New podcast focuses on contemporary Australian poetry
Wednesday, 29 April 2015
A new podcast series with news and interviews about the contemporary Australian poetry scene has launched.The Australian Poetry Podcast is hosted by poets Robbie Coburn and Nathan Hondros, with four...
Writers withdraw from PEN gala over Charlie Hebdo honour
Tuesday, 28 April 2015
Australian author Peter Carey and five other writers will no longer be attending next month’s PEN Literary Gala to protest the awarding of PEN’s annual Freedom of Expression Courage award...
Report finds copyright industries fourth largest contributor to Australian economy
Tuesday, 28 April 2015
The Australian copyright industries, including ‘press and literature’, is the fourth biggest industry contributor to Australia’s economy, according to a report commissioned by the Australian Copyright Council (ACC).The report, which...
The Creative Word Shop writing school opens in Newcastle
Tuesday, 28 April 2015
A new writing school has opened in Newcastle offering classes for adults and children, as well as manuscript and mentoring services.The Creative Word Shop, which is the first of its kind in Newcastle, is run...
Rights round-up
Tuesday, 28 April 2015
SalesFiction—A&U has sold US and French rights to To Name Those Lost (Rohan Wilson) to Europa Editions and Albin Michel respectively. Transit Lounge has sold Italian rights to Claustrophobia (Tracy...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 27 April 2015
Nora Roberts’ latest novel The Liar (Hachette) is the highest new entry and at the top of this week’s bestsellers chart, with last week’s number one The Girl on the Train...
Scholastic sells ed tech business to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Monday, 27 April 2015
In the US, Scholastic has signed a deal to sell its educational technology business to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, reports Publishers Weekly. The business, which provides digital products and services to...
PRH UK partners with taxi app for book giveaway
Monday, 27 April 2015
In the UK, Penguin Random House (PRH) has partnered with taxi ordering app Hailo for a print book and audiobook giveaway. Taxi cabs that use the Hailo app will feature a...
writingWA Awards 2014 winners announced
Monday, 27 April 2015
The winners of the 2014 writingWA Awards, which support emerging writers based in regional Western Australia, have been announced. Doreen Hill of Mandurah was awarded the Curtin University Prize for...
Encore Award 2014 shortlist announced
Monday, 27 April 2015
In the UK, the shortlist for the Encore Award for best second novel has been announced. The shortlisted books are: Getting Colder (Amanda Coe, Virago); Reasons She Goes to the...
Inaugural NZ young writer’s festival to be held in June
Monday, 27 April 2015
A new festival to support young New Zealand writers well be held in Dunedin in June.The New Zealand Young Writers Festival will feature 15 free events involving writers and editors...
Scholastic to stop gender-labelling its books
Monday, 27 April 2015
In the UK, Scholastic has stopped gender-labelling its books after receiving a complaint from a young reader, reports the Guardian. In response to a petition from an eight-year-old reader arguing that ‘no...
Creative Victoria reopens Marketing Innovation Fund
Friday, 24 April 2015
Creative Victoria has announced it will reopen its Marketing Innovation Fund, offering grants of up to $15,000 to help arts organisations expand their audiences. The program will support up to 75% of...
US court fines copyright infringers US$37.5m
Friday, 24 April 2015
A US federal court has found two website operators guilty of intentionally infringing the copyright of up to 16,000 publishers, in a case brought by academic publisher Elsevier and supported...
Jonasson’s UK publisher pursued over unpaid royalties
Friday, 24 April 2015
Hachette US and Swedish writer Jonas Jonasson have begun legal proceedings against the UK publisher of Jonasson’s bestselling book The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared...
NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2015 shortlists announced
Friday, 24 April 2015
The shortlists for this year’s New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards have been announced.The shortlisted titles in each of the categories are:Christina Stead Prize for Fiction Only the Animals (Ceridwen...
PRH launches unified US website
Thursday, 23 April 2015
In the US, Penguin Random House (PRH) has launched a new consumer-focused website that unifies the online presence of Penguin and Random House, reports Publishers Weekly. PenguinRandomHouse.com includes links to buy...
Goodreads adds free audiobook samples
Thursday, 23 April 2015
Starting this week, Goodreads will provide free audio samples for 180,000 titles through a new ‘Listen’ icon on its website, reports DBW. The samples will be taken from the digital catalogue of...
Adler to chair Victorian creative industries taskforce
Thursday, 23 April 2015
The Victorian government has announced a new taskforce to ‘steer the future’ of Victoria’s creative industries, to be chaired by Melbourne University Publishing (MUP) CEO Louise Adler. The taskforce will...
On tour: Meet the author Claire Tomalin
Thursday, 23 April 2015
Claire Tomalin is the author of Charles Dickens: A Life, Jane Austen: A Life, The Invisible Woman (all Penguin), and several other literary biographies. She will be appearing at the...
Peter Porter Poetry shortlist announced
Thursday, 23 April 2015
The shortlist for the Australian Book Review (ABR) Peter Porter Poetry Prize has been announced.The shortlisted poems are: ‘As Wasps Fly Upward’ (Judith Beveridge) ‘Vantage’ (Eileen Chong) ‘Janus’ (Toby Fitch)...
HGE Ampersand Project expands to include middle-grade manuscripts
Thursday, 23 April 2015
Hardie Grant Egmont’s (HGE) Ampersand Project for unpublished writers has been opened to authors of middle-grade fiction—aimed at readers aged eight and up—for the first time in 2015.The project, which has been...
New US bookstore to specialise in self-published books
Wednesday, 22 April 2015
In the US, a new bookstore has opened in Florida that is dedicated to books by self-published authors, reports Publishers Weekly. Gulf Coast Bookstore, run by self-published authors Patti Brassard...
‘The Strays’ wins 2015 Stella Prize
Wednesday, 22 April 2015
The Strays by Emily Bitto (Affirm Press) has won the 2015 Stella Prize for women’s writing. Bitto was presented with the $50,000 prize at an awards ceremony in Melbourne on...
Google prioritises ‘mobile-friendly’ websites in new search algorithm
Wednesday, 22 April 2015
A change to Google’s search algorithm has come into effect which ranks ‘mobile-friendly’ websites higher in searches on smartphones and tablets. The change occurred on 21 April following an announcement by Google in February. Australian digital marketing...
Queensland’s first train-station library opens
Wednesday, 22 April 2015
A book exchange has recently opened at a train station in Queensland, reports ABC News.The library, located at the ticket counter of Wacol train station in Brisbane’s western suburbs, opened three months ago...
ALIA board election results announced
Wednesday, 22 April 2015
The results of the Australian Library and Information (ALIA) 2015 board election have been announced. Fiona Emberton and Ghylene Palmer have been elected as directors and will take up their...
Mood upbeat at LBF 2015
Wednesday, 22 April 2015
This year’s London Book Fair ran from 14-16 April, returning to the Olympia centre in West London for the first time since 2005. The mood was ‘upbeat’ and the ‘domestic noir and quirky...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 22 April 2015
SalesFiction—Penguin has sold UK, US and German rights to Hot Little Hands (Abigail Ulman) to Viking, Spiegel & Grau and Kein & Aber respectively. UQP has sold French rights to...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 22 April 2015
‘When I was growing up as an editor in trade publishing, a house was perceived to have done exceptionally well if it made double-digit profitability in a given year. The...
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