Government seeks community feedback on PLR, ELR schemes
Monday, 8 October 2012
The Federal Government’s Office of the Arts is seeking community feedback about the Public Lending Rights (PLR) and Education Lending Rights (ELR) schemes through an online survey. Interested parties have...
NZ Arts Foundation award recipients announced
Monday, 8 October 2012
Writer Pip Adam; writer, director and actor Fiona Samuel; and poet, editor and painter Gregory O’Brien are among nine artists awarded foundation grants at this year’s Macquarie Private Wealth New...
Govt launches online survey for PLR/ELR schemes
Monday, 8 October 2012
The Federal Government’s Office of the Arts is seeking community feedback about the Public Lending Rights (PLR) and Education Lending Rights (ELR) schemes through an online survey. The survey, which...
Google, US publishers settle book scanning case
Friday, 5 October 2012
After almost seven years of litigation, Google and the Association of American Publishers (AAP), representing five US publisher plaintiffs, have reached a settlement in the litigation over Google’s book scanning...
OPUS Group to close McPherson’s Printing facility in Melbourne
Friday, 5 October 2012
OPUS Group, parent company of McPherson’s Printing Group (MPG), has confirmed to Bookseller+Publisher that it will close the MPG facility in Mulgrave in Melbourne’s south east next year. A spokesperson...
Blake Poetry Prize 2012 shortlist announced
Friday, 5 October 2012
The shortlist for the 2012 Blake Poetry Prize has been announced. The shortlisted poems are: ‘Once Upon a Time in the Rockies’ (David Bunn) ‘Celen’ (Christopher Kelen) ‘Alter Rock’ (Graham...
‘Overland’ Victoria University Short Story Prize finalists announced
Thursday, 4 October 2012
The finalists for the inaugural Overland Victoria University Short Story Prize for New and Emerging Writers have been announced. The shortlisted stories are: ‘Zone of Confidence’ (Claire Aman) ‘Frank O’Hara’s...
A&U acquires Murdoch Books
Wednesday, 3 October 2012
Allen & Unwin has acquired Murdoch Books. A&U and Murdoch Books announced the finalisation of the sale in a joint statement on 3 October. As previously reported by Bookseller+Publisher, the...
Literature Board publishing funding inadequate says Cunningham; successful applicants announced
Wednesday, 3 October 2012
The Australia Council’s Literature Board funding for publishing activities is insufficient, says recently appointed chair Sophie Cunningham. In announcing the successful applicants for promotion, publishing grants and residencies from the...
ABR offers fellowship for essay ‘on any aspect of literary studies’
Wednesday, 3 October 2012
The Australian Book Review is seeking proposals for a sixth Fellowship. The ABR Ian Potter Foundation Fellowship is open to writers with a ‘significant publication record’ and is for ‘a...
KYD to run writing workshops
Wednesday, 3 October 2012
Literary journal Kill Your Darlings has announced it will run a one-day fiction writing workshop in November, with plans to run more, and to add longer courses, in 2013. ‘We’re...
Tablet ownership to increase to 71% by mid-2013
Wednesday, 3 October 2012
A new survey predicts tablet ownership by Australians who already use a mobile phone, will rise to 71% in a year’s time. Currently, nearly 40% of Australians who own a...
National Geographic Learning moves to FLB Bookery
Wednesday, 3 October 2012
National Geographic Learning will be distributed by FLB Bookery from 1 October this year. ‘The distribution transition to FLB Bookery will be seamless,’ said the distributor in a statement. National...
NZ writers’ walk launched in Germany
Wednesday, 3 October 2012
A New Zealand writers’ walk has been launched in Germany to celebrate the country’s Guest of Honour status at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair. The walk is situated on the...
US consumers report issues with ‘The Casual Vacancy’ ebook file
Wednesday, 3 October 2012
In the US, Hachette issued a new ebook version of J K Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy on the same day as its release after reports of issues with the ebook’s font colour...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 3 October 2012
‘I am thrilled that the business will become an integral and wholly owned part of the largest Australian independent publishing house, and the efforts that my team have put into...
ALIA, VATL call for reinstatement of Victorian TAFE funding
Wednesday, 3 October 2012
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) and the Victorian Association of TAFE Libraries (VATL) have issued a joint statement calling for the Victorian Government to reinstate $170 million in...
2012 Softlink survey finds majority of school library budgets ‘unchanged’
Wednesday, 3 October 2012
A majority of the respondents to Softlink’s third annual Australian School Library Survey have reported no change to their school’s library budget over the past 12 months. However, 26% of the...
SLV seeks community feedback to help ‘plan for the next decade’
Wednesday, 3 October 2012
The State Library of Victoria (SLV) has launched a new community consultation program and is asking Victorians for their views and ideas about the library to ‘aid in its planning for the...
International Library News
Wednesday, 3 October 2012
MyLibraryNYC program extended The New York Public Library has announced that the MyLibraryNYC program, which grants public schools in New York access to the resources of the city's public libraries,...
Interview with Alison Croggon about ‘Black Spring’
Tuesday, 2 October 2012
Alison Croggon's latest novel Black Spring is a dark, gothic tale inspired by Wuthering Heights. The author spoke to Amelia Vahtrick. Read Vahtrick's review of Black Spring here. Obviously you're a...
McDonald, Ahmad receive OzCo community arts awards
Tuesday, 2 October 2012
Writers Meme McDonald and Mohammed Ahmad have received awards from the Australia Council for the Arts for their contributions to community arts and cultural development. McDonald was presented with the...
Australian author wins British Fantasy Award
Tuesday, 2 October 2012
Brisbane-based author Angela Slatter has won the Short Fiction Prize in this year’s British Fantasy Awards. Slatter won the award for her short story ‘The Coffin-Maker’s Daughter’, which was published...
Egmont appoints Hughes as publishing director
Tuesday, 2 October 2012
Egmont has announced that it has appointed Sarah Hughes as publishing director for its fiction list, reports the Bookseller. Hughes takes up the role on 3 December, having been fiction...
Pearson US gives readers early access with Early Edition
Tuesday, 2 October 2012
Pearson will allow readers to access ebooks on technology before the finished book is released under a program called Early Edition, reports Publishers Weekly. ‘Readers can purchase the editions, which...
Gallagher, Carrera join Ingram in the US
Tuesday, 2 October 2012
Ingram Content Group has announced the appointment of Kelly Gallagher to the role of vice president of content acquisitions. Gallagher, who is currently vice president of publishing workflow solutions at...
PEN International approves declaration on digital technologies, announces new award
Tuesday, 2 October 2012
Delegates at the 78th PEN International Congress, held in Korea from 11 to 15 September, approved the PEN International Declaration on Free Expression and Digital Technologies. In a statement on...
Allely to leave PMP in 2013
Tuesday, 2 October 2012
PMP chief executive and general manager of print and distribution Richard Allely has announced that he will step down from his position in September 2013. In a statement to the Australian...
German Peace Prize to Chinese writer
Tuesday, 2 October 2012
The German Publishers and Booksellers Association has announced it will award its 2012 Peace Prize to Chinese writer Liao Yiwu, who ‘walked out on his native country and landed in...
Sainsbury’s drops Kobo, joins Waitrose in selling Nook in UK
Tuesday, 2 October 2012
US bookselling chain Barnes & Noble has announced it will launch two tablets—a seven-inch Nook HD and nine-inch Nook HD+—simultaneously in the UK and the US, and that UK supermarkets...
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