Van Tiggelen appointed editor of ‘Meanjin’ in 2016, ‘influential Australians’ to guest edit in 2015
Tuesday, 17 February 2015
Journalist John van Tiggelen has been appointed editor of Melbourne-based literary journal Meanjin from February 2016.Van Tiggelen, who has previously worked as a staff writer and editor at the Monthly...
Ditmar Awards ballot announced
Tuesday, 17 February 2015
The shortlisted works for the Ditmar Awards ballot have been announced and voting has commenced.The shortlisted works include:Best Novel The Lascar’s Dagger (Glenda Larke, Orbit) Bound: Alex Caine Book One (Alan...
Penguin increases price of Black Classics range
Tuesday, 17 February 2015
The recommended retail price (RRP) of Penguin’s Black Classics series, as well as some titles in its Drop Cap and Classics Deluxe series, are set to increase.The RRP of more than 400 titles...
HarperCollins acquires rights to Tim Cahill autobiography
Tuesday, 17 February 2015
HarperCollins has acquired the rights to the autobiography of Australian soccer player Tim Cahill.Cahill has played over 80 games for Australia and is the country’s top goal scorer, including five World Cup goals....
ILF appoints Bryce as new patron
Tuesday, 17 February 2015
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) has appointed former Australian governor-general Quentin Bryce as its 2015 patron. Bryce, who was governor-general from 2008-2014, said in a statement that she had travelled extensively...
Patterson the most borrowed author as lending drops in UK libraries
Monday, 16 February 2015
James Patterson was the most borrowed author in UK libraries in 2014 according to data from the Public Lending Right, reports the Bookseller. This is the eighth year in a row that Patterson has...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 16 February 2015
The titles in the top 10 bestsellers chart remain largely unchanged this week, with the film tie-in to American Sniper (Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen & Jim DeFelice, HarperCollins) in top spot for a...
APA reaches out-of-court settlement with Sydney print shop over alleged copyright breaches
Monday, 16 February 2015
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has reached an out-of-court settlement with a Sydney print shop following allegations the store was selling photocopied textbooks to students. Sirius Printing, based in Sydney’s CBD,...
Asialink 2015 arts residencies announced
Monday, 16 February 2015
The University of Melbourne’s Asialink program has announced the recipients of its 2015 Arts Residencies, supported by the Australia Council for the Arts.Writers and arts programmers receiving residencies in Asian...
Bertelsmann to increase investments in Brazil, China and India
Friday, 13 February 2015
Multinational media company Bertelsmann, the majority owner of Penguin Random House, has announced it will increase investments in its operations in Brazil, China and India. The company said in a statement that...
S&S reports losses in revenue, operating income
Friday, 13 February 2015
In the US, Simon & Schuster’s (S&S) parent company CBS Corporation has released its full-year results, which reveal a fall in revenue and operating profits for the publisher in 2014, reports Publishers Weekly. Revenue...
WA Premier’s Book Awards move to biennial format
Friday, 13 February 2015
The State Library of WA (SLWA) has announced the Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards are moving to a biennial format, with the next awards to be presented in 2016.Works published...
Your store: On display
Friday, 13 February 2015
Fullers Bookshop’s Catherine Schulz and Reader’s Feast’s Mary Dalmau share some visual merchandising tips from the past year.Catherine Schulz, manager, Fullers Bookshop, Hobart: We like telling stories on display tables,...
My kind-of life: Oliver Mol on ‘Lion Attack!’
Friday, 13 February 2015
Lion Attack! (Scribe, May), the first book from Australian writer Oliver Mol, co-winner of the inaugural Scribe Nonfiction Prize for Young Writers, is part memoir and part make-believe. Reviewer Chloe Townson...
Talkback: Timing titles for Christmas
Friday, 13 February 2015
Do you think publishers save too many high-profile titles for Christmas? Books+Publishing asked three booksellers.Heather Dyer, owner, Fairfield Books: I think publishers do save a lot of titles for Christmas and...
In your ear: Humphrey Bower shares his career journey
Friday, 13 February 2015
Humphrey Bower is one of Australia’s most prolific audiobook narrators. He shares his career journey.My father read to me when I was a child, and I read to my kids...
The Box Office effect: The popularity of YA book-to-film adaptations
Friday, 13 February 2015
As YA’s popularity has risen in recent years, so too have the number of big-screen adaptations. Carody Culver investigates the effect on the publishing industry.As kids, many of us probably...
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...
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