Tim Winton’s ‘The Boy behind the Curtain’
Wednesday, 7 September 2016
‘Taken as a whole, this collection comes across as a fragmentary memoir, a patchwork of memories and recollections. Winton narrates the audiobook himself, a recommendation in itself for Winton fans’...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 7 September 2016
Sales Children’s—EK Books has sold simplified Chinese character rights to Tottie & Dot and Peas in a Pod (both Tania McCartney & Tina Snerling); and simplified Chinese character rights to...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 7 September 2016
‘I don’t believe in national literature per se. I do believe in Australian writing, conceived mostly in obscurity, frequently in poverty, almost always in adversity’—Richard Flanagan delivers his first public...
Patrić the top-selling author at MWF
Wednesday, 7 September 2016
Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) CEO and artistic director Lisa Dempster has reported this year’s festival’s box office and attendance ‘exceeded expectations’. Final figures are still being tallied for the festival,...
Small publisher spotlight: Miscellaneous Press
Wednesday, 7 September 2016
Melbourne author and blogger Karen Andrews started Miscellaneous Press in 2008 to self-publish her first children’s picture book. ‘My blog was doing very well at the time, with great traffic...
All I want for Christmas: A preview
Wednesday, 7 September 2016
With Father’s Day behind us, it’s time to turn our attention to the books on offer this Christmas. Read our round-up of the adult highlights—from fiction to memoir, food and...
City of Literature office offering free SPN conference tickets for librarians
Wednesday, 7 September 2016
The Melbourne City of Literature Office is offering ten free one-day tickets for workers in the library sector to the Small Press Network’s (SPN) Independent Publishing Conference in Melbourne on...
Readings launches Young Adult Book Prize
Wednesday, 7 September 2016
Independent Melbourne bookseller Readings has announced the formation of the Readings Young Adult Book Prize, open to first and second works of young adult fiction and memoir by Australian authors....
Danish ebook lending app tracks children’s reading progress
Tuesday, 6 September 2016
A new ebook lending platform has launched in Denmark with the ability to track reading progress, reports Publishing Perspectives. Launched with the aim of supporting children’s reading, Book Bites allows...
Wilderness Society announces 2016 children’s book award winners
Tuesday, 6 September 2016
The winners of the 2016 Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children’s Literature have been announced. The winning books in each category are: Fiction The River and the Book (Alison Croggon, Walker...
Moriarty, Catton to be adapted for screen
Monday, 5 September 2016
Australian author Liane Moriarty and New Zealand author Eleanor Catton have had their books picked up for screen adaptations. Film rights to Moriarty’s latest novel Truly Madly Guilty (Macmillan) have...
Close to 5000 attend inaugural Canberra Writers Festival
Monday, 5 September 2016
Just under 5000 visitors attended the inaugural Canberra Writers Festival, which ran from 26-28 August at various locations across the city. Festival director Vickii Cotter told Books+Publishing organisers were ‘blown...
Inaugural Australian Short Story Festival program launched
Monday, 5 September 2016
The program has been launched for the inaugural Australian Short Story Festival, which runs from 21-23 October in Perth. Cate Kennedy will deliver the opening address and Kim Scott will...
NSW Premier’s History Awards 2016 winners announced
Monday, 5 September 2016
The winners of the 2016 New South Wales Premier’s History Awards have been announced. The winners in each category are: Australian History Prize ($15,000) Australia’s Boldest Experiment: War and Reconstruction...
Charts this week
Monday, 5 September 2016
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The 78-Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton Pan 2 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child J K Rowling, Jack Thorne &...
Waverley Council partners with St Albans Writers’ Festival for Nib announcement
Friday, 2 September 2016
Waverley Council in Sydney will present the 2016 Nib Waverley Library Award for Literature shortlist at a special session at the St Albans Writers’ Festival, which runs from 16-18 September...
UK charity BookTrust launches translated children’s fiction promotion
Friday, 2 September 2016
In the UK, children’s literacy charity BookTrust is launching an initiative to encourage the publication of more translated works for children, reports the Bookseller. The ‘In the Other Words’ initiative...
City of Literature announces Known Bookshops grant recipients
Thursday, 1 September 2016
The Melbourne City of Literature office has announced the first recipients of its Known Bookshops grants. The stores and their projects are: Blarney Books in Port Fairy will host spoken-word...
Small publisher spotlight: Harbour Publishing House
Wednesday, 31 August 2016
Harbour Publishing House, based on the South Coast of NSW, began publishing in 2014 and specialises in children’s literature. ‘What initially started as a project to celebrate local talent has...
A S Patrić’s ‘Black Rock White City’
Wednesday, 31 August 2016
‘Told with haunting simplicity, the eminently readable Black Rock White City joins Nam Le’s The Boat and Maxine Beneba Clarke’s Foreign Soil as a welcome addition to the canon of...
Keeping up with the kids: Adele Walsh on the 35th IBBY International Congress
Wednesday, 31 August 2016
Centre of Youth Literature program manager Adele Walsh was one of five hundred literature and literary experts from over 60 countries who descended on Auckland’s Aotea Centre to discuss the...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 31 August 2016
‘Independent publishers now publish a large percentage of Australia’s literary fiction and are supporting new Australian writers telling Australian stories. It is affirming to see this reality being reflected in...
CBCA 2017 Children’s Book of the Year Awards
Wednesday, 31 August 2016
The Children’s Book Council of Australia would like to remind publishers to send their entries for the 2017 CBCA Children’s Book of the Year Awards. Entries are now open for books...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 31 August 2016
Sales Nonfiction—Black Inc. (Nero) has sold Vietnamese rights to Employee Enragement: Why People Hate Working for You (James Adonis) to Zenbooks. Rockpool has sold Japanese rights to Witches & Wizards...
‘Multi-literacy’ discussed at 35th IBBY International Congress
Wednesday, 31 August 2016
Centre of Youth Literature program manager Adele Walsh describes attending her first IBBY International Congress, held in Auckland from 18-21 August, as ‘incredibly familiar and yet entirely new’. She reports...
Australian Family Therapists’ Award for Children’s Literature 2016 winners announced
Wednesday, 31 August 2016
The winners of the 2016 Australian Family Therapists’ Awards for Children’s Literature have been announced. Risk by Fleur Ferries (Random House) has won the $1500 Older Readers Award. The book was cited...
Davitt Awards 2016 winners announced
Monday, 29 August 2016
Sisters in Crime announced the winners of the 2016 Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women at an event in Melbourne on 27 August. The winning titles...
Warner, Viskic, Haigh win 2016 Ned Kelly Awards
Monday, 29 August 2016
The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) announced the winners of this year’s Ned Kelly Awards for crime writing at the Melbourne Writers Festival on 28 August. The winner in the...
Charts this week
Monday, 29 August 2016
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The 78-Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton Pan 2 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child J K Rowling, Jack Thorne &...
Keil and Bos appointed commissioning editors at Five Mile
Friday, 26 August 2016
Bonnier Publishing Australia has appointed Melissa Keil and Samone Bos as commissioning editors at Five Mile Press. Keil has been promoted from senior children’s editor at Five Mile. She is...
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