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Melanie Cheng has won the 2016 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript for her book of short fiction ‘Australia Day’.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 |
‘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,... 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 |
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 |
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 |
‘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 |
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Publisher: Weldon Owen US ISBN prefix: 978-1-61628, 978-1-68188, 978-1-892374 Old distributor: N/A New distributor: Bonnier Publishing Australia Changeover date: 1 September 2016 (See classified.)
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Publisher: F&W Media ISBN prefix: 978-0-89134, 978-0-89879, 978-0-932620, 978-1-4402, 978-1-4403, 978-1-55870, 978-1-58180, 978-1-58297, 978-1-59963, 978-1-60061, 978-1-884910, 978-1-892127, 978-1-940038 Old distributor: Capricorn Link New distributor: Peribo... 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... Read more |
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,... Read more |
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