Wednesday, 27 July 2011
John Reed, Managing Director and founder of A.H. & A. W. Reed Pty Ltd-- the Australian arm of Reed in New Zealand, has died aged 75. Tim Curnow, Literary Agent...

Wednesday, 27 July 2011
Cookbooks dominate the top of the bestsellers chart this week with Jamie's 30-minute Meals (Jamie Oliver, Michael Joseph) in first place and 4 Ingredients Kids (Kim McCosker & Rachael Bermingham, 4 Ingredients) in...

Wednesday, 27 July 2011
In rights news this week:SalesFiction--Scribe has sold French rights to Bereft (Chris Womersley) to Éditions Albin Michel.Children's/YA--Scholastic Australia has sold Chinese translation rights to several books illustrated by Kate Greenaway medalist...

Tuesday, 26 July 2011
The 2011 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) were announced on Monday 25 July at a ceremony in Melbourne.Hosted by comedian Alan Brough, the awards celebrate the best Australian books, authors,...

Tuesday, 26 July 2011
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include:New Voices Festival, Eltham, Vic: 30 - 31 July Authoring the Author: 4 August Byron Bay...

Tuesday, 26 July 2011
Collins Booksellers has announced that it has reached an agreement with Kobo which will involve the bookseller building an ebookstore powered by Kobo, as well as selling Kobo ereaders in...

Tuesday, 26 July 2011
ReadHowYouWant to launch UK titlesCustomised printing company ReadHowYouWant (RHYW) has announced that it will soon be producing titles from a number of UK publishers, as a result of a new...

Tuesday, 26 July 2011
As announced by Pan Macmillan managing director Ross Gibb at the Australian Booksellers Association conference on Monday 25 July, the Australian Publishers Association (APA) has released a statement regarding an update of...

Tuesday, 26 July 2011
Bella Vendramini, author of Biting the Big Apple, is back with a new tale of her adventures called Naked in Public: A True Story of Surviving Mr Right Through Love,...

Tuesday, 26 July 2011
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Tuesday, 26 July 2011
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Tuesday, 26 July 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...

Tuesday, 26 July 2011
The Five Miles Press has announced that it will commence Australian trade sales and distribution from 1 August. The publisher, whose trade titles were previously sold and distributed by Scribo,...

Tuesday, 26 July 2011
Collins Booksellers has announced that buying manager Jenny McNear is retiring from the book industry. McNear began her bookselling career in 1991 with Book City before moving to Collins in...

Tuesday, 26 July 2011
Books at MIFF (BaM) was held at the Forum Theatre in Melbourne on 21 July as part of the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) and run by 37º South Market.The...