Tuesday, 20 September 2011
‘We have made great progress as an industry in the last couple of years in working together and developing the sort of information that we require in order to plan...

Tuesday, 20 September 2011
Among the many international news stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:'Amazon is nobody's friend'novelist leaves HarperCollins over 'sexist, degrading' covers US bookstore sales drop...

Tuesday, 20 September 2011
In the October issue of Bookseller+Publisher Magazine we review 21 titles due for publication in November. You can read about the ones our reviewers particularly liked on our blog here....

Tuesday, 20 September 2011
The Commonwealth Foundation has announced that the Commonwealth Writers' Prize (CWP) and the Commonwealth Short Story Competition will be re-launched in October 2011, with a number of changes to be...

Tuesday, 20 September 2011
Radio National manager Michael Mason has stated that the ABC radio station's planned changes to its Book Show program will 'refocus the program on to fiction'. Replying to concerns raised...

Tuesday, 20 September 2011
On Fancy Goods this week, Kate O’Donnell reviews Nanberry: Black Brother White (Jackie French, Angus & Robertson), Andrew Wilkins reviews Interferon Psalms (Luke Davies, A&U) and Katie Horner reviews The...

Tuesday, 20 September 2011
Kathy Reichs' Flash and Bones (William Heinemann), the latest thriller in the 'Temperance Brennan' investigative series, is top of the bestsellers chart, followed by James Patterson's Kill Me If You Can...

Tuesday, 20 September 2011
The Northern Rivers Writers' Centre (NRWC) has announced that it is looking for a new director for the 2012 Byron Bay Writers' Festival (BBWF).Sarah Ma, information manager for the NRWC, told...

Monday, 19 September 2011
Dymocks wins online retail awardDymocks has won the Online Retail (Media & Entertainment) category at the 2011 Amber Awards, presented for excellence in online services in Australia and New Zealand....

Sunday, 18 September 2011
'Via Negativa, The Divine Dark' by Robert Adamson has won this year's Blake Poetry Prize, presented by the NSW Writers' Centre and the Blake Society. Adamson's poem was one of...

Tuesday, 13 September 2011
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include:Indexing see Change: ANZSI Conference, Brighton, Vic: 12-14 September Brimbank Literary Festival: 12-23 September'Open Your Eyes'...

Tuesday, 13 September 2011
Anna Funder's Stasiland was a massive hit when it was released several years ago, so it's no surprise that her debut novel All That I Am (Hamish Hamilton) is generating huge...

Tuesday, 13 September 2011
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Tuesday, 13 September 2011
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Tuesday, 13 September 2011
SeptemberDiane Armstrong, HarperCollins (Empire Day) NSW, Queensland and Victoria.Jay Bahadur, Scribe (Deadly Waters) Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.Peter Baines, Macmillan (Hands across the Water) Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.Leah Chishugi, Virago (A...

Tuesday, 13 September 2011
The Australian Booksellers Association writes: 'It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of our friend and colleague, Liz Riley. 'Liz was a dedicated and...

Tuesday, 13 September 2011
More than 45,000 people attended the 2011 Melbourne Writers Festival, held between 25 August and 4 September. Festival director Steve Grimwade told the Weekly Book Newsletter that the festival's organisers...

Tuesday, 13 September 2011
Sessions about online writing, social media, and 'new skills' for editors were among the most popular events at the 2011 Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) National Editors Conference, hosted by...

Tuesday, 13 September 2011
A new digital publishing service designed for publishers and government and academic agencies has been launched, called Xmplar. The business, which launched at the beginning of September, is founded by...

Tuesday, 13 September 2011
In the October issue of Bookseller+Publisher magazine editor Andrea Hanke puts together a guide to the best cookbooks coming out for Christmas 2011. See the round-up from page 13. To...

Tuesday, 13 September 2011
‘This might sound suspiciously like we're letting the market decide what books should get published. And you know what? That's exactly what I'm saying. The audience should dictate what gets...

Tuesday, 13 September 2011
The Literature Board of the Australia Council for the Arts has announced a new grants program ‘for writers who are embarking on their second book'. The program, Book2, will offer...

Tuesday, 13 September 2011
Michael Stern Hart, ebook pioneer and founder of Project Gutenberg, has died aged 64.Dr. Gregory B. Newby, CEO of the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, writes: 'Michael S. Hart left...