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| Local news International news Library news Reviews Features Classifieds Jobs Editorial contacts | | | | | | LATEST NEWS > Inky Awards 2017 shortlists announced The Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria has announced the shortlists for the 2017 Inky Awards for young adult literature.

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The shortlisted books in each category are: Gold Inky Award (for an Australian book):

Frankie (Shivaun Plozza, Penguin) The Bone Sparrow (Zana Fraillon, Hachette) My Sister Rosa (Justine Larbalestier, A&U) Words in Deep Blue (Cath Crowley, Pan Macmillan) One Would Think the Deep (Claire Zorn, UQP)

Silver Inky Award (for an international book):

You Know Me Well (David Levithan & Nina LaCour , Text) Holding Up the Universe (Jennifer Niven, Penguin) Radio Silence (Alice Oseman, HarperCollins) Salt to the Sea (Ruta Sepetys, Penguin) The Sun is Also a Star (Nicola Yoon, Penguin).

A panel of seven teen judges selected the shortlists from longlists announced in February . Centre for Youth Literature manager Rebeca Henson said the judges ‘chose five Australian novels written by women, with plots and characters that are deeply affecting in their different ways’. ‘The judges’ discussions were robust and wide-ranging, and included consideration of quality of voice, writing style, representations of diversity and appeal to a broader teen audience,’ Henson said.

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Teen readers can vote for their favourite book until 17 September at Inside a Dog . The winners will be announced on 2 October. Ned Kelly Awards 2017 shortlists announced The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) has announced the shortlists for this year’s Ned Kelly Awards for Australian crime writing. The shortlisted works in each category are: Best fiction Crimson Lake (Candice Fox, Bantam) The Golden Child (Wendy James, HarperCollins) An Isolated Incident (Emily Maguire, Picador) Police at the Station and They Don’t Look Friendly (Adrian McKinty, Serpent’s Tail) The Rules of Backyard Cricket (Jock Serong, Text) Out of the Ice (Ann Turner, S&S) Best true crime

Code of Silence (Colin Dillon, A&U) Roger Rogerson (Duncan McNab, Hachette) Getting Away with Murder (Duncan McNab, Ebury) The Drowned Man (Brendan James Murray, Echo) Denny Day (Terry Smyth, Ebury) Murder at Myall Creek (Mark Tedeschi, S&S) Burn Patterns (Ron Elliott, Fremantle Press) The Dry (Jane Harper, Macmillan) Only Daughter (Anna Snoekstra, Mira) The Love of a Bad Man (Laura Elizabeth Woollett, Scribe) Goodwood (Holly Throsby, A&U) Something for Nothing (Andy Muir, Affirm).

Best first fiction

The winners will be announced on 1 September during the Melbourne Writers Festival. For more information on the awards, click here . ‘The 91-Storey Treehouse’ launched at sold-out Melbourne event; sales record broken at Dymocks The latest instalment in Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton’s ‘Treehouse’ series, The 91-Storey Treehouse (Pan), was launched by Readings at a sold-out event at the Melbourne Town Hall on 8 August. Readings marketing manager Nina Kenwood told Books+Publishing the launch went ‘brilliantly’, and was ‘delightfully chaotic (as anything involving thousands of excited children tends to be), and full of joy and fun’.

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‘It is always wonderful and heartwarming to see so many kids who love books—and treat authors like rockstars!’ said Kenwood. ‘We had 1900 attendees, and each ticket came with a book, so we sold approximately 1900 copies of the book as part of the event. The book has also had a great start with sales across our shops, and at this stage I imagine it will continue to be as popular, if not more so, than the last instalment.’ Dymocks reported The 91-Storey Treehouse has become its fastest selling Australian book of all time, with first-day sales reaching over 4200, an increase of over 40% on the first-day sales of The 78-Storey Treehouse , published in 2016. Dymocks category manager Imogen Neely said the popularity of the series shows no signs of slowing. ‘It is so encouraging to see the everlasting power of Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton’s series, seven years (and books) later,’ said Neely. Pan Macmillan children’s publisher Claire Craig told Books+Publishing the publisher was ‘thrilled with the extraordinary levels of excitement’ at the launch at Melbourne town hall, as well as sales from bookshops across the country. ‘Early reports from our booksellers are that first-day sales are surpassing those for The 78-Storey Treehouse , reflecting the continuing enthusiasm for the “Treehouse” series from readers all over the country.’ Readings has posted photos from the launch on its Facebook page here . Environment Award for Children’s Literature 2017 winners announced The Wilderness Society has announced the winners for the 2017 Environment Award for Children’s Literature. The winners are: Picture fiction Chooks in Dinner Suits (Diane Jackson Hill & Craig Smith, Museum Victoria Publishing) Nonfiction Welcome to Country (Aunty Joy Murphy & Lisa Kennedy, Black Dog Books)

Fiction

Rainforest Camp: Juliet Nearly a Vet (Rebecca Johnson, Puffin).

