Tarneit library construction loses Federal Government funding
Wednesday, 5 March 2014
The Federal Government has pulled $1 million of funding from the construction of a new $6.95 million library in Tarneit in Victoria, reports the Herald Sun. The former Federal Labor Government announced...
Ebook sales up at Hachette in 2013
Wednesday, 5 March 2014
Hachette Australia has recorded an increase in ebook sales in 2013, with CEO Matt Richell reporting growth in ebook sales of 27%. Ebooks now account for 22.5% of the publisher’s overall...
NZSA Auckland Museum library grants 2014 recipients announced
Wednesday, 5 March 2014
The New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) and the Auckland Museum have announced the recipients of this year’s NZSA Auckland Museum Library Research Grants.Christchurch writer Jenny Haworth is the recipient...
Soccer superheroes: Michael Wagner on ‘Maxx Rumble: Soccer’
Wednesday, 5 March 2014
Michael Wagner and illustrator Terry Denton take ‘their healthy sense of the ridiculous to the world’s most popular sport’ in their ‘Maxx Rumble: Soccer’ series (Walker, May), writes reviewer Samuel...
Surviving dystopia: Barry Jonsberg on ‘Pandora Jones: Admission’
Wednesday, 5 March 2014
Pandora Jones: Admission (A&U, May) is the first book in a new dystopian YA trilogy from Barry Jonsberg. Reviewer Bec Kavanagh gave the book five stars and said its ‘relentless pace offers...
New Australian schools book club launched
Wednesday, 5 March 2014
A new schools book club created to showcase Australian books has launched in New South Wales and Queensland. The Redgum Book Club will allow parents and students to order books from a large...
Dymocks Collins Place to close
Tuesday, 4 March 2014
Dymocks Collins Place in Melbourne’s CBD will close on 7 March after almost 20 years of trading. The store, which is located near the larger Dymocks store at 234 Collins Street, first opened in May...
Galleguillos joins ILF board
Tuesday, 4 March 2014
Teacher and Indigenous education specialist Sharon Galleguillos has joined the board of the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF), replacing Martin Nakata, who has finished his directorship. The ILF said in a...
International marketplaces, territoriality discussed at VIP industry forum
Tuesday, 4 March 2014
This year’s Adelaide Writers’ Week included the annual Visiting International Publishers (VIP) program, which offers Australian publishers the opportunity to meet with international publishers and editors. On 3 March several of...
Amazon Publishing seeks staff in the UK
Tuesday, 4 March 2014
In the UK, Amazon Publishing has said it wants to build ‘the world’s most author-centric publishing house’ according to job descriptions it has posted in an effort to recruit a...
New S&S website to highlight backlist titles
Tuesday, 4 March 2014
Simon & Schuster has launched a new website and email service that will promote backlist titles from all publishing houses, reports Publishers Weekly. The Off the Shelf website will publish...
UK Independent Publishing Awards winners announced
Monday, 3 March 2014
The UK’s Independent Publishers Guild has announced the winners of this year’s Independent Publishing Awards at its annual conference in Oxford, reports the Bookseller. Children’s publisher Usborne Publishing won the Independent Publisher of...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 3 March 2014
Blockbuster film adaptations continue to dominate the bestsellers chart, with this week’s top three titles unchanged for the third week in a row. The film tie-in of The Book Thief (Markus Zusak,...
New Jewish writers’ festival for Melbourne
Monday, 3 March 2014
A new writers’ festival celebrating Jewish literature will be held in Melbourne later this year. The inaugural Melbourne Jewish Writers Festival will be held from 31 May to 2 June at...
38,500 attend Perth Writers Festival; ‘On the Trail of Genghis Khan’ tops bestseller list
Monday, 3 March 2014
Around 38,500 people attended this year’s Perth Writers Festival (PWF), up from around 36,000 in 2013, with the festival recording a 30% increase in ticket sales at its University of...
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature 2014 winners announced
Monday, 3 March 2014
Frank Moorhouse has won the overall Premier’s Award, worth $25,000, in the 2014 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature for the third book in his ‘Edith’ trilogy, Cold Light (Vintage). The...
On tour: Meet the author Alexander McCall Smith
Monday, 3 March 2014
UK author Alexander McCall Smith is touring Australia in March, stopping in Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Ballarat. His most recent novel is The Forever Girl (Polygon). What would you put on a...
On tour: Meet the author Cathy Kelly
Monday, 3 March 2014
Irish author Cathy Kelly is visiting Australia in March, to coincide with the release of her newest novel A Woman’s Heart (HarperFiction, March). What is the silliest question you’ve ever...
On tour: Meet the author D W Wilson
Monday, 3 March 2014
Canadian author D W Wilson is visiting Australia in March for the Adelaide Writers’ Week. Wilson is the author of the short-story collection Once You Break a Knuckle and his...
On tour: Meet the author Margaret Drabble
Monday, 3 March 2014
UK author Margaret Drabble is touring Australia in March, appearing at the Perth and Adelaide writers festivals. Her 17th novel, The Pure Gold Baby (Text), was published in 2013. What...
On tour: Meet the author Tan Twan Eng
Monday, 3 March 2014
Malaysian author Tan Twan Eng is visiting Australia in March for the Adelaide Writers’ Week. Twan Eng is the author of novels including The Garden of Evening Mists (A&U), which...
On tour: Meet the author Elizabeth Gilbert
Monday, 3 March 2014
Elizabeth Gilbert is touring Australia and New Zealand in March as a guest of Adelaide Writers’ Week, visiting Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney and Wellington. Her latest novel, The Signature of All...
RiP Charlotte Dawson
Monday, 3 March 2014
Author, television presenter and model Charlotte Dawson has died, aged 47. Dawson is the author of two memoirs: Charlotte’s Secrets: Advice I Wish I’d Taken (Penguin, 2003) and Air Kiss...
‘WBN’ published Thursday next week
Monday, 3 March 2014
Please note that, due to the public holiday next Monday in Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory, the Weekly Book Newsletter will be published on Thursday 13...
Wellcome Book Prize 2014 shortlist announced
Friday, 28 February 2014
In the UK, the shortlist for this year’s Wellcome Book Prize, presented for books about health and medicine, has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: The Signature of All Things...
Former Book Depository MD to launch new online bookstore
Friday, 28 February 2014
Former managing director of the Book Depository Kieron Smith has announced plans to launch a new online bookselling business, reports the Bookseller. Smith, who left the Book Depository in November...
Asialink 2014 arts residencies announced
Friday, 28 February 2014
The University of Melbourne’s Asialink program has announced the recipients of its 2014 Arts Residencies, supported by the Australia Council for the Arts.Writers receiving arts residencies in Asian countries are:...
‘The Last Eaglehawk’ wins Random House National Seniors Literary Prize 2014
Thursday, 27 February 2014
Queensland writer Bruce Gannaway has won the 2014 Random House National Seniors Literary Prize for his novel The Last Eaglehawk. Gannaway wins a $2000 cash prize and his novel will...
Thomas King wins Canadian nonfiction award
Thursday, 27 February 2014
In Canada, Thomas King has won the British Columbia National Award for Canadian Nonfiction, worth C$40,000 (A$40,076), for The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America (University of Minnesota...
NoViolet Bulawayo wins inaugural Etisalat Prize for debut African literature
Thursday, 27 February 2014
NoViolet Bulawayo has won the inauagural Etisalat Prize for Literature, presented for debut fiction by African writers, for her novel We Need New Names (Chatto & Windus). Bulawayo was announced...
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