Tuesday, 17 July 2012
Sales Children’s/YA—Scholastic Australia has licensed Portuguese-language rights within Brazil for Thirteen (James Phelan); and US rights to Forever (Anna Pignataro). Acquistions Fiction—Little, Brown has acquired North American rights to Burial...

Monday, 16 July 2012
Stephen Covey, the self-help author who wrote The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, has died aged 79.

Wednesday, 11 July 2012
Random House Australia and New Zealand has announced that managing director Margie Seale will step down from her role in November. Random House said in a statement that Seale, who...

Wednesday, 11 July 2012
Anna Hodge, senior editor at Auckland University Press in New Zealand, is among the successful applicants for this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair Fellowship Program. Also chosen from the more than...

Wednesday, 11 July 2012
‘They’re recommending the literary equivalent of foie gras to people who are starving for steak and potatoes with a dash of spice’—Kat Mayo, in a blog post criticising the various...

Wednesday, 11 July 2012
Bereft, by Australian author Chris Womersley (Scribe), is among the titles longlisted in this year’s Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Dagger awards. Bereft has been longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger,...

Wednesday, 11 July 2012
Book industry events over the coming fortnight include: Whitsunday Voices Youth Literature Festival, Mackay, QLD: 11-14 July. Yarragon Book Fair, Yarragon, VIC: 14-15 July. Mildura Writers’ Festival, Mildura, VIC: 19-22 July. Melbourne Rare...

Tuesday, 10 July 2012
Jane O’Hara, the outgoing CEO and festival director of the Brisbane Writers Festival, has been awarded a Churchill Fellowship. O’Hara was among 115 Australians awarded the 2012 Churchill Fellowships for research...

Tuesday, 10 July 2012
Sales Fiction—Text has sold Norwegian rights in In the Evil Day (Peter Temple) to Press Forlaget; Dutch rights in Nine Days (Toni Jordan) to Artemis; and North American rights in Shadows...

Tuesday, 10 July 2012
Friends Forever (Bantam Books), Danielle Steel’s latest novel, tracing the lives of five childhood friends, is the highest new entry this week, followed by Criminal (Century), Karin Slaughter’s sixth novel in the...

Monday, 9 July 2012
Jean Chapman, a children's author and scriptwriter for ABC children’s radio and television programs including Play School, has died. Margaret Hamilton, of Margaret Hamilton Books, writes: 'Jean was a much-loved author of...

Monday, 9 July 2012
Eric Sykes, a renowned UK comedian, actor and novelist, has died aged 89. Sykes wrote two novels, The Great Crime of Grapplewick (1997) and Smelling Of Roses (1998), and the autobiography...

Monday, 9 July 2012
Peter Steele, poet and emeritus professor at the University of Melbourne, has died aged 72. Steele wrote seven books of poetry, and several books of essays and criticism. His most...

Monday, 9 July 2012
Pamela Lofts, children’s book illustrator and visual artist, has died. Lofts illustrated books such as Mem Fox’s Koala Lou and Hunwick’s Egg, and Marcia Vaughan’s Wombat Stew.

Wednesday, 4 July 2012
The Victorian Government has announced that applications are now open for Arts Victoria’s 2012-13 arts funding programs. Premier and Arts Minister Ted Baillieu said on 29 June that applications are...

Wednesday, 4 July 2012
HarperCollins Australia and New Zealand has confirmed to Bookseller+Publisher that it will be business as usual at the publisher following the division of News Corporation's publishing and entertainment assets. A...