The Environment Award for Children’s Literature is presented annually to fiction and nonfiction books that ‘foster a love of wild places and wildlife in

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young Australians’ and ‘encourage a sense of responsibility for our natural world’. The winning titles were chosen from shortlists announced in June . For more information, click here . Australian bestsellers in July: McInerney, Pape top fiction, nonfiction charts While Liane Moriarty continues to dominate the Australian fiction bestsellers chart in July, with five titles in the top 10, Monica McInerney’s The Trip of a Lifetime (Michael Joseph) and Michael Robotham’s The Secrets She Keeps (Hachette) have debuted in the monthly chart in first and second place, respectively. Two crime fiction debuts—Jane Harper’s The Dry (Pan) and Mark Brandi’s Wimmera (Hachette)—and Nicole Alexander’s rural romance An Uncommon Woman (Bantam) round out the Australian fiction top 10. While Scott Pape’s The Barefoot Investor (Wrightbooks) remains at the top of the Australian nonfiction bestsellers chart for July, two true crime titles have entered the chart in second and third place: Australian underworld figure John Ibrahim’s autobiography Last King of the Cross (Macmillan) and James Phelps’ account of women’s prison life in Australia, Green is the New Black (Ebury). Five of the top 10 titles are recipe/dieting books: The CSIRO Low-Carb Diet (Grant Brinkworth & Pennie Taylor, Macmillan); make-up artist Bernadette Fisers’ The Little Book of Big Weightloss (Penguin); cooking show host Justine Schofield’s Simple Every Day (Plum); and two slow cooker recipe books. Sarah Wilson’s First, We Make the Beast Beautiful (Macmillan) has held on to the fifth spot in the July chart, while Jamila Rizvi’s Not Just 1. The Trip of a Lifetime (Monica McInerney, Michael Joseph) 2. The Secrets She Keeps (Michael Robotham, Hachette) 3. Truly Madly Guilty (Liane Moriarty, Pan) 4. Big Little Lies regular and TV tie-in editions (Liane Moriarty, Pan) 5. The Husband’s Secret (Liane Moriarty, Pan) 6. The Dry (Jane Harper, Pan) 7. Wimmera (Mark Brandi, Hachette) 8. The Last Anniversary (Liane Moriarty, Pan) Lucky (Viking) has debuted in 10th spot. Australian fiction bestsellers: July

9. The Hypnotist’s Love Story (Liane Moriarty, Pan) 10. An Uncommon Woman (Nicole Alexander, Bantam)

Australian nonfiction bestsellers: July

1. The Barefoot Investor (Scott Pape, Wrightbooks) 2. Last King of the Cross (John Ibrahim, Macmillan) 3. Green Is the New Black (James Phelps, Ebury) 4. The CSIRO Low-Carb Diet (Grant Brinkworth & Pennie Taylor, Macmillan) 5. First, We Make the Beast Beautiful (Sarah Wilson, Macmillan) 6. The Little Book of Big Weightloss (Bernadette Fisers, Penguin) 7. Slow Cooker Central Super Savers (Paulene Christie, ABC Books) 8. Simple Every Day (Justine Schofield, Plum)

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9. The Easiest Slow Cooker Book Ever (Kim McCosker, Meymott Enterprises) 10. Not Just Lucky (Jamila Rizvi, Viking) © Nielsen BookScan 2017 Period covered: 2 to 29 July 2017 Data supplied by Nielsen BookScan’s book sales monitoring system from 1000 retailers nationwide ‘Snark’ takes out top prize at 2017 NZ Book Awards for Children and YA David Elliot’s illustrated book for ‘grown-up children of all ages’, Snark: Being a True History of the Expedition that Discovered the Snark and the Jabberwock … and its Tragic Aftermath (Otago University Press), has taken out the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year Award and the Russell Clark Award for Illustration at this year’s New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. ‘David Elliot’s twist on Lewis Carroll’s nonsense poems is unique, and offers everything the reader could want—mystery, adventure and intrigue,’ said judging panel convenor Pam Jones. The judges also praised the book’s ‘rich imagery’ and ‘compelling storytelling’. The full list of winning titles is: Margaret Mahy Book of the Year Snark: Being a True History of the Expedition that Discovered the Snark and the Jabberwock … and its Tragic Aftermath (David Elliot, Otago University Press)

Picture Book Award

That’s Not a Hippopotamus! (Juliette MacIver, illus by Sarah Davis, Gecko Press) Esther Glen Award for Junior Fiction

My New Zealand Story: Bastion Point (Tania Roxborogh, Scholastic)

Young Adult Fiction

The Severed Land (Maurice Gee, Penguin)

Elsie Locke Award for Nonfiction

Jack and Charlie: Boys of the Bush (Josh James Marcotte & Jack Marcotte, Puffin) Russell Clark Award for Illustration David Elliot for Snark: Being a True History of the Expedition that Discovered the Snark and the Jabberwock … and its Tragic Aftermath (Otago University Press)

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Te Kura Pounamu Award for books written completely in te reo Māori

Te Kaihanga Māpere (Sacha Cotter, illus by Josh Morgan, trans by Kawata Teepa, Huia Publishers) Best First Book Award

The Discombobulation of Summer Rain (Julie Lamb, Submarine).

The winners were announced at a ceremony in Wellington on 14 August. The winners in each category received NZ$7500 (A$6960), with an additional NZ$7500 awarded for the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year. For more information about the awards, click here .

