Monday, 22 August 2011
Blood Men by Paul Cleave (Random House NZ) has won this year's Ngaio Marsh Award for New Zealand crime fiction, announced on 21 August at the Christchurch Arts Festival. Cleave's...

Monday, 22 August 2011
The winners of the 2011 New Zealand Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement were announced in Wellington on 22 August. Dame Fiona Kidman was awarded the fiction prize, James Bellich...

Monday, 22 August 2011
In rights news this week: SalesNonfiction--HarperCollins has sold Politically Incorrect Parenting and Mothers Raising Sons (Nigel Latta) to the UK.Children's--HarperCollins has sold Goodnight, Mice! (Frances Watts &Judy Watson) to Turkey....

Monday, 22 August 2011
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include:Australian Children's Book Week: 20-26 August Edinburgh International Book Festival: 13-29 August Plain English Foundation Workshop...

Monday, 22 August 2011
In Tom Campbell's Fold (Bloomsbury), five friends, each in their 40s, meet monthly in each other's houses for a 'friendly' game of poker. Nick Earls' new book The Fix (Random...

Monday, 22 August 2011
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Monday, 22 August 2011
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Monday, 22 August 2011
AugustRobert Adamson, UQP (Surface to Air) Sydney and Melbourne.Steve Bedwell, Rockpool (Baby Owner’s Manual) Sydney and Melbourne.Joseph Braude, Scribe (The Honoured Dead) Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney. Paul Daley and Mike...

Wednesday, 17 August 2011
The shortlist for this year's Asher Literary Award, presented to a female writer whose work carries an anti-war theme, has been announced. The shortlisted titles are:Swamplands (Van Badham, play)Tales from...

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...