Tuesday, 16 August 2011
Scholastic has reported sales growth for its international divisions for the fiscal year ending 31 May 2011. In its latest financial results, released in July, the publisher said that sales...

Tuesday, 16 August 2011
The literary journal Meanjin has confirmed it will be publishing all content free online. Deputy editor Zora Sanders told the Weekly Book Newsletter that 'the idea is to expand what...

Tuesday, 16 August 2011
'In "streamlining" entry arrangements for low-value imports, Australia Post is playing a key facilitative role in the growth of foreign online retailers at the expense of Australian online and Australian...

Tuesday, 16 August 2011
In the September issue of Bookseller+Publisher magazine, Andrea Hanke rounds up the best of the Christmas titles on offer from Australian and New Zealand publishers. From When Parents Text: So...

Tuesday, 16 August 2011
In rights news this week: SalesChildren's--Scholastic Australia has sold German translation rights to You (Stephen Michael King) and Chinese translation rights to The Pocket Dogs (Margaret Wild).Send your rights news...

Tuesday, 16 August 2011
The Masters of Publishing course at the University of Sydney has received accreditation from the Australian Publishers Association (APA), making it the third tertiary publishing program in the country to...

Tuesday, 16 August 2011
James Patterson's action thriller Now You See Her (Century) has made its way to the top of both the bestsellers chart and fastest movers chart this week. A Clash of Kings...

Tuesday, 16 August 2011
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:Evanovich and Stockett join the 'Kindle million club'Quarto buys Frances LincolnAmazon bypasses Apple rules...

Tuesday, 16 August 2011
Murdoch Books has announced that Tracy Lines will join the company in the role of lifestyle publisher in October. Lines replaces former lifestyle publisher Lynn Lewis, who recently left Murdoch...

Tuesday, 16 August 2011
On Bookseller+Publisher's Fancy Goods blog this week, Jarrah Moore reviews RPM (Noel Mengel, UQP); Margaret Hamilton reviews For All Creatures (Glenda Millard, illus by Rebecca Cool, Walker Books); and Kate...

Monday, 15 August 2011
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Edinburgh International Book Festival: 13-29 AugNational Bookshop day: 20 AugAustralian Children's Book Week: 20-26 AugMelbourne...

Monday, 15 August 2011
Sophie Cunningham's Melbourne (NewSouth) appears on the most mentioned chart for a second week. Cunningham delves into Melbourne's culture in her analysis of the city, and along the way she...

Monday, 15 August 2011
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Monday, 15 August 2011
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Monday, 15 August 2011
AugustRobert Adamson, UQP (Surface to Air) Sydney and Melbourne.Joseph Braude, Scribe (The Honoured Dead) Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney. Paul Daley and Mike Bowers, MUP (Armageddon) Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra.Aleesah...

Monday, 15 August 2011
WA regional writers' festivalsAuthors Alan Carter and Judy Nunn were among the special guests at the 2011 Kimberley Writers Festival, which took place between 29 and 31 July. The festival,...

Sunday, 14 August 2011
The finalists for the 2011 Copyright Licensing Limited (CLL) Writers' Awards have been announced in New Zealand. The awards, which celebrate their 10th anniversary this year, are New Zealand's richest for nonfiction....

Sunday, 14 August 2011
The winners of this year's Romantic Book of the Year Awards, known as the R*BY Awards, were announced on 13 August at the annual Romance Writers of Australia (RWA) conference...