On tour: Meet the author John Darnielle
Friday, 13 February 2015
John Darnielle is a writer, composer, guitarist, vocalist for The Mountain Goats and author of Wolf in a White Van (Scribe). He is travelling to Perth, Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne...
Delivering the goods: A look at the book industry’s supply chain
Friday, 13 February 2015
Getting a book into a reader’s hands has never been quicker, but there is still plenty of room for improvement in the book industry’s supply chain, writes Gary Copeland.Those who...
The poet’s market: Print sales of poetry titles
Friday, 13 February 2015
The poetry scene might be flourishing with slams and spoken-word events, but print sales remain in the low hundreds for most titles, writes Hilary Simmons.Georgia Richter, publisher at Fremantle Press,...
Your store: Bookshop resolutions
Friday, 13 February 2015
Books Kinokuniya in Sydney has launched a new promotion inspired by New Year’s resolutions. The ‘Commit at Kino’ promotion invites customers to share their New Year’s commitments for the chance to...
Editor’s picks: Jefferies, Tang and Wrathall
Friday, 13 February 2015
News editor Brad Jefferies, editorial assistant Jackie Tang and publishing and digital media coordinator Andrew Wrathall share their top picks for the New Year.Brad Jefferies:One of the books I’m curious to...
Shelf talk: Fantastic fiction
Friday, 13 February 2015
Coming into the end of the first quarter of 2015 there are a bunch of cool genre-fiction books on the way. Here’s a few you may have overlooked.Crouching Tiger, Hidden...
Shelf talk: Books for cooks
Friday, 13 February 2015
Foodies and bookworms alike will be spoiled for choice this year, with no shortage of cookbooks about to hit shelves in the next few months.Tapping into the trend for all...
On tour: Meet the author Laurie Halse Anderson
Friday, 13 February 2015
Laurie Halse Anderson is attending the Reading Matters Conference in Melbourne in May. Her latest book is The Impossible Knife of Memory (Text).What would you put on a shelf-talker for...
Sister act: Three Four Knock on the Door bookseller’s diary
Friday, 13 February 2015
It was third time lucky for the location of Melbourne independent children’s book and toy shop Three Four Knock on the Door. L-J Lacey, who opened the store with her...
Reading your greens: Eco-friendly children’s books
Friday, 13 February 2015
Mason Engelander explores how eco-friendly children’s books have evolved with the rise of the green movement.Some of the earliest ‘green books’ for kids did not carry an explicit environmental theme....
What to expect when you’re expecting in publishing: Parental leave in the workplace
Friday, 13 February 2015
Why is such a female-dominated industry not leading the way when it comes to parental leave? Matthia Dempsey spoke to several publishers about paid parental leave and flexibility in the...
Inaugural Historical Novel Society conference to be held in March
Friday, 13 February 2015
The inaugural Historical Novel Society of Australasia (HNSA) conference will be held in Sydney from 20-22 March.The conference opens with a reception and a debate on the relationship between historical...
Joint Australia-New Zealand library conference announced
Thursday, 12 February 2015
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) and Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA) have announced they will hold a joint library conference in Australia in 2018 and another in...
Chicken House partners with Altitude to develop book and film projects
Thursday, 12 February 2015
In the UK, children’s publisher Chicken House and film production company Altitude have partnered to develop book and film projects simultaneously, reports the Bookseller. Chicken House managing director and publisher...
Hachette UK net sales drop 4.6% in 2014
Thursday, 12 February 2015
Hachette UK net sales in 2014 dropped 4.6% compared to the previous year, reports the Bookseller. Parent company Lagardere attributed the drop to the ‘exceptional success’ of former soccer manager Alex Ferguson’s...
Exisle appoints US publicist as it expands into North American market
Thursday, 12 February 2015
Exisle Publishing has appointed Jennifer Prost to the new position of US publicist. Prost, who is based in New Jersey, will promote Exisle’s list of health, self-development and nutrition titles...
Stella Prize 2015 longlist announced
Thursday, 12 February 2015
The longlist for the third Stella Prize has been announced.This year’s longlisted titles are: Foreign Soil (Maxine Beneba Clarke, Hachette) The Strays (Emily Bitto, Affirm Press) Only the Animals (Ceridwen...
Reading Matters program announced
Thursday, 12 February 2015
The Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria has announced the program for its biennial youth literature conference Reading Matters, which runs from 29-31 May.International guests of the conference include US...
Toronto International Book Fair cancelled in 2015
Wednesday, 11 February 2015
The Toronto International Book Fair, a three-day consumer event that attracted 20,000 to 25,000 attendees at its inaugural event last year, will not go ahead in 2015, reports Publishers Weekly....
International library news
Wednesday, 11 February 2015
National digital library network gets government fundingIn the UK, a project to create a unified digital platform for library resources for all British public libraries has been announced in the...
2014 Softlink survey finds strong link between school library funding and literacy levels
Wednesday, 11 February 2015
Results of the fifth annual survey on budgets, qualified staffing and literacy levels in Australian school libraries have been published. The 2014 Australian School Library Survey Report, conducted by Softlink...
ALIA Information Online 2015 innovates ‘at the edge’
Wednesday, 11 February 2015
More than 830 library professionals attended this year’s Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) ‘Information Online’ 2015 conference, held in Sydney from 2-6 February. The program included sessions on search,...
Bonnier Group launches Echo Publishing
Wednesday, 11 February 2015
UK-based, Swedish-owned media company the Bonnier Group, owner of The Five Mile Press, has launched a new publishing house, Echo Publishing, specialising in narrative nonfiction, photography and fiction titles.Echo Publishing has opened an office...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 11 February 2015
‘Any proposal to dismantle territorial copyright is in fact a radical instrument of cultural engineering,’ Text publisher Michael Heyward in his submission to the government’s Competition Policy Review draft report,...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 11 February 2015
Sales Nonfiction—Exisle Publishing has sold Korean and Polish rights to The Digestive Health Solutions (Benjamin Brown). Children’s—Hardie Grant Egmont and Little Hare have sold US and German rights to The Flywheel (Erin Gough); US rights to The Incredible...
The Folio Prize 2015 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 10 February 2015
In the UK, the shortlist for the 2015 Folio Prize has been announced. The eight shortlisted titles are: 10:04 (Ben Lerner, Granta), All My Puny Sorrows (Miriam Toews, Faber), Dept....
Akle to host book segment on Channel 9 ‘Mornings’
Tuesday, 10 February 2015
Better Reading director Cheryl Akle will host a book review segment on Channel 9 TV program ‘Mornings’.The segment will run every second week, beginning on 12 February. Akle told Books+Publishing that the...
‘The Lifted Brow’ Prize for Experimental Nonfiction longlist announced
Tuesday, 10 February 2015
Melbourne-based publisher and literary magazine the Lifted Brow has announced the longlist for its Prize for Experimental Nonfiction.The longlisted works are: Sophia O’Rourke for ‘Flaming June: Still Life and the Anthroposcene’...
Carnegie, Greenaway 2015 medal longlists announced
Tuesday, 10 February 2015
The longlists for the 2015 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals, presented by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) in the UK, have been announced. Australian author Shaun...
New website ‘Literary Hub’ to aggregate bookish content
Tuesday, 10 February 2015
In the US, publisher Grove Atlantic and publication Electric Literature have partnered to create Literary Hub, a website styled as ‘a Huffington Post for the literary world’ that will aggregate bookish content,...
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