Fox Searchlight options ‘Two Steps Forward’ Fox Searchlight has optioned the film rights to Graeme Simsion and Anne Buist’s novel Two Steps Forward (Text). Ellen Degeneres and Jeff Kleeman will produce the film through their company A Very Good Production, which is currently attached to several TV projects in the US. Two Steps Forward is told in alternating viewpoints from Zoe, an American artist, and Martin, a British engineer, who meet on the Camino de Santiago walking track in France and Spain. The book will be published on 2 October. RWA awards 2017 winners announced The winners of the 2017 Romance Writers of Australia (RWA) Romantic Book of the Year awards, known as the ‘RUBYs’, were announced on 12 August at the RWA conference in Brisbane. The winners included: Long romance and romantic book of the year

Escaping Mr Right (Avril Tremayne, Random House)

Short romance

Breaking Good (Madeline Ash, Tule Publishing)

Novella

Unexplored (Anna Hackett, self-published)

Romantic elements

Numbered (Amy Andrews & Ros Baxter, Harlequin).

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The Valerie Parv Award for an unpublished romance novel went to Joanna Nell; the Emerald Award for best unpublished manuscript went to Wendy Lee Davies; and the Emerald Pro Award for the best unpublished manuscript by a published author writing in a new genre went to Diane Demetre. The Roma Award for Media (ROMA), which recognises professional, positive media coverage of the romance industry, was presented to Hsu-Ming Teo for ‘ Love and the Land: Early Australian Rural Romances ’, on the Australian Women’s History blog . For more information about the awards, click here . Longlists for Tasmanian Premier’s Literary Prizes announced The longlists for the Tasmanian Premier’s Literary Prizes have been announced. The longlisted works and their authors are: Tasmania Book Prize for the best book with Tasmanian content in any genre ($25,000) Losing Streak: How Tasmania was Gamed by the Gambling Industry (James Boyce, Black Inc.) The Diemenois: Being the Correct and True Account of the Sensational Escape, Seclusion and Cruel Demise of a Most Infamous Man by (J W Clennett, Hunter Publishers) Archipelago of Souls (Gregory Day, Pan Macmillan) Solomon’s Noose: The True Story of Her Majesty’s Hangman of Hobart (Steve Harris, Melbourne Books) Physick (Pete Hay, Shoestring Press) The Better Son (Katherine Johnson, Ventura Press) Wild Island (Jennifer Livett, A&U) Fall of the Derwent (Justy Phillips and Margaret Woodward, A Published Event) Musquito: Brutality and Exile (Michael Powell, Fullers Publishing) Into the Heart of Tasmania (Rebe Taylor, MUP) Margaret Scott Prize for the best book by a Tasmanian writer ($5000) The Shape of Water (Anne Blythe-Cooper, Forty South) In Brazil (Fran Bryson, Scribe) Woven Landscape: Connections in the Tasmanian Midlands (Peter E Davies, self-published) A History of Port Davey, South West Tasmania, Volume One: Fleeting Hopes (Tony Fenton, Forty South) The White Room Poems (Anne Kellas, Walleah Press) South Pole: Nature and Culture (Elizabeth Leane, Realktion Books) Shadows in Suriname (Margaretta Pos, Forty South) The Museum of Modern Love (Heather Rose, A&U) Down the Dirt Roads (Rachael Treasure, Penguin Random House)

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Crocoite (Margaret Woodward, A Published Event).

The shortlists will be announced at an event at the Theatre Royal in Hobart on 14 September, as part of the Tasmanian Writers and Readers Festival. The shortlists announcement will also include the $5000 prize for the best new unpublished literary work by an emerging Tasmanian writer and the $5000 Tasmanian Young Writer’s Fellowship. The winners of all the prizes will be announced at an event at Government House in late 2017. The biennial Tasmanian Premier’s Literary Prizes, previously known as the Tasmanian Literary Prizes, were rebranded in 2017. For more information about the awards, visit the website here .

Wilkinson’s ‘Boundless Sublime’ sells to US US publisher Capstone’s teen imprint Switch Press has picked up North American rights to The Boundless Sublime (A&U), Lili Wilkinson’s 2016 YA novel about a teenage girl seduced by a modern-day cult. Wilkinson’s agent Katelyn Detweiler at Jill Grinberg Literary Management, who negotiated the deal, told Books+Publishing she feels the story ‘transcends territory’. ‘I devoured it within a day or two after the manuscript first landed in my inbox —I was absolutely incapable of putting it down,’ said Detweiler. ‘It’s a story about deeply human fears and dreams and heartbreaks that I think transcends territory. This is something that could happen to anyone, anywhere, at any time.’ Wilkinson said she is ‘thrilled’ with the deal and ‘to be working with Switch Press on bringing The Boundless Sublime to a North American audience’. ‘After all, all the best cults come from the US!’ The book will be released in the US in 2018. Wilkinson’s 2009 novel Pink (A&U) was previously published by HarperCollins Children’s in the US in 2011, and was an American Library Association Stonewall Honor book. Transworld acquires rights to Wilson’s ‘First, We Make the Beast Beautiful’ UK publisher Transworld has acquired Commonwealth rights (ex-ANZ) to Sarah Wilson’s First, We Make the Beast Beautiful (Macmillan) via Peggy Boulos Smith at Writers House, reports the Bookseller . Transworld editorial director Andrea Henry said Wilson’s book looks at the ‘triggers and treatments, the fashions and fads of anxiety in a practical, poetic, wise and funny book that is part memoir, part polemic’. ‘We’re delighted to be working with Sarah, who has completely won us over with her energy, creativity and lust for life,’ said Henry.

