SA council reviewing Salisbury libraries, community centres
Wednesday, 27 November 2013
The Salisbury Council is reviewing libraries and community centres across the Adelaide suburb of Salisbury, reports Adelaide Now. The committee conducting the review has released a preliminary report that outlines...
OverDrive rolls out in-library digital kiosks, announces video streaming service
Wednesday, 27 November 2013
Auckland City Libraries in New Zealand is the first local library to install an OverDrive Media Station, a digital touch-screen kiosk that allows library users to search for and borrow ebooks, audiobooks,...
International Library News
Wednesday, 27 November 2013
New York Public Library acquires Tom Wolfe archive New York Public Library (NYPL) has acquired the archive of US journalist and author Tom Wolfe for US$2.15 million (A$2.35 million), reports...
‘A Beautiful Truth’ wins Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize
Wednesday, 27 November 2013
In Canada, Colin McAdam has won this year’s Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize for A Beautiful Truth (Granta). McAdam’s novel was selected for the C$25,000 (A$25,966) prize from a shortlist...
Writers among recipients of latest Arts Tasmania funding
Wednesday, 27 November 2013
A number of Tasmanian writers will receive a share of more than $380,000 in funding from Arts Tasmania as part of the Tasmanian Government’s 2014 Individual Arts Program. The writers...
Penguin launches Australian Classics
Wednesday, 27 November 2013
Penguin has launched its first series of Australian Classics, beginning with six titles spanning several generations of Australian writers. Launched in late November, the first six titles are: The Getting...
Winton to open Oz, NZ Festival of Literature and Arts
Tuesday, 26 November 2013
The Australia and New Zealand Festival of Literature and Arts, which will hold its inaugural event in London from 29 May to 1 June 2014, will be opened by Tim Winton....
World Book Night UK and Ireland titles announced
Tuesday, 26 November 2013
The Reading Agency has announced the books chosen for next year’s World Book Night in the UK and Ireland. Twenty titles have been selected for World Book Night 2014, with...
WA writer among 2014 Sidney Myer Creative Fellows
Tuesday, 26 November 2013
Western Australian writer Kate Fielding is one of 10 artists to receive this year’s Sidney Myer Creative Fellowships, each worth $160,000 over two years. Fielding, who is based in Kalgoorlie, is...
HarperCollins partners with American Airlines, Hudson Booksellers for travel promotion
Tuesday, 26 November 2013
In the US, HarperCollins has partnered with American Airlines and travel bookshop Hudson Booksellers for a new promotion during December, reports Publishers Weekly. During the peak travel month of December,...
Affirm Press: we won’t supply print books to Amazon, Book Depository
Tuesday, 26 November 2013
Melbourne-based publisher Affirm Press has announced that it won’t be supplying print books to Amazon and the Book Depository in a bid to support the local industry. Affirm Press sales...
Barnes & Noble launches Australian ebookstore app
Tuesday, 26 November 2013
US bookseller Barnes & Noble has launched Australian and other international Nook ebookstores, which are accessible via an app for devices with Windows 8.1. The move gives users in 32 countries and...
Two Melbourne bookshops call for public support to stay open
Tuesday, 26 November 2013
Two Melbourne bookshops have enlisted support from the public to help them stay open. Notions Unlimited in Chelsea, which specialises in science-fiction, fantasy and horror, ran a campaign on its...
Whitcoulls relaunches ebookstore
Tuesday, 26 November 2013
New Zealand bookselling chain Whitcoulls is once again selling ebooks through Kobo after suspending its Kobo ebookstore in mid-October. As previously reported by Books+Publishing, Whitcoulls suspended its ebookstore due to...
Christmas closing list: submissions due this Monday 2 December
Tuesday, 26 November 2013
Publishers and distributors are asked to advise the Weekly Book Newsletter of their Christmas closing dates by 5pm this Monday 2 December. A full list will appear in the Weekly Book...
Rights round-up
Tuesday, 26 November 2013
Sales Fiction—Text has sold US and Israeli rights to the sequel to The Rosie Project (Graeme Simsion) to Simon & Schuster and Miskal respectively; and US rights to an untitled...
RiP Charlotte Zolotow
Tuesday, 26 November 2013
US children’s book author and editor Charlotte Zolotow has died, aged 98. Zolotow was the author of more than 70 illustrated children’s books, beginning with The Park Book (HarperCollins) in 1944....
Notions Unlimited ‘saved’
Monday, 25 November 2013
Melbourne bookshop Notions Unlimited, which called for public support earlier this month to avoid closure, has announced that it has been ‘saved’. Chuck McKenzie, owner of the science-fiction, fantasy and...
Plans announced for new Toronto Book Fair
Monday, 25 November 2013
Plans have been unveiled for a new international book fair to be held in Toronto, Canada, in November 2014, reports Publishers Weekly. Inspire! The Toronto International Book Fair will be...
‘Overland’ Victoria University Short Story Prize 2013 winner announced
Monday, 25 November 2013
Literary journal Overland has announced that Jennifer Down’s short story ‘Turncoat’ has won the 2013 Overland Victoria University Short Story Prize for New and Emerging Writers, with a prize of $6000. The two runners-up,...
Sisters in Crime Scarlett Stiletto Awards 2013 winners announced
Monday, 25 November 2013
The Scarlett Stiletto Awards, presented by Sisters in Crime to recognise short crime stories written by Australian women, were announced at a ceremony in Melbourne on 22 November. Candice Graham won the...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 25 November 2013
Jeff Kinney’s Hard Luck: Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Puffin) is number one on the bestsellers chart for the second week in a row. Matthew Reilly’s latest novel, The Tournament (Pan),...
Winners announced in the ‘Bookseller’ FutureBook Innovation Awards 2013
Monday, 25 November 2013
In the UK, the winners of the Bookseller’s FutureBook Innovation Awards were announced at the 2013 FutureBook Conference in London this month. Sourcebooks founder and publisher Dominique Raccah was named...
COOL Awards 2013 winners announced
Monday, 25 November 2013
The winners of the 2013 Canberra’s Own Outstanding List (COOL) Awards have been announced. The winning titles are: Picture Storybooks (joint winners) Mirror (Jeannie Baker, Walker Books) The Very Cranky...
Trust Company launches Miles Franklin Award teaching resource
Friday, 22 November 2013
The Trust Company, trustee of the Miles Franklin Literary Award, has launched a free teaching resource to encourage the study of Australian literature in high schools. The resource, created in partnership...
Cengage acquires rights to future editions of Pearson vocational titles
Friday, 22 November 2013
Cengage Australia has announced that it has acquired the rights to future editions of all vocational education titles published by Pearson Australia. Paul Petrulis, vice president of higher education and Gale...
DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2014 shortlist announced
Friday, 22 November 2013
The shortlist for the 2014 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: The Book of Destruction (Anand, translated by Chetana Sachidanandan, Penguin); Goat Days...
National Book Awards winners announced
Friday, 22 November 2013
In the US, the winners of the 2013 National Book Awards have been announced. The winners in each category are: in fiction, The Good Lord Bird (James McBride, Riverhead Books);...
Catton named Woman of the Year in NZ awards
Friday, 22 November 2013
Eleanor Catton has been named Woman of the Year in the Lexus M2 Awards in New Zealand. Catton was named as the Woman of the Year at a ceremony in...
Australian, NZ books nominated for Goodreads Best Books of 2013
Friday, 22 November 2013
Several Australian and New Zealand titles have made it to the final round of the Goodreads Choice Awards Best Books of 2013. Eleanor Catton’s The Luminaries (Granta) and Hannah Kent’s Burial Rites (Picador) are...
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