More than 40 literary organisations including publishers, writers’ centres, literary journals and writers’ festivals are calling for the government to consult with the literary community... Read more |
The judging panels for the 2015 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards (PMLAs) have been revealed on the PMLA website, showing few changes to the 2014 panels. Sydney... Read more |
ABC Television director Richard Finlayson has issued a statement outlining the network’s reasons for not broadcasting last year’s Prime Minister’s Literary Awards ceremony in December,... Read more |
New Zealand author Ted Dawe’s 2013 YA novel Into the River has been temporarily banned from sale or supply in his home country following complaints... Read more |
The winners of the NSW Premier’s History Awards have been announced as part of the official launch of NSW History Week. The awards, which total... Read more |
The Small Press Network (SPN) has announced the shortlist for this year’s Most Underrated Book Award (MUBA). The shortlisted titles are: Isabelle of the Moon... Read more |
Book recommendation website Better Reading has announced the results of its inaugural Top 100 Books survey, which tallied the favourite books of around 5000 Australian... Read more |
Readings head of marketing and communications Emily Harms has been appointed head of marketing and communications at the Wheeler Centre, beginning on 28 September. Harms... Read more |
The longlist for Hachette Australia’s inaugural Richell Prize for Emerging Writers has been announced. The longlisted authors are: Sally Abbott Toni Bartlett Alice Bishop Lyndel... Read more |
UK-US author Rob Magnuson Smith has won the 2015 Australian Book Review (ABR) Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize for his story ‘The Elector of Nossnearly’.... Read more |
Australian author Foz Meadows has signed a two-book deal with UK publisher Angry Robot. Angry Robot acquired world English-language rights to Meadows’ An Accident of... Read more |
‘This is an unprecedented and extreme action by the Film and Literature Board of Review. Banning books is not the New Zealand way’—Publishers Association of... Read more |
Two new titles, Lee Child’s 20th ‘Jack Reacher’ novel Make Me (Bantam) and David Lagercrantz’s The Girl in the Spider Web (Hachette), the fourth instalment... Read more |
Scholastic Australia and the National Maritime Museum in Sydney will co-produce an interactive exhibition based on a book in the popular ‘Horrible Histories’ series by author... Read more |
The Co-op’s University of Queensland St Lucia store trainee manager Thomas Riek has been named a finalist in the National Retail Association’s (NRA) Young Retailer... Read more |
UK author Jonathan Tel has won the 2015 Commonwealth 2015 Short Story Prize for his story ‘The Human Phonograph’. The £5000 (A$10,987) prize is presented... Read more |
A group of authors, led by Patrick Ness, have raised over £500,000 (A$1.1m) for Syrian refugees, reports the Bookseller. Ness launched the fundraising campaign on... Read more |
In the US, sales of Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster ebooks through Amazon have fallen since the publishers signed new distribution deals, which included provisions for... Read more |
Penguin Random House (PRH) have acquired world English-language rights to the self-published picture book The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep (Carl-Johan Forssén Ehrlin) in... Read more |
Book Depository founder Emad Eldeen Elakehal will launch a new international online bookseller later this year, reports Internet Retailing. Elakehal founded the Book Depository in... Read more |
University of Southern Queensland (USQ) academic Helen Partridge has been awarded an Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage grant to study ‘the role of libraries as... Read more |
Judy Atkinson, coordinator of Coffs Harbour Children’s and Youth Services in NSW, has been named the Australian Library and Information Association’s (ALIA) Library Technician of... Read more |
National Library of Ireland hit by funding cuts The latest annual review of the National Library of Ireland (NLI) has found it is operating with... Read more |
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In Books+Publishing’s latest talkback column we ask four booksellers, should publishers use the same cover design for different territories where possible? Read their responses here.
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Readings head of marketing and communications Emily Harms has been appointed head of marketing and communications at the Wheeler Centre. (See news.)
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The Australian Beekeeping ManualRobert Owen The most comprehensive reference for both novice and experienced beekeepers in Australia344 pages includes over 350 detailed instructional photographs and... Read more |
The social media achievements of Lonely Planet, the world’s leading travel media company, have been recognised internationally by travel industry intelligence website Skift. Lonely Planet... Read more |
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