Approximately 300 booksellers, exhibitors and guest speakers attended this year’s Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) conference, which was held in Canberra from 29-30 May. ABA chief... Read more |
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Nielsen Book general manager Shaun Symonds presented an overview of the market in 2016 at the Leading Edge Books and Australian Booksellers Association conferences. Symonds... Read more |
Ninety booksellers, 75 publishing representatives and 22 authors attended this year’s Leading Edge Books conference, which was held in Canberra from 27-28 May. Leading Edge... Read more |
The shortlist for the 2016 Miles Franklin Literary Award has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Hope Farm (Peggy Frew, Scribe) Leap (Myfanwy Jones, A&U) Black... Read more |
The shortlist for this year’s Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: ‘Ironbark’ by Jay Carmichael: ‘an exquisitely... Read more |
Magda Szubanski’s Reckoning (Text) has won the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) Booksellers Choice Award at the 2016 ABA conference awards night, held at the National... Read more |
A number of awards were presented at this year’s Leading Edge Books Conference in Canberra on 28 May. HarperCollins was named Publisher of the Year... Read more |
Collins Booksellers has opened its first company-owned store at the site of the former Fullers Bookshop in Launceston. Fullers Launceston owner Clive Tilsley and his... Read more |
Affirm Press has announced a deal with Linda Kaplan of New York-based translation licensing agency Kaplan/DeFiore Rights to exclusively sell rights to Affirm Press titles... Read more |
The Fair Work Commission has announced a 2.4% increase to minimum wages effective from 1 July 2016, bringing the minimum rate from $17.29 per hour... Read more |
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) announced a number of changes to its management committee following its annual general meeting in Canberra on 29 May. Books... Read more |
The 2016 black&write! Indigenous Writing Fellowship has been awarded to WA writer Claire Coleman and SA writer Dylan Coleman. Each fellowship is worth $10,000 and... Read more |
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Allen & Unwin has acquired the debut novel from Sydney songwriter and musician Holly Throsby. Goodwood, which will be published on 28 September, is pitched... Read more |
The shortlists for the 2016 Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children’s Literature have been announced. The shortlisted books in each category are: Fiction Thirst (Lizzie... Read more |
David Mitchell has been chosen as the second contributor to Scottish artist Katie Paterson’s Future Library project, in which authors submit manuscripts to be buried... Read more |
Russian-born British journalist Arkady Ostrovsky has won the 2016 Orwell Prize for his book The Invention of Russia (Atlantic Books), an account of Russia’s post-Soviet... Read more |
A new Enders Analysis report has found self-published titles have become ‘a fairly large presence in the ebook sector’ but its market share is mostly... Read more |
Macmillan has acquired NYC-based self-publishing platform Pronoun, which provides digital books publishing tools and facilitates distribution through Amazon, Apple and other ebook retailers, reports the... Read more |
In the US, audiobook sales increased 20% in 2015 to reach an estimated US$1.78bn (A$2.48bn), boosted by a 34% growth in digital audio, reports Publishers... Read more |
Sales Fiction—Text has sold Italian rights to Our Tiny, Useless Hearts (Toni Jordan) to Marsilio; and world audio rights to A Few Days in the... Read more |
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Sydney Writers’ Festival guest and US author and feminist Gloria Steinem has shot up the bestseller chart this week. Her memoir My Life on the... Read more |
‘Griffiths sheds light on Australia’s historical tradition—the shifts of orthodoxy and vantage point, the upheavals of technology and societal change, the relevance and scope of... Read more |
Books+Publishing’s latest Reviews newsletter contains 16 reviews of books publishing in June, July and August 2016. The highest scoring fiction title was Liam Pieper’s The... Read more |
Alex Byrne will retire as NSW State Library CEO and state librarian in September after five years in the position, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.... Read more |
Success Public Library in the City of Cockburn in Perth’s southern suburbs will be presented with a silver medal at the International Federation of Library... Read more |
University of Western Australia (UWA) librarian Chloe Czerwiec is the recipient of this year’s F A Sharr Award, presented to a WA librarian or library... Read more |
The Publishers Communication Group’s (PCG) annual survey of institutional library materials spending has found spending in North America is expected to rise 1% in 2016... Read more |
A 24-hour library will open in Bangkok, Thailand by the end of the year, reports the Thai government’s Happy Reading website. The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration had last... Read more |
‘What happens when there aren’t enough middle-grade books to challenge children to move out of early readers? What if they’re never compelled to read YA... Read more |
WA-based publisher Aulexic specialises in books for children with language and literacy difficulties, launching its first titles in 2015. ‘Originally, we started as a simple... Read more |
 We’re excited to inform you that Lonely Planet’s Melbourne Distribution Centre will be relocating into a much larger new custom fit facility in Bentleigh, Victoria over the coming June long weekend.
