Attendance was up again at this year’s Perth Writers Festival, with 47,000 attending the four-day event compared to 44,000 last year. Magda Szubanski’s two sold-out... Read more |
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) and Leading Edge Books (LEB) have announced the keynote speakers for their 2016 conferences, which will be held in Canberra... Read more |
Momentum publisher Joel Naoum has left Pan Macmillan after the company decided to scale down the publishing program of its digital-only imprint. Macmillan managing director... Read more |
Josephine Wilson has won UWA Publishing’s inaugural Dorothy Hewett award for an unpublished manuscript for her novel ‘Extinctions’. Wilson wins $10,000 and a publishing contract... Read more |
Hachette Australia has purchased ANZ rights at auction to Australian author Sarah Schmidt’s debut novel in a two-book deal facilitated by Pippa Masson at Curtis... Read more |
Penguin Random House Australia has acquired the rights to debut author Jodi McAlister’s supernatural YA series ‘Valentine’ in a multi-book deal from Alex Adsett Publishing... Read more |
Wuthering Ink, an online store for established authors to sell their ebooks to consumers, has been launched. Created by authors Sue Woolfe and Bem Le... Read more |
A PwC report looking at the costs and benefits of changing Australian copyright law from ‘fair dealing’ to the US-style ‘fair use’ model has been... Read more |
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Fremantle Press has kicked off its 40th anniversary celebrations by fitting out a number of local bookstores with branded shelving. Marketing and communications manager Claire... Read more |
Brisbane-based writer Bri Lee has been awarded the inaugural Kat Muscat Fellowship, which was set up by Express Media in honour of former Voiceworks editor... Read more |
The shortlist for the Australian Book Review (ABR) Peter Porter Poetry Prize has been announced. The shortlisted poems are: ‘…a passing shower?’ (Dan Disney) ‘Prelude... Read more |
The shortlist for the 2016 Norma K Hemming Award has been announced. The award is presented by the Australian Science Fiction Foundation for a work... Read more |
The recipients of the University of Melbourne’s Asialink Arts Residencies Program for 2016 have been announced. Writers receiving residencies in Asian countries are: Zhiling Gao,... Read more |
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In the UK, Penguin is releasing a new classics series called Pocket Penguins in May, reports the Bookseller. The series, which the publisher is calling... Read more |
In the US, the 2015 Nebula Awards nominees have been announced. Seven books are nominated in the fiction category: Raising Caine (Charles E Gannon, Baen... Read more |
In the US, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is seeking to recover more than US$1.5b (A$2.1b) in back taxes, reports the Guardian. The report reveals... Read more |
In the US, ebook subscription service Scribd has refined its subscription model by moving from an unlimited model to a two-tiered service, reports Publishers Weekly.... Read more |
The PEN Pinter Prize, awarded annually to a writer of ‘outstanding literary merit’, has extended its eligibility to include Commonwealth and Irish writers, after previously... Read more |
Sales Fiction—Pippa Masson at Curtis Brown Australia has sold rights to See What I Have Done (Sarah Schmidt) in the following territories: ANZ to Hachette... Read more |
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Brotherhood in Death (J D Robb & Angharad Kowal, Piatkus) is the new number one in this week’s overall bestsellers chart, debuting in the top... Read more |
‘Like [Rowe’s] stories, A Loving, Faithful Animal distils the small incidents of ordinary life into moments of resonance and grace, but assuredly weaves them together... Read more |
Illustrator Kim Gamble has died, aged 63. Gamble was the illustrator of the ‘Tashi’ series, written by Barbara and Anna Fienberg, and helped to create... Read more |
American author Harper Lee has died, aged 89. Lee was the author of two novels: Pulitzer Prize-winning To Kill a Mockingbird (Arrow), which has sold... Read more |
Italian author Umberto Eco has died, aged 84. Eco was the author of the bestselling The Name of the Rose (Vintage), a murder mystery set... Read more |
The National Library of Australia (NLA) is looking to cut or cancel key programs as it launches a major review of its services in response... Read more |
Author Thomas Keneally has delivered the first ebook to the National Library of Australia’s (NLA) digital collection after new provisions in the Copyright Act 1968... Read more |
In the UK, visitors to the Library of Birmingham fell by 600,000 in 2015 compared to the previous year, reports the Bookseller. The library, which... Read more |
Alison Whittaker received a black&write! Indigenous Writing Fellowship for her debut poetry collection Lemons in the Chicken Wire. Reviewer Hilary Simmons says it ‘introduces her... Read more |
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Momentum publisher Joel Naoum has left Pan Macmillan after the company decided to scale down the publishing program of its digital-only imprint. (See news.)
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 Lacuna Publishing congratulates Louise Katz on The Orchid Nursery being shortlisted for the 2016 Norma K Hemming Award.
To order copies (ISBN 9781922198204) contact Chris at Golden Orb Creative, phone 0417 410 610 or email general@goldenorbcreative.com.
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Murdoch Books will cease distribution of the following agencies from 31 March 2016: And Other Stories, Black & White Publishing, SALT, Sandstone, Saraband.
ISBN prefixes:
And Other Stories: 978190827
Black & White: 978191023, 978184502, 9781785300, 97818493
Saraband: 97819101
Sandstone: 978191012
Salt: 978178463
Returns will be accepted into UBD until 30 April 2016.
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Walker Books Australia congratulates Bob Graham on the recent longllisting of How the Sun Got to Coco’s House for the Kate Greenaway Medal for distinguished illustration in children’s books.
To order copies (ISBN 9781406359008), call Harper Entertainment Distribution Services on 1300 551 721.
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Walker Books Australia congratulates Meg McKinlay on A Single Stone’s most recent shortlisting in the Aurealis Awards for Best Children’s Fiction.
A Single Stone has been shortlisted for five awards and won the Children’s Book Award at the Queensland Literary Awards.
To order copies (ISBN 9781925126471), call Harper Entertainment Distribution Services on 1300 551 721.
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Allen & Unwin staff mourn the loss of Kim Gamble, an inspired and enormously talented artist whose Tashi character is loved by children and adults around the world. We are proud and grateful to have published his magnificent illustrations in our picture books. He will be missed by us all.
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Lacuna Publishing congratulates Louise Katz on The Orchid Nursery being shortlisted for the 2016 Norma K Hemming Award.
