Wednesday, 8 October 2014
Tangled Garden Bookshop in Echuca, Victoria, has closed its bricks-and-mortar store and reopened as the online store Murray River Books.Co-owner Peter Williams told Books+Publishing that he and his partner made the ‘sensible business...

Wednesday, 8 October 2014
Australian author Morris Lurie has died, aged 75. Lurie was the author of numerous books, short stories, essays and plays. He was well known for his comic novels, including Rappaport (Hodder), Rappaport’s Revenge...

Wednesday, 8 October 2014
Alex MacLeod, long-time academic sales representative for Cassell, Book & Film Services and Harper Educational, has diedVictorian bookseller Michael Shaw writes:‘Although Alex chose to pack away his briefcase and sales...

Wednesday, 8 October 2014
The Collins Booksellers franchisee awards were announced at the bookseller’s national conference in Melbourne on 6 October.The National Franchisee of the Year Award was jointly awarded to Collins Booksellers in...

Monday, 6 October 2014
In 2013, 28,234 new titles were produced in Australia, according to ISBN records added to Bowker’s Books in Print database. This is a significant increase on 2012, when 21,086 new titles were published....

Monday, 6 October 2014
Independent bookselling chain Robinsons Bookshop will open a new store at Highpoint Shopping Centre in Melbourne in early November. Co-owner Susanne Horman told Books+Publishing that the store will have a temporary fitout for Christmas...

Friday, 3 October 2014
HarperCollins Australia will launch a new website in December that offers authors the option to earn an additional royalty when their titles are sold through the website. The Australian website will follow the design and structure of the...

Thursday, 2 October 2014
The Five Mile Press has announced the illustrators shortlisted for its inaugural Illustrator Prize. The shortlisted entrants are: Paul Heppell (New South Wales) Lucinda Gifford (Victoria) Patricia Hopwood-Wade (Tasmania) Danielle...