Weekly Book Newsletter (end March 2022)
19 October 2016

 

‘Music and Freedom’ wins 2016 Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction

Zoë Morrison’s Music and Freedom (Vintage) has won the 2016 Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction. Morrison’s novel was chosen from a shortlist of six for... Read more
 

Prime Minister’s Literary Awards 2016 shortlists announced

The shortlists for the 2016 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Fiction Forever Young (Steven Carroll, HarperCollins) The... Read more
 

 

Carmel Bird wins 2016 Patrick White Literary Award

Author Carmel Bird has been named the winner of the $20,000 Patrick White Literary Award for 2016. The annual award was established by Patrick White using... Read more
 

 

New Pantera imprint Lost the Plot targets millennial readers

Pantera Press is launching a new imprint aimed at millennials at the Frankfurt Book Fair. The Lost the Plot imprint, which is created by Pantera... Read more
 

SPN Independent Publishing Conference 2016 program announced

The Small Press Network (SPN) has launched the program for its 2016 Independent Publishing Conference, which will run at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne from... Read more
 

Speech Pathology Australia book awards 2016 winners announced

The winning titles for this year’s Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The winning titles in each category are: Birth... Read more
 

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Fraillon shortlisted for 2016 ‘Guardian’ children’s fiction prize

Australian author Zana Fraillon’s The Bone Sparrow (Lothian) has been shortlisted for the 2016 Guardian children’s fiction prize. Fraillon’s novel for middle-grade readers is a... Read more
 

 

Black Inc. to publish kids’ guide to inaugural AFL Women’s season

Black Inc. has acquired the rights to A Footy Girl’s Guide to the Stars of 2017, a children’s book by ‘Outer Sanctum’ podcast hosts Alicia... Read more
 

 

Victorian Community History Awards 2016 winners announced

Pam Baragwanath and Ken James have won the top prize at the 2016 Victorian Community History Awards (VCHA) for their self-published book These Walls Speak... Read more
 

NZ publisher Eunoia signs with Chinese house

New Zealand publisher Eunoia Publishing has signed an agreement with Chinese Universe & Publishing Media Company that will see each publish books from the other... Read more
 

CWA Dagger awards announced; Australian author wins Debut Dagger for an unpublished writer

Australian writer Mark Brandi has won the Debut Dagger for an unpublished writer at this year’s Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Dagger awards in the UK.... Read more
 

Digital Writers Festival 2016 program announced

The program for the Emerging Writers’ Festival’s Digital Writers’ Festival, which runs from 1-11 November, has been announced. More than 20 events will take place... Read more
 

Second Rock & Roll Writers Festival to be held in Brisbane next year

The second Rock & Roll Writers Festival will be held in Brisbane from 1-2 April 2017. The first festival, which was held in April this... Read more
 

Dylan wins 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature

US singer-songwriter Bob Dylan has won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature ‘for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition’. Dylan... Read more
 

Hachette UK to introduce more transparent royalty statement

In the UK, Hachette has used its annual end-of-year letter to authors to announce a new more regular, clearer and detailed royalty system following consultation... Read more
 

Book sales up, losses reduced at Atlantic x

UK publisher Atlantic Books has recorded a 21% increase in sales last year, from £5m (A$8m) in 2014 to £6m (A$9.6m) in 2015, while overall... Read more
 

Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction 2016 shortlist announced

In the UK, the shortlist for the 2016 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction, formerly the Samuel Johnson Prize, has been announced. The shortlisted titles, chosen... Read more
 

HarperCollins UK launches ‘publisher agnostic’ events website

In the UK, HarperCollins has launched an online events platform that is open to all publishers and events organisers, reports the Bookseller. Events featured on the... Read more
 

 

Bestsellers this week x

The top three titles in the bestsellers chart remain unchanged this week, with Jimmy Barnes’ Working Class Boy (HarperCollins) in first place for the third... Read more
 

Tony Wilson’s ‘Battle Royale: The Selwood Boys Book One’ x

‘Footy fans will love “The Selwood Boys”. The series kicks off with great characters and fast-paced game-play, making it the perfect suggestion for readers of... Read more
 

Quote of the week x

‘I found it a very curious and problematic choice … It’s a prize for literature, not for literature and songwriting’—Readings managing director Mark Rubbo responds to the decision to award Bob Dylan the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature

 

SA state library workers ramp up industrial action to protect jobs

The Public Service Association (PSA) is preparing to escalate industrial action to try to save 20 full-time jobs at the State Library of South Australia,... Read more
 

Proposed rooftop bar, restaurant for redeveloped NSW state library

A rooftop bar and restaurant at the State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW) have been proposed as part a rejuvenation of some of Macquarie... Read more
 

Library, creative sectors among respondents to NZ National Library strategy document

The National Library of New Zealand has published the feedback to its proposed strategic direction. In total, the library received 164 submissions, including from peak... Read more
 

House of Lords questions UK government on library closures

The UK government has had to defend widespread closure of libraries in England during a debate in the House of Lords, reports the Bookseller. Founder... Read more
 

Booking ahead: 2017 fiction preview x

Each year we ask publishers to tell us about their most anticipated titles for 2017. Read about their top adult fiction titles from the latest issue... Read more
 

Small publisher spotlight: Connor Court Publishing x

Founded in 2005 in Ballarat, Victoria, and now based in Redland Bay, Queensland, Connor Court Publishing specialises in titles that ‘challenge the status quo’. Founder... Read more
 

Scheepers joins Booktopia x

Ilse Scheepers has been appointed online retail book merchandiser at Booktopia, replacing Christopher Cahill. Scheepers was previously product manager at Hachette Australia.
 

