High-profile writers join Authors for the Philippines appeal
Wednesday, 20 November 2013
George R R Martin, Kate Atkinson, Neil Gaiman, David Nicholls and Samantha Shannon are among the high-profile authors who are offering their support for the Authors for the Philippines online...
Ogden wins Frank Broeze Memorial Maritime History book prize 2013
Wednesday, 20 November 2013
John Ogden has won this year’s Frank Broeze Memorial Maritime History book prize for his history books Saltwater People of the Broken Bay and Saltwater People of the Fatal Shore...
Haigh wins Waverley Library Award 2013
Wednesday, 20 November 2013
Gideon Haigh has won the 2013 Waverley Library Award for Literature, known as the ‘Nib’, for his book On Warne (Hamish Hamilton). Haigh was presented with the award, worth $20,000,...
‘The Everything Store’ wins FT/Goldman Sachs Business Book Award
Wednesday, 20 November 2013
Brad Stone’s The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon (Bantam) has won this year’s Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award in the...
Attendance up 50% at second Independent Publishing Conference
Wednesday, 20 November 2013
The Small Press Network’s (SPN) second Independent Publishing Conference has recorded an increase in attendance of around 50% at its industry day. SPN general manager Mary Masters told Books+Publishing that...
Pages & Pages relaunches Kindle amnesty with Kobo devices
Wednesday, 20 November 2013
Sydney independent bookseller Pages & Pages Booksellers has relaunched its ‘Kindle amnesty’ with Kobo devices, expanding the offer from monthly to daily and offering $50 Kobo gift vouchers to customers who take...
Scholastic recalls ‘Thea Stilton and the Blue Scarab Hunt’
Wednesday, 20 November 2013
Scholastic Australia has confirmed to Books+Publishing that it has recalled all copies of the children’s book Thea Stilton and the Blue Scarab Hunt (Geronimo Stilton) after it was revealed that...
Taylor & Francis appoints McKenney, Fearnley-Gill ahead of local Books division launch
Wednesday, 20 November 2013
Academic publisher Taylor & Francis has announced plans to open a local Books division in Australia and New Zealand next year. The division will be based in Melbourne and managed...
SLSA to introduce technology ‘hub’ in response to falling visitor numbers
Wednesday, 20 November 2013
The State Library of South Australia (SLSA) in Adelaide will introduce a technology ‘hub’ and expanded events program in response to falling visitor numbers outlined in the Libraries Board of...
SLNSW launches WWI commemoration project
Wednesday, 20 November 2013
The State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW) has launched a new project commemorating World War I. The project, which will run from 2014 to 2019, will include an onsite collection,...
In brief
Wednesday, 20 November 2013
Brisbane’s ex-library books sold for charity Brisbane City Council will sell books sourced from its 33 libraries to raise money for Cystic Fibrosis Queensland (CFQ) and the Lord Mayor’s Charitable...
International Library News
Wednesday, 20 November 2013
US librarians support Google book-scanning case verdict In the US, a number of library associations have publicly welcomed Judge Denny Chin’s decision to rule in favour of Google in the...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 20 November 2013
‘It’s not wonderful but it’s certainly not dead’—RMIT University’s Michael Webster reports on the state of the Australian book trade at the Small Press Network’s Independent Publishing Conference.
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 20 November 2013
Sales Fiction—Random House has sold German rights to Losing Kate (Kylie Kaden). Nonfiction—Exisle has sold North American rights to Younger Skin in 28 Days (Karen Fischer); Latvian rights to The Healthy...
Catton shortlisted for International Author of the Year in UK National Book Awards
Tuesday, 19 November 2013
New Zealand author Eleanor Catton has been shortlisted for the International Author of the Year Award in this year’s National Book Awards in the UK. Catton, whose second novel The...
New OzCo grants for editors, publishers of mid-list authors
Tuesday, 19 November 2013
The Australia Council for the Arts has announced new grants for Australian editors and for Australian publishers of mid-list authors. The editorial professional development and cultural leadership grants will assist editors...
Grattan Institute releases PM summer reading list
Tuesday, 19 November 2013
Australian public policy think tank Grattan Institute has released its annual summer reading list for the Prime Minister. The list features ‘books and articles that the Prime Minister, or any...
CLNZ Educational Publishing Awards 2013 winners announced
Tuesday, 19 November 2013
The winners of this year’s Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) Educational Publishing Awards have been announced. The winning titles in each of the categories are: Best Book or Series in...
Publisher offers customer refund over errors in Alex Ferguson bio
Tuesday, 19 November 2013
In the UK, Hodder & Stoughton has offered to refund a customer for the purchase of Alex Ferguson’s My Autobiography following the discovery of multiple factual errors, reports the Mirror. Readers have...
Ackland receives PEN/Keneally Award
Tuesday, 19 November 2013
Journalist and editor Richard Ackland is the recipient of the 2013 PEN/Keneally Award for his contribution to promoting freedom of expression. Ackland, who is a legal columnist for Fairfax Media...
Australian Writers’ Centre to expand to WA
Tuesday, 19 November 2013
The Australian Writers’ Centre has announced plans to offer writing courses in Perth, Western Australia, in 2014. The centre, which was previously known as the Sydney Writers’ Centre, will offer...
RiP Barbara Park
Tuesday, 19 November 2013
American children’s book author Barbara Park has died, aged 66. Park, who had a long battle with ovarian cancer, was the author of more than 50 books for young readers, and...
‘Fish-Hair Woman’ wins Most Underrated Book Award 2013
Monday, 18 November 2013
Merlinda Bobis has won the 2013 Most Underrated Book Award (MUBA) for her novel Fish-Hair Woman (Spinifex Press). Bobis was announced as the winner at a public event in Melbourne on 15...
RiP Doris Lessing
Monday, 18 November 2013
British author and Nobel prize winner Doris Lessing has died, aged 94. Lessing was the author of more than 50 novels, including The Grass is Singing (1950), The Golden Notebook...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 18 November 2013
Jeff Kinney’s latest book, Hard Luck: Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Puffin), has debuted at number one on this week’s bestsellers chart. After a week at number one, Ricky Ponting’s...
‘Burial Rites’ shortlisted for ‘Guardian’ First Book Award
Monday, 18 November 2013
Australian author Hannah Kent has been shortlisted for this year’s Guardian First Book Award in the UK for her novel Burial Rites (Picador). Kent’s novel is one of five titles...
Penguin Random House, authors donate funds for Typhoon Haiyan aid relief
Monday, 18 November 2013
Penguin Random House (PRH) and a group of British authors, called Authors for the Philippines, are donating funds towards the Red Cross aid relief effort in the Philippines for those...
Readings to sponsor ‘Age’ Short Story Award 2013
Friday, 15 November 2013
Melbourne-based bookseller Readings will sponsor the 2013 Age Short Story Award, reports the Age. The winner of this year’s award, worth $2000, will be announced in mid-December. Entries that come in second and...
Peter Carnavas books to be adapted as school stage plays
Friday, 15 November 2013
Two picture books by Queensland author and illustrator Peter Carnavas will be adapted for the stage in 2014. With the support of Artslink Queensland, Carnavas’ books Sarah’s Heavy Heart and Last Tree...
Tuffield, authors nominated for Women of the Year list on ‘Daily Life’
Friday, 15 November 2013
Affirm Press publisher Aviva Tuffield and a number of Australian authors have been nominated for this year’s Women of the Year list on news website Daily Life. Tuffield, who joined...
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