Rights round-up
Tuesday, 4 February 2014
SalesChildren’s—Hardie Grant Egmont and Little Hare have sold Canadian (English language) rights to Zac Power: Boot Camp and Zac Power: Swamp Race (HI Larry); German rights to Zac Power: Lunar...
Vic govt announces final round of Living Libraries funding
Tuesday, 4 February 2014
The Victorian Government has opened the fourth and final round of funding for its Living Libraries Infrastructure Program. The program gives Victorian councils and regional library corporations grants of up...
Rastafarian summer: Jared Thomas on ‘Calypso Summer’
Tuesday, 4 February 2014
Jared Thomas is author of Calypso Summer (Magabala, April), a YA novel that charts a summer in the life of a dreadlock-wearing, reggae-loving Nukunu teen. He spoke to Heath Graham.First of...
On tour: Meet the author Liz Pichon
Tuesday, 4 February 2014
What would you put on a shelf-talker for your book? Want to get your kids reading? Try these books (they’re funny too).What are you reading right now?Difficult Men by Brett Martin...
UWA Publishing launches scholarly imprint
Monday, 3 February 2014
UWA Publishing has launched a scholarly imprint called UWAP Scholarly.The imprint launched in January with two books, After Homosexual: The Legacies of Gay Liberation edited by Carolyn D’Cruz and Mark...
‘Writers in Conversation’ literary journal launched
Monday, 3 February 2014
The first issue of the Writers in Conversation open-access literary journal is now available. The journal, which focuses on interviews with authors, editors and translators of literary works, is jointly...
Catton signs TV deal for ‘The Luminaries’
Monday, 3 February 2014
Eleanor Catton has signed a deal to help create a television miniseries adaptation of her Man Booker Prize-winning novel The Luminaries (Granta), reports the Sunday Star-Times. Catton said she intends for the series...
International Library News
Monday, 3 February 2014
Pilot scheme allows free access to 1.5 million journal articles at public librariesIn the UK, a two-year pilot scheme will allow members of the public to access over 1.5 million...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 3 February 2014
Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief (Picador) occupies the top two spots in this week’s bestsellers chart. The film tie-in edition is at number one for the third week in a row,...
WAYRBA 2014 shortlists announced
Monday, 3 February 2014
The shortlists for the 2014 West Australian Young Readers’ Book Awards (WAYRBA) have been announced.The shortlisted titles in each category are:Older readers Pathfinder (Scott Orson Card, Simon Pulse) Summer’s Dream...
US publisher MacAdam/Cage files for bankruptcy
Monday, 3 February 2014
In the US, San Francisco-based publisher MacAdam/Cage has voluntarily filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, the equivalent of liquidation in Australia, reports Publishers Lunch. According to Publishers Lunch, the filing follows...
Express Media announces Hologram winners
Friday, 31 January 2014
Express Media has announced the winners of its Hologram book-publishing initiative for young writers.The successful novellas are No Limit by Holly Childs and The Loud Earth by Elisabeth Murray. Both...
New prize to reappraise controversial book awards
Friday, 31 January 2014
A new book prize that reappraises the results of controversial book awards has been launched by the literary website Bookslut, reports the Guardian. The prize, called the Daphnes, will begin...
Sainsbury’s gives away children’s ebooks
Friday, 31 January 2014
Ebooks by Sainsbury’s, the ebook arm of UK supermarket Sainsbury’s, has partnered with Penguin Random House in a two-year promotion to give away free children’s ebooks written by Jacqueline Wilson...
Indie Awards 2014 shortlists announced
Thursday, 30 January 2014
The shortlists for the 2014 Indie Awards, presented by Leading Edge Books, have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are:Fiction Barracuda (Christos Tsiolkas, A&U) Coal Creek (Alex Miller, A&U)...
Penguin to distribute Fremantle titles in WA
Thursday, 30 January 2014
Fremantle Press has announced that Penguin Books will distribute its titles in Western Australia from May 2014.The publisher said in a statement that the move ‘is designed to streamline the...
Inaugural Digital Writers’ Festival program announced
Thursday, 30 January 2014
The Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) has launched the program for its first Digital Writers’ Festival, to be held on 13-24 February. The purely online festival will feature sessions on genre...
Book sales down in international markets according to trade publications
Thursday, 30 January 2014
Reports published in several international book trade publications indicate that many major book markets experienced a drop in sales during 2013, reports the Bookseller. The Bookseller collated data reported by...
Australians, New Zealanders nominated for YALSA 2014 Best Fiction for Young Adults list
Thursday, 30 January 2014
A number of books by Australian and New Zealand authors have been nominated for the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) Best Fiction for Young Adults list for 2014. They are:...
Catton to be awarded honorary doctorate
Thursday, 30 January 2014
New Zealand author Eleanor Catton will be awarded an honorary Doctor of Literature from Victoria University of Wellington, reports Booksellers NZ. Catton, whose second novel The Luminaries (Granta) won the 2013 Man Booker...
Polare closes 20 bookstores in Belgium and the Netherlands
Thursday, 30 January 2014
Bookstore chain Polare, which operates over 30 stores in Belgium and Netherlands, has announced that it will ‘temporarily’ shut 20 of its Selexyz and De Slegte stores following a ‘strategic reorganisation’, reports NL...
International Library News
Thursday, 30 January 2014
Wade appointed as chair of CILIP councilIn the UK, Martyn Wade has been appointed as chair of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) council, reports the Bookseller....
Quote of the week
Thursday, 30 January 2014
‘Good Australian writing needs good Australian bookshops to prosper. Without them Australian writers are one more endangered species whose bush has been bulldozed’—2014 Indie Award nominee Richard Flanagan
Lodge to take over ALIA presidency in May
Thursday, 30 January 2014
Damian Lodge will take over the presidency of the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) in May. Lodge, an academic in the School of Information Studies at Charles Sturt University...
McDiarmid joins Wheelers Books
Thursday, 30 January 2014
Rachael McDiarmid has joined library and schools supplier Wheelers Books in the newly created position of publisher and partner relations manager. McDiarmid joined the company on 28 January and will be...
Adelaide Writers’ Week 2014 program launched
Thursday, 30 January 2014
The 2014 Adelaide Writers’ Week program has been launched.The event will run from Saturday 1 March to Thursday 6 March at the Pioneer Women’s Memorial Garden in Adelaide, South Australia....
2014 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards winners announced; ‘Liquid Nitrogen’ wins Victorian Prize for Literature
Wednesday, 29 January 2014
Liquid Nitrogen by Jennifer Maiden (Giramondo) has won the 2014 Victorian Prize for Literature, worth $100,000.Giramondo publisher Ivor Indyk accepted the award on Maiden’s behalf from Victorian Premier Denis Napthine...
OzCo VIP Program guests announced for AWW 2014
Wednesday, 29 January 2014
The Australia Council for the Arts has announced the guests attending the 2014 Visiting International Publishers (VIP) Program, to be held during Adelaide Writers’ Week in March. The visiting international...
‘The Broken Shore’ to screen on ABC TV this weekend
Wednesday, 29 January 2014
The television adaptation of Peter Temple’s novel The Broken Shore (Text) will screen on ABC Television at 8.30pm on Sunday 2 February. The telemovie stars Don Hany, who has appeared in...
‘The Shock of the Fall’ named Costa Book of the Year
Wednesday, 29 January 2014
In the UK, Nathan Filer’s The Shock of the Fall (HarperCollins) has won the £30,000 (A$56,500) Costa Book of the Year award, after previously winning the First Novel category. The award judges described...
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