Keynote speakers announced for 2016 ALIA National Conference
Thursday, 28 January 2016
The Australian Library and Information Association has announced the keynote speakers for its 2016 National Conference. Keynotes will be delivered by Kate Torney, the new CEO of the State Library...
Fiona McFarlane’s ‘The High Places’
Thursday, 28 January 2016
‘After receiving international accolades for her Miles Franklin-shortlisted debut novel The Night Guest, Fiona McFarlane follows up with a short-story collection laden with wry wit and a deceptive simplicity’ …...
Surreal deal: Leanne Hall on ‘Iris and the Tiger’
Thursday, 28 January 2016
Leanne Hall’s new novel for younger readers Iris and the Tiger is infused with ‘a kind of magical realism that is unusual in children’s and YA fantasy’, writes reviewer Jarrah Moore....
New YA festival to fund author visits to schools, libraries
Thursday, 28 January 2016
UK author Alexia Casale has established a YA festival and author touring program that aims to connect libraries and schools, reports the Guardian. The first YA Shot festival will be...
RiP David Conners
Thursday, 28 January 2016
Brolga Books publisher and former managing director of Angus and Roberston Bookworld David Conners has died, aged 68. Sandy Grant, chief executive at Hardie Grant Publishing, writes: ‘David Conners, one...
Children’s book ‘The Lie Tree’ wins Costa Book of the Year
Wednesday, 27 January 2016
In the UK, Frances Hardinge’s The Lie Tree (Macmillan Children’s Books) has won the 2015 Costa Book of the Year award. It was previously the Costa Book of the Year...
Charts this week
Monday, 25 January 2016
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 NYPD Red 4 James Patterson Century 2 Old School: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney Puffin 3 The Dressmaker (film tie-in)...
SWF to run ‘mini March festival’
Friday, 22 January 2016
The Sydney Writers Festival (SWF) is running events with four international authors in March. From 3-4 March the festival will host events with British novelist and journalist Simon Winchester, Scottish...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 20 January 2016
‘What is it about Australia that we can take out a bunch of writing organisations and expect there not to be serious damage caused to our culture?’—Australian Writers Guild WA...
Perth Writers Festival to feature human libraries
Wednesday, 20 January 2016
The 2016 Perth Writers Festival is giving festival-goers the opportunity to borrow a ‘human book’, reports the ABC. The Human Library will run twice over the festival on the themes...
The trouble with YA in translation
Wednesday, 20 January 2016
Why is there so little translated YA fiction published in Australia? Danielle Binks spoke to Scribe publisher Henry Rosenbloom and publicist Cora Roberts about their experience in this area. Read...
Lucinda Gifford’s ‘Arthur and the Curiosity’
Wednesday, 20 January 2016
‘Written and illustrated by the winner of the inaugural Five Mile Press Illustrator Prize Lucinda Gifford, Arthur and the Curiosity … is a delightful book with a fun storyline and...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 20 January 2016
Sales Fiction—HarperCollins has sold world Turkish Rights to Assassin, Covet, Fetish, Hit, Siren and Split (all Tara Moss) to Kabalci Yayinlari; and Italian and world Spanish rights to Match Pointe...
Blak & Bright Indigenous Literary festival program announced
Tuesday, 19 January 2016
The program for the inaugural Indigenous Literary Festival Blak & Bright has been announced. The festival, to be held in Melbourne from 18-21 February, features more than 60 Aboriginal and...
Inaugural Rock & Roll Writers Festival to be held in Brisbane in April
Tuesday, 19 January 2016
The inaugural Rock & Roll Writers Festival will be held at The Brightside in Brisbane on 2-3 April. The festival was founded by former band managers Leanne de Souza and...
MUP to publish Payne autobiography
Tuesday, 19 January 2016
Melbourne University Publishing has acquired the rights to My Story, the autobiography of Michelle Payne, who in 2015 became the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup. In a...
Writers call for boycott of literary festivals that don’t pay speakers
Monday, 18 January 2016
In the UK, a numbers of writers have called for publishers and fellow authors to boycott festivals that don’t pay speakers’ fees, reports the Bookseller. The calls come after Society...
Charts this week
Monday, 18 January 2016
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 NYPD Red 4 James Patterson Century 2 Old School:Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney Puffin 3 The Dressmaker (film tie-in) Rosalie...
Pullman resigns as Oxford Literary Festival patron over refusal to pay authors
Friday, 15 January 2016
In the UK, author Philip Pullman has announced his resignation as Oxford Literary Festival patron over its refusal to pay speakers, reports the Bookseller. Pullman told the Bookseller it was...
Featherston to hold second Booktown event in May
Friday, 15 January 2016
Featherston, New Zealand, will hold its second major Booktown event from 20-22 May this year. The town held its first Booktown event in October last year as part of its...
Perth Writers Festival 2016 program released
Thursday, 14 January 2016
The full program for the 2016 Perth Writers Festival, which runs from 18-21 February, has been released. As previously reported by Books+Publishing, UK pop-philosopher Roman Krznaric will give the festival’s...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 13 January 2016
‘There are many reasons for the decline in authors’ income, but unfair terms in publishing agreements contribute significantly to the plight of authors’—Australian Society of Authors chair David Day and...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 13 January 2016
Sales Children’s—Fremantle Press has sold digital recording rights to The Last Viking (Norman Jorgensen, illus by James Foley) and My Superhero (Chris Owen, illus by Moira Court) to Story Box...
RiP Brian Johns
Wednesday, 13 January 2016
Brian Johns, former Penguin Books director and managing director of the ABC, has died, aged 79. Johns joined Penguin Books as publishing director in 1979, expanding the publisher’s list to...
RiP Peter Milne
Wednesday, 13 January 2016
Peter Milne, a long-time bookseller at Abbey’s Bookshop in Sydney, has died, aged 75. Eve Abbey from Abbey’s Bookshop writes: ‘Our indispensable, seemingly everlasting Peter Milne died just before Christmas....
Jon Steiner’s ‘The Last Wilkie’s’
Wednesday, 13 January 2016
‘The Last Wilkie’s is a quirky collection of short stories that are by turns funny, dark and troubling. Some are only a few sentences long; others span 10-15 pages. All...
Making the grade
Wednesday, 13 January 2016
‘The absence of a streamlined approach to the selection of texts in Australian schools may be a point of frustration for many publishers, especially when there are such gains to...
Sydney bookstore specialising in YA to open this month
Wednesday, 13 January 2016
Beachside Bookshop, a new bookstore specialising in Australian YA titles, will open at Avalon Beach, Sydney, later this month ahead of its official opening in February. Owner Libby Armstrong, who...
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature 2016 shortlists announced
Monday, 11 January 2016
The shortlists for the 2016 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Fiction The Anchoress (Robyn Cadwallader, Fourth Estate) A Million Windows...
Charts this week
Monday, 11 January 2016
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Old School:Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney Puffin 2 The Dressmaker (film tie-in) Rosalie Ham Duffy and Snellgrove 3 Millie Marotta's...
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