Monday, 13 May 2013
Hugh Mackay’s The Good Life: What Makes a Life Worth Living (Pan Macmillan) is not a book about ‘how to feel good, how to find happiness or how to reap...

Thursday, 9 May 2013
The Davitt Awards, presented by Sisters in Crime for crime books written by Australian women, has introduced a new lifetime achievement award. The 2013 Davitt Awards will present awards in...

Thursday, 9 May 2013
Discount department store Big W has signed up as a major sponsor of Mamamia’s The Book Circle and will screen episodes of the online book show on its website. The...

Wednesday, 8 May 2013
The Victorian Government has announced close to $29 million in new funding for the state’s arts sector in its latest budget. The government, which released its 2013-14 Budget on 7...

Wednesday, 8 May 2013
The finalists in this year’s Northern Territory Literary Awards have been announced. The finalists in the book-related categories are:   Short stories:     ‘Flag of Surrender’ (Kerry Taylor) ‘From Where I Thought...

Wednesday, 8 May 2013
Thames & Hudson Australia has announced that distribution of its titles and those of its sales agencies will move from Macmillan Distribution Services (MDS) to Alliance Distribution Services (ADS) from...

Wednesday, 8 May 2013
Bookselling chain QBD has become the first Australian retailer to launch an ebookstore powered by Copia. The QBD ebookstore is now live and is integrated with the existing QBD website....

Wednesday, 8 May 2013
Booksellers have reported strong sales and author events attracted record crowds at this year’s Clunes Booktown Festival, with up to 18,000 people visiting the central Victorian town for the event....

Wednesday, 8 May 2013
‘It has been inspiring to have been a part of the management of change, and part of the growing professionalism and internationalisation of the industry’—former Penguin publishing director Bob Sessions...

Tuesday, 7 May 2013
Journalist and radio personality Rafael Epstein has launched a new book club for listeners of his Melbourne ABC radio program Drive. According to the ABC, Read with Raf will offer...

Tuesday, 7 May 2013
The Aurealis Awards will be held in Canberra over the next two years. Owner Chimaera Publications announced in a statement that the awards, which celebrate science-fiction, fantasy and horror writing in Australia, will be administered in...

Monday, 6 May 2013
Independent publisher Jane Curry Publishing (JCP) has launched a new digital-first imprint called Storyworks.  The first title to be published under the Storyworks imprint is Partners, a debut novel by...

Monday, 6 May 2013
On top of the fastest movers chart this week is The Fast Diet (Mimi Spencer & Michael Mosley, Short Books), which recommends readers feast for five days a week and fast for two...

Friday, 3 May 2013
US publisher O’Reilly has announced that it is ending its Tools of Change (TOC) conference and blog after seven years. Founder Tim O’Reilly wrote on the TOC blog that the...

Friday, 3 May 2013
Sonya Hartnett’s novel Of a Boy (Penguin) has been adapted into a film. The Weight of Elephants was shot in Southland, New Zealand, in March 2012. It is the feature film debut from New...

Thursday, 2 May 2013
The finalists for the 2013 Sir Julius Vogel Awards for New Zealand science-fiction, horror and fantasy have been announced. The finalists in the best novel category are:        Dead Radiance (T G Ayer, Evolved...