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First, We Make the Beast Beautiful was published locally in March. Bantam Press will publish it in the UK’s Spring 2018. Wilson’s bestselling book I Quit Sugar was published by Bluebird in the UK in 2014. Ngaio Marsh Award 2017 shortlists announced The shortlists for the 2017 Ngaio Marsh Award for New Zealand crime fiction have been announced. The shortlisted works in each category are: Nonfiction Double-Edged Sword (Simonne Butler & Andra Jenkin, Mary Egan Publishing)

The Scene of the Crime (Steve Braunias, HarperCollins) The Many Deaths of Mary Dobie (David Hastings, AUP) Blockbuster! (Lucy Sussex, Text) In Dark Places (Michael Bennett, Paul Little Books) Novel Red Herring (Jonothan Cullinane, HarperCollins) Pancake Money (Finn Bell, self-published) Spare Me The Truth (CJ Carver, Zaffre) Marshall’s Law (Ben Sanders, A&U) The Last Time We Spoke (Fiona Sussman, Allison & Busby)

Best first novel

Dead Lemons (Finn Bell, self-published) Red Herring (Jonothan Cullinane, HarperCollins) The Ice Shroud (Gordon Ell, Bush Press) The Student Body (Simon Wyatt, Mary Egan Publishing) Days Are Like Grass (Sue Younger, Eunoia Publishing).

The winners will be announced at a WORD Christchurch event in October. For more information, click here . Robertson wins 2017 ‘ABR’ Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize UK author Eliza Robertson has won the Australian Book Review ’s ( ABR ) 2017 Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize for her story ‘Pheidippides’. Dominic Amerena placed second for his story ‘The Leaching Layer’ and Lauren Aimee Curtis came third for ‘Butter’. The three shortlisted stories were published in the August edition of ABR . The judging panel comprised ABR deputy editor Amy Baillieu and authors

Ellen van Neerven and Chris Flynn. For more information, click here .

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‘KYD’, ACWA announce shortlist for S D Harvey Short Story competition Kill Your Darlings and the Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) have announced the shortlist for this year’s S D Harvey Short Story Competition. The shortlisted stories are:

‘Rules to Live By’ by Louise Bassett ‘The Ridge’ by Katherine Kovacic ‘The Enthusiastic Amateur’ by Melanie Myers ‘Shafted’ by Roni O’Brien ‘Flesh’ by Stephen Samuel ‘How to Cease Being a Man Killer’ by Roger Vickery.

The $1000 award, which honours the late true-crime writer and television producer Sandra Harvey, is presented annually for a work of short crime fiction as part of the Ned Kelly Awards for Australian crime writing. The winner and runner-up of the competition will be announced at the Ned Kelly Awards on 1 September at the Melbourne Writers Festival. For more information, click here . Dymocks launches Books for Kids charity campaign Dymocks bookstores are running a two-week Books for Kids charity campaign, with 50 cents from every children’s book sold to be donated to literacy support programs through Dymocks Children’s Charities. The campaign runs from 12-26 August. Dymocks said more than 12,000 disadvantaged students will receive new books through the campaign. Children’s authors supporting the campaign include UK author David Walliams and local authors Sally Rippin, Jacqueline Harvey, Adam Spencer, Louise Park, Aaron Blabey and Leigh Hobbs. A YouGov survey commissioned by Dymocks found that on average, Australian children owned 18 books at home, while nearly four in 10 children owned less than 11 books. For more information, click here . Copyright Agency signs three new publishers to LearningField The Copyright Agency has signed three new publishers—National Educational Advancement Programs, Edrolo and Titan Education—to its etextbook subscription service LearningField for a further three years. The deal adds about 250 new texts, study guides and video support programs to its catalogue of over 1300 products available on the platform. LearningField has also introduced a new ‘pick and mix’ pricing model, which allows schools to choose three subjects or titles that best meet their students’ needs, rather than selecting from pre-bundled combinations of core and elective subjects.

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For more information, click here .

QUOTE » Quote of the week

‘It is always wonderful and heartwarming to see so many kids who love books—and treat authors like rockstars!’— Readings marketing manager Nina Kenwood on the launch of Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton’s The 91- Storey Treehouse

