‘The Teleportation Accident’ wins Encore Award
Thursday, 15 August 2013
British novelist Ned Beauman has won the 2012 Encore Award for his second novel The Teleportation Accident (Sceptre), reports the Bookseller. Beauman’s novel, which was longlisted for the 2012 Man...
NSW Premier’s History Awards 2013 shortlists announced
Thursday, 15 August 2013
The shortlists for this year’s New South Wales Premier’s History Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in the book-related categories are: Australian History Prize ($15,000) The Sex Lives of...
New Zealand to be Guest of Honour at Taipei Book Fair in 2015
Thursday, 15 August 2013
The organisers of the Taipei International Book Exhibition (TIBE) have announced that New Zealand will be the Guest of Honour at the 2015 exhibition. The Publishers Association of New Zealand...
Wattpad introduces crowdfunding
Thursday, 15 August 2013
In the US, the Wattpad online writing community has launched Wattpad Fan Funding—a crowdfunding service for self-publishing, reports Publishers Weekly. The service allows Wattpad members to pledge financial support to writing projects...
PM’s Literary Awards 2013 winners announced
Thursday, 15 August 2013
The winners of this year’s Prime Minister’s Literary Awards were announced at a ceremony at the State Library of Queensland on 15 August—the first time the awards have been presented...
Elworthy elected PANZ president
Wednesday, 14 August 2013
Auckland University Press director Sam Elworthy has been elected as the new president of the Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ). Elworthy, who has previously served as a PANZ councillor, was...
Local authors shortlisted for 2013 David Gemmell Legend Awards
Wednesday, 14 August 2013
A number of books by Australian and New Zealand authors have been shortlisted for this year’s David Gemmell Legend Awards for fantasy writing. Australian author Jay Kristoff has been nominated...
International Library News
Wednesday, 14 August 2013
‘Burial Rites’ features in inaugural LibraryReads top 10 In the US, Burial Rites by Australian author Hannah Kent (Picador) is among the first books to feature on LibraryReads, a new...
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 2013 program announced
Wednesday, 14 August 2013
The Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF) has announced the full program for its 10th festival, which will run from 11-15 October in Bali, Indonesia. More than 50 of the festival’s 160 guests are Australian, including authors Richard...
Overstock.com retreats from Amazon price war
Wednesday, 14 August 2013
In the US, Overstock.com appears to have retreated from its recent price war with Amazon, prompting Amazon to end its deep discounting of titles that began in response to the Overstock discounts, reports Publishers Weekly....
Why new adult is not a natural extension of YA
Wednesday, 14 August 2013
With a list that includes Abbi Glines, Jamie McGuire and Colleen Hoover, Simon & Schuster publishes some of the best-known new adult authors into Australia. Head of marketing and publicity...
Stores abuzz and sales up on National Bookshop Day
Wednesday, 14 August 2013
Bookstores around Australia celebrated the third annual National Bookshop Day on Saturday 10 August, with many stores reporting a boost in sales and customer numbers for the day. ‘National Bookshop...
HarperCollins to accept unsolicited manuscripts on Wednesdays
Wednesday, 14 August 2013
HarperCollins Australia has announced that it will begin accepting unsolicited manuscripts via its website this month. The publisher will launch ‘the Wednesday Post’ on 21 August. Through a new online portal,...
In brief
Wednesday, 14 August 2013
Libraries Australia Forum to be held in October The annual Libraries Australia Forum will be held on 31 October at the University of Melbourne, with the theme of ‘what it means to...
Mitchelton library renovations boost visitor numbers
Wednesday, 14 August 2013
Brisbane City Council has seen an increase in visitors to the Mitchelton Library since spending $1.39 million on renovations to the library, reports Brisbane Times. The upgrade adds features such...
Howard Library moves to larger space
Wednesday, 14 August 2013
The Howard Library in Queensland is relocating into a larger space inside the Burrum District Community Centre, reports the Fraser Coast Chronicle. Fraser Coast Regional Council’s carpentry team has begun renovations...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 14 August 2013
‘We saw a sharp increase in traffic on the day and this was also reflected in very strong sales. It really felt like Christmas in August!’—Dymocks Melbourne co-owner Melissa Traverso...
NSW Writers’ Centre launches mentorships for Indigenous writers
Tuesday, 13 August 2013
The NSW Writers’ Centre has launched a mentorship program for emerging Indigenous writers. The program will pair five emerging Indigenous writers from New South Wales with established Indigenous writers in...
E L James tops ‘Forbes’ list of highest-earning authors in 2013
Tuesday, 13 August 2013
‘Fifty Shades’ author E J James has topped Forbes' list of the world’s top-earning authors of 2013. According to Forbes, the top 10 highest-earning authors for the 12 months ending June 2013...
Judge schedules Apple damages trial for early 2014; proposes ‘staggered’ ebook contract negotiations with publishers
Tuesday, 13 August 2013
Judge Denise Cote has denied Apple’s request for a stay in proceedings in its ongoing legal battle with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) over ebook pricing, reports Publishers Weekly....
FT/Goldman Sachs Business Book Award longlist announced
Tuesday, 13 August 2013
Fourteen business books have been longlisted for the £30,000 (A$50,700) Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award, presented annually for the book that has ‘the most...
Tulba longlisted for Dylan Thomas Prize
Tuesday, 13 August 2013
Australian author Majok Tulba is among the finalists for this year’s Dylan Thomas Prize. Tulba’s novel Beneath the Darkening Sky (Hamish Hamilton) is longlisted along with seven other works of...
Rights round-up
Tuesday, 13 August 2013
Sales Fiction—Jenny Darling & Associates has sold UK and Commonwealth rights ex-ANZ to The Dressmaker (Rosalie Ham, published in Australia by Duffy & Snellgrove) to Serpent’s Tail. Random House has...
‘Guardian’ children’s fiction prize shortlist announced
Monday, 12 August 2013
In the UK, the shortlist for the Guardian children’s fiction prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: The Fault in Our Stars (John Green, Penguin); Liar & Spy (Rebecca Stead,...
Pintado joins Egmont UK; new appointments at HGE
Monday, 12 August 2013
Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) commissioning and managing editor Marisa Pintado has taken a year’s sabbatical to join the fiction team at Egmont UK in London. Pintado will finish at HGE...
Bowker research: online retailers’ market share up 5% in US
Monday, 12 August 2013
In the US, online retailers led by Amazon earned 44% of the money spent on books in 2012, up from 39% in 2011 when Borders was still in operation, according to...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 12 August 2013
Former Geelong footballer Matthew Scarlett is kicking goals on the highest new entries chart this week, with his autobiography Hold the Line (with Scott Gullan, Macmillan) in the top position. James...
Booktopia named Australia’s Favourite Bookshop
Monday, 12 August 2013
Online bookseller Booktopia has been named Australia’s Favourite Bookshop in a national competition administered by the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) in the lead-up to National Bookshop Day. Booktopia CEO Tony Nash...
DOJ v Apple: Publishers oppose proposed injunction; Kobo supports injunction; Apple files for stay in proceedings to wait for appeal
Monday, 12 August 2013
In another eventful week in the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) ongoing ebook pricing case against Apple, a number of the parties have made submissions to the court in relation to the DOJ’s...
The Mary Cunnane Agency to close this year
Monday, 12 August 2013
Literary agency The Mary Cunnane Agency will close by the end of this year. Founder Mary Cunnane said in a statement this week that she is closing the agency, which...
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