Mitch Fifield has replaced George Brandis as Arts Minister and Kelly O’Dwyer has replaced Bruce Billson as Small Business Minister under cabinet changes introduced by... Read more |
Responsibility for copyright and classification matters and legislation have been moved from George Brandis’ Attorney-General portfolio to the new Communications and Arts Minister Mitch Fifield.... Read more |
A number of Australian writers and book industry professionals have ‘questioned the intentions’ of inaugural Book Council of Australia chair Louise Adler in an open... Read more |
Angelo Loukakis is stepping down as executive director of the Australian Society of Authors (ASA) after nearly six years in the position. Loukakis told Books+Publishing his... Read more |
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has appointed Mitch Fifield as federal Arts Minister and Kelly O’Dwyer as Small Business Minister. In a statement, Turnbull said that... Read more |
The winners of the Australian Publishers Association (APA) Educational Publishing Awards were announced at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne on 17 September. RIC Publications was named Publisher... Read more |
The longlist for the inaugural Australian Sports Book of the Year award has been announced. The 12 longlisted titles are: Roy Higgins (Patrick Bartley, Penguin)... Read more |
Hachette Australia has announced the shortlist for its inaugural Richell Prize, run in partnership with the Emerging Writers’ Festival and the Guardian. The shortlisted entries... Read more |
Melbourne’s RMIT University has awarded fellowships to writers Alice Pung and Michele Lee for writing residencies in China. Pung was awarded the Writers Immersion and... Read more |
The Collins Booksellers franchisee awards were announced at a dinner at the bookseller’s national conference in Sydney on 16 September. Chloe Watson from Collins Echuca... Read more |
Publishing industry veterans Roz Hopkins and Natalie Winter have raised more than $4000 for their $5000 Pozible crowdfunding campaign for Mummy & Mumma Get Married, the... Read more |
Nina Kenwood has been promoted to Readings’ marketing manager, replacing former head of marketing and communications Emily Harms, who has joined the Wheeler Centre. Kenwood... Read more |
Germany’s booksellers association has lodged complaints against Amazon subsidiary Audible with the German competition authority and the European Commission, claiming the audiobook provider is abusing... Read more |
In the UK, the shortlist for this year’s £30,000 (A$65,080) Business Book of the Year Award has been announced, reports the Bookseller. The shortlisted titles... Read more |
The longlist for the Samuel Johnson Prize for Nonfiction has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Ted Hughes: The Unauthorised Life (Jonathan Bate, Flamingo) This... Read more |
US-based ebook subscription service Oyster is shutting down its operations, reports Publishers Weekly. The company said in a statement on its blog: ‘We will be... Read more |
The UK’s National Book Awards will not run in 2015, reports the Bookseller. The consumer-focused awards are the country’s ‘only national literary prize that covers... Read more |
Insights into the growth in the children’s book market were presented at the Nielsen Children’s Book Summit in New York on 15 September, reports Publishers... Read more |
In the UK, the shortlist for the BBC National Short Story Award 2015 has been announced. The shortlisted writers and their stories are: Jonathan Buckley for ‘Briar... Read more |
In the UK and US, Amazon has introduced a low-cost tablet priced at £49.99 (A$108.26) and US$49.99 (A$69.52) in the two markets, reports the Bookseller... Read more |
German author and illustrator Cornelia Funke, best known for her children’s fantasy series ‘Inkheart’ and ‘Mirrorworld’, has started her own publishing company in response to... Read more |
In the UK, a survey conducted by Scholastic has found only 17% of 15- to 17-year-olds often read for fun, reports the Bookseller. The ‘Kids... Read more |
The 65-Storey Treehouse (Andy Griffiths, illus by Terry Denton, Pan) is back on top of the overall bestsellers chart, as Make Me (Lee Child, Bantam)... Read more |
Wise, vital and relayed in Modjeska’s restrained, sophisticated prose, it’s a major contribution to a literary lineage traceable to Virginia Woolf … read Gerard Elson’s... Read more |
‘I’m not saying for a moment that money will return to the Australia Council. What I’m saying is that … the exact nature and design of the [National Program for Excellence in the Arts] outside the Australia Council is yet to be completely nailed down’—new Arts Minister Mitch Fifield indicates he will support the NPEA in an interview with Radio National
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British-American author Jackie Collins has died, aged 77. Collins was the author of more than 30 novels, including The Stud, Hollywood Wives and her debut The... Read more |
