Thursday, 13 June 2013
Regina Hoekstra has been appointed as the new head of ABC Retail and has been given the task of moving the ABC Shops, ABC Centres and the ABC’s online business...

Thursday, 13 June 2013
‘If this proposal ever becomes law, the APA can only think that we’re in for some tough times, with publishers likely to have to spend a great deal of time,...

Wednesday, 12 June 2013
Scottish author Iain Banks has died, aged 59. Banks’ novels include The Wasp Factory, The Crow Road, Complicity, The Steep Approach to Garbadale, Transition and Stonemouth (all Abacus). His science-fiction...

Tuesday, 11 June 2013
Theodore Boone: The Activist by John Grisham (Hachette) is the fourth instalment in the children’s book series featuring 13-year-old legal whiz kid Theodore Boone. It’s on top of this week’s highest new entries chart....

Tuesday, 11 June 2013
Penguin Australia publisher Bob Sessions, literary agent Robin Dalton, bookseller Jacqueline Cookes and authors Jill Conway and Hazel Edwards were among those recognised in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours. Sessions was...

Tuesday, 11 June 2013
Australian author and journalist Steve Lillebuen has been named a winner in the 2013 Arthur Ellis Awards, presented by the Crime Writers of Canada. Lillebuen, who divides his time between Melbourne and...

Friday, 7 June 2013
The introduction of a broad ‘fair use’ copyright provision and the replacement of statutory licenses with a voluntary licensing model are among the key changes to Australia’s copyright regime proposed...

Thursday, 6 June 2013
The winners of the Wilderness Society’s 2013 Environment Award for Children’s Literature were announced at Readings Carlton on World Environment Day on 5 June. The winners in each category are: Primary: Tanglewood (Margaret...