New ABA Conference closing speaker announced
Thursday, 10 April 2014
Writer, actor and comedian Shaun Micallef will replace Richard Flanagan as the closing keynote speaker at this year’s Australian Booksellers Associated (ABA) conference. The ABA said in a statement that...
Melbourne photography centre opens bookshop with Perimeter Books
Thursday, 10 April 2014
In Melbourne, the Centre for Contemporary Photography (CCP), along with bookseller and publisher Perimeter Books, has opened a new bookshop specialising in art and photography books. The CCP converted its gallery store...
Fullers Launceston for sale
Wednesday, 9 April 2014
Independent Tasmanian bookseller Fullers Bookshop Launceston is on the market. Owner Clive Tilsley told Books+Publishing the decision to sell the Launceston business was made ‘purely for personal reasons’. ‘Ros and...
Preston shortlisted for International Thriller Writers award
Wednesday, 9 April 2014
Australian author Luke Preston has been shortlisted for a 2014 International Thriller Writers (ITW) award for Out of Exile (Momentum). Preston’s novel has been nominated in the ‘best ebook original...
Penguin, ILF winners at LBF International Book Industry Excellence Awards
Wednesday, 9 April 2014
Penguin Australia and the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) are among the winners at the inaugural London Book Fair (LBF) International Book Industry Excellence Awards.Penguin Australia received the Educational Learning Resources...
S&S to publish collection of TED Books
Wednesday, 9 April 2014
In the US, Simon & Schuster has announced a partnership with TED Conferences to co-publish a 12-book collection of TED Books, said S&S in a statement. TED Books will be short...
PubMatch unveils rights sales function
Wednesday, 9 April 2014
PubMatch, an international book rights database founded by Publishers Weekly and Combined Book Exhibit, has unveiled its new rights sales function at the London Book Fair, reports Publishers Weekly. Rights@PubMatch,...
Shatzkin, McCarthy launch new digital marketing business
Wednesday, 9 April 2014
In the US, publishing consultant Mike Shatzkin and digital marketer Peter McCarthy have launched a new digital marketing business for publishers and authors, The Logical Marketing Agency. According to the...
‘Reader’s Digest’ pulls novel after LA Larkin refuses Chinese censorship
Wednesday, 9 April 2014
Reader’s Digest has pulled LA Larkin’s Thirst (Pier 9) from an anthology of condensed novels after a Chinese printing company refused to print the book due to its references to...
In brief
Wednesday, 9 April 2014
Mitchell Library petition attracts over 9000 signaturesAn online petition protesting changes to the Mitchell Library at the State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has attracted over 9000 signatures. As previously reported...
Bendigo TAFE library staff cuts include Vic Librarian of the Year
Wednesday, 9 April 2014
Five staff at the Bendigo TAFE library in regional Victoria were made redundant in November, including a staffer who was named Victorian Librarian of the Year in 2013, reports the...
CBCA Awards 2014 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 9 April 2014
As reported in a Books+Publishing special bulletin, the shortlists for this year’s Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in...
International Library News
Wednesday, 9 April 2014
Four libraries to reopen in NewcastleIn the UK, four libraries in Newcastle, England, are set to reopen, reports the Bookseller. In early March, Newcastle City Council approved a plan to...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 9 April 2014
‘You’ve managed to completely remove romance from the festival’—romance reader and reviewer Gabby bemoans the lack of romance programming in the 2014 Sydney Writers’ Festival in an open letter to the festival
Kent shortlisted for Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction
Tuesday, 8 April 2014
Australian author Hannah Kent has been shortlisted for the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction for her novel Burial Rites (Picador).The full shortlist was announced in the UK on 8 April.The...
Gwyn Jones signs ‘nonfiction novel’ for Scribe UK
Tuesday, 8 April 2014
Scribe UK editor-at-large Philip Gwyn Jones has signed his first deal for the publisher: a ‘nonfiction novel’ based on the life of killer Raoul Moat by journalist Andrew Hankinson. The Bookseller...
Apple appeals for stay in ebook pricing case
Tuesday, 8 April 2014
In the US, lawyers for Apple have appealed for a stay of all proceedings in Apple’s ebook pricing case, reports Publishers Weekly. Apple’s lawyers have petitioned judge Denise Cote for...
Matthew Reilly novella published as serialised ebook
Tuesday, 8 April 2014
Pan Macmillan’s digital-only imprint Momentum is publishing Matthew Reilly’s latest novella as a serialised ebook.The first episode of Troll Mountain, a quest story set in the ‘kingdom of the trolls’,...
Penguin Random House UK launches ‘My Independent Bookshop’
Tuesday, 8 April 2014
Penguin Random House UK (PRH UK) has launched a consumer recommendation website. My Independent Bookshop ‘encourages readers to set up their own virtual bookshops to share their favourite reads as...
Melbourne Jewish Writers Festival program launched
Tuesday, 8 April 2014
The inaugural Melbourne Jewish Writers Festival has released its full program and tickets are now available for sale.The festival, which will be held from 31 May to 2 June at...
NZ Post Children’s Book Awards 2014 finalists announced
Tuesday, 8 April 2014
The finalists for the 2014 New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are:Picture Books Machines and Me: Boats (Catherine Foreman, Scholastic NZ)...
NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2014 shortlists announced
Tuesday, 8 April 2014
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 The Secret Lives of...
Gough wins ‘Overland’ poetry prize 2013
Tuesday, 8 April 2014
Myles Gough has won the 2013 Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize for New and Emerging Poets for his poem ‘Topography’. Gough was announced as the winner of the prize, which is worth...
Frankfurt Book Fair launches business club ticket
Tuesday, 8 April 2014
The Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF) has launched a business club ticket with extra services at the fair. The ticket, which is available for either single-day or week-long entry, offers ‘business breakfasts’ for...
Adam Johnson wins world’s richest short story prize
Monday, 7 April 2014
In the UK, US author Adam Johnson has won the Sunday Times Short Story Prize—the world’s richest short story prize—worth £30,000 (A$53,570), reports the Guardian. Johnson received the award for...
Hornbeck replaces Sontheimer at ‘Griffith REVIEW’
Monday, 7 April 2014
The Griffith REVIEW has announced the appointment of Susan Hornbeck as associate publisher. Hornbeck was previously a publicist at UQP and publicity manager at Scribe Publications. She replaces Erica Sontheimer, who...
Perth bookseller’s debut novel picked up in multiple countries
Monday, 7 April 2014
Multiple overseas rights to a debut novel by Perth bookseller Brooke Davis have been acquired ahead of its publication by Hachette Australia in July.Rights to Lost & Found have been...
Aurealis Award winners announced
Monday, 7 April 2014
The 2013 Aurealis Award winners were announced at a ceremony in Canberra on Saturday 5 April. The winning titles were:Science-fiction novel Lexicon (Max Barry, Hachette) Fantasy novel A Crucible of...
Catton shortlisted for £25,000 Walter Scott Prize
Monday, 7 April 2014
New Zealand author Eleanor Catton has been shortlisted for the £25,000 (A$44,630) Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for her Booker Prize-winning novel The Luminaries (Granta).The judges said that selecting...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 7 April 2014
James Patterson’s Unlucky 13 (Century) is in first place on the bestsellers chart for the second week running, followed in second place by Shadow Spell by Nora Roberts (Hachette), which is...
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