Tuesday, 5 April 2011
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:Shatzkin: is print now a subsidiary right?HMV issues third profit warningProfits surge at QuercusAmazon...

Monday, 4 April 2011
Tasmanian author Richard Flanagan has won the top award at this year's Tasmania Book Prizes, presented as part of the Ten Days on the Island festival. Flanagan was awarded the...

Monday, 4 April 2011
Imagine if Jesus had a rebellious, clever sister. Such is the world that author Leslie Cannold has created in her new novel The Book of Rachael (Text). Elisabeth Holdsworth's novel...

Monday, 4 April 2011
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Monday, 4 April 2011
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Monday, 4 April 2011
April Tricia Brennan, Rockpool Publishing (The Map of the Soul) Sydney, Melbourne and the Sunshine Coast.Cristy Burne, Walker Books (Takeshita Demons) Perth and WA.Liz Byrski, Pan Macmillan (Last Chance Café)...

Monday, 4 April 2011
Australian author Bob Graham has made the shortlist for the 2011 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal, which is presented each year for distinguished illustration in children's books. Graham has been shortlisted...

Tuesday, 29 March 2011
'I want to be a writer. I do not want to spend 40 hours a week handling e-mails, formatting covers, finding editors, etc. Right now, being me is a full-time...

Tuesday, 29 March 2011
On Fancy Goods this week Paul Landymore reviews Little People (Jane Sullivan, Scribe) and Meredith Tate reviews The Wilful Eye: Tales from the Tower Volume One (ed by Isobelle Carmody...

Tuesday, 29 March 2011
Monash University Publishing announced last week that Monash Asia Institute Press (MAI Press) has become an imprint of Monash University Publishing. Monash University Publishing manager Nathan Hollier told the Weekly...

Tuesday, 29 March 2011
Further to the article Ingram to open Australian Lightning Source operation in 2011, Ingram announced this week that it has selected Melbourne to be the home of its Lightning Source print-on-demand facility...

Tuesday, 29 March 2011
A number of Australians, and one New Zealander, have been recognised on the 2011 White Ravens list for international children's and youth literature. The following Australian authors and illustrators feature...

Tuesday, 29 March 2011
Australian author and illustrator Shaun Tan is the 2011 recipient of the world's largest prize for children's and young adult literature. The 2011 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, announced on Tuesday,...

Tuesday, 29 March 2011
Australian author David Malouf has been announced as one of the finalists for the 2011 Man Booker International Prize. Malouf has previously been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, and has...

Tuesday, 29 March 2011
Detective Lindsay Boxer has finally married her boyfriend Joe, but has no time for a honeymoon when she is called in to investigate the brutal murder of a 15-year-old girl...

Tuesday, 29 March 2011
At its official launch in Sydney last week, Bloomsbury confirmed it will be publishing Australian authors. Bloomsbury will publish The Great Disruption by Australian author Paul Gilding in April, followed...

Tuesday, 29 March 2011
In the April of Bookseller+Publisher magazine Portia Lindsay reviews the new novel from Geraldine Brooks, Caleb's Crossing (Fourth Estate). In an interview with the reviewer, Brooks reveals that she is...

Tuesday, 29 March 2011
More than 150 members of the bookselling and publishing community attended the second Australian Romance Readers Convention (ARRC) in Sydney over the weekend. Kate Cuthbert from the Australian Romance Readers Association...

Tuesday, 29 March 2011
In rights news this week:SalesFiction--Allen & Unwin has sold Danish rights for The Slap (Christos Tsiolkas) to Moller Forlag, as well as Hungarian rights to Alexandra Konyveshaz, and Romanian rights...

Tuesday, 29 March 2011
Penguin Australia has announced that publisher Ben Ball has been promoted to the position of publishing director, Penguin general. Penguin Australia CEO Gabrielle Coyne said she was 'delighted to have...

Tuesday, 29 March 2011
International publisher Random House has recorded a six percent increase in revenues, and a 26% increase in earnings before interest and taxes for the 2010 financial year. In its financial...

Tuesday, 29 March 2011
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:Borders US seeks to pay US$8 million in exec bonusesGoogle ebook store will go...

Monday, 28 March 2011
Attendance figures were up by 10 percent and book sales were up by seven percent at this year's Perth Writers' Festival. Festival program manager Danielle Benda told the Weekly Book Newsletter that the festival...