Tuesday, 2 September 2008
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Indigenous Literacy Day, 3 SeptemberClosing date for Tasmania Book Prizes, 5 SeptemberIndigenous Writers' Festival at...

Tuesday, 2 September 2008
Kathie Herbert from Megalong Books writes: 'June died peacefully on Monday 25 August after a long illness. She was 81 years of age.'June spent her childhood by the sea at...

Tuesday, 2 September 2008
Dave Freeman, co-author of 100 Things to Do Before You Die and Travel Events You Just Can't Miss, has died, he was 47.

Tuesday, 2 September 2008
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has announced that from April 2009 its titles will be distributed in the Australian and New Zealand markets by United Book Distributors (UBD), with sales...

Tuesday, 2 September 2008
As part of National Literacy and Numeracy Week which kicked off yesterday, National Reading Day also coincides with Indigenous Literacy Day today (Wednesday). Schools that participate in National Reading Day...

Tuesday, 2 September 2008
The 2009 Peter Blazey Fellowship was announced on Thursday August 28 at the Melbourne Writers' Festival.The award, worth $15,000, is for biography, autobiography or life writing and went to Maggie...

Tuesday, 2 September 2008
Presented on Friday night in the Festival Club at the Melbourne Writers' Festival, the Ned Kelly Awards honour Australian crime writing. The 2008 winners are:FictionShatter, Michael Robotham (Little, Brown)First NovelThe...

Tuesday, 2 September 2008
The 2008 Melbourne Writers' Festival wrapped up on the weekend and by all accounts has been a success. Over 45,000 people attended, with box office records increasing 40% on last...

Tuesday, 2 September 2008
The winners of the 2008 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards were announced at an awards dinner at Melbourne's Federation Square on Monday night, at the end of the successful Melbourne Writers'...

Wednesday, 27 August 2008
Lanagan, Jones appointed to Literature BoardFederal Arts Minister Peter Garrett has announced the appointment of two authors to the Australia Council Literature Board. Margo Lanagan, widely known for her short...

Wednesday, 27 August 2008
A special event held yesterday at the Lodge--the Prime Minister's Canberra residence--has garnered widespread mainstream media coverage for the Indigenous Literacy Project in last night's television news and on Radio...

Tuesday, 26 August 2008
This year's Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Children's Book Week wound up on Friday 22 August, having run from 16 August. This year's Book Week, which ran under the...

Tuesday, 26 August 2008
The winners of the LIANZA (Library and Information Association New Zealand Aotearoa) awards for 2008 have been announced. The Russell Clarke Award for distinguished contribution to illustrated children's books went...

Tuesday, 26 August 2008
Among the many new stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:Amazon aims Kindle at textbook marketLonely Planet gets (more) mobileB&N CEO resignsBook Depository plans overseas...

Tuesday, 26 August 2008
The winners of this year's Speech Pathology Australia awards have been announced. The three titles to receive a book of the year award, having been chosen by a panel of...

Tuesday, 26 August 2008
New South Wales poet Angela Malone is the winner of the 2008 Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize. The prize, which was announced at the Tasmanian Book Fair on Sunday 24 August,...

Tuesday, 26 August 2008
Announced at the beginning of Book Week, the Crichton Award for New Illustrators went to Anna Walker for Santa's Aussie Holiday (text by Maria Farrer, Scholastic). The Award recognises and...

Tuesday, 26 August 2008
The titles shortlisted for the inaugural Indie Award have been announced. The titles shortlisted for the $19,000 award are: Debut fiction: Addition (Toni Jordan, Text Publishing)Fiction: Breath (Tim Winton, Penguin)Nonfiction:...

Tuesday, 26 August 2008
Federal Arts Minister Peter Garrett has announced that the winners of the inaugural Prime Minister's Literary Awards for Fiction and Nonfiction will be revealed on 12 September. The awards will...

Tuesday, 26 August 2008
The Tasmanian Book Fair was held on Sunday August 24 from 10am to 4pm in Hobart as part of the Tasmanian Living Writers' Week. Shannon Challis, special projects officer of...

Tuesday, 26 August 2008
The Melbourne Writers' Festival got off to a very successful start over the weekend, with many sell-out sessions and crowds buying books and lining up to get them signed at...

Tuesday, 26 August 2008
The winners of the 35th Age Book of the Year Awards were announced on Friday 22 August at the opening night of the Melbourne Writers' Festival. The overall winner was...

Tuesday, 26 August 2008
The winners of the Romance Writers of Australia Romantic Book of the Year 2008 were announced on the weekend. The long category winner was Kimberley Freeman, with Duet (Hachette Livre),...

Tuesday, 26 August 2008
The Bestseller charts are much the same as last week in that Stephenie Meyer has taken over, with four of her titles gracing the top spots. Click here to see...

Tuesday, 26 August 2008
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: 'Age' Melbourne Writers' Festival, 22-31 AugustJudith Pugh and Robert Manne in conversation, Eltham bookshop, Vic,...

Tuesday, 19 August 2008
'This is censorship by fear and it sets a very bad precedent indeed.'--Salman Rushdie (or 'Scruffy' as he's known by some) as quoted in the Independent, on Random House's decision not to...