Pantera Press Launches Quirky International Imprint at Frankfurt Book Fair: Lost the Plot x

161019-lost-the-plotPantera Press is thrilled to announce the launch of its new imprint, ‘Lost the Plot’, at the Frankfurt Book Fair this week.

‘Lost the Plot’ is a quirky international list designed for and curated by millennials.

Media Release: https://www.panterapress.com.au/files/media/lost_the_plot_mr.pdf

 

Ian Wilson Memorial Fellowship—Applications Closing Soon x

Grey Bridesmaid DressesAre you an emerging children’s author or illustrator?

The Ian Wilson Memorial Fellowship will give one emerging practitioner creative time in the Trust’s Adelaide studio in March 2017.

Applications close at the stroke of midnight on Monday, 31 October 2016.

Visit maygibbs.org.au—Creative Time Fellowships, The Ian Wilson Memorial Fellowship, or contact Sally Chance, Fellowships Co-ordinator for details: contact@may gibbs.org.au.

 

Cengage Higher Education & Vocational division to distribute Jones & Bartlett Learning list x

Please note that as of the 1st January 2017 Cengage will become the new distributor for Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Orders can be placed with our Customer Service team from this date.

Any returns for stock purchased prior to 1st January 2017 should be directed to Elsevier Australia. Return requests after this date must be in accordance with our existing returns policy.

Cengage Customer Service
Monday to Friday 7.00am to 5.00pm ADST
Phone: 1300 790 853
Fax: 1300 790 852
Email: anz.customerservice@cengage.com

 

Michelle Payne wins ‘The Don’ award x

MUP congratulates Michelle Payne on winning ‘The Don’ award, announced at the Sport Australia Hall Of Fame’s 32nd Induction and Awards Gala Dinner on October 13. The award honours a current Australian athlete who, by their achievements and example over the last 12 months, are considered to have had the capacity to most inspire the nation.

Michelle’s memoir, Life As I Know It, written with John Harms (ISBN 9780522870145) is available to order via United Book distributors on 1800 33 88 36 or orders@unitedbookdistributors.com.au.

 

Murdoch Books to distribute Frances Lincoln Children’s x

Frances Lincoln Children’s distribution is moving to Murdoch Books (United Book Distributors – UBD) from Walker Books (Harper Entertainment Distribution Services – HEDS).

Murdoch Books announces that it will be distributing Frances Lincoln Children’s from 1st February 2017. Please contact your A&U Murdoch Account Manager or UBD for more details.

 

A&U excited to announce D-Bot Squad series x

Allen & Unwin is delighted to announce that we have joined forces with Mac Park, creators of Boy vs Beast, to launch D-Bot Squad, a new high-concept adventure series aimed at young boys.

The super-exciting series about dinosaur robots will hit shelves in July 2017. It is aimed at new readers and promises to create a world kids will love, using words they can read.

Mac Park is the pen-name of Susannah McFarlane (Mac) and Louise Park. They first collaborated on the creation of the Zac Power Test Drive series and most recently on Boy vs Beast. Their combined Australian book sales are well over four million copies. Together they create books that kids love, are able to read and that their parents can trust.

‘The chance to work with Louise and Susannah, who combine expertise in early literacy and more than 25 years’ experience in consumer publishing with the ability to create exciting stories that kids love to read, is a wonderful opportunity for our children’s list,’ says Eva Mills, Allen & Unwin’s Children’s Publishing Director.

‘Louise and I are thrilled to be working with Allen & Unwin—who wouldn’t be?’ says Susannah. ‘We are loving working with them to create a new series that will engage both the youngest and most reluctant of readers. It’s what we love doing most.’

The series includes eight interconnected books. Books one to four will be published in July 2017; books five and six in October 2017; and books seven and eight in early 2018.

 

Thames & Hudson congratulates Julie Cotter x

Thames & Hudson is thrilled that Tom Roberts and the Art of Portraiture by Julie Cotter has been shortlisted in the Non-fiction category of the 2016 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards. This is the first time we have been recognised for this award and we see this a well-deserved recognition of Australian art. Our congratulations to the fine talents of both Julie and the editor, Jenny Zimmer. Congratulations to all the shortlisted authors!

 

NewSouth Congratulates Authors on the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards Shortlist x

NewSouth is delighted to congratulate authors shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards. Lisa Gorton’s The Life of Houses (Giramondo) is up for the Ficton Award, Michael Farrell’s Cocky’s Joy (Giramondo) for the Poetry Award, and Jane Harrison’s Becoming Kirrali Lewis (Magabala) for the Young Adult Fiction Award.

For orders please contact TL Distribution on P: 02 87789999 or E: orders@tldistribution.com.au.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

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