‘Business as usual’ at Frankfurt Book Fair 2013
Monday, 14 October 2013
Books+Publishing editor-in-chief Andrea Hanke reports from Frankfurt: Australian publishers have reported a productive Frankfurt Book Fair, which has been characterised by healthy interest in a broad range of titles rather...
McDonald’s to distribute self-published books via Happy Meals
Monday, 14 October 2013
In the US, fast-food chain McDonald’s will place 20 million copies of four books into Happy Meals during the first two weeks of November to coincide with National Literacy Day...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 14 October 2013
There are no changes at the top of the bestseller chart this week, with Jamie Oliver’s Save with Jamie (Michael Joseph) and Andy Griffiths’ The 39-Storey Treehouse (Pan) retaining the top two...
An inner world: Will Elliott on ‘Inside Out’
Monday, 14 October 2013
In his review of Will Elliott’s Inside Out (HarperVoyager, February), Stefen Brazulaitis describes the novel as ‘postmodern without being pretentious and meta without being contrived’. He spoke to the author....
London Book Fair launches suite of international publishing awards
Friday, 11 October 2013
The London Book Fair (LBF) has launched a new suite of international publishing awards, which it will present for the first time at the 2014 fair, in association with the...
Dohle on integrating Penguin Random House: ‘We have to get this right’
Friday, 11 October 2013
Speaking at the Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany this week, Penguin Random House CEO Markus Dohle said he is in no rush to fully integrate the Penguin and Random House...
Oz, NZ authors and illustrators nominated for 2014 Astrid Lindgren Award
Friday, 11 October 2013
Six Australians and two New Zealanders have been nominated for the 2014 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the world’s largest prize for children’s and young adult literature. Australian authors Ursula Dubosarsky,...
Alice Munro wins 2013 Nobel Prize for Literature
Friday, 11 October 2013
The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2013 has been awarded to Canadian author Alice Munro, who was called a ‘master of the contemporary short story’ by the Swedish Academy. The 82-year-old author was...
Australian authors and illustrators to attend Asian Festival of Children’s Content 2014
Thursday, 10 October 2013
Six Western Australian children’s authors and illustrators have been selected to attend the 2014 Asian Festival of Children’s Content (AFCC) in Singapore as part of writingWA’s cultural exchange program with...
Industry associations raise GST issue with new government as ABS reveals over $7 billion spent on purchases below LVT
Thursday, 10 October 2013
The value of online purchases below the current Low Value Threshold (LVT) for collecting Australian Goods and Services Tax (GST) reached more than $7 billion in the 2012-13 financial year, according...
NZ authors selected for 2013 International Writing Program in Iowa
Thursday, 10 October 2013
Two New Zealand authors have been selected for the 2013 International Writing Program in Iowa City in the US. Whiti Hereaka and Craig Cliff are among 31 writers attending the program,...
HarperCollins UK to launch fiction imprint The Borough Press
Thursday, 10 October 2013
HarperCollins UK will launch a new fiction imprint called The Borough Press, reports the Bookseller. Led by HarperCollins publishing director Katie Espiner, The Borough Press will be part of HarperFiction,...
Bowker reveals 422% increase in self-published titles since 2007
Thursday, 10 October 2013
In an analysis of US ISBN data, Bowker has revealed that 391,000 self-published titles were published in 2012, which is an increase of 59% over 2011 and 422% over 2007....
Walker Books creates international sales team; Vahtrick appointed sales executive for Northern, Eastern Europe
Wednesday, 9 October 2013
Walker Books has appointed a new sales team to manage all international sales of Walker Books UK, Candlewick Press and Walker Books Australia titles, reports the Bookseller. As part of...
Alex Adsett Publishing Services announces first book deals with publishers
Wednesday, 9 October 2013
Brisbane-based literary agency Alex Adsett Publishing Services (AAPS) has announced details of its first deals with Australian publishers. AAPS, which was established as a literary agency by publishing consultant Alex Adsett...
Tulba shortlisted for Dylan Thomas Prize
Wednesday, 9 October 2013
Australian author Majok Tulba has been shortlisted for this year’s Dylan Thomas Prize in the UK. Tulba’s novel Beneath the Darkening Sky (Hamish Hamilton) is shortlisted along with two other...
Bloomsbury Spark to launch in December
Wednesday, 9 October 2013
Bloomsbury has announced that it will launch its new digital-first imprint for young adult, teen and new adult fiction, Bloomsbury Spark, in December. As previously reported by Books+Publishing, Bloomsbury Spark...
Penguin Random House completes 100% acquisition of Penguin Books India
Wednesday, 9 October 2013
Penguin Random House (PRH) has acquired Penguin Books India from Ananda Publishers Private Limited’s (APPL), which completes the merger of Penguin Random House India, said PRH in a statement. After...
Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing 2013 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 9 October 2013
The shortlist for this year’s Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing has been announced. The shortlisted pieces of writing are: ‘The Last Laughing Death’ by Jo Chandler (The Global...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 9 October 2013
‘We have printed over 50,000 of the two editions as a first print, [and] we expect to be pushing the reprint button several times’—Pan Macmillan publishing director Cate Paterson speaks...
International Library News
Wednesday, 9 October 2013
American Library Association to open Center for the Future of Libraries In the US, the American Library Association (ALA) will establish a Center for the Future of Libraries with a...
Australian books featured in New York Library’s top 100 children’s books
Wednesday, 9 October 2013
Shaun Tan’s The Arrival (Lothian) and Where Is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox and illustrated by Judy Horacek (Puffin) are featured on the 100 Great Children’s Books list published...
Booksellers NZ introduces electronic gift cards
Wednesday, 9 October 2013
Booksellers NZ has introduced electronic gift cards. The gift cards, launched on 1 October, can be purchased and redeemed at bookshops that are members of Booksellers NZ, and can be...
Berkelouw Books Newtown to move
Wednesday, 9 October 2013
The Berkelouw Books store in Newtown, Sydney, has announced that it is relocating to Hornsby. The store will begin accepting deliveries at its new location in Westfield Hornsby from 4...
Lloyd Jones announced as finalist for the 2013 Wellys
Tuesday, 8 October 2013
New Zealand author Lloyd Jones is a finalist in the Arts category of the 2013 Wellingtonian of the Year Awards, also known as ‘the Wellys’, presented by the Dominion Post....
New bookshop Fat Cat Books opens in Melbourne
Tuesday, 8 October 2013
A new bookshop called Fat Cat Books has opened in Dandenong Plaza in Melbourne. Fat Cat Books, which is located near the previous site of the Dandenong AllBooks4Less store, is...
The ‘Monthly’ names De Kretser, Coetzee, Wright as best in literature
Tuesday, 8 October 2013
The Monthly has selected books by Michelle de Kretser, J M Coetzee and Alexis Wright as the best in literature in 2013 for its annual Arts Issue, published this month....
McCall Smith to adapt Austen’s ‘Emma’ for HarperCollins
Tuesday, 8 October 2013
In the UK, Alexander McCall Smith will write a modern adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma, reports the Bookseller. McCall Smith is the latest author to sign up to HarperCollins’ ‘Austen...
Brazil’s Coelho calls off Frankfurt Book Fair appearance in protest
Tuesday, 8 October 2013
Brazil’s Guest of Honour program at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair will be without one of the country’s most famous authors, with Paulo Coelho cancelling his appearance at the fair...
ABA, Leading Edge to share conference weekend, trade exhibition again in 2014
Tuesday, 8 October 2013
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) and Leading Edge Books will hold their 2014 conferences over the same weekend at the Langham Hotel in Melbourne next May, with a joint trade...
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