Friday, 24 January 2014
The majority of booksellers have reported an increase in sales in Christmas 2013 compared to the previous year, according to the results of Books+Publishing’s annual post-Christmas survey.Books+Publishing received feedback from...

Thursday, 23 January 2014
The winners of the 2013 West Australia Young Readers’ Book Awards (WAYRBA) were announced at the end of 2013. The winning books are:Picture Book Award Hairy Nose, Itchy Butt by...

Thursday, 23 January 2014
The Bayside Literary Festival in Melbourne will be replaced with a new year-long event series, Words by the Bay.  Words by the Bay will be launched by Bayside Mayor Laurence Evans...

Wednesday, 22 January 2014
The New Zealand Book Council (NZBC) and Auckland Writers Festival (AWF) have partnered to find the ‘Great Kiwi Classic’ and are asking New Zealanders to ‘join the search for our most...

Wednesday, 22 January 2014
‘After several years of declining sales it was good to see the market bounce back, particularly in the area of physical book retail’—Allen & Unwin sales and marketing director Jim...

Tuesday, 21 January 2014
Brigid Mullane has been appointed as the new editor of Melbourne-based literary journal Kill Your Darlings (KYD). Mullane has been deputy editor of KYD since mid-2013, having previously worked in...

Tuesday, 21 January 2014
A number of Australian and New Zealand books have been selected for the 2014 Gourmand Awards. The Australian winners are:Authors and chefs category Chef: Patissier (Emmanuel Mollois, UWA Publishing) Woman...

Tuesday, 21 January 2014
Books+Publishing is currently conducting its annual post-Christmas survey of booksellers and publishers. This is your last chance to complete the survey online. BooksellersIf you are a bookseller, please complete the...

Tuesday, 21 January 2014
SalesNonfiction—Michelle Anderson Publishing has sold US rights to You Can Conquer Cancer (Ian Gawler) to Tarcher; Exisle Publishing has sold North American rights to Mindfulness at Work (Stephen McKenzie); and Allen...

Tuesday, 21 January 2014
Please note that, due to the Australia Day public holiday next Monday, the Weekly Book Newsletter will be published on Thursday 30 January. The deadline for classifieds and job advertisements...

Monday, 20 January 2014
Marcus Zusak is the big winner in this week’s bestsellers chart, with the film tie-in edition of his novel The Book Thief (Picador) at number one, and a standard edition at...

Monday, 20 January 2014
A new literary project, which will publish and promote writers from Tasmania and London and ‘draw on the long historic links between these distinct places’, has been announced. The Transportation project will...

Friday, 17 January 2014
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has launched a series of informal networking events, called Last Thursdays.The free events will be held on the last Thursday of the month and will...

Friday, 17 January 2014
The 2014 Perth Writers Festival program has been launched and tickets are now available. As previously reported by Books+Publishing, the line-up of international guests includes Lionel Shriver, Philipp Meyer, David...

Friday, 17 January 2014
Peter Saffin has been appointed as the new managing director of Macmillan Education Australia. Saffin has been promoted from his previous role as general manager of secondary at Macmillan Education...

Thursday, 16 January 2014
Melbourne-based literary journal Kill Your Darlings (KYD) has announced its new columnists for 2014, with Carody Culver to write about books and Danielle Binks to write about young adult and...

Thursday, 16 January 2014
Scribe Publications has made its first editorial appointment for its UK office, appointing former Granta Books publisher Philip Gwyn Jones to the part-time role of editor-at-large. Scribe said in a...

Thursday, 16 January 2014
An Australian app and ebook have won awards at the 2014 Digital Book Awards, announced in New York on 14 January. Australian app Cowzat! won in the App—Children category. The...

Thursday, 16 January 2014
Allen & Unwin has purchased a majority share in UK publisher Atlantic Books following a ‘difficult period for the UK company’, reports the Bookseller. A&U previously owned a minority share in...

Wednesday, 15 January 2014
Victorian remainder books chain Hyer Books & More has rebranded from Hyer Bookworld, a business name it traded under from January to November 2013. Prior to 2013, the business was...

Wednesday, 15 January 2014
Academic publisher Taylor & Francis has announced that its books distribution will move from Macmillan Distribution Services (MDS) to TL Distribution (TLD) at the end of March. The announcement follows the news...

Wednesday, 15 January 2014
‘Our business analytics showed us very clearly that the one bookstore model in the Australian market would eventually become unviable’—Robinsons Bookshop owner Susanne Horman on her decision to open new...