Tuesday, 21 February 2012
'At TOC I became much more conscious of one of the other seismic shifts that is taking place for publishers across the globe, something we have heard a lot about...

Tuesday, 21 February 2012
In rights news this week:SalesFiction--Allen & Unwin has sold French and Canadian rights for Autumn Laing (Alex Miller); Brazilian Portuguese rights have been sold for The Distant Hours (Kate Morton);...

Tuesday, 21 February 2012
The Emerging Writers' Festival (EWF) has launched a new creative writing prize with Monash University called the Monash University Undergraduate Prize for Creative Writing. The award carries a cash prize of...

Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Net sales at Simon & Schuster (S&S) Australia were 'slightly up' on figures from 2010, according to managing director Lou Johnson. Johnson told the Weekly Book Newsletter that 2011 was...

Monday, 20 February 2012
Dymocks Children's Charities launches seventh Book BankDymocks Children's Charities launched its seventh Book Bank at La Perouse Public School in South-Eastern Sydney this week. Each of the 47 students at...

Monday, 20 February 2012
FebruaryGlen Duncan, Text (Talulla Rising) Perth, Adelaide and Melbourne (through to March).Johan Harstad, UWA Publishing (Buzz Aldrin, What Happened to You in All the Confusion?) Perth, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney...

Monday, 20 February 2012
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Monday, 20 February 2012
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Monday, 20 February 2012
In Alain de Botton's Religion for Atheists (Hamish Hamilton), he argues that the supernatural claims of religion are entirely false, yet claims religions still have some very important things to teach...

Monday, 20 February 2012
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include:Perth Writers Festival: 23-26 FebruaryCopyright Agency annual seminar, Melbourne: 23 February 2012 New Zealand International Arts...

Monday, 20 February 2012
The shortlisted titles for this year's Australian Publishers Association (APA) Book Design Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in the 'Best Designed Cover of the Year' category are:The Art...

Tuesday, 14 February 2012
James Patterson's latest book in the Private series, Private: No. 1 Suspect (Century), finds Jack Morgan, founder of the world's best investigation agency, Private, in the spotlight as the number...

Tuesday, 14 February 2012
HarperCollins has announced that it is printing a new edition of A Crown Imperilled by Raymond E Feist (Voyager), following errors in the first printed edition published in Australia and...

Tuesday, 14 February 2012
On Fancy Goods this week, Andrew Wrathall reports on 20 nights of queer literature at Hares & Hyenas bookshop, David Dunstan reviews The Censor’s Library (Nicole Moore, UQP), Thuy On...

Tuesday, 14 February 2012
In rights news this week:Sales Fiction--Random House has sold The Hanging Garden by Patrick White to the UK and Italy. HarperCollins has sold Spanish rights to Tuscan Rose by Belinda Alexandra...

Tuesday, 14 February 2012
The Indigenous Literary Foundation (ILF) exceeded its fundraising goal of $500,000 for 2011, raising a total of $550,000 for the year. ILF executive director Karen Williams told the Weekly Book...

Tuesday, 14 February 2012
Martin David, a globe-trotting mercenary, is hired by a mysterious biotech company to track down the last remaining Tasmanian tiger--rumoured to be alive and well, deep within the Tasmanian wilderness. Martin...

Tuesday, 14 February 2012
Eight books, chosen to represent the Australian experience, have been announced as the National Year of Reading 2012 collection. The selected books were announced at official events held across the country to launch the...

Tuesday, 14 February 2012
'People have accused traditional publishers of racing to the bland middle ground to maximise their audience. Publishing digital-only books is all about racing to the edge'--Joel Naoum, publisher of Pan...

Tuesday, 14 February 2012
Penguin has announced that it has ended its relationship with ebook and audiobook distributor Overdrive, saying that it will no longer provide new copies of ebooks and audiobooks for purchase by...

Tuesday, 14 February 2012
Samuel Youd, British science-fiction writer, has died aged 89. The author, who wrote under various pseudonyms, was best known for his young adult trilogy The Tripods and for his novel...

Tuesday, 14 February 2012
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: Is Amazon planning to open a bricks-and-mortar bookshop?Foyles launches ebookstoreIndian bookselling chain to...

Tuesday, 14 February 2012
A new South Australian-based publisher was launched this month. MidnightSun Publishing was officially launched at the South Australian Writers Centre on 10 February. The publishing house will launch its first...