‘Killing Fairfax’ wins 2013 Walkley Book Award
Friday, 29 November 2013
Pamela Williams has won this year’s Walkley Book Award for Killing Fairfax (HarperCollins). Williams received the award during the Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism at Parliament House in Brisbane...
HarperCollins offers ebook rental to schools
Friday, 29 November 2013
In the US, HarperCollins is offering short-term ebook rental to schools via the Curriculet digital reading platform, reports Publishers Weekly. Schools subcribing to the pilot program will have access to the Curriculet digital reading app, which allows teachers...
Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2014 shortlists announced
Friday, 29 November 2013
The shortlists for the 2014 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Fiction Burial Rites (Hannah Kent, Picador) The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Richard...
Decision on GST threshold pushed to March 2014
Thursday, 28 November 2013
The decision to collect GST from overseas suppliers for online purchases below $1000 has been pushed back until March 2014, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. As previously reported by Books+Publishing,...
Costa Book Awards 2013 shortlists announced
Thursday, 28 November 2013
In the UK, the shortlisted titles for the 2013 Costa Book Awards have been announced. You can view the titles shortlisted in each category—first novel, novel, biography, poetry and children’s—on...
UK survey: young people prefer print books over ebooks
Thursday, 28 November 2013
According to a UK survey, 62% of 16- to 24-year-olds prefer print books over ebooks, reports the Guardian. The survey of 1420 young adults by London marketing research agency Voxburner...
Scribe announces shortlist for nonfiction prize
Thursday, 28 November 2013
Scribe has announced the shortlist for its inaugural nonfiction prize for young writers, run in partnership with Express Media. The shortlisted pieces are: ‘A Year in Peru’ by Elizabeth Bryer...
Higgs boson book wins 2013 Royal Society Winton Prize
Wednesday, 27 November 2013
Sean Carroll’s book about the search for the Higgs boson, The Particle at the End of the Universe (Oneworld), has won the £25,000 (A$43,953) Royal Society Winton Prize for Science...
Oren Teicher, ABA board named ‘Publishers Weekly’ Person of the Year
Wednesday, 27 November 2013
In the US, CEO of the American Booksellers Association (ABA) Oren Teicher and the ABA board have been chosen as trade magazine Publishers Weekly’s Person of the Year ‘for their...
Inky Awards 2013 winners announced
Wednesday, 27 November 2013
The winners of the 2013 Inky Awards, presented by the Centre for Youth Literature, were announced at the State Library of Victoria on 26 November. Barry Jonsberg won the Gold...
Wildsmith and Burbidge win ABA Vic Rep of the Year
Wednesday, 27 November 2013
Amanda Wildsmith from Hardie Grant and Gavin Burbidge from Penguin were named joint winners of the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) Victorian Rep of the Year Award at the ABA Victorian...
GST issue ‘on the agenda’ at federal and state treasurers’ meeting
Wednesday, 27 November 2013
A move to collect GST from overseas suppliers for online purchases below $1000 will be discussed at a meeting between federal treasurer Joe Hockey and his state and territory counterparts...
French named ACLA Children’s Laureate for 2014-2015
Wednesday, 27 November 2013
Children’s author Jackie French has been named the Australian Children’s Laureate for 2014-2015. Author, actor and director Rhys Muldoon presented French with the laureate’s Magpie Award at a ceremony at the...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 27 November 2013
‘It is absurd to send stock to the US or UK in the knowledge that you are doing so solely for it to come back to our shores via Amazon’—Keiran...
NSW, Vic Rep of the Year Awards 2013 announced
Wednesday, 27 November 2013
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced the winners of its NSW and Victorian Rep of the Year Awards for 2013. Jane Kembrey from NewSouth Books won the NSW Rep...
In brief
Wednesday, 27 November 2013
Wangaratta Library wins local business award The Wangaratta Library, a branch of the High Country Library in north-east Victoria, has won a local business award. The library was named the...
Pages & Pages offers ebooks from Kobo
Wednesday, 27 November 2013
Sydney independent bookseller Pages & Pages Booksellers is offering Kobo ebooks to customers via its website. The bookseller is the first member of the Australian Booksellers Association to become an...
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...
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