Category: News
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Digital deposit service for publishers to be launched in 2019
National edeposit (NED), an online service for the deposit, archiving, management, discovery and delivery of published electronic material across Australia, will be launched in early 2019. The service is a collaboration between Australia’s nine national, state and territory libraries and will enable publishers to deposit a book once through a single service to meet both…
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SWF 2018 program announced
The program has been announced for this year’s Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF), which runs from 30 April to 6 May. Sixty international guests and 400 Australian writers, academics and public figures will take part in events held across greater Sydney, with the festival moving its main hubfrom Walsh Bay to a temporary home at Carriageworks and…
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Lending rights title claims closing soon
Australian book publishers or creators—including self-publishers—can be compensated for the loss of income through the free multiple use of their work in Australian public and educational lending libraries through the public and educational lending right (PLR and ELR) schemes. Title claims for the 2018-2019 program, for books published between 2012 and 2017, need to be…
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Barnes & Noble announces large cuts to store positions
US book retailer Barnes & Noble has announced large cuts to store positions as part of a ‘new labour model’ after reporting disappointing holiday sales results in early January. ‘The new model will allow stores to adjust staff up or down based on the needs of the business, increase store productivity and streamline store operations,’ said…
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Adult sales up, kids sales down in US
In the US, estimates from the AAP’s StatShot program show that sales of adult trade books increased slightly (0.4%) in the first nine months of 2017 compared to the same period in 2016, reports Publishers Weekly. Sales of children’s and young adult books fell 3.5% in the same nine-month period. The AAP data showed that sales of…
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Sue Liu on ‘Accidental Aid Worker’
Author and communications professional Sue Liu self-published her travel memoir in 2015. She has since released two new editions of her book, and has run self-publishing workshops through the State Library of New South Wales. Describe your latest self-published book in under 50 words. My first book is my epic travel memoir, Accidental Aid Worker.…
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Upcoming events
February Perth Writers Week, (19-25 February) Perth, WA. Woollahra Poets’ Picnic, (27 February) Sydney, NSW. March Dunedoo Bush Poetry Festival, (1-4 March) Dunedoo, NSW. Adelaide Writers’ Week, (3-8 March) Adelaide, SA. Writing and Writers of Gippsland, (5-9 March) Paynesville, Vic. New Zealand Festival: Writers and Readers stream, (8-11 March) Wellington, NZ. Somerset Celebration of Literature,…
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Adelaide Writers’ Week 2018 program announced
The full program for Adelaide Writers’ Week, which runs from 3-8 March, has been announced. This year’s festival is dedicated to children’s author Mem Fox, who will be in conversation with Ruth Clarke on 5 March, as well as featuring in the kids’ weekend program. Fox joins past dedicatees Brenda Niall, Robert Dessaix, Margo Lanagan…
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Full program announced for 2018 Perth Writers Week
The full program has been announced for the 2018 Perth Festival Writers Week, which runs from 19-25 February. Events at the festival include the pairing of ‘literary giants’ Kim Scott and Helen Garner in a discussion on ‘why literature matters’; a preview of Tim Winton’s forthcoming novel The Shepherd’s Hut (Hamish Hamilton); dining events, such as breakfast…
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Upcoming events
January ABPA Golden Damper Awards Bush Poetry Performance Competition, (23-27 January) Tamworth, NSW. February Association for the Study of Australian Literature Conference, (8-9 February) Darwin, NT. Australian Comic Arts Festival, (9-11 February) Canberra, ACT. Festival of the Photocopier and Zine Fair, (11 February) Melbourne, Vic. Banjo Paterson Australian Poetry Festival, (16-25 February) Orange, NSW. Perth…