publishers Weekly. The increase was led by a...
ASA Writers’ Congress speakers announced
Friday, 12 June 2015
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced some of the speakers for its National Writers’ Congress, to be held on 11-12 September at Luna Park Conference Centre in Sydney.US author Scott...
Inaugural Mildura Indigenous Writers Award announced
Friday, 12 June 2015
The Mildura Writers Festival and PEN Melbourne have launched the inaugural Mildura Indigenous Writers Award, with support from the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund. The Mildura Indigenous Writers Award, worth $700, will...
Herrera named US Poet Laureate
Thursday, 11 June 2015
In the US, the Library of Congress has named Juan Felipe Herrera as the country’s next Poet Laureate, reports the New York Times. Herrera, who was Poet Laureate of California from 2012-2014,...
German bricks-and-mortar booksellers gain market share in 2014; 2.2% drop in overall sales
Thursday, 11 June 2015
The German book trade association Börsenverein has released figures on the performance of the German book market in 2014, reporting a 2.2% fall in overall sales to €9.32bn (A$13.63bn). The...
BWF releases 2015 schools program
Thursday, 11 June 2015
Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) has released its 2015 Word Play program, designed for students from prep to year 12. The program, which runs from 2-4 September, features sessions with international...
HarperCollins launches daily ebook deal newsletter
Thursday, 11 June 2015
HarperCollins Australia has launched a new daily ebook deal newsletter, offering up to 80% off selected ebook titles.BookBliss subscribers will receive a daily notification of an ebook at a discounted...
International library news
Thursday, 11 June 2015
UK elending pilot finds ebooks account for less than 5% of library loans In the UK, a 12-month pilot program into remote elending from urban and rural libraries has found...
Quote of the week
Thursday, 11 June 2015
‘Any publisher willing to print a book that isn’t easy to market, or to keep books that sell modestly but steadily in print, is bucking this trend’—author Ursula Le Guin...
Rights round-up
Thursday, 11 June 2015
SalesFiction—Black Inc. has sold US rights to Laurinda (Alice Pung) to Alfred A. Knopf. Fremantle Press has sold Spanish rights to Prime Cut (Alan Carter) to Editorial Yulca.Nonfiction—Black Inc. has...
Muse bookstore, café and wine bar to open in Canberra
Thursday, 11 June 2015
A new bookstore, café and wine bar will open in Canberra in August. Muse, which is co-owned by Daniel Sanderson and his husband Paul Eldon, will stock around 2000 titles. ‘Given...
‘The Bookseller’ announces 2015 ‘rising stars’ list
Wednesday, 10 June 2015
UK book trade publication the Bookseller has announced its fifth annual list of ‘up-and-comers and leaders of the future in the book trade’. The list features 39 people working in...
NGV to host children’s book illustrations exhibition
Wednesday, 10 June 2015
The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) will host an exhibition of more than 80 large-scale works by Australian book illustrators at the Ian Potter Centre at Federation Square in Melbourne.The exhibition ‘Bunyips and...
Chris Riddell named UK Children’s Laureate
Wednesday, 10 June 2015
In the UK, children’s author and illustrator Chris Riddell has been appointed the ninth Waterstones Children’s Laureate, taking over from outgoing Laureate Malorie Blackman, who has occupied in the role...
On Tour: Meet the author Gretchen Rubin
Wednesday, 10 June 2015
Gretchen Rubin is the New York Times bestselling author of Happier at Home (Two Roads) and The Happiness Project (HarperCollins). Gretchen Rubin is visiting Australia in early June, and will...
Suckling appointed Copyright Agency CEO
Wednesday, 10 June 2015
The Copyright Agency has appointed Adam Suckling as its new CEO.Suckling replaces outgoing CEO Murray St Leger, who announced in March he would be leaving the organisation. St Leger was...
2015 PEN awards for debut fiction, emerging nonfiction announced
Wednesday, 10 June 2015
In the US, PEN America has announced the second round of winners for the 2015 PEN Literary Awards. Following the announcement of the majority of the award-winners in May, the...
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