Wednesday, 11 February 2015
‘Any proposal to dismantle territorial copyright is in fact a radical instrument of cultural engineering,’ Text publisher Michael Heyward in his submission to the government’s Competition Policy Review draft report,...

Wednesday, 11 February 2015
Sales Nonfiction—Exisle Publishing has sold Korean and Polish rights to The Digestive Health Solutions (Benjamin Brown). Children’s—Hardie Grant Egmont and Little Hare have sold US and German rights to The Flywheel (Erin Gough); US rights to The Incredible...

Tuesday, 10 February 2015
Better Reading director Cheryl Akle will host a book review segment on Channel 9 TV program ‘Mornings’.The segment will run every second week, beginning on 12 February. Akle told Books+Publishing that the...

Tuesday, 10 February 2015
Sally Bateman has been appointed to the new role of digital, marketing and publicity director at Penguin Random House (PRH) Asia Pacific.Bateman was appointed Penguin marketing and publicity director in...

Monday, 9 February 2015
The government has released all the official public submissions to the Competition Policy Review draft report, released in September last year.The draft report recommended the review of regulations ‘restricting competition’...

Monday, 9 February 2015
Queensland Writers Centre (QWC) CEO Meg Vann is stepping down from the position to focus on writing opportunities.Vann has been at QWC since 2008 and CEO since August 2012. Vann...

Friday, 6 February 2015
Pages & Pages owner Jon Page says he’s ‘very happy’ with the results of the print and ebook bundling pilot program, run with HarperCollins from November 2014 to January 2015.Page...

Thursday, 5 February 2015
Literary journal Overland has announced changes to its editorial staff.Journalist and 3CR radio presenter Bec Zajac—who has also managed Overland’s publicity for the past two years—has been appointed associate editor.As...

Thursday, 5 February 2015
Australian fantasy author Mitchell Hogan has sold world English-language rights to two previously self-published novels and a third unreleased title in a six-figure deal with HarperVoyager.Hogan’s novel A Crucible of...

Wednesday, 4 February 2015
Allen & Unwin has acquired the Australian and New Zealand rights to the ‘Zeroes’ YA trilogy by Sydney-based authors Scott Westerfeld, Margo Lanagan and Deborah Biancotti.The trilogy follows six Californian teens with...

Wednesday, 4 February 2015
The second annual Digital Writers’ Festival (DWF) has launched its 2015 program. The online-only festival, which is hosted by the Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF), will run from 11-22 February and feature over...

Wednesday, 4 February 2015
Australian author Colleen McCullough has died aged 77.The author passed away on 29 January in hospital on Norfolk Island.McCullough’s publisher HarperCollins has released a statement paying tribute to ‘one of Australia’s most...

Wednesday, 4 February 2015
An Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) delegation will attend a conference by its US industry counterparts in Asheville, North Carolina.The delegation attending the 10th American Booksellers Association Winter Institute, held from...

Wednesday, 4 February 2015
SalesFiction—Black Inc. has sold German rights to She's Having Her Baby (Lauren Sams) to Egmont Ink.Nonfiction—Exisle Publishing has sold Polish rights to Change the Way You Eat (Leanne Cooper); and...

Tuesday, 3 February 2015
Penguin will publish a series of 80 short classics to celebrate the publisher’s 80th birthday. The Little Black Classics range, published by Penguin UK, aims to showcase the diversity of the Penguin...

Tuesday, 3 February 2015
The inaugural Photobook Melbourne festival and Australian Photo Book of the Year Awards will be held on 12-22 February.In a statement, festival organisers said the event ‘aims to connect Australia...

Tuesday, 3 February 2015
Kate Forsyth’s Bitter Greens (Vintage) has been announced as the winner of the Historical Fiction category on the American Library Association (ALA) 2015 Reading List.Judges, consisting of 12 ALA-member librarians,...

Monday, 2 February 2015
Affirm Press publisher and Stella Prize co-founder and executive director Aviva Tuffield is a finalist in the 2015 Women’s Agenda Leadership Awards.Tuffield is one of three finalists in the Change Champion...