A new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) predicts the print and audiobook consumer books market in Australia will grow from $970m in 2015 to $1.043bn in... Read more |
Federal Arts Minister Mitch Fifield was joined by shadow Arts Minister Mark Dreyfus and Australian Greens Party arts spokesperson Adam Bandt for an arts election... Read more |
Melanie Cheng has won the 2016 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript for her book of short fiction ‘Australia Day’. The $15,000 award... Read more |
The shortlist for the 2016 Chief Minister’s Northern Territory History Book Awards has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Silent Pearls: Old Japanese Graves in... Read more |
Harlequin Asia Pacific regional vice-president Michelle Laforest will step down from the position, effective from 17 June, after 15 years with the publisher. Laforest has... Read more |
Allen & Unwin senior designer Lisa White has been appointed head of design at HarperCollins Australia. White replaces Matt Stanton, who has left the publisher... Read more |
The full program for the 2016 Byron Writers Festival, to be held 5-7 August, has been announced. Among the international guests are US satirist and... Read more |
Sisters in Crime has announced the longlists for the 2016 Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women. There are 77 titles longlisted,... Read more |
The longlist for this year’s Ngaio Marsh Award for New Zealand crime fiction has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Inside the Black Horse (Ray... Read more |
The Australian Historical Association (AHA) has announced the shortlists for the 2016 Magarey Medal for Biography, the Kay Daniels Award and the W K Hancock... Read more |
Nick Couldwell has won the Australian Society of Authors (ASA)’s 2016 Ray Koppe Young Writers’ Residency for his novel ‘Calluses’. Couldwell’s novel is set in... Read more |
Adelaide-based independent publisher Ginninderra Press is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Founded in Canberra in 1996, Ginninderra Press moved its operation to Port Adelaide... Read more |
In the US, John Wiley & Sons has reported a total revenue fall of 5% as part of its annual results for the fiscal year... Read more |
In Germany, book trade association Börsenverein has released figures on the German book market’s 2015 performance, reporting a marginal drop in overall sales by 1.4%... Read more |
In the UK, YouTube personality and author of Girl Online Zoella has announced the eight books to be featured in her book club, propelling the... Read more |
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US author Akhil Sharma has won the 2016 International Dublin Literary Award for his novel Family Life (Faber). The award, worth €100,000 (A$152,270), is presented... Read more |
Japanese eretailer Rakuten is closing its UK online store following a review of its European operations, reports the Bookseller. Rakuten will also exit the Spanish... Read more |
The winners of the 2016 Lambda literary awards, known as the ‘Lammys’, have been announced. The awards celebrate excellence in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender... Read more |
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Irish novelist Lisa McInerney has won the 2016 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction for her debut novel The Glorious Heresies (John Murray). Chosen from a... Read more |
Sales Fiction—Lyn Tranter at Australian Literary Management has sold German rights to Line of Sight and Zero at the Bone (both David Whish-Wilson) to Suhrkamp... Read more |
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Jane Harper’s debut crime novel The Dry (Macmillan) has topped this week’s highest new entries and entered the top 10 bestsellers chart in seventh spot.... Read more |
‘The Island Will Sink follows other recent Australian literary novels exploring the “cinematic uncertainty” of climate change, such as James Bradley’s Clade and Mireille Juchau’s... Read more |
‘Many of the places where author and audience now interact has little to do with retail. It’s via online platforms, social media and writers’ festivals, as evidenced by the growth in fan fiction’—The Author People co-founder Lou Johnson, quoted in a recent PwC report on the Australian publishing industry
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Vicki McDonald has been appointed state librarian and CEO of the State Library of Queensland (SLQ). McDonald has been executive director of library and information... Read more |
Several members of the library sector were recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours, announced on 6 June, reports ALIA. Incoming president of the Library Council... Read more |
The State Library of Western Australia (SLWA) and Curtin University have launched a ‘Historical Panoramas—Perth and Fremantle’ website using old photos from the library’s collection,... Read more |
In the US, all 80 branches of the Chicago Public Library system will give 12 free books to each child who registers for the library’s... Read more |
Jane Harper’s crime novel The Dry (Picador) debuted in the top 10 bestsellers chart in its first week of publication. Harper, who previously won the... Read more |
Founded in 1979, Melbourne-based Acorn Press is the ‘longest existing Christian publisher in Australia’. ‘Our first book People Caring for People by Ray Smith sold... Read more |
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Harlequin Asia Pacific regional vice-president Michelle Laforest is leaving the company to pursue other career opportunities. (See news.)
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Allen & Unwin senior designer Lisa White has been appointed head of design at HarperCollins Australia, replacing Matt Stanton in the role. (See news.)
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Vicki McDonald has been appointed state librarian and CEO of the State Library of Queensland (SLQ). (See library news.)
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Editors Victoria presents Ebooks for Beginners with Lan Wang, to be held on Saturday, 25 June 2016, 1-5pm, at CAE, 253 Flinders Lane Melbourne. With... Read more |
The Children’s Book Council of Australia heartily congratulates the Rev Dr John Cohen on his recent Order of Australia Award and thanks him for his... Read more |
 We’re excited to inform you that Lonely Planet’s Melbourne Distribution Centre has relocated into a much larger new custom fit facility in Bentleigh, Victoria.
All returns will now need to be sent to our new Bentleigh DC.
Lonely Planet Distribution Centre
16-20 Clairmont Ave
Bentleigh
Victoria, 3204
Please note that returns can only be sent to the Lonely Planet DC in Bentleigh. Returns cannot be received at our Carlton location.
Happy Travels.
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Bonnier Publishing Australia is delighted to announce the marketing, sales and distribution of Weldon Owen US in ANZ.
Weldon Owen US is a high-quality, non-fiction, adult book publisher specialising in producing innovative, richly illustrated lifestyle books in the categories of food and drink, sports and fitness, popular science, craft and design, and popular culture for the global market, delivering approximately 70+ books a year.
‘We are extremely excited to be bringing Weldon Owen US books to the ANZ market. The list is one which entertains and inspires across a wide range of reader’s passions, be they practical, creative, adventurous, or all-out fun!’ says Natasha Besliev, CEO Bonnier Publishing Australia.
‘This is a tremendous new partnership for Weldon Owen US. We’re delighted to be collaborating with Bonnier Publishing Australia on bringing a wealth of our best titles to a market that has been significant to us in sales terms historically. Australia is also close to our hearts as Weldon Owen was founded there back in 1984.’ says Weldon Owen US President, Roger Shaw.
A range of new releases and key titles new to the ANZ market will be available from September 2016 and will be sold in line with the monthly new release sales cycle. For all orders contact your Bonnier Publishing Australia sales representative.
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We’re excited to inform you that Lonely Planet’s Melbourne Distribution Centre has relocated into a much larger new custom fit facility in Bentleigh, Victoria.
