Ebooks make up half of Hosseini’s first-week sales in the UK
Thursday, 6 June 2013
In the UK, 50% of first-week sales for Khaled Hosseini’s And the Mountains Echoed (Bloomsbury) were for ebooks, with 10,000 copies sold in each format, reports the Bookseller. Bloomsbury UK...
ASA National Writers’ Congress details announced
Wednesday, 5 June 2013
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has released details about its inaugural National Writers’ Congress, Authorship 20/20, which will celebrate the association’s 50th anniversary in Sydney from 17-19 October. Guest speakers for the congress include...
Scribe to publish first children’s book in November
Wednesday, 5 June 2013
Melbourne-based publisher Scribe will publish its first children’s picture book in November. Amazing Babes by Sydney writer Eliza Sarlos and Tokyo-based illustrator Grace Lee is described as ‘an inspirational picture...
Halford named Penguin Sales Rep of the Year
Wednesday, 5 June 2013
Jenny Halford was named Penguin Sales Representative of the Year at this year’s Penguin sales conference, which was held in Lorne, Victoria, at the end of May. Halford has worked...
New literary festival for Tasmania
Wednesday, 5 June 2013
A new Tasmanian literary festival, the Beaconsfield Festival of Golden Words, will be held for the first time in March 2014. The annual festival, which will be based in the northern Tasmanian...
YA book-discovery startup wins Publishing Hackathon
Wednesday, 5 June 2013
A young adult book-discovery platform called Evoke has won the inaugural Publishing Hackathon, a software development contest held in New York in May, reports DigitalBookWorld. The Evoke team, which includes Lisa Maione, Jason Pearson...
Malorie Blackman named UK Children’s Laureate
Wednesday, 5 June 2013
In the UK, children’s author Malorie Blackman has been announced as the new Waterstones Children’s Laureate, reports the Bookseller. Blackman was presented with the Children’s Laureate medal and a cheque...
Kibble and Dobbie Awards shortlists announced
Wednesday, 5 June 2013
The shortlists for this year’s Kibble and Dobbie Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles for the $30,000 Kibble Literary Award, which recognises the work of an established Australian...
Gatekeepers, gender and ‘new adult’ debated at 2013 Reading Matters conference
Wednesday, 5 June 2013
Keith Gray, Raina Telgemeir and Libba Bray were among the popular international guests at this year’s Reading Matters conference, which ran from 30 May to 1 June. The biennial event, based...
Central West Libraries commended in IFLA marketing awards
Wednesday, 5 June 2013
Central West Libraries in NSW has been highly commended in the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) 2013 International Marketing Awards. The only Australian library to be recognised in the...
In brief
Wednesday, 5 June 2013
OCLC VP to give keynote address at LIANZA Conference Lorcan Dempsey, vice president and chief strategist at the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC), will give a keynote address at this...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 5 June 2013
‘If you categorise books as for boys or for girls, the message is that boys don’t need to be concerned about the female experience. And vice versa’—US author Libba Bray...
Attendance, box office up at EWF 2013
Wednesday, 5 June 2013
The 2013 Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) attracted a larger audience and higher box office sales than last year’s festival, according to festival director Sam Twyford-Moore. The festival, which was the first...
NewSouth book wins at Heritage Awards
Wednesday, 5 June 2013
Designer Suburbs: Architects and Affordable Homes in Australia by Judith O’Callaghan and Charles Pickett (NewSouth) has won the Education, Interpretation and Community Engagement category of this year’s New South Wales National Trust Heritage...
Young nominated for Daphne du Maurier Awards
Wednesday, 5 June 2013
Helene Young’s Burning Lies (Penguin) has been nominated for the Daphne du Maurier Awards in the Mainstream Mystery and Suspense category of the published division. The winners will be announced on 18 July...
2013 BWF schools program announced
Tuesday, 4 June 2013
The schools program for this year’s Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) has been announced. The Word Play program, which runs from 4 to 6 September, offers places for 10,000 students from grades 4...
Baileys to sponsor UK Women’s Prize for Fiction
Tuesday, 4 June 2013
In the UK, the Women’s Prize for Fiction, previously known as the Orange Prize for Fiction, has announced that Baileys will be its new major sponsor. From next year, the prize will be...
Ward appointed head of consumer and market insights at Simon & Schuster
Tuesday, 4 June 2013
Simon & Schuster Australia has announced that Kirsty Ward has been appointed to the newly created position of head of consumer and market insights. Ward, who has already started in the...
DOJ ebook pricing trial underway; Apple describes publisher contracts as ‘contentious and hard-fought’
Tuesday, 4 June 2013
The US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) ebook pricing trial against Apple kicked off on 3 June and is expected to last for three weeks, reports paidContent. As previously reported by...
Penguin Random House merger expected to be completed in July following approval in China
Tuesday, 4 June 2013
The merger of Penguin and Random House is expected to be completed next month, following the approval of the proposed merger by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) this week. Penguin...
Blackadder, Walkley win international awards
Tuesday, 4 June 2013
Two Australian authors have recently won international book awards. Jesse Blackadder has won a gold medal in the historical fiction category of the Benjamin Franklin Awards for The Raven’s Heart (HarperCollins), receiving gold Benjamin...
‘WBN’ published Thursday next week
Tuesday, 4 June 2013
Please note that, due to the Queen’s Birthday public holiday on Monday (occuring in all states except Western Australia), the Weekly Book Newsletter will be published on Thursday 13 June. The deadline for classifieds...
Rights round-up
Tuesday, 4 June 2013
Sales Nonfiction—Rockpool Publishing has licensed Danish and Norwegian rights to Angel Whispers (Debbie Malone); Spanish rights to 7 Things Your Doctor Forgot to Tell You; US rights to Natural Remedies...
RiP Jill Kitson
Tuesday, 4 June 2013
Radio presenter, producer, author and editor Jill Kitson has died. On the ABC’s Radio National, Kitson produced and presented book shows including First Edition and Book Talk, as well as Lingua Franca...
Commonwealth Writers prizes 2013 winners announced
Monday, 3 June 2013
The winners of the 2013 Commonwealth Book Prize and the Commonwealth Short Story Prize were announced in the UK on 31 May. UK author Lisa O’Donnell has won the £10,000...
John Oxley Library awards winners announced
Monday, 3 June 2013
The State Library of Queensland has announced the winners of the 2013 John Oxley Library Award, John Oxley Library Community History Award and John Oxley Library Fellowship, collectively known as...
Inky Awards 2013 longlists announced
Monday, 3 June 2013
The longlists for the 2013 Inky Awards, presented by the Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria, have been announced. The awards recognise local and international fiction,...
Inaugural ‘Seizure’ novella prize winner announced
Monday, 3 June 2013
Melbourne-based author Jane Jervis-Read has won the inaugural Viva La Novella prize offered by Seizure literary journal for her novella Midnight Blue and Endlessly Tall. Jervis-Read was announced as the...
Kinney planning to open a bookstore
Monday, 3 June 2013
Diary of a Wimpy Kid author Jeff Kinney is planning to open a bookstore in his home town of Plainville, New England, reports Publishers Weekly. Kinney has purchased a disused...
Fernhust Books acquires Wiley Nautical assets
Monday, 3 June 2013
Fernhust Books has acquired the print and digital assets for 180 titles from John Wiley & Sons’ nautical consumer publishing program Wiley Nautical, Wiley has announced in a statement. Classic titles...
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