The Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA) has announced the shortlists for the 2016 Book Design Awards. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Best Designed... Read more |
Readings has won the inaugural Bookstore of the Year Award at the 2016 London Book Fair International Excellence Awards. Readings was cited for ‘its community... Read more |
New Zealand publisher Auckland University Press (AUP) has won the Academic and Professional Publisher Award at this year’s London Book Fair (LBF) International Excellence Awards,... Read more |
New Zealand publisher Book Island has won the Bologna Prize for Best Children’s Publisher of the Year in the Oceania category. Book Island was chosen... Read more |
The Co-op has opened four stores at the University of South Australia and will open two more at Flinders and Adelaide universities by the end... Read more |
The 2016 Northern Territory writers’ festival Wordstorm program has been launched. Indonesian writer Eka Kurniawan, author of Beauty is a Wound (Text), will be the... Read more |
The inaugural Rock & Roll Writers Festival, which was held at The Brightside in Brisbane from 2-3 April, received ‘enthusiastic coverage and feedback’ from media... Read more |
The Byron Writers Festival has partnered with publisher Captain Honey for the festival’s Self-Published Marquee, which will run from 5-7 August. The marquee gives self-published... Read more |
The Copyright Agency has announced a new fund to support mid-to-late career authors and visual artists. The Create Career Fund will offer two $50,000 rounds... Read more |
ALS Library Services general manager Simon Woodley has been promoted to the role of managing director. Woodley replaces ALS owner Patricia Genat in the role.... Read more |
‘Most contemporary literature effectively circulates within a hothouse of literary culture, mediated by smaller publishers whose audience would appear to be increasingly specialised and insular’—Emmett... Read more |
Sales: Fiction—Lyn Tranter at Australian Literary Management has sold world rights to The Voyage of Truth (Fiona Palmer) in a two-book deal to Hachette. Nonfiction—Black... Read more |
The Treehouse Fun Book by Jill Griffiths, Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton (Pan) has climbed from fifth to first place in this week’s top 10... Read more |
The shortlist for the 2016 International Dublin Literary Award has been announced. The 10 shortlisted titles are: Outlaws (Javier Cercas, trans by Anne McLean, Bloomsbury)... Read more |
In the US, the winners of the 2016 PEN Literary awards have been announced, reports Publishers Weekly. Among the winners announced at the annual awards... Read more |
The shortlist for the 2016 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction has been announced. The six shortlisted titles (which include three debuts) are: Ruby (Cynthia Bond,... Read more |
UK book exports fell three percent in 2015 due in part to a weak market in the US, reports the Bookseller. Total exports were worth... Read more |
In the UK, the Guardian First Book Award is closing, citing a crowded awards landscape as the reason, reports the Bookseller. The £10,000 (A$18,704) prize... Read more |
In the US, Random House is launching a new imprint based around Lena Dunham and her producing partner Jenni Konner’s feminist newsletter Lenny Letter, reports... Read more |
The State Library of NSW is offering the private sector access to its records and artefacts, in exchange for help digitising the collection, reports ITnews.... Read more |
The Town of Victoria Park council in Perth is rolling out a Little Free Libraries scheme to boost community literacy levels, reports Community News. The... Read more |
In the UK, the occupation of London’s Carnegie Library to protest the council’s plans to convert it into a ‘healthy living centre’ has ended, reports... Read more |
A barbershop owner in Athol, Massachusetts, has left US$1.4 million (A$1.8m)—over 90% of his estate—to his local public library, reports the Independent. Anthony J Ralys’... Read more |
Crowdfunding can be a smart way for small and self-publishers to raise cash and kickstart their marketing campaign, but the odds of success are slim,... Read more |
Sydney-based Rockpool Publishing was established in 2006 and specialises in health, recreation and family titles. ‘We publish what we know and love, concentrate on Australian... Read more |
‘Author and director Julia Leigh began IVF treatment at 38, knowing that the odds were stacked against her yet still hoping that she would be... Read more |
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ALS Library Services general manager Simon Woodley has been promoted to the role of managing director. (See news.)
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The Society of Editors (NSW) Inc. will hold a one-day workshop on successful proofreading, to be presented by Meryl Potter on Wednesday, 4 May from... Read more |
CBCA Notable Books will be released on the CBCA website on Monday 18 April. This is the longlist for the CBCA Book of the Year... Read more |
Applications for 2017 fellowships close soon. Published authors or illustrators of at least one book for children or young people are invited to apply for... Read more |
My Life on the Road author Gloria Steinem will tour Australia from 13-21 May, PLUS a major national media campaign will launch on Saturday, 7... Read more |
Hardie Grant Egmont is excited to be bringing bestselling YA author of the ‘Gone’ series, Michael Grant, back Down Under to promote Front Lines, the... Read more |
Beginning Monday 2nd May 2016, Pascal Press will enact a price increase across a selection of titles. Accordingly, orders received after 2nd May will be... Read more |
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