RiP George Dale
Wednesday, 6 April 2016
Australian book designer George Dale has died, aged 74. Dale was Penguin’s first in-house designer, and went on to design over 2000 covers during his 30 years with the publisher....
Perth library cancels kids’ Harry Potter event after ‘overwhelming’ response from adults
Wednesday, 6 April 2016
The City of Perth Library has cancelled a Harry Potter-themed event for children after ‘thousands’ of adult fans registered their interest in attending, reports WAtoday. The event, which included a...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 6 April 2016
‘Scribe, Text, Transit Lounge, UQP and Wakefield Press all have titles longlisted for this year’s Miles Franklin. That means titles by SPN members make up more than half the list!’—the...
Inga Simpson’s ‘Where the Trees Were’
Wednesday, 6 April 2016
‘Queensland writer Inga Simpson’s third novel is a moving meditation on the bonds of childhood friendship and the moral complications of atonement’ ... read Carody Culver’s full review here.
Storylines National Writers’ Awards 2016 winners announced
Wednesday, 6 April 2016
The Storylines Children’s Literature Trust of New Zealand has announced the 2016 winners of its three national writers’ awards . The winning entries in each category are: Joy Cowley Award...
Rosoff wins 2016 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
Wednesday, 6 April 2016
US-born author Meg Rosoff has won the 2016 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the world’s richest prize for children’s and young adult literature. Rosoff, who is based in the UK, is...
Australian titles featured on USBBY outstanding international books list
Wednesday, 6 April 2016
Two Australian titles have been selected for the 2016 United States Board of Books for Young People (USBBY) list of Outstanding International Books for children and young adults. Irena Kobald’s...
Hans Christian Andersen Awards 2016 winners announced
Tuesday, 5 April 2016
The 2016 Hans Christian Andersen awards, presented by the International Board of Books for Young People (IBBY), have been awarded to Chinese author Cao Wenxuan and German illustrator Rotraut Susanne...
‘Writing Clementine’ wins Ena Noël Award
Monday, 4 April 2016
Kate Gordon’s YA novel Writing Clementine (A&U) has won the 2016 Ena Noël Award, a biennial prize administered by the Australian branch of the International Board on Books for Young...
Charts this week
Monday, 4 April 2016
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Road to Ruin Niki Savva Scribe 2 Lady Midnight Cassandra Clare Simon & Schuster 3 Predator Wilbur Smith & Tom Cain...
CYL launches Inky Awards Ambassador Program
Monday, 4 April 2016
The Centre of Youth Literature (CYL) at the State Library of Victoria has launched its new Inky Awards Ambassador Program, with four schools from across Australia selected as ‘Ambassador Schools’...
Terri-ann White: Is the book industry special?
Thursday, 31 March 2016
‘The difference in our industry, dominated by billion-dollar multinational conglomerates but where small independents contribute much of the innovation, is that our product has a voice. In every format we...
Small publisher spotlight: FableCroft Publishing
Thursday, 31 March 2016
ACT-based speculative fiction publisher FableCroft was launched in 2010 by editor Tehani Wessely. Wessely said one of the things that makes her small press unique is that she can ‘conceive...
Rights round-up
Thursday, 31 March 2016
Sales: Fiction—UQP has sold Turkish rights to The Midnight Dress (Karen Foxlee) to Günışığı Publishing via the Kayi Agency Nonfiction—Spinifex Press has sold German rights to The Screaming of the...
Quote of the week
Thursday, 31 March 2016
‘You are storehouses for the kernels not only of our literary culture but our history, our music, our food culture, our health and legal and technological culture, our visual arts,...
Em Bailey’s ‘The Special Ones’
Thursday, 31 March 2016
‘Em Bailey’s second YA novel is an edge-of-your-seat thriller, and readers of Bailey’s debut Shift will recognise her tendency to use everyday anxieties as her starting point, skilfully increasing the...
Allen & Unwin Acquires Garth Nix Title ‘Frogkisser!’
Thursday, 31 March 2016
Allen & Unwin are delighted to have obtained the ANZ rights for New York Times-bestselling author Garth Nix's Frogkisser! (publishing February 2017). Written in the spirit of The Princess Bride, Frogkisser! is...
Text acquires new novel from Simsion, Buist
Thursday, 31 March 2016
Text has acquired world rights to a new novel co-written by husband and wife authors Graeme Simsion and Anne Buist. The novel Left Right, which does not yet have a...
Readings to return as MWF festival bookseller
Thursday, 31 March 2016
Melbourne independent bookseller Readings will return as the Melbourne Writers Festival’s (MWF) official bookseller in 2016, replacing Dymocks, which has run the festival bookstore for the past few years. Managing...
Children’s category driving global print book sales
Wednesday, 30 March 2016
Growth in the children’s category is driving growth in the global print book market, Nielsen’s global managing director Jonathan Stolper told the Nielsen Book Insights Conference in London last week....
Charts this week
Tuesday, 29 March 2016
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Lady Midnight Cassandra Clare Simon & Schuster 2 Property of a Noble Woman Danielle Steel Bantam 3 The Road to Ruin Niki...
Small publisher spotlight: MidnightSun Publishing
Wednesday, 23 March 2016
Books+Publishing is launching a new series of small publisher profiles. Each week we will interview the publisher of a small press to find out what makes them tick, what successes...
Smarten up: Professional development in publishing
Wednesday, 23 March 2016
Professional development opportunities are a ‘mixed bag’ in the publishing industry, but there are opportunities if you know where to look, writes Portia Lindsay. Read her article from the latest...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 23 March 2016
‘The increasing reliance on freelancers means that there’s less on-the-job training’—freelance editor Pamela Hewitt, interviewed in Portia Lindsay’s article on professional development in the book industry in Books+Publishing magazine
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 23 March 2016
Sales Nonfiction—UQP has sold North American rights to The Hard Light of Day (Rod Moss) to Skyhorse Publishing. Children’s—Walker Books has sold Turkish rights to the first four books of...
Toni Jordan’s ‘Our Tiny, Useless Hearts’
Wednesday, 23 March 2016
‘Following the romantic capering of Fall Girl and the historically set Nine Days, Toni Jordan’s Our Tiny, Useless Hearts is a highly entertaining romp through the complexities of modern relationships’...
Harlequin to host Rural Fiction Festival at Royal Easter Show
Wednesday, 23 March 2016
Harlequin will host a Rural Fiction Festival at Sydney’s Royal Easter Show from 25-26 March. Two of Harlequin’s bestselling rural fiction authors, Rachael Johns and Fiona McCallum, will participate in...
Clunes Booktown Festival 2016 program announced
Tuesday, 22 March 2016
The program for the 2016 Clunes Booktown Festival, to be held from 30 April to 1 May in Clunes, Victoria, has been announced. This year the festival celebrates its 10th...
Flying high: Jeannie Baker on ‘Circle’
Monday, 21 March 2016
In her new picture book Circle, Jeannie Baker uses her distinctive mixed-media illustrations to depict the migration of the bar-tailed godwits. Reviewer Margaret Hamilton describes it as a ‘masterpiece’. She...
Book bites: Get smart
Monday, 21 March 2016
The Weird and Wonderful World of Words (Wild Dog Books, April) is an excellent springboard for language classes. Its mix of facts, illustrations and creative design make this an appealing...
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