All returns will need to be sent to our new Bentleigh DC from Thursday June 9, 2016.
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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 Est. Oct.2009, the Bookshop at Queenscliff is a small boutique iconic bookshop with large customer database and a loyal following, locally and far afield. It has a history, ongoing, of highly successful author events that are both financially and intellectually rewarding. Further room for growth is possible with school library subscriptions, author events and being the dedicated bookseller for the annual Queenscliffe Literary Festival, and input of new owner. A one-person business, other than at Christmas and Easter, with excellent casual staff. Ideal for one person or couple in ‘semi-retirement’. Wonderful lifestyle. Flexible hours. Terms negotiable.
Reason for sale: ‘more time to read, and enjoy the environment!’
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Taylor and Francis Books Australia is delighted to welcome Ashgate Publishing and Gower into the Taylor and Francis Group under the Routledge imprint. With nearly 50 years of distinguished publishing in the Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Ashgate complements Routledge’s commitment to support academic research and scholarly publishing.
Ashgate is a leading research publisher in Art History, Music, History, Social Work, Politics, Literary Studies and many other disciplines. Routledge is now also home to Ashgate’s imprint Gower Publishing—one of the world’s leading publishers of specialist business and management books and resources. All backlist and front list titles are now available through TL Distribution.
In addition, we are pleased that Left Coast Press, a publisher of pioneering research in Anthropology, Archaeology, Museum Studies, and Research Methods, is now a part of Routledge. Formerly available through Footprint, Left Coast Press titles will be available through TL Distribution from 1 June 2016.
Please note returns from previous suppliers will not be accepted by TL Distribution.
For sales enquiries please contact our Trade Sales Manager, Harry Johnston: Harry.Johnston@tandf.com.au.
For all other enquiries please contact the Taylor and Francis Books office in Melbourne: books@tandf.com.au.
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CSIRO Publishing congratulates author Rohan Cleave and illustrator Coral Tulloch for the success of their book Phasmid: Saving the Lord Howe Island Stick Insect, which has been shortlisted for both the CBCA’s Eve Pownall Award for Information Books 2016 and the Wilderness Society’s Environment Award for Children’s Literature 2016.
9781486301126, HB, $24.95. Trade orders should be sent to TL Distribution: orders@tldistribution.com.au.
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Peribo’s distribution of Stackpole Books will cease on 31 July 2016. Returns requests must be received by Peribo no later than 30 June 2016 and all authorised returns received in our warehouse by 17 June 2016. New distributor TBA.
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We’re excited to inform you that Lonely Planet’s Melbourne Distribution Centre will be relocating into a much larger new custom fit facility in Bentleigh, Victoria over the coming June long weekend.
Est. Oct.2009, the Bookshop at Queenscliff is a small boutique iconic bookshop with large customer database and a loyal following, locally and far afield. It has a history, ongoing, of highly successful author events that are both financially and intellectually rewarding. Further room for growth is possible with school library subscriptions, author events and being the dedicated bookseller for the annual Queenscliffe Literary Festival, and input of new owner. A one-person business, other than at Christmas and Easter, with excellent casual staff. Ideal for one person or couple in ‘semi-retirement’. Wonderful lifestyle. Flexible hours. Terms negotiable.
