Tuesday, 29 March 2011
'I want to be a writer. I do not want to spend 40 hours a week handling e-mails, formatting covers, finding editors, etc. Right now, being me is a full-time...

Tuesday, 29 March 2011
On Fancy Goods this week Paul Landymore reviews Little People (Jane Sullivan, Scribe) and Meredith Tate reviews The Wilful Eye: Tales from the Tower Volume One (ed by Isobelle Carmody...

Tuesday, 29 March 2011
Monash University Publishing announced last week that Monash Asia Institute Press (MAI Press) has become an imprint of Monash University Publishing. Monash University Publishing manager Nathan Hollier told the Weekly...

Tuesday, 29 March 2011
Further to the article Ingram to open Australian Lightning Source operation in 2011, Ingram announced this week that it has selected Melbourne to be the home of its Lightning Source print-on-demand facility...

Tuesday, 29 March 2011
A number of Australians, and one New Zealander, have been recognised on the 2011 White Ravens list for international children's and youth literature. The following Australian authors and illustrators feature...

Tuesday, 29 March 2011
Australian author and illustrator Shaun Tan is the 2011 recipient of the world's largest prize for children's and young adult literature. The 2011 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, announced on Tuesday,...

Tuesday, 29 March 2011
Australian author David Malouf has been announced as one of the finalists for the 2011 Man Booker International Prize. Malouf has previously been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, and has...

Tuesday, 29 March 2011
Detective Lindsay Boxer has finally married her boyfriend Joe, but has no time for a honeymoon when she is called in to investigate the brutal murder of a 15-year-old girl...

Tuesday, 29 March 2011
At its official launch in Sydney last week, Bloomsbury confirmed it will be publishing Australian authors. Bloomsbury will publish The Great Disruption by Australian author Paul Gilding in April, followed...

Tuesday, 29 March 2011
In the April of Bookseller+Publisher magazine Portia Lindsay reviews the new novel from Geraldine Brooks, Caleb's Crossing (Fourth Estate). In an interview with the reviewer, Brooks reveals that she is...

Tuesday, 29 March 2011
More than 150 members of the bookselling and publishing community attended the second Australian Romance Readers Convention (ARRC) in Sydney over the weekend. Kate Cuthbert from the Australian Romance Readers Association...

Tuesday, 29 March 2011
In rights news this week:SalesFiction--Allen & Unwin has sold Danish rights for The Slap (Christos Tsiolkas) to Moller Forlag, as well as Hungarian rights to Alexandra Konyveshaz, and Romanian rights...

Tuesday, 29 March 2011
Penguin Australia has announced that publisher Ben Ball has been promoted to the position of publishing director, Penguin general. Penguin Australia CEO Gabrielle Coyne said she was 'delighted to have...

Tuesday, 29 March 2011
International publisher Random House has recorded a six percent increase in revenues, and a 26% increase in earnings before interest and taxes for the 2010 financial year. In its financial...

Tuesday, 29 March 2011
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:Borders US seeks to pay US$8 million in exec bonusesGoogle ebook store will go...

Monday, 28 March 2011
Attendance figures were up by 10 percent and book sales were up by seven percent at this year's Perth Writers' Festival. Festival program manager Danielle Benda told the Weekly Book Newsletter that the festival...

Monday, 28 March 2011
Further to the article Additional guests announced for 2011 SWF VIP program; International guests to visit Auckland, Creative New Zealand has announced the names of the international publishers who will...

Monday, 28 March 2011
Independent feminist publisher Spinifex Press is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. The publisher, which is Australia's only dedicated feminist publisher, was founded by Susan Hawthorne and Renate Klein in March...

Monday, 28 March 2011
The shortlisted for this year's Royal Society of New Zealand Science Book Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are:Kakapo: Rescued from the Brink of Extinction (Alison Ballance, Craig Potton...

Monday, 28 March 2011
American author and political journalist Joe Bageant has died, aged 64. Bageant was the author of Deer Hunting with Jesus and Rainbow Pie (both Scribe). Bageant toured Australia during 2007...

Monday, 28 March 2011
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Monday, 28 March 2011
Tristan and Grace are staring at death while trapped in a car wreck in Bernard Beckett's August (Text), and with little hope of rescue the stories of their lives are...

Monday, 28 March 2011
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Monday, 28 March 2011
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include:Bologna Children's Book Fair, Italy: 28-31 MarchTen Days on the Island, Tasmania: 25 March to 3...

Monday, 28 March 2011
April Tricia Brennan, Rockpool Publishing (The Map of the Soul) Sydney, Melbourne and the Sunshine Coast .Cristy Burne, Walker Books (Takeshita Demons) Perth and WA.Liz Byrski, Pan Macmillan (Last Chance...