Back in ‘baby world’: An interview with Margaret Wild
Tuesday, 3 March 2015
Margaret Wild is the author of over 70 books for children, including her latest Bogtrotter (illus by Judith Rossell, Walker Books). Margaret Hamilton spoke to the author. Read Hamilton’s review...
Baum wins 2015 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship
Tuesday, 3 March 2015
Caroline Baum has won the 2015 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship.Baum, a freelance journalist, broadcaster and editorial director of Booktopia, was announced as the winner at the Adelaide Writers Festival on 4 March. Writers...
Shortlist announced for 2015 Diagram Prize for oddest book title
Monday, 2 March 2015
The shortlist for the 2015 Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year, presented by the Bookseller, has been announced. The seven titles selected for the shortlist are: Nature’s...
‘Island’ magazine partners with MONA
Monday, 2 March 2015
Tasmania-based literary magazine Island has announced it will form a ‘literary partnership’ with Hobart’s Museum of Old and New Art (MONA).The partnership initially involves the magazine being promoted by the...
‘West Australian’ cuts book coverage
Monday, 2 March 2015
The West Australian newspaper will cut its Tuesday-edition book coverage by 50%, reducing the double-page spread to a single page.In a statement, writingWA said it was ‘dismayed’ to learn about...
Inaugural London Book & Screen Week announced
Monday, 2 March 2015
The London Book Fair (LBF) has announced its first London Book & Screen Week (LBSW) to celebrate books, film and television. The event will run from 13-19 April to coincide with LBF...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 2 March 2015
American Sniper (Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen & Jim DeFelice, HarperCollins) is back at number one this week as last week’s number one, The Ruby Circle (Richelle Mead, Viking), drops to...
Aurealis Awards 2014 finalists announced
Monday, 2 March 2015
The finalists for the 2014 Aurealis Awards, presented for science-fiction, fantasy and horror writing in Australia, have been announced.Among the categories are:Fantasy novel Fireborn (Keri Arthur, Hachette) This Shattered World...
Copyright Agency to offer publisher, author and copyright research fellowships
Monday, 2 March 2015
The Copyright Agency has established nine fellowships ‘to support innovation in writing, publishing and copyright research’, worth $120,000 annually.The first round of fellowships consist of four Publisher Fellowships, worth $10,000 each,...
Australian titles featured on USBBY outstanding international books list
Monday, 2 March 2015
Four books by Australian authors have been selected for the 2015 United States Board of Books for Young People (USBBY) list of Outstanding International Books for children and young adults.The...
Canberra’s Noted writers’ festival launches program
Friday, 27 February 2015
Canberra’s ‘experimental’ writers’ festival Noted has launched its first program.The program is divided into three streams—live, digital and professional development—and features a range of emerging writers and artists.The live stream...
Wattpad releases romance and erotica app After Dark
Friday, 27 February 2015
Online writing platform Wattpad has released the After Dark app, which offers readers a curated selection of romance and erotica stories, reports Publishers Weekly. The app features thousands of erotic stories...
Australian recipe site Cooked launches in the UK
Friday, 27 February 2015
Local Australian recipe subscription website Cooked has expanded into the UK, reports the Bookseller. The new site was launched by Hardie Grant, Quadrille and Bloomsbury and will feature over 22,000 recipes, including full...
Print sales steady at Hachette Australia in 2014
Friday, 27 February 2015
Print sales at Hachette Australia have stayed at the same level from 2013 to 2014, which joint managing directors Louise Sherwin-Stark and Justin Ractliffe have described as ‘a very good...
‘The Lifted Brow’ Prize for Experimental Nonfiction shortlist announced
Thursday, 26 February 2015
Melbourne-based publisher and literary magazine the Lifted Brow has announced the shortlist for its Prize for Experimental Nonfiction.The shortlisted works are: Sophia O’Rourke for ‘Flaming June: Still Life and the Anthroposcene’ Scott...
