Penguin Random House releases new logo
Wednesday, 4 June 2014
Penguin Random House has released its new logo, reports Publishers Weekly. According to a statement from Penguin Random House, the new logo ‘underscores the importance of the written word to...
Black Inc. says integrity of PMLAs ‘seriously damaged’, calls for list of entries to be published
Wednesday, 4 June 2014
Black Inc. has called on the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards to publish a list of all entries submitted for the award for nonfiction.In a statement, Black Inc. director Morry Schwarz...
Strong attendance at inaugural Aus, NZ festival of literature and arts, James tops bestseller list
Wednesday, 4 June 2014
Attendance at the inaugural Australian and New Zealand Literature and Arts Festival, which ran from 29 May to 1 June at Kings College in London, was ‘strong’, according to festival...
Heffernan-Smith to head new digital marketing team at HarperCollins
Wednesday, 4 June 2014
HarperCollins has announced the creation of a new digital business team within its marketing communications division. ‘The team’s task will be to grow digital revenue through the development of existing...
Cappelluto to head new HarperCollins Children’s Books division
Wednesday, 4 June 2014
HarperCollins has announced the appointment of Cristina Cappelluto to the newly created position of children’s publishing director. Cappelluto, who will report to HarperCollins CEO James Kellow, will head the ‘new,...
Victorian public libraries receive funding in government grants program
Wednesday, 4 June 2014
Victorian public libraries will share in $350,000 worth of funding from the latest round of the Victorian government’s Local History Grants Program. Libraries to receive grants include the Bayside Library...
Melbourne’s Dockland library receives first six-star Green Star rating for a public building
Wednesday, 4 June 2014
The Library at the Dock in Melbourne’s Docklands, which opened to the public on 31 May, has received Australia’s first six-star Green Star rating for a public building. According to...
International library news
Wednesday, 4 June 2014
New York Public Library renovation project to cost US$300 millionIn the US, the New York Public Library (NYPL)’s renovation project is expected to cost around US$300 million (A$322.7 million), reports...
Radio National launches ‘storytelling’ program, ‘White Paper’ focus on writing
Wednesday, 4 June 2014
ABC Radio National has launched a new program it describes as ‘storytelling served with a twist’. Radiotonic, which launched on Sunday 1 June, is a ‘mix of fiction, nonfiction, essays...
Barrowman receives NZ Order of Merit
Wednesday, 4 June 2014
Fergus Barrowman, publisher at Victoria University Press in Wellington, has been named a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his services to the publishing industry. Barrowman received...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 4 June 2014
‘The politicisation of this award means that the award’s integrity has been seriously damaged’—Morry Schwarz and Chris Feik of Black Inc. on the PMLA nonfiction award
Wyld, Catton shortlisted for Encore Award
Wednesday, 4 June 2014
Books by Australian author Evie Wyld and New Zealand author Eleanor Catton have been shortlisted for the 2013 Encore Award for second novels.Wyld’s All the Birds, Singing (Vintage) and Catton’s...
‘Packed sessions’ at inaugural Melbourne Jewish Writers Festival
Wednesday, 4 June 2014
A sell-out crowd of 500 attended the opening night of the inaugural Melbourne Jewish Writers Festival, which ran from 31 May to 2 June at the Lamm Jewish Library of...
SA Writers Centre to hold romance writers festival
Tuesday, 3 June 2014
The SA Writers Centre in Adelaide will hold a romance writers festival from 14 to 15 June. ‘Weekend Romance: A Fair to Remember’ will feature guests including Helene Young, Fiona...
Seizure Viva La Novella competition winners announced
Tuesday, 3 June 2014
The four winning novellas in the 2014 Seizure Viva La Novella competition have been announced.Sideshow by Nicole Smith, The Other Shore by Hoa Pham, The Neighbour by Julie Proudfoot and...
Forward Prizes 2014 shortlists announced
Tuesday, 3 June 2014
In the UK, the shortlists for the 2014 Forward Prizes for poetry have been announced. The books shortlisted for the £10,000 (A$18,115) prize for Best Collection are: Faithful and Virtuous...
Wheeler Centre launches ‘#discuss’ campaign
Tuesday, 3 June 2014
The Wheeler Centre in Melbourne is running a campaign to encourage public conversation that is ‘part street art and part New Yorker-style caption contest’.Under the campaign, Twitter users are asked to...
Territory Read Awards, NT Literary Awards 2014 winners announced
Tuesday, 3 June 2014
The winners of this year’s Territory Read Awards and Northern Territory Literary Awards have been announced.The winners in the Territory Read Awards are:Chief Minister’s Book of the Year ($5000) One...
Hart wins ‘Overland’/Melbourne Uni Indigenous writers’ prize
Tuesday, 3 June 2014
Jessica Hart has won the inaugural Nakata Brophy Short Fiction and Poetry Prize for Young Indigenous Writers, administered by Overland and Trinity College at the University of Melbourne.Hart was selected...
RiP Maya Angelou
Tuesday, 3 June 2014
American writer and activist Maya Angelou has died, aged 86. Virago Publisher Lennie Goodings writes: ‘Virago is saddened by the death of Maya Angelou, one of the world’s most important...
Rights round-up
Tuesday, 3 June 2014
SalesFiction—HarperCollins has sold Polish rights to Destined to Fly (Indigo Bloome). Random House has sold German rights to The Infinite Air (Fiona Kidman) and Drowning City (Ben Atkins).Nonfiction—HarperCollins has sold...
Australia Council reports finds Australians ‘reading more often’
Monday, 2 June 2014
‘More Australians are reading, and they are reading more often,’ according to a new survey of arts participation by the Australia Council.While the report Arts in Daily Life: Australian Participation...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 2 June 2014
The standard and film tie-in editions of The Fault in Our Stars (John Green, Penguin) are in first and second spot respectively on this week’s bestsellers chart. They are ahead...
Brisbane Writers Festival schools program released
Monday, 2 June 2014
The Brisbane Writers Festival has released its schools program for this year’s festival, which runs from 3 to 7 September. Among the guests at this year’s schools program, which runs...
Next Big Book wins Book Expo Startup Challenge
Monday, 2 June 2014
US-based start-up Next Big Book has won the inaugural Book Expo Startup Challenge at Book Expo America, reports Digital Book World. One of 18 start-ups that competed for the $10,000...
Fourth Estate acquires Australian debut
Monday, 2 June 2014
HarperCollins Australia has announced the acquisition of a debut novel by Australian writer Sandra Leigh Price.HarperCollins acquired ANZ rights to A Tabernacle for the Birds in a two-book deal with the...
Boomerang partners with bloggers
Friday, 30 May 2014
Online bookstore Boomerang Books has partnered with a number of bloggers to boost traffic to its website.The store, which is co-owned by Pages & Pages Booksellers, is inviting bloggers to become...
‘Kirkus’ announces new literary prizes
Friday, 30 May 2014
US publication Kirkus Reviews has created three new annual literary prizes, reports the New York Times. The US$50,000 (A$53,685) prizes will be awarded in fiction, nonfiction and young readers’ categories....
Hachette US responds to Amazon statement
Friday, 30 May 2014
Hachette US has responded to Amazon’s statement about the companies’ dispute over sales terms, reports Digital Book World. The publisher has criticised Amazon for considering ‘books to be like any...
Writers Bloc appoints Tobin, announces expansion plans
Friday, 30 May 2014
Writers Bloc has announced the appointment of Patricia Tobin as social media manager. Tobin joins founder Geoff Orton, online editor Sam van Zweden, reviews editor Emma Kochn, designer Daniel Farrugia...
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