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Bestsellers this week 

Monday, 26 May 2014
Minecraft: The Official Combat Handbook (Egmont), a guide to the popular computer game, is in first spot on this week’s bestsellers chart, up from fifth spot last week. It is also...

Parv and Wheatley awarded 2014 ASA Medal 

Monday, 26 May 2014
Valerie Parv and Nadia Wheatley have been jointly awarded the Australian Society of Authors (ASA) Medal. Parv, a romance writer, and Wheatley, who has written for adults and younger readers,...

‘SMH’ 2014 Best Young Novelists announced

Monday, 26 May 2014
The winners of this year’s Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) Best Young Australian Novelists Awards were announced at the Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) on 23 May.The winners are: Hannah Kent (Burial Rites,...

Text and Pan Macmillan scoop 2014 ABIAs 

Monday, 26 May 2014
The winners of the 2014 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) were announced in Sydney on Friday 23 May.It was a particularly successful night for Text Publishing, with Graeme Simsion’s The...

Amazon removes pre-order button on Hachette US titles 

Monday, 26 May 2014
Amazon has increased its pressure on Hachette US in its dispute over sales terms by removing the pre-order button on a number of forthcoming titles, reports the Bookseller. As Amazon and Hachette US negotiate...

Foyles launches literary tours 

Monday, 26 May 2014
UK bookselling chain Foyles will run literary tours to international and UK destinations from mid-2014, reports the Bookseller. The first international tour will be a 13-day trip to India with...

PM’s Literary Awards 2014 judging panels announced 

Monday, 26 May 2014
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has confirmed that the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards (PMLAs) will continue to be Australia’s richest literary prizes. Abbott made the announcement at the Australian Book Industry Awards...

New Tasmanian literary journal launched

Monday, 26 May 2014
Tasmania-based Walleah Press publisher Ralph Wessman and writer Jane Williams have launched a new online-only literary journal. The first issue of Communion is online now and features poetry, fiction, essays,...

Affirm to publish Gilchrist autobiography

Monday, 26 May 2014
Affirm Press has acquired the rights to publish former Australian cricketer Adam Gilchrist’s illustrated autobiography.The self-titled book, which follows Gilchrist’s 2008 autobiography True Colours (Pan Macmillan), will feature ‘hundreds of...

Harrland wins 2014 Finch Memoir Prize 

Friday, 23 May 2014
Karen Harrland has won the 2014 Finch Memoir Prize for her entry Spinifex Baby.The memoir tells the story of Harrland’s year in the Simpson Desert with her husband ‘coping with...

Hachette launches ‘social selling’ campaign 

Friday, 23 May 2014
In the UK, Hachette will launch a number of ‘social selling’ campaigns across its divisions, reports the Bookseller. The publisher is teaming up with social commerce firm Buyapowa for the...

The Victorian Government Bookshop to close 

Friday, 23 May 2014
The Victorian Government Bookshop in Melbourne will close on 30 June after 28 years due to ‘insufficient demand’ for physical stock.The Victorian Department of State Development, Business and Innovation announced...

Blasim wins 2014 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 

Friday, 23 May 2014
In the UK, Iraqi author Hassan Blasim has won the 2014 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for his short-story collection The Iraqi Christ, translated by Jonathan Wright (Comma Press). Blasim was...

Ley wins 2014 Pascall Prize 

Friday, 23 May 2014
The 2014 Pascall Prize for critical writing has been awarded to literary critic and Sydney Review of Books founding editor James Ley.Ley was awarded the $15,000 prize, which was judged by last year’s winner...

Death in July festival to run in Ballarat 

Thursday, 22 May 2014
The inaugural Death in July festival for Australian women’s crime writing will be held at the Museum of Australian Democracy in Ballarat, Victoria, from 4 to 5 July. Running in...

Pan Macmillan to launch new nonfiction imprint 

Wednesday, 21 May 2014
In the UK, Pan Macmillan will launch a new nonfiction imprint specialising in ‘parenting, inspirational memoir, wellness and self-realisation, including cookery, business books and self-help’, reports the Bookseller. The as-yet-unnamed...

Ondaatje Prize winner announced 

Wednesday, 21 May 2014
In the UK, the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize has been awarded to This Boy by Alan Johnson (Bantam), reports the Bookseller. The £10,000 (A$18,200) prize is presented annually for ‘distinguished work...

OverDrive to distribute Smashwords titles 

Wednesday, 21 May 2014
Ebook provider OverDrive will distribute titles from self-publishing platform Smashwords, reports Publishers Weekly. As part of a new deal, OverDrive will distribute more than 200,000 Smashwords titles from around 80,000...

NSW Writers’ Centre announces Kids & YA Festival 

Wednesday, 21 May 2014
The NSW Writers’ Centre will hold a Kids & YA Festival on 28 June with panels, workshops and discussions on children’s writing and publishing, to be directed by author Aleesah Darlison....

NZ author wins Jim Baen contest 

Wednesday, 21 May 2014
New Zealand author Sean Monaghan has won the 2014 Jim Baen Memorial Writing Contest for his short story ‘Low Arc’. The award, which is presented in the US by the National...

Death in July festival to run in Ballarat 

Wednesday, 21 May 2014
The inaugural Death in July festival for Australian women’s crime writing will be held at the Museum of Australian Democracy in Ballarat, Victoria from 4-5 July. Running in partnership with...

Marianne de Pierres series to become interactive game 

Wednesday, 21 May 2014
West Australian game developer Stirfire Studios has optioned Marianne de Pierres’ ‘Peacemaker’ series (Angry Robot) for adaptation as an interactive game. The series, which launched in May with Peacemaker and continues in...

 

 

 

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