UQP rejects Campbell Newman memoir over awards axing
Thursday, 26 February 2015
The University of Queensland Press (UQP) has declined to publish former Queensland premier Campbell Newman’s memoir, citing Newman’s axing of the Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards as the reason, reports the...
Puffin, PRH and Pan Macmillan winners at UK marketing awards
Thursday, 26 February 2015
In the UK, Puffin, Penguin Random House (PRH) and Pan Macmillan were the winners of the Book Marketing Society’s best Christmas campaigns, reports the Bookseller. Puffin Books won the best children’s...
On tour: Meet the author Elizabeth Gilbert
Thursday, 26 February 2015
Elizabeth Gilbert is the author of The Signature of All Things (Bloomsbury). She is attending Adelaide Writers’ Week and touring Australia and New Zealand in February and March.What would you...
On tour: Meet the author Tom Rob Smith
Thursday, 26 February 2015
Tom Rob Smith is the author of the psychological thriller The Farm (S & S). He is a guest of Adelaide Writers’ Week in February and March.What would you put...
All about ‘Eve’: Rochelle Siemienowicz on ‘Fallen’
Thursday, 26 February 2015
Rochelle Siemienowicz is the author of Fallen (Affirm Press, May), a ‘thought-provoking memoir about religion, marriage and sexuality’ that juxtaposes Siemienowicz’s ‘burgeoning sexuality with her strict Seventh Day Adventist upbringing’....
Wild Dog partners with PNG charity to create children’s books
Wednesday, 25 February 2015
Children’s publisher Wild Dog Books has partnered with not-for-profit organisation Buk bilong Pikinini (BbP) in Papua New Guinea to publish a series of books produced by local children.BbP was founded...
Readerlink acquires Baker & Taylor publishing, warehouse units
Wednesday, 25 February 2015
US book distributor Readerlink Distribution Services has acquired Baker & Taylor Publishing Group (BTPG) and Baker & Taylor Marketing Services US (BTMS), reports Publishers Weekly. Under the agreement, Readerlink takes over...
Attendance up at Perth Writers Festival; ‘Just Mercy’ tops bestseller list
Wednesday, 25 February 2015
Around 44,000 people attended this year’s four-day Perth Writers Festival (PWF), up from 38,500 last year.PWF program manager Katherine Dorrington told Books+Publishing that the festival’s Family Day in particular was ‘hugely...
NLA digitises early Chinese newspapers to mark Lunar New Year
Wednesday, 25 February 2015
Three of the earliest known Chinese-Australian newspapers have been digitised by the National Library of Australia (NLA) and made available via Trove to mark the Lunar New Year, reports PSnewsonline.The...
Inaugural Friends of the NLA Creative Arts Fellow announced
Wednesday, 25 February 2015
Composer Chris Williams has been named the Friends of the NLA inaugural Creative Arts Fellow. Williams will receive $10,000 and undertake a four-week residency at the NLA in April. His...
International library news
Wednesday, 25 February 2015
EBSCO buys YBP Library Services from Baker & TaylorLibrary service provider EBSCO has acquired YBP Library Services from Baker & Taylor, which has owned the company since 1999, reports Publishers...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 25 February 2015
SalesFiction—Fremantle Press has sold Spanish rights to Prime Cut (Alan Carter) to Editorial Yulca. Text has sold Portuguese and Simplified Chinese rights to The Rosie Project and The Rosie Effect...
New Indigenous literature officer role announced, Indigenous Literary Festival to be held in Nov/Dec
Wednesday, 25 February 2015
The Wheeler Centre’s resident organisations and the First Nations Australia Writers’ Network (FNAWN) have created a new part-time position of Victorian Indigenous literature officer.One of the officer’s tasks will be to deliver the...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 25 February 2015
‘This is the first truly collaborative initiative that we’ve undertaken together’—Small Press Network general manager Mary Masters on the new Victorian Indigenous literature officer role, which was developed by The...
Bookish films honoured at Academy Awards
Tuesday, 24 February 2015
A number of winners at this year’s Academy Awards on 22 February were based on or related to books, reports Shelf Awareness. Birdman or (the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), which...
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