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Victoria’s Living Libraries Grants Program now open 

Wednesday, 12 August 2015
In Victoria, a new round of the Living Libraries Grants Program has been launched at the newly refurbished Mansfield Library, reports PSnews. Under the program, all councils and regional library...

Stella to launch schools program in NSW

Wednesday, 12 August 2015
The Stella Prize is launching its School Program in NSW on 9 September, with a free event in Sydney for teachers, librarians and students.The event, to be held at the Sydney...

Walker Books announces partnership with Old Barn Books

Tuesday, 11 August 2015
Walker Books has announced a partnership with new UK publisher Old Barn Books, which will include Australian and New Zealand distribution of Old Barn Books’ children’s and gift book titles. Old...

Anger at Holocaust romance novel’s award listings

Tuesday, 11 August 2015
In the US, an influential romance blogger has criticised the Romance Writers of America (RWA) for shortlisting a novel at its annual awards about the relationship between a Nazi officer and...

‘Highest ever participation’ for National Bookshop Day 

Tuesday, 11 August 2015
The fifth annual National Bookshop Day on Saturday 8 August had the highest ever participation among stores, Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) CEO Joel Becker told Books+Publishing.Becker said the level of...

Stead named NZ Poet Laureate

Tuesday, 11 August 2015
The National Library of New Zealand has named C K Stead as the 2015-17 New Zealand Poet Laureate.Stead, the author of numerous collections of poetry, short stories, novels and literary criticism, will...

LearningField re-signs OUP, CUP, Pearson

Tuesday, 11 August 2015
The Copyright Agency has re-signed Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press and Pearson to its etextbook subscription service LearningField for a further three years.The three publishers join a number of other publishers offering ongoing support...

Ereader ownership increases to 28% in the UK 

Monday, 10 August 2015
In the UK, the number of people who own an ereader has increased by four percentage points in the past year to reach 28% of the population, reports GoodEReader. The statistics, taken...

Ned Kelly 2015 shortlists announced

Monday, 10 August 2015
The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) has announced the shortlists for this year’s Ned Kelly Awards for crime writing.The shortlisted works in each category are:Best novel Sweet One (Peter Docker,...

Bestsellers this week 

Monday, 10 August 2015
The Mindfulness Colouring Book (Emma Farrarons, Boxtree) has unseated Go Set a Watchman (Harper Lee, William Heinemann) to reclaim top spot on the bestsellers chart, as Watchman drops to second...

New magazine to focus on international children’s literature

Monday, 10 August 2015
A new magazine focussing on international children’s literature will launch in 2016, reports Publishers Weekly. The Read Quarterly is co-founded by UK-based children’s book specialists, Sarah Odedina, young readers’ publisher...

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...

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...

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...

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...

 

 

 

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