Wednesday, 1 May 2013
Stephanie Campisi’s ‘Read in a Single Sitting’ blog has won the Words and Writing category in the Best Australian Blogs 2013 competition. Category judge, Random House managing editor Brandon Van Over,...

Wednesday, 1 May 2013
Sales Fiction—Scribe has licensed North American rights to Cat & Fiddle (Lesley Jørgensen) to Penguin US. Children’s—Scholastic has licensed Spanish rights within the US to Forever (Anna Pignataro). Acquisitions Nonfiction—Black...

Wednesday, 1 May 2013
‘Judges of literary prizes today occupy two increasingly incompatible roles. Think of a strip club spruiker wearing an academic gown and brandishing his rolled doctorate as he dutifully proclaims the...

Wednesday, 1 May 2013
The New Zealand Book Council has announced the recipients of its 2013 International Travel Fund grants. Eight writers and illustrators will receive grants to attend international literary festivals and share New...

Monday, 29 April 2013
Margo Lanagan’s Sea Hearts was named best novel at this year’s Ditmar Awards for Australian science-fiction, fantasy and horror writing. Lanagan also received the Norma K Hemming Award for race,...

Monday, 29 April 2013
Nora Roberts’ Whiskey Beach (Hachette) is at the top of the bestsellers and highest new entries charts this week. The novel tells the story of Eli Landon, whose perfect world is shattered...

Monday, 29 April 2013
TitlePage has moved a number of changes ‘into production’ ahead of the pending relaunch of the platform. TitlePage said in a statement that it has ‘moved some new functionality into production’ over the...

Wednesday, 24 April 2013
Annabel Blay from Curtis Brown reports: ‘Busy and buzzy’ was the most frequent observation from editors, agents and scouts about this year’s London Book Fair (LBF), which ran from 15-17...

Wednesday, 24 April 2013
‘Amazon has over sixty-five percent of the ebook market in Australia and over seventy-five percent of ereaders owned in Australia are Kindles’—Pages & Pages general manager and Australian Booksellers Association...

Wednesday, 24 April 2013
Allen & Unwin has been ordered to pay members of Schapelle Corby’s family more than $50,000 in damages over the publication of a number of photographs in Sins of the Father by...

Tuesday, 23 April 2013
Former Murdoch Books owner Matt Handbury and digital director Mark Ashbridge have partnered to launch a new website dedicated to food and cooking. Eatlove, which launched in October 2012, features...

Tuesday, 23 April 2013
The finalists in the Best Australian Blogs 2013 competition have been announced. Finalists in the Words and Writing category are: ‘Alpha Reader’ by Danielle Binks ‘Book to the Future’ by...

Tuesday, 23 April 2013
Canadian author and editor A S A Harrison has died, aged 65. Harrison’s debut novel The Silent Wife (Headline) is due for worldwide release in June. Harrison previously published Orgasms (Coach...