Wednesday, 24 April 2013
Allen & Unwin has been ordered to pay members of Schapelle Corby’s family more than $50,000 in damages over the publication of a number of photographs in Sins of the Father by...

Tuesday, 23 April 2013
Former Murdoch Books owner Matt Handbury and digital director Mark Ashbridge have partnered to launch a new website dedicated to food and cooking. Eatlove, which launched in October 2012, features...

Tuesday, 23 April 2013
The finalists in the Best Australian Blogs 2013 competition have been announced. Finalists in the Words and Writing category are: ‘Alpha Reader’ by Danielle Binks ‘Book to the Future’ by...

Tuesday, 23 April 2013
Canadian author and editor A S A Harrison has died, aged 65. Harrison’s debut novel The Silent Wife (Headline) is due for worldwide release in June. Harrison previously published Orgasms (Coach...

Tuesday, 23 April 2013
Children’s author and illustrator E L Konigsburg has died, aged 83. Konigsburg wrote or illustrated more than 20 books including picture books, contemporary novels and books about historical figures. She was...

Monday, 22 April 2013
The Canadian Competition Bureau and the Department of Canadian Heritage has cleared the proposed merger of Penguin and Random House. Random House parent company Bertelsmann said in a statement on...

Monday, 22 April 2013
After Elizabeth witnesses a mafia murder she enters a witness protection program and begins a new life as computer security expert Abigail Lowery. The anxiety of her past life takes its toll, however, until Abigail...

Monday, 22 April 2013
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) will celebrate its 50th anniversary this year with a National Writers’ Congress in October. The ASA, which was founded in 1963, will also hold...

Friday, 19 April 2013
Lonely Planet is celebrating 40 years of publishing travel books this year. The company has a number of events planned across the globe to celebrate the occasion, including, in Australia...

Friday, 19 April 2013
Australian author Tom Keneally has been shortlisted for the 2013 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for his novel The Daughters of Mars (Vintage). Keneally’s novel, which tells the story...

Thursday, 18 April 2013
Leading Edge Books (LEB) has announced a number of sessions and participating authors for its annual conference, to be held from 14-16 June at the Hilton Hotel in Adelaide. Registrations...

Thursday, 18 April 2013
The program for the tenth 2013 Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) in Melbourne has been announced. The festival will begin with a gala event on 23 May, featuring a keynote address from...