International Library News
UK PLR extension for ebooks, audiobooks confirmed The UK government will extend its Public Lending Rights (PLR) scheme to include ebooks and audiobooks borrowed onsite at public libraries, reports the...
Indigo to open Apple in-store shops, expand overseas
Canada’s largest bookseller Indigo Books and Music is opening Apple technology shops within its larger bookstores and plans to open stores outside of Canada, reports the Financial Post. The bookseller,...
Simon & Schuster to publish in Canada
Simon & Schuster (S&S) has been given permission by the Canadian government to expand its publishing operations into Canada, reports Publishers Weekly. Previously the publisher was only allowed to distribute...
Australian journalist shortlisted for Arthur Ellis Award
Australian journalist Steve Lillebuen has been shortlisted for an Arthur Ellis Award, presented by the Crime Writers of Canada. Lillebuen, who divides his time between Australia and Canada, is nominated...
Canadian regulators approve Penguin Random House merger
The Canadian Competition Bureau and the Department of Canadian Heritage has cleared the proposed merger of Penguin and Random House. Random House parent company Bertelsmann said in a statement on...
Former D&M Publishing staff launch new publishing business
In Canada, three former executives of D&M Publishing have opened a new publishing house focussed on illustrated books called Figure 1 Publishing, reports Publishers Weekly. D&M Publishing was one of Canada's largest independent...
Amazon launches Kindle in Canada
Amazon has launched a range of its Kindle ereaders in Canada, reports the Bookseller. The Kindle Paperwhite 3G and Wi-Fi models and the 6-inch basic Kindle are now available from the...
Text to take Classics to UK and North America
Melbourne-based publisher Text Publishing has announced that it will publish books in the UK and in North America for the first time next month. Text said in a statement that it will...
Platt wins US$75,000 Cundill Prize in History
US author Stephen Platt has won the 2012 Cundill Prize in History at McGill University in Canada for his book Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the...
Savage wins Canada’s richest nonfiction prize
A Geography of Blood: Unearthing Memory from a Prairie Landscape (Candace Savage, Greystone Books) has won the C$60,000 (A$57,400) Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction, Canada’s richest award for...
Plans to launch Canadian women’s literary award
In Canada, Thomas Allen editorial director Janice Zawerbny has begun taking steps to develop a literary award that will recognise fiction written by Canadian women. For now, the prize is...
‘419’ wins Scotiabank Giller Prize
The novel 419 by Will Ferguson (Penguin) has won the C$50,000 (A$48,000) Scotiabank Giller Prize. Ferguson’s novel was chosen by judges Roddy Doyle, Gary Shteyngart and Anna Porter from a...
Random House Canada launches digital-first imprint, online magazine
As part of a new digital strategy, Random House Canada has launched a new digital-first imprint and an online magazine, reports Publishers Weekly. Both of the ventures are named after...
Gecko Press partners with Lerner to enter North American markets
Independent New Zealand publisher Gecko Press has announced a new partnership with Lerner Publishing Services, the book distribution division of Lerner Publishing Group, which will involve the children's publisher releasing...
Frankfurt: Australia, Canada and New Zealand agree to form a ‘coalition’
By a unanimous show of hands, publishers from Canada, Australia and New Zealand voted to pursue closer cooperation between the three English-language markets at a special pre-book fair Summit held...
Aust/NZ/Canada summit at Frankfurt
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has joined forces with the Book Publishers Association of New Zealand (BPANZ) and the Association for the Export of Canadian Books to co-host a half-day...
Little Hare gains North American distribution
Little Hare Books, the Australian children's book publisher, has signed a deal with Trafalgar Square Publishing/IPG to distribute its titles in the US and Canada. Rod Hare, co-founder of Little...
Australia/Canada Publishers’ Exchange
The Canadian Consulate General has announced Jeanne Ryckmans as the successful candidate for the inaugural Australia/Canada Publishers' Exchange.Ryckmans, publisher of fiction and nonfiction for Vintage, Knopf, Random and Arrow at...
Canadians seek Aussie publisher
The Canadian Consulate General, in conjunction with the Australia Council (OzCo), is funding the pilot of an Australian/Canadian publisher exchange as an extension of OzCo's successful Visiting International Publisher program.The...