Dorothy Butler, New Zealand author and founder of the Dorothy Butler Children’s Bookshop in Ponsonby, has died, aged 90. Butler was the author of several... Read more |
Pan Macmillan’s digital-only imprint Momentum will run its first Twitter-pitch session on 25 September. Australian and international authors are invited to tweet a pitch for their... Read more |
In Queensland, Sunshine Coast Council’s new mobile library service is equipped with an Australian first—a self-service station that allows borrowers to checkout their own library... Read more |
In Western Australia, Broome Public Library has introduced a ‘Build up Lego Club’ to boost literacy and numeracy skills among children, reports ABC News. Library... Read more |
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has awarded its 2015 research grant to Heather Brown, assistant director of Paper and Books at South Australia’s... Read more |
National Library of Scotland to put eight million collection items online Described as one of the biggest programs of its kind in Europe, the National... Read more |
Karen Russell is a career Co-op bookseller who spent a long time managing the Co-op Sunshine Coast store. ‘As the student population has grown, so too... Read more |
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Australian Society of Authors executive director Angelo Loukakis has announced he will leave the organisation at the end of the year. (See news.)
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Nina Kenwood has been promoted to marketing manager at Readings and Holly Harper has been appointed online content assistant, specialising in children’s books. (See news.)
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Registrations for Editors Victoria’s Redact 2015 weekend intensive workshop will close 28 September. Redact 2015 is a professional development workshop held over 17-18 October at... Read more |
 Australian Leader Eats Raw Onion Whole: Headlines from the Government That Broke Satire, a collection of real-life headlines that tell the story of Team Australia, has been brought forward and will be released on Monday 12 October.
‘Few Prime Ministers have made such a repeated balls-up of the news cycle as Abbott, and few books have highlighted it quite as succinctly as this one.’ —Chris Taylor, The Chaser
Orders for Australian Leader Eats Raw Onion Whole (ISBN 9781863957915, RRP $9.99) can be placed with United Book Distributors on orders@unitedbookdistributors.com.au or 1800 33 88 36.
www.blackincbooks.com
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Warriors, a riveting and comprehensive dissection of what went wrong with the Abbott government, will be published in early 2016.
Warriors reveals the disastrous consequences of power abused, and the broken people left in its wake.
From the moment the Abbott government took office, the prime minister and his staff ruthlessly controlled ministers, backbenchers, the public service and the media. But the centralised decision-making that had been so effective in opposition turned out to be a disaster in government. Warriors is the first draft of history—the inside story of the Abbott government, told in stunning, revelatory detail.
Aaron Patrick is the deputy editor of the Australian Financial Review. His previous book, Downfall: How the Labor Party Ripped Itself Apart, was a national bestseller.
Warriors (9781863958097, RRP $29.99) will be released on Monday 1 February 2016. Orders can be placed with United Book Distributors on orders@unitedbookdistributors.com.au or 1800 33 88 36.
www.blackincbooks.com
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Bookings open on Friday 25 September for Sydney’s annual ILF Trivia Night at Paddington RSL Club. Hosted by Richard Glover, the evening includes a silent auction of fabulous donated prizes including theatre tickets, Adam Goodes signed shirt, art and much more. Book on TryBooking for Tables of 8 or individual tickets at $45. For any queries please call Indigenous Literacy Foundation on (02) 9280 0644 or email at info@ilf.org.au.
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After almost 40 years Luke and Judy Macartney are selling Thesaurus Booksellers, 29 Church St, Brighton, Victoria. The purchaser is an employee of Luke and Judy’s of 9 years, Kate Becker. After 30 September 2015 Macartney Nominees Pty. Ltd trading as Thesaurus Booksellers will not be responsible for any deliveries dated in September or dated in October. All orders and deliveries after 30 September to Thesaurus Booksellers at 29 Church St. Brighton will be the responsibility of KLB Traders Pty. Ltd. trading as Thesaurus Booksellers. If there are any questions please contact Kate Becker or Luke Macartney on Ph 0395910811 or email info@thesaurusbooks.com.au.
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