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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...

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....

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...

Librarians among 2014 Australia Day honours recipients 

Wednesday, 29 January 2014
A number of librarians are among the recipients of the 2014 Australia Day honours, which were presented by the Governor-General on 26 January as ‘national and formal recognition for Australians who...

Rights round-up 

Wednesday, 29 January 2014
SalesFiction—Random House has sold Taiwanese rights to The Elusive Language of Ducks (Judith White). Nonfiction—Michelle Anderson Publishing has sold Chinese complex-character rights to Taiwan to You Can Conquer Cancer (Ian...

In brief 

Wednesday, 29 January 2014
New $9.5 million library opens in Bendigo A new public library opened in the regional Victorian city of Bendigo on 28 January. According to the ABC, the $9.5-million two-storey building features a...

Bestsellers this week 

Tuesday, 28 January 2014
The film tie-in edition of Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief (Picador) is number one on this week’s bestsellers chart, while the standard edition has climbed to number three. The standard edition is...

Another executive leaves Barnes & Noble 

Tuesday, 28 January 2014
In the US, Barnes & Noble’s managing director of global ebook sales Jim Hilt will leave the company in February, reports the Bookseller. Hilt is the third executive to leave B&N in...

Jones appointed ABA conference and marketing manager 

Friday, 24 January 2014
Steve Jones has been appointed to the new role of conference and marketing manager for the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA).Jones, who joined the ABA as marketing/project officer in March 2013,...

Withycombe joins the Wheeler Centre 

Friday, 24 January 2014
Helen Withycombe has joined the Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas in Melbourne in the role of programming coordinator. Withycombe, who started in the role earlier this month, joins the...

 

 

 

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