RIGHTS » Rights round-up Sales

Fiction — Allen & Unwin has sold German-language rights to Girl in Between (Anna Daniels) to Heyne Verlag. Hachette has sold UK & Commonwealth rights (ex ANZ and Canada) to Nineteen Letters (Jodi Perry) to Sphere and translation rights in Germany. HarperCollins has sold Dutch rights to Levi’s War (Julie Thomas) to VBK Media. Nonfiction — Allen & Unwin has sold German-language and Dutch- language rights to Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis (George Jelinek) to Narayana Verlag and Dutch OMS Forum, respectively. Black Inc. has sold simplified Chinese-language rights to Mental: Everything You Never Knew You Needed to Know about Mental Health (Steve Ellen & Catherine Deveny) to China Renmin University Press in a pre-empt. HarperCollins has sold complex Chinese-language rights to Complete Self-Help for Your Nerves (Claire Weekes) to Longstone Publishing Co. Ltd.; simplified Chinese- language rights to Complete Self-Help for Your Nerves , Peace from Nerves and Suffering and Self-Help for Your Nerves (all Claire Weekes) to Sunshine Media; simplified Chinese-language rights to Ghost Empire (Richard Fidler) to Yeeyan, W.E. Time DigiTech Ltd.; world audio rights to Rev Head (Shane Jacobson) to Bolinda; and ANZ audio rights to Saga Land (Richard Fidler) to Bolinda. Peggy Boulos Smith at Writers House has sold Commonwealth rights (ex-ANZ) First, We Make the Beast Beautiful (Sarah Wilson) to Transworld UK. (See news .) Children’s — HarperCollins has sold Spanish rights to Diary of a Wombat (Jackie French & Bruce Whatley) to Ediciones Castillo S.A. de C.V; non- dramatic (straight) reading rights to Millie Loves Ants (Jackie French & Sue deGennaro) to ABC Enterprises; world audio rights to books one to eight in the ‘Truly Tan’ series (Jen Storer) to Bolinda; and non-dramatic (straight) reading rights to Goodnight, Mice! (Frances Watts & Judy Watson) to ABC Enterprises. Scholastic has sold French Canadian rights to the following titles: books one to three in the ‘Countdown to Danger’ series (Jack Heath); books one to three in the ‘Pixel Raiders’ series (Bajo + Hex, illus by Chris Kennett); books one to three in ‘The Seven Signs’ series (Michael Adams); Twinkle (Nick Bland); Pig the Elf (Aaron Blabey); The Bad Guys: Episode 3 and The Bad Guys: Episode 4 (both Aaron Blabey); and The Fabulous Friend Machine (Nick Bland). Katelyn Detweiler at Jill Grinberg Literary Management has sold US rights to The Boundless Sublime (Lili Wilkinson) to Switch Press. (See news .)

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Acquisitions Fiction — Hachette has acquired ANZ rights to A People’s History of the Vampire Uprising (Raymond A Villareal); and world rights to two new titles in the ‘Heart of the City’ series (C J Duggan). Fox Searchlight has acquired the film option to Two Steps Forward (Graeme Simsion & Anne Buist, see news ). Nonfiction — Hachette has acquired world rights to Best of the Best (Nikon / Surfing Australia); world rights to The Essence of You and Me (Kate and Barney Miller); world rights to The Complete Desserts Cookbook (Adriano Zumbo); world rights to Totally Buf: Your 6 Week Guide to Becoming Beautiful, Unstoppable and Fearless (Libby Babet & the BUF Girls); ANZ rights to You’re Not That Great (But Neither is Anyone Else) (Elan Gale); and world rights to The Keto Diet (Scott Gooding). Children’s — Hachette has acquired world rights to The Patchwork Sky (Maxine Beneba Clarke & Van T Rudd); world rights to Inga Simpson’s first picture book The Peach King ; and world rights to Amazing Australian Women (Pamela Freeman). Little Pink Dog Books has acquired world rights to See Monkey (Sophie Masson, illus by Kathy Creamer). For more rights news, sign up to Books+Publishing ’s Think Australian newsletters here . Candice Fox, Century) is in second place, Colombiano (Rusty Young, Bantam) is in ninth, and Live Lead Learn (Gail Kelly, Viking) is in 10th. Patterson and Fox’s collaboration is also at the top of the fastest movers chart ahead of Pape, Young and Kelly’s books. The film tie-in edition of It (Stephen King, Hachette) rounds out the rest of the top five fastest movers. The highest new entries chart is an all-Australian affair this week, led by James Halliday’s Halliday Wine Companion 2018 (Hardie Grant). In second spot is Labour senator Sam Dastyari’s memoir One Halal of a Story (MUP), followed by three children’s books: two titles in the newly launched ‘Super Mooper’ series from the ‘Sally Rippin Presents’ line, Giggling Gertie in third place and Nervous Nellie in fifth (both Fiona Harris, Sally Rippin & Scott Egdar, Five Mile), with Tamara Moss’ swashbuckling middle-grade novel Lintang and the Pirate Queen (Random House) in fourth— Books+Publishing (source: Nielsen BookScan, week ending 5 August 2017). WORLD NEWS > McBride, Cumming win 2017 James Tait Black Prizes The winners of the James Tait Black Prizes for fiction and biography—the UK’s oldest literary awards—have been announced. Eimear McBride’s second novel The Lesser Bohemians (Text) has won the £10,000 (A$16,491) prize for fiction. BESTSELLERS » Bestsellers this week While this week’s overall bestsellers chart remains largely similar to last week’s, with The Barefoot Investor (Scott Pape, John Wiley) in top spot, three new books have climbed into the top 10; Fifty Fifty (James Patterson &

