Monday, 14 October 2013
Former managing director of Hachette New Zealand Kevin Chapman has launched a new publishing business called Upstart Press. Chapman, who left Hachette earlier this year following a major restructure of...

Monday, 14 October 2013
There are no changes at the top of the bestseller chart this week, with Jamie Oliver’s Save with Jamie (Michael Joseph) and Andy Griffiths’ The 39-Storey Treehouse (Pan) retaining the top two...

Thursday, 10 October 2013
Six Western Australian children’s authors and illustrators have been selected to attend the 2014 Asian Festival of Children’s Content (AFCC) in Singapore as part of writingWA’s cultural exchange program with...

Wednesday, 9 October 2013
Walker Books has appointed a new sales team to manage all international sales of Walker Books UK, Candlewick Press and Walker Books Australia titles, reports the Bookseller. As part of...

Wednesday, 9 October 2013
Brisbane-based literary agency Alex Adsett Publishing Services (AAPS) has announced details of its first deals with Australian publishers. AAPS, which was established as a literary agency by publishing consultant Alex Adsett...

Wednesday, 9 October 2013
The shortlist for this year’s Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing has been announced. The shortlisted pieces of writing are: ‘The Last Laughing Death’ by Jo Chandler (The Global...

Wednesday, 9 October 2013
‘We have printed over 50,000 of the two editions as a first print, [and] we expect to be pushing the reprint button several times’—Pan Macmillan publishing director Cate Paterson speaks...

Tuesday, 8 October 2013
The Monthly has selected books by Michelle de Kretser, J M Coetzee and Alexis Wright as the best in literature in 2013 for its annual Arts Issue, published this month....

Tuesday, 8 October 2013
Sales Fiction—Alex Adsett Publishing Services has signed a two book deal with Simon & Schuster for Chasing The Ace and Running The Red (Nicholas Johnson); has signed a three book...

Tuesday, 8 October 2013
Author Tom Clancy has died, aged 66. Clancy was the author of numerous novels including The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, The Cardinal of the Kremlin, Clear and Present...

Monday, 7 October 2013
For the third consecutive week Jamie Oliver’s Save with Jamie (Michael Joseph) and Andy Griffiths’ The 39-Storey Treehouse (Pan) are first and second respectively on the bestsellers chart. They are followed...

Friday, 4 October 2013
New Zealand author Eleanor Catton has been shortlisted for the 2013 Governor General’s Literary Award for fiction (English language) in Canada. Catton, who was born in Canada, is shortlisted for...

Friday, 4 October 2013
Hachette Australia has appointed Sean Cotcher to the new role of head of field sales following the company’s recently announced restructure. Cotcher has seven years’ experience as national account manager...

Friday, 4 October 2013
Miles Hitchcock has won the inaugural Curtin University Prize for Fiction, administered by writingWA. Hitchcock, who lives in the Western Australian town of Barragup, near Mandurah, won the award for...

Wednesday, 2 October 2013
A new online retailer selling books, CDs, vinyl, DVDs and Blu-ray has launched in Australia, and will donate the ‘GST equivalent’ of its sales to Australian literacy charities. OOdals.com.au is...

Wednesday, 2 October 2013
‘It’s a cornucopia of riches’—Dymocks buying manager Sophie Higgins reflects on publishers’ Christmas releases in an article in the Age. Higgins, Readings’ Mark Rubbo and Booktopia’s John Purcell offer their...

Tuesday, 1 October 2013
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has launched an app for this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair. The Australia@FBF app, which was created by the APA’s IT administrator Margaret Sarlej, is available...

Tuesday, 1 October 2013
The Whitireia Creative Writing Programme in New Zealand has launched a publishing imprint. Escalator Press will publish work by new and established writers associated with the program, which is run...

Tuesday, 1 October 2013
Chris Currie has left his role as buyer at Brisbane’s Avid Reader to live in Germany for a year, where he will research and write a novel. Currie said he...

Tuesday, 1 October 2013
Author Marjorie Bligh has died, aged 96. Text Publishing editor David Winter writes: ‘Bligh was a homemaker extraordinaire and an inspiration to Dame Edna Everage. Her fans included Kaz Cooke,...