Tuesday, 26 June 2012
As dark forces gather, great sacrifices have to be made in the final struggle for love in Rapture (Doubleday), Lauren Kate’s final book in the ‘Fallen’ series. The book is in second place...

Tuesday, 26 June 2012
Nora Ephron, author and screenwriter, has died aged 71. Ephron, best known for writing the screenplays for the romantic comedies When Harry Met Sally and Sleepless in Seattle, was nominated...

Monday, 25 June 2012
Australian illustrator Shaun Tan has won the best artist category in the 2012 Locus Awards for science-fiction and fantasy writing, presented by the Locus Science Fiction Foundation in the US....

Monday, 25 June 2012
Donald Charlwood, author of the classic All the Green Year, has died, aged 96. Charlwood, who wrote 11 books, won a number of literary awards and was made a Member...

Friday, 22 June 2012
The winners of the 2011 Australian Shadows Awards have been announced. Paul Haines won the long fiction category for ‘The Past is a Bridge Best Left Burnt’ from The Last...

Thursday, 21 June 2012
The Queensland Literary Awards (QLA), the volunteer-led awards that have replaced the axed Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards, will launch a crowd-funding campaign next week to raise funds to present cash...

Wednesday, 20 June 2012
'@OZBooksellers: Peter Blake (Penguin): a single global price is a fairytale' ‏ '@Tim_Coronel: @OZBooksellers for publishers, maybe, but it's already a reality for consumers'   —Tweets from the Australian Booksellers...

Wednesday, 20 June 2012
Australian chef Bill Granger is suing Murdoch Books ‘for misleading and deceptive conduct, infringement of copyright and infringement of moral rights’ in the Federal Court of Australia over the publication...

Wednesday, 20 June 2012
Book industry events over the following fortnight include: Bayside Literary Festival, Melbourne: 21 June to 15 July Children’s & Young Adult Literature Festival, Sydney: 30 June International Conference on the Book, Barcelona,...