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The Lesser Bohemians , which depicts the relationship between an 18-year- old Irish girl living in London and an older actor, was described by the judges as ‘an extraordinary rendering of a young woman’s consciousness as she eagerly embarks on a new life in London’. Laura Cumming won the £10,000 biography prize for The Vanishing Man (Vintage), which explores the life of Victorian bookseller John Snare, who believed he had found a lost painting by Velázquez. Founded in 1919, the James Tait Black Prizes are awarded annually by the University of Edinburgh and judged by senior academics at the university with the assistance of postgraduate student judges. For more information, click here . Hugo Awards 2017 winners announced For the second year running, N K Jemisin has won the Best Novel category at the Hugo Awards for science-fiction and fantasy titles. Jemisin picked up the award for her novel The Obelisk Gate (Orbit), the follow-up to her 2016 Hugo award-winning novel The Fifth Season (Orbit). Other winners included Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire (Tor.com) for best novella; ‘The Tomato Thief’ by Ursula Vernon (Apex Magazine, January 2016) for best novelette; and ‘Seasons of Glass and Iron’ by Amal El-Mohtar (The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales, Saga Press) for best short story. The Hugo Awards are voted on by members of the World Science Fiction Convention (WSFS). The presentation ceremony was held at the 75th World Science Fiction Convention in Helsinki, Finland. See the full list of winners here . HarperCollins releases 2017 full-year results In the US, HarperCollins has reported a decline in revenue of US$10m ($A12.7m) in the fiscal year ending 30 June, a drop of 0.6% compared to fiscal 2016, reports Publishers Weekly . Despite the decline in revenue from US$1.65b (A$2.09b) in 2016 to US$1.64b (A$2.08b) in 2017, the publisher saw a 7.5% rise in EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization), increasing to US$199m (A$252m) from US$185m (A$234m) in 2016. The revenue decline was attributed to several factors, including a shorter fiscal 2017 due to the extra week in 2016 and the negative impact of currency exchange. 2016 sales were also significantly boosted by sales of Go Set a Watchman , which the publisher was able to largely make up for in fiscal 2017 with strong frontlist and backlist sales, led by Hillbilly Elegy (J D Vance), The Magnolia Story (Chip and Joanna Gaines), and both Jesus Calling and Jesus Always by Sarah Young. HarperCollins US CEO Brian Murray reported double-digit gains for digital audio. The increase helped offset ebook declines, and total digital revenue was flat, accounting for 19% of consumer sales. Murray said the publisher will be producing digital audio formats for all of its titles to meet demand.

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Murray said the publisher’s priorities for 2018 is to grow physical distribution by continuing to support independent booksellers, and trying to open accounts with other retail chains. LIBRARY NEWS > Gold Coast Council changes privacy rules to access library user information The Gold Coast Council has changed privacy rules to gain greater access to library users’ personal information, reports the Gold Coast Bulletin . Councillors, council officers and ‘authorised contractors’ will now be able to access the names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of library users, including children, to inform them of council ‘functions and services’. Library members have been sent a letter advising them of the changes, which have drawn criticism from local residents organisations and civil liberty experts. Queensland Council of Civil Liberties vice-president Terry O’Gorman said library users understood their personal details would be used if they didn’t return borrowed items. ‘(But having it spread further) is really objectionable,’ he said. The Australian Library and Information Association said libraries should ‘ensure that personal information is available only to relevant staff, used for the purposes for which it was collected and kept only so long as it is absolutely required’. ALIA Excellence Award winners named The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has announced the winners of the 2017 ALIA Excellence Award, which honours contributions to the library and information sector. The recipients are: Kerry Smith (HCL Anderson Award), in recognition of her ‘outstanding service to library education; her many contributions to ALIA through committees, groups and the ALIA Board (President 1997), and her continuing support for library and information professionals in Western Australia’. David J Jones (HCL Anderson Award), in recognition of his ‘leadership role in the development of library buildings across Australia and SE Asia; in writing valuable library and information science publications, and in the promotion of Australian library history’. Alisa Howlett (Metcalfe Award), in recognition of her ‘achievements and contribution as an early career librarian, notably as a practitioner researcher and active member of ALIA Groups and Committees’. The HCL Anderson Award is the Association’s highest honour that can be bestowed on an associate member of ALIA, and the Metcalfe Award

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recognises high achievement by an ALIA personal member in their first five years of practice. For more information, click here . FEATURE > Book-to-screen adaptations pitched at 2017 Books at MIFF ‘Most producers are after stories with great characters and plot lines but also low-budget settings … Crime is always of interest, but not as much this year. Many I spoke to wanted stories that would entertain the whole family—the Red Dog phenomenon. Luckily, it’s not all about Hollywood action movies.’ Read Fremantle Press CEO Jane Fraser’s report from the 2017 Books at MIFF event here . Book blogger spotlight: ReadLikeWildfire BookTuber Chami Rupasinghe experimented with different platforms before settling on YouTube. ‘Although YouTube does take quite a bit more effort to produce content for compared to other platforms like Twitter or Instagram, it’s where I can deliver the most about myself through my fashion, my personality and my video style,’ she says. Rupasinghe spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘Book blogger spotlight’ series. (more…) REVIEW > Bram Presser’s ‘The Book of Dirt’ ‘Three books in one, The Book of Dirt is a remarkable tale of Holocaust survival, love and genealogical sleuthing by a grandson intent on finding the truth about his grandparents’ past’ … read Scott Whitmont’s review here . NOTICES > Editors NSW: Editing in South Africa Research on editing in South Africa: where we are and where we are headed Our speaker for the evening will be Melanie Law, a South African PhD student who is currently enrolled for a cotutelle PhD in Linguistics at Macquarie University, Sydney, and North-West University, South Africa in which is is investigating the role of editorial intervention in processes of language variation and change. Melanie will discuss the scope and development of research on editing in South Africa. She will reflect on research trends in this area and some of the key challenges for editors and editing researchers. Throughout her talk she will highlight how the work done by IPEd and the Australian editors’ societies has informed research on editing in South Africa. Melanie is a lecturer in Language Practice at North-West University, where she teaches text editing, publishing and research modules to third-year and honours students.

