Wednesday, 6 March 2013
Sales Fiction—Black Inc. has sold world English language rights (ex ANZ) for The Death of Napoleon (Simon Leys) to the New York Review of Books. Stephanie Abou from Foundry Literary +...

Tuesday, 5 March 2013
Former Small Press Network (SPN) general manager Zoe Dattner has been appointed president of the organisation, replacing Emmett Stinson, who has stepped down from the position. Stinson, who has been...

Tuesday, 5 March 2013
Christine Farmer has joined Allen & Unwin in the role of publicity manager for Murdoch Books. Farmer, who previously worked for HarperCollins Australia and New Zealand in the role of...

Monday, 4 March 2013
Allen & Unwin has become the first Australian publisher to be included in the Richard & Judy Book Club in the UK, with Second Chances by New Zealand based author...

Monday, 4 March 2013
Alex Cross is in charge of tracking down three killers who are on the rampage in Washington DC. Under so much pressure, Cross doesn’t realise that an old enemy is also tracking him....

Monday, 4 March 2013
Please note that, due to the public holiday next Monday in Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and ACT, the Weekly Book Newsletter will be published on Thursday 14 March.  The deadline for classifieds and job...

Friday, 1 March 2013
The Queensland Literary Awards (QLA) will offer three fellowships this year as a result of a new funding agreement with the Queensland Government. The Courier-Mail has reported that the Queensland Government will fund...

Friday, 1 March 2013
The Copyright Agency, Australian Publishers Association (APA) and Australian Society of Authors (ASA) will partner for the first time to deliver a seminar on education publishing  in Sydney in March. The...

Thursday, 28 February 2013
The 2013 Perth Writers Festival has attracted over 36,000 attendees, an increase of 5000 on last year, reports program manager Katherine Dorrington. Dorrington told Books+Publishing that the highlights of this...