Please complete our pre-Christmas survey
Tuesday, 11 December 2012
Bookseller+Publisher is currently conducting its annual pre-Christmas survey of booksellers and publishers. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey online. Booksellers If you are a bookseller, please complete...
Australia Council funds JUMP mentorships in literature
Tuesday, 11 December 2012
The Australia Council will provide funding to three applicants from the field of literature for its JUMP mentoring initiative. The initiative aims to ‘make a positive impact on the early...
Brown wins NZSA Janet Frame Memorial Award
Tuesday, 11 December 2012
Dunedin-based poet and novelist Diane Brown has won this year’s Janet Frame Memorial Award. Brown, who was selected from a shortlist of five writers, plans to use the NZ$3000 (A$2391) prize to...
Cooke wins ‘Meanjin’ Dorothy Porter Poetry Prize 2012
Tuesday, 11 December 2012
The Meanjin Dorothy Porter Poetry Prize 2012 has been awarded to Stuart Cooke for his poem ‘An Overcast Day in Another Part of the World’. As part of the prize...
‘Bookseller+Publisher’ 2012 reviews: 77% of print books published simultaneously as ebooks; 54% of adult titles written by women
Tuesday, 11 December 2012
An overview of Bookseller+Publisher’s reviews pages over the past year reveals some interesting statistics about the Australian publishing industry. In total, 239 Australian and New Zealand originated titles published in...
RiP Mark Strizic
Tuesday, 11 December 2012
Veteran Australian photographer Mark Strizic has died, aged 84. Thames & Hudson Australia writes: ‘Thames & Hudson Australia is saddened to hear of the passing of the great Australian photographer...
HarperCollins, Walker Books sign with Wheelers ebook platform
Tuesday, 11 December 2012
ALS Library Services has announced that ebooks from HarperCollins, Walker Books and Dark Horse Comics are now available to Australian users of Wheelers ePlatform library lending service. ALS managing director...
McDonald to join SLNSW
Tuesday, 11 December 2012
The State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW) has announced that Vicki McDonald will join the library as director of library services in February. The SLNSW said in a statement...
Monash, Waimakairiri libraries offer ‘Book Psychic’ recommendation service
Tuesday, 11 December 2012
Monash Public Library Service in Melbourne and Waimakairiri Libraries in Kaiapoi New Zealand are the first local library services to offer a new product from Bowker’s LibraryThing called Book Psychic....
In brief
Tuesday, 11 December 2012
Ruffy joins Boroondara Library Service Jenny Ruffy joined the City of Boroondara Library Service in Melbourne in November in the role of library, arts and cultural services manager. Ruffy, who...
Rights round-up
Tuesday, 11 December 2012
Sales Fiction—Hachette has sold Bulgarian and German-language rights to The Legacy of Lord Regret and The Lord of Lies (Sam Bowring); Italian-language rights to Past the Shallows (Favel Parrett); Czech-language...
Musgrave wins 2012 Newcastle Poetry Prize
Monday, 10 December 2012
David Musgrave has won first place in the 2012 Newcastle Poetry Prize for his poem ‘Coastline’. Musgrave was presented with the $12,000 award at a presentation ceremony in Newcastle in...
Amazon targets children with new Kindle Fire subscription service
Monday, 10 December 2012
In the US, Amazon has unveiled a new subscription service for its Kindle Fire devices, which is targeted at children aged between three and eight, reports Publishers Weekly. Prime members...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 10 December 2012
On Christmas Eve, detective Alex Cross is at home in Washington DC decorating the tree with his family, when he receives a phone call that puts celebrations on hold: a corporate lawyer...
BBC Worldwide considering ‘strategic options’ for Lonely Planet
Monday, 10 December 2012
BBC Worldwide is considering ‘strategic options’ for Lonely Planet, including outside investment or a potential sale, reports the Guardian. While the BBC declined to comment about the speculation, the Guardian...
‘The People Smuggler’ wins 2012 Human Rights Literature Award
Monday, 10 December 2012
The People Smuggler: The True Story of Ali Al Jenabi by Robin de Crespigny (Viking) has won this year’s Human Rights Literature Award. The People Smuggler was selected from a shortlist...
Tumarkin wins 2013 Sidney Myer Creative Fellowship
Monday, 10 December 2012
Melbourne-based writer Maria Tumarkin has been awarded one of the 2013 Sidney Myer Creative Fellowships, worth $160,000 over two years. As one of the seven Sidney Myer Creative Fellows, Tumarkin...
‘The Wrong Book’ selected for 2013 National Simultaneous Storytime
Monday, 10 December 2012
The Wrong Book by Nick Bland (Scholastic) has been selected for next year’s National Simultaneous Storytime, to be held on 22 May 2013. The annual event, held during Library and...
Melbournalia pop-up store returns for second year
Monday, 10 December 2012
The Melbournalia pop-up store has returned to Melbourne’s CBD for a second year, with a single store located at the Queen Victoria Markets. Melbournalia, the brainchild of Dale Campisi and Michael Brady...
Finch Publishing celebrates 20 years
Monday, 10 December 2012
Finch Publishing is celebrating its 20th birthday this year. The Sydney-based publisher, which employs ‘three-and-a-half very hardworking people’, held a party in August to mark the occasion. ‘But more importantly,’...
Auckland University Press turns 50
Monday, 10 December 2012
Auckland University Press is celebrating 50 years in publishing this year. The scholarly publisher has no plans for a big party. Instead, it has launched a new website and logo...
Gammage wins 2012 ACT Book of the Year Award
Friday, 7 December 2012
Bill Gammage has won the 2012 Australian Capital Territory Book of the Year Award for The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia (A&U). Gammage’s book was selected from...
Google, Amazon join Kobo in Brazil
Friday, 7 December 2012
Following Kobo’s recent expansion into the Brazilian ebook market, Google and Amazon both launched ebookstores in Brazil this week, reports PaidContent. Google is now selling ebooks and movies in Brazil...
Buzo a finalist for Morris Award
Friday, 7 December 2012
Australian YA author Laura Buzo has been selected as a finalist for the 2013 William C Morris Award for her 2010 debut novel Good Oil (A&U), published in the US...
Foyles in London to become ‘bookshop of the future’
Friday, 7 December 2012
London’s Foyles bookshop has partnered with the Bookseller to invite customers and industry experts to help design a ‘bookshop of the future’ for the 21st century. Located at 113-119 Charing...
New Melbournalia pop-up store launches with books, events
Friday, 7 December 2012
A pop-up retail store selling books and gifts about Melbourne has returned to the city’s CBD. Melbournalia is the brainchild of Dale Campisi and Michael Brady from boutique publisher Arcade...
Australia objects to Amazon’s application for .book
Friday, 7 December 2012
Australia has lodged a complaint against Amazon EU’s application for the .book internet domain, which is says restricts other entities from using the same domain and could have a ‘negative...
Dattner to step down as SPN general manager
Thursday, 6 December 2012
The Small Press Network (SPN) has announced that general manager Zoe Dattner will step down from her role in January. The SPN said in a statement that Dattner and the...
Hachette implements new ebook pricing in the US
Thursday, 6 December 2012
In the US, Hachette has implemented new ebook pricing terms that are now being adopted by ebook vendors, reports Publishers Weekly. The changes follow the publisher’s decision to settle with...
Penguin launches seminar for ‘popular writing’
Thursday, 6 December 2012
Penguin Books Australia has launched a one-day seminar for aspiring writers of commercial fiction, called the Penguin School of Popular Writing. The seminar, which will be held on 19 January...
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