Davitt Awards finalists announced
Monday, 2 July 2012
The finalists for this year’s Davitt Awards, presented by Sisters in Crime for crime books written by Australian women, have been announced. This year 49 books are competing for awards...
New grant from NZSA for mid-career writers
Monday, 2 July 2012
The New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) has established a new grant for mid-career writers. Applications are now open for the inaugural grant, which is worth NZ$6000 (A$4700) and designed...
RiP Rosemary Dobson
Monday, 2 July 2012
Rosemary Dobson, a well known Australian poet whose first book In a Convex Mirror was published in 1944, has died aged 92. Dobson received the Patrick White Award in 1984, was awarded...
Your store: Book-to-film clubs
Friday, 29 June 2012
An abundance of book-to-film adaptations have been released this year, with still more to come. It’s good news for the Sun Bookshop and Riverbend Books, which run their own film...
Bendigo Writers Festival program announced
Friday, 29 June 2012
The program for the inaugural Bendigo Writers Festival, to be held between 10 and 12 August, has been announced. Among the writers participating in the festival are Alex Miller, Alexis...
SA Writers’ Centre announces new residency program
Friday, 29 June 2012
The South Australian Writers’ Centre has announced a new writer-in-residence program for emerging writers. Applications are now open for the program, with two places to be offered this year. The...
Your store: Exercises in ebookselling
Thursday, 28 June 2012
Many booksellers are now signed up to sell ebooks, but how do you drive customers to your ebook store? We asked Kevin Guy from Avid Reader and Jon Page from...
Broun replaces Haslehurst at Magabala Books
Wednesday, 27 June 2012
Michelle Broun has been appointed the new CEO of Magabala Books, replacing Suzie Haslehurst who has recently left the company. Haslehurst, who finished in the role earlier this month, has...
Queensland Literary Awards launch crowd-funding campaign; more than 600 entries received
Wednesday, 27 June 2012
As reported by Bookseller+Publisher online, the Queensland Literary Awards (QLA), the volunteer-led awards that have replaced the axed Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards, has launched a crowd-funding campaign to raise funds to...
Penguin launches US pilot program for ebook lending
Wednesday, 27 June 2012
Penguin has launched a pilot program in the US to lend its ebooks through libraries, reports Publishers Weekly. Penguin has partnered with US technology company 3M (using its cloud library)...
Government supports BISG recommendations on ebook lending rights
Wednesday, 27 June 2012
The Federal Government has formally responded to recommendations made by the Book Industry Strategy Group (BISG) last year, including recommendations relating to ebook lending rights. The BISG recommended that Australian...
Vic government announces library funding for Docklands, City Library, North Fitzroy, Ashburton, Ringwood and Whittlesea
Wednesday, 27 June 2012
Several funding announcements have been made in the past week as part of the second round of funding for the Victorian Government’s Living Libraries Infrastructure Program, worth $17.2 million over...
Stokes appointed chair of NLA Council
Wednesday, 27 June 2012
Ryan Stokes, son of businessman Kerry Stokes, has been appointed chair of the National Library of Australia Council. Stokes’ three-year appointment, which begins in July this year, was announced by...
Softlink offers OverDrive Read in Australia and UK
Wednesday, 27 June 2012
Browser-based ebook reader OverDrive Read will be offered to schools, libraries and organisations in Australia and the UK by Softlink, as part of its distribution agreement with OverDrive. OverDrive Read is...
HarperCollins announces global publishing program
Wednesday, 27 June 2012
HarperCollins has announced that it will launch a new global publishing program, to be called HarperCollins 360, next month. The publisher said in a statement that the first phase of...
‘All That I Am’ wins 2012 Miles Franklin
Wednesday, 27 June 2012
As reported in a Bookseller+Publisher special bulletin, All That I Am by Anna Funder (Penguin) has won the 2012 Miles Franklin Literary Award, presented on Wednesday 20 June at a ceremony...
Sleepers drops DRM with Kobo, other vendors to follow
Wednesday, 27 June 2012
Independent publisher Sleepers Publishing has announced that it has dropped digital rights management (DRM) protection from its ebook titles available through Kobo. Sleepers creative director Zoe Dattner told Bookseller+Publisher that...
Harvey awarded 2012 Ray Koppe Young Writers’ Residency
Wednesday, 27 June 2012
The Australian Society of Authors has announced that Dimitra Harvey has been awarded the 2012 Ray Koppe Young Writers’ Residency, entitling the author to a one-week residency at Varuna, the...
Smiths Alternative Bookshop for sale
Wednesday, 27 June 2012
Independent Canberra bookstore Smiths Alternative Bookshop is for sale. Owner Peter Strong told Bookseller+Publisher that he has advertised the business this week in the Canberra Times. Strong said that he...
Myer appointed Australia Council chair
Wednesday, 27 June 2012
Arts Minister Simon Crean has announced that Rubert Myer will replace James Strong as chair of the Australia Council, with Robyn Archer appointed deputy chair. Myer is a former Chairman...
Changes to the Melbourne Prize for Literature
Wednesday, 27 June 2012
The Melbourne Prize for Literature has removed the age limit from its Best Writing Award for 2012. In past years an age limit of 40 years and under applied for...
Date set for US ebook anti-trust case
Wednesday, 27 June 2012
In the US, federal judge Denise Cote has set 3 June, 2013, as the start date for the Department of Justice (DOJ) anti-trust case against Apple, Penguin and Macmillan, reports...
Google appeals Chin’s class action ruling in Google Books case
Wednesday, 27 June 2012
In response to judge Denny Chin’s recent granting of class certification to the Authors Guild in the Google Books case, attorneys for Google have filed an appeal with the US...
New website for Book Marketing Society UK
Wednesday, 27 June 2012
The Book Marketing Society (BMS), an organisation that seeks to promote marketing and marketers within the publishing industry in the UK, has revealed its new website bookmarketingsociety.co.uk. BMS executive director Jo Henry...
Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellowships announced
Wednesday, 27 June 2012
The Wheeler Centre has announced the first intake of writers for this year’s Hot Desk Fellowships, supported by the Readings Foundation. Among the first intake are Luke Ryan, Mel Campbell,...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 27 June 2012
'There has been some disappointment in the government's response to the BISG report'—ABA president Jon Page.
Government establishes Book Industry Collaboration Council
Tuesday, 26 June 2012
The Federal Government has established an industry council in response to the recommendations made by the Book Industry Strategy Group (BISG) last year. The government said that the Book Industry Collaboration...
SLV Creative Fellowships announced
Tuesday, 26 June 2012
The 2012 recipients of the State Library of Victoria creative fellowships have been announced. Among the recipients selected for funding are several with book-related projects. (Elizabeth) Jo Gilbert will work...
Government responds to BISG recommendations
Tuesday, 26 June 2012
The Federal Government has formally responded to the recommendations made by the Book Industry Strategy Group (BISG) last year. As previously reported by Bookseller+Publisher, the BISG made 21 recommendations in...
SLV creative fellowships announced
Tuesday, 26 June 2012
The recipients of the 2012 State Library of Victoria creative fellowships have been announced. Recipients of $12,500 for three months’ study are: Angela Cavalieri, who will produce a series of...
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