Tuesday, 28 October 2008
Nothing like a new Maeve Binchy title to give the charts a shake-up. Heart and Soul by the aforementioned Irish writer has claimed number one spot in both the Bestseller...

Tuesday, 28 October 2008
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Debate: Will parallel imports kill publishing in Australia? Melbourne University, 30 October Closing date for...

Tuesday, 28 October 2008
Amruta Slee from HarperCollins writes: Esther Deans--author, gardener, cook and poet--has passed away aged 97. Esther’s bestselling books about no-dig gardening had made her a household name, and her robust...

Tuesday, 28 October 2008
American book publishing executive Dan Harvey has died aged 62. During his career, Harvey created publicity and marketing campaigns for many of America's bestselling authors, including Tom Clancy, Patricia Cornwell,...

Tuesday, 28 October 2008
Novelist Tony Hillerman has died aged 83. His titles included The Blessing Way, People of Darkness and Skinwalkers.  

Wednesday, 22 October 2008
In news from our Around the World blog this week: Coehlo celebrates selling 100 million booksShatzkin and 'the Copernican change'British Library acquires Hughes archiveFilm of Coetzee book wins Middle East...

Tuesday, 21 October 2008
The shortlist for the NSW Premier's History Awards has been announced. The shortlisted titles were chosen from 268 audio/visual and book entries. Each of the book prizes is worth $15,000...

Tuesday, 21 October 2008
Financial journalist Alan Kohler will succeed Robert McKay as Melbourne University Publishing's chair of the board of directors in December. Kohler, who has been a director of Melbourne University Publishing...

Tuesday, 21 October 2008
'Maybe, depending on the book, publisher and category'--a Frankfurt-goer on whether books are 'recession proof'. 

Tuesday, 21 October 2008
HarperStudio, a nonfiction imprint of HarperCollins run by Bob Miller in the US, is branching out to the UK, Australia and New Zealand. Carole Tonkinson, publisher for Harper Nonfiction in...

Tuesday, 21 October 2008
Following Angus and Robertson's announcement of the instalment of the first retail Espresso Book Machine (EBM), The University of Melbourne is set to install the machine on campus. The University...

Tuesday, 21 October 2008
Angus & Robertson (A&R) has launched two new ‘concept stores' in Melbourne at Knox City and Fountain Gate. ‘This is not just about a new set of shelves,' A&R marketing...

Tuesday, 21 October 2008
New Koorong book storesKoorong, the Christian booksellers, have opened a new store in Springwood, a suburb of Brisbane. The store manager is David Perry. Koorong are also planning a new...

Tuesday, 21 October 2008
The longlist for the Walkley Award for Best Nonfiction Book was announced along with all finalists for the 53rd Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism on 15 October at the...

Tuesday, 21 October 2008
A Master of Communication (Book Publishing) program has been added to RMIT's course offerings in 2009. The program will be available to students who have completed the Graduate Diploma in...

Tuesday, 21 October 2008
The APA has announced a new limited-place workshop to provide training on digital publishing. Publishing in the Digital Space: the E-ssentials is a two-day workshop to be held on 2...

Tuesday, 21 October 2008
The longlist for the Australia-Asia Literary Award, formerly the West Australian Premier's Literary Award, has been announced. The award, which at $110,000 is Australia's richest, is open to any book-length...

Tuesday, 21 October 2008
UQP publisher Madonna Duffy, and literary agent Sophie Hamley of the Cameron Creswell Agency have joined the Visiting International Publishers (VIP) program committee. They join Fiona Henderson, consulting publisher at...

Tuesday, 21 October 2008
This year's Indigenous Literacy Day, held on Wednesday 3 September, has raised $185,000 to date. Chair of ILD David Gaunt said the Indigenous Literacy Day committee was still hoping to...

Tuesday, 21 October 2008
Kathy Lette's new book To Love, Honour and Betray (Till Divorce Us Do Part) has claimed the 'fastest mover' tag this week in the charts, showing once again that Lette...

Tuesday, 21 October 2008
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Belgrade International Book Fair, Serbia, 20-26 OctoberHelsinki Book Fair, Finland, 23-26 OctoberWorld Matters: Rights, Responsibilities...

Tuesday, 21 October 2008
Australian children's author Eleanor Spence has died aged 80. Her books included The Switherby Pilgrims and Jamberoo Road and The Green Laurel.

Tuesday, 21 October 2008
The UK literary agent Pat Kavanagh has died. She represented a list of high-profile authors including Joanna Trollope, Robert Harris and John Irving. 

Monday, 20 October 2008
The 2008 Frankfurt Book Fair has concluded, with organisers celebrating the fair's 60th anniversary with record attendance numbers. However, on the floor, standholders' feelings were mixed, with a number reporting...

Thursday, 16 October 2008
Andrew Wilkins reports from Frankfurt: Agents and rights managers made a beeline for last week's 22nd International Rights Directors Meeting, an essential professional development event held each year on the eve of the...

Tuesday, 14 October 2008
Among the stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: A 'lacklustre' year for the Book shortlist'Der Turm' wins German Book PrizeGoogle settlement near?Shortlist for Canadian...