Wednesday, 26 March 2014
The editorial team that produces the Weekly Book Newsletter, Books+Publishing Daily newsletter and Books+Publishing magazine is undergoing some changes. News editor Eloise Keating is leaving the team to take up...

Wednesday, 26 March 2014
Walker Books Australia has won the Bologna Prize for Best Children’s Publisher of the Year in the Oceania category.The publisher was chosen from a shortlist of four, which included Allen...

Wednesday, 26 March 2014
Digital sales grew by more than 50% at Harlequin Asia Pacific in 2013 and now account for 25% of the publisher’s total sales, reports regional vice president Michelle Laforest. Commenting...

Wednesday, 26 March 2014
‘In today’s highly competitive and technological world, Quercus’ board believes that publishers will best fulfil their potential by being part of a larger and more diverse group’—Quercus chairman David Potter...

Tuesday, 25 March 2014
The program for the second annual Newcastle Writers Festival is now available online. The festival, which will be held on 4-6 April, will be opened by author Wendy Harmer, who...

Tuesday, 25 March 2014
Hopscotch is releasing two DVDs on 9 April for children aged under five. Peppa Pig: My Birthday Party DVD contains 10 entertaining piggy tales about Peppa, the loveable, cheeky pig...

Monday, 24 March 2014
I Quit Sugar for Life (Sarah Wilson, Macmillan) is at the top of the bestsellers chart for the third week in a row, followed by The Fault in Our Stars (John...

Monday, 24 March 2014
Books by Australian authors Hannah Kent and Karen Foxlee are among the titles nominated for this year’s Indies Choice Book Awards, presented by the American Booksellers Association.Kent’s novel Burial Rites (Picador) is...

Friday, 21 March 2014
Penguin Australia and the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) are among the finalists for the inaugural London Book Fair (LBF) International Book Industry Excellence Awards. The awards, which were launched in October...