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Event details Date: 5 September 2017 Times: 6.30 pm for 7.00 pm start Venue: Level 1, Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts, 280 Pitt Street, Sydney Cost: $20 members; $25 non-members; $10 concession Booking: iped.memnet.com.au … JOBS > Digital coordinator, Melbourne The Wheeler Centre The Digital Coordinator works as part of a highly collaborative and dynamic online content team. Reporting to the Senior Digital Editor within the Marketing and Communications team, the Digital Coordinator will deliver a consistent output of high-quality digital content and social media activity that extends the Wheeler Centre’s reach. This role requires a familiarity with social media best practice and an ability to reflect the Centre’s unique tone across a range of channels. For details on how to apply, download the full position description (PDF). Job details Job: Digital coordinator Company: The Wheeler Centre

Location: Melbourne Work type: Part time Application closing date: 31 August 2017 Contact details Name: Emily Harms Company: The Wheeler Centre Phone: 03 9094 7800 Email: recruitment@wheelercentre.com URL: http://www.wheelercentre.com/about-us/employment Sales manager, Melbourne MUP

Melbourne University Publishing (MUP) is seeking a sales manager to join the team at our Melbourne HQ. At MUP we take great pride in publishing books that contribute to the conversation about Australia’s political and cultural landscape. We are looking for someone who shares our passion for producing great books with strong commercial acumen.

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The role of Sales Manager is to achieve MUP’s revenue and profitability targets. Activities (include but not limited to): 1. Manage the relationship with MUP’s distributor 2. Further develop strong relationships with key retailers 3. Identify and grow direct sales opportunities 4. Take responsibility for MUP’s presence at trade shows, book launches and conferences The successful applicant will have at least two years of book industry sales experience, with a proven track record in meeting sales targets, have excellent customer service and communication skills, and the ability to work independently and with a team. If this sounds like you, apply now! Send your CV and cover letter to mup- contact@unimelb.edu.au by Friday 25 August. Job details Job: Sales manager Company: MUP

Location: Melbourne Work type: Full time Application closing date: 25 August 2017 Contact details Name: Emma Rusher Company: Melbourne University Publishing Phone: 8344 4689 Email: mup-contact@unimelb.edu.au URL: https://www.mup.com.au/about/employment Sales and administration officer, Brisbane University of Queensland Press

UQP is seeking an organised and professional sales and administration officer to assist with general day-to-day operations, performing reception duties and providing support to the CEO as well as liaising with book distributors, monitoring stock inventory and processing book orders. Applicants should possess highly developed organisational skills, a positive and motivated attitude, and the ability to prioritise and undertake a wide range of administrative tasks with accuracy, timeliness and flexibility. He or she will have strong communication skills, demonstrated experience in providing administrative support to senior management and proficiency in using of a wide range of computer applications (particularly Microsoft Excel, Outlook and Microsoft Word). Applicants with experience in a publishing or arts related environment, or in book-selling or stock management will be highly regarded. For a position description and to submit an application, go to UQ Jobs ( jobs.uq.edu.au … ).

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Job details Job: Sales and administration officer Company: Unviversity of Queensland Press

Location: Brisbane Work type: Full time Application closing date: 22 August 2017 Contact details Name: Jill Eddington Company: University of Queensland Press Phone: 07 3365 52453 Email: jille@uqp.uq.edu.au URL: jobs.uq.edu.au … Publishing director secondary education, Melbourne Macmillan Education Australia Macmillan Education Australia is one of the leading educational publishers in Australia for both Primary and Secondary resources. Dedicated to creating innovative, exciting and reliable educational resources for both teachers and students. We are seeking a skilled and talented Publishing Director to develop and grow the Secondary Education Publishing Division. You will be an experienced leader and confident negotiator who can act as the champion for your products both internally and externally. Demonstrating a passion for what you do and a track record of success, you will bring business acumen, market understanding, and plenty of energy and fresh ideas to this leadership role. Key qualifications and/or experience include:

Demonstrated leadership, planning and management skills Proven track record in publishing successful product Highly effective communication and interpersonal skills Ability to prioritise conflicting demands Knowledge of Educational Publishing Market A relevant degree

We can offer you:

The challenge of managing and developing a list with high growth potential. The opportunity to work for a global company that is committed to proactively creating educational publishing solutions in local and overseas markets Learning and development opportunities to develop your potential Supportive management and a collegiate team of colleagues A competitive salary based on your skills and experience.

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A full-time permanent role, based in vibrant South Yarra, Melbourne

Please apply via our corporate career website . You will need to include your CV and a covering letter that addresses the following:

What interests you about the role Skills and knowledge you can offer Your relevant work experience Confirmation of the right to work in Australia Applications close 11.55pm 27th August, 2017. Job details Job: Publishing director secondary education Company: Macmillan Education Australia Location: South Yarra Melbourne VIC Work type: Full time Application closing date: 27 August 2017 Contact details Name: Saba Gharbinia Company: Macmillan Education Australia Phone: 03 9825 4907 Email: saba.gharbinia@springernature.com URL: https://career5.successfactors.eu … Key account manager, Melbourne Lightning Source Australia

Lightning Source Australia is seeking a highly organised, energetic sales professional to manage and support the growing IngramSpark account base in Australia and New Zealand. Duties include: Selling print-on-demand and digital services to existing and prospective IngramSpark customers Working with management to develop and forecast sales targets and appropriately manage expenses within the territory Seeking out opportunities for conference speaking, web-based presentations and other networking and selling activities Negotiating deals with larger client/accounts Working closely with internal and external stakeholders to meet sales and growth targets.

Job details Job: Key Account Manager, IngramSpark Company: Lightning Source Australia Location: Scoresby Work type: Full time Application closing date: 1 September 2017

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Contact details Name: Debbie Lee Company: Lightning Source Australia Phone: 0448 800 464 Email: deborah.lee@ingramcontent.com URL: https://www.seek.com.au/job/34063144 Digital content producer, Sydney HarperCollins Publishers

HarperCollins Publishers has an exciting opportunity for a creative and innovative professional to join their Digital team in the role of Digital Content Producer. The overall purpose of the role is to promote new releases, backlist and authors on all HarperCollins owned digital platforms with a specific focus on the ABC and HarperCollins Children’s Book (HCCB) lists, including Epic Reads and Teachers Hub. This role will suit someone with a creative flair, who has experience working with social media and has basic photography and filming skills. Candidates can apply via Seek using this link by Friday 25 August 2017. Job details Job: Digital content producer Company: HarperCollins Publishers Location: Sydney Work type: Full time Application closing date: 25 August 2017 Contact details Name: Elizabeth Holmes Company: HarperCollins Publishers Email: employment@harpercollins.com.au National accounts assistant, Sydney HarperCollins Publishers HarperCollins Publishers is looking for a professional to join the Sales Team in the role of National Accounts Assistant. This role is responsible for providing administrative support for the Sales Operations Manager and the Head Office Sales Team. The role will suit someone who can work across multiple projects at one time, and to tight deadlines, as well as being a strong communicator. Candidates can apply via Seek using this link by Friday 25 August 2017. Job details

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Job: National Accounts Assistant Company: HarperCollins Publishers Location: Sydney Work type: Full time Application closing date: 25 August 2017 Contact details Name: Elizabeth Holmes Company: HarperCollins Publishers Email: employment@harpercollins.com.au Senior editor, Melbourne Black Inc Black Inc is seeking an experienced senior editor for a twelve-month maternity leave contract. Reporting to the Managing Editor, this role involves managing a wide range of titles from manuscript submission through to print and digital publication, including developmental and structural editing and project management. The successful candidate will have at least 5 years’ editing experience, and a strong interest in Australian non-fiction. Please email enquiries@blackincbooks.com to request a full position

description. Job details Job: Senior editor Company: Black Inc Location: Carlton Work type: 12-month maternity leave contract Application closing date: 28 August 2017 Contact details

Name: Caitlin Yates Company: Black Inc Phone: 03 9486 0288 Email: caitliny@blackincbooks.com URL: blackincbooks.com Editor, Melbourne Black Inc Black Inc is seeking an experienced editor for a twelve-month maternity leave contract. Reporting to the Managing Editor, this role involves managing a wide range of titles from manuscript submission through to print and digital publication, including proofreading and copyediting. The successful candidate will have at least 2 years’ editing experience.

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Please email enquiries@blackincbooks.com to request a full position description. Job details Job: Editor Company: Black Inc Location: Carlton Work type: 12-month maternity leave contract Application closing date: 28 August 2017 Contact details Name: Caitlin Yates Company: Black Inc Phone: 03 9486 0288 Email: caitliny@blackincbooks.com URL: blackincbooks.com Head of publicity, Sydney Allen & Unwin Allen & Unwin, Australia’s largest and most successful independent publishing company, is seeking an experienced publicity professional to lead our adult and children’s publicity team. This is a rare opportunity to take on a senior role in a company renowned for its deep love of, and commitment to, Australian writers and writing. The ideal candidate will have: A proven track record of success in planning and executing modern multi- faceted PR campaigns Significant experience (5 years +) at a senior level in implementing strategic campaigns for titles and brand awareness Strong project and event management skills Extensive knowledge of the Australian publishing, media and influencer landscape

The drive to lead the best publicity team in the industry And the passion and energy to genuinely make a difference Applications by Friday 25 August to jobs@allenandunwin.com Job details Job: Head of publicity Company: Allen & Unwin

Location: Crows Nest Work type: Full time Application closing date: 25 August 2017 Contact details

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Name: Allen & Unwin Company: Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd Phone: 02 8425 0100 Email: jobs@allenandunwin.com Editor, Melbourne Hardie Grant Publishing

Are you an experienced editor with a passion for working on books of outstanding quality? Come and join the vibrant editorial team at Hardie Grant, renowned for its high-quality illustrated and narrative non-fiction books. We are looking for someone with at least two years’ editorial and project management experience to work in our Books division. You will have a sound working knowledge of all editorial and book production stages, and will be able to manage multiple book projects concurrently. You are someone who loves words and images, is excited by innovative design and works well with authors and freelancers to meet tight deadlines and strict budgets. Please email your application to applications@hardiegrant.com.au by 5 pm Thursday 24 August 2017.

Job details Job: Editor Company: Hardie Grant Publishing Location: Melbourne Work type: Full time Application closing date: 24 August 2017

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