Wednesday, 3 November 2010
Eva Ibbotson, the children's author, has died aged 85. She wrote magical comedies such as Which Witch? and The Secret of Platform 13.

Wednesday, 3 November 2010
Harry Mulisch, the Dutch writer best known for his book, The Assault (1982), has died aged 83.

Wednesday, 3 November 2010
Australian author Cristos Tsiolkas has been shortlisted in the International Author of the Year category in the UK's Galaxy National Book Awards. Tsiolkas has been nominated following the success of...

Wednesday, 3 November 2010
In rights new this week:SalesFiction--Allen & Unwin has sold rights to Christos Tsiolkas's The Slap to the Czech Republic, Croatia, Serbia, Turkey and Norway, and Kate Morton's The Distant Hours...

Wednesday, 3 November 2010
Roz Hopkins and Tegan Morrison have joined HarperCollins as associate publishers. Hopkins will take on the role of associate publisher - nonfiction. Hopkins has previously worked for Quarto Publishing, Lonely...

Wednesday, 3 November 2010
The winners of the 2010 Kids Own Australian Literature Awards have been announced. The winning titles are:Picture BookFearless (Colin Thompson & Sarah Davis, ABC Books)Younger ReadersBig Fat Cow That Goes...

Wednesday, 3 November 2010
The winners of the 2010 Australian Food Media Awards have been announced. The winning titles are:Simon Johnson Award for Best Food Related Book Category SponsorStephanie Alexander's Kitchen Garden Companion (Stephanie...

Wednesday, 3 November 2010
Chris Burgess has announced he has been appointed to the role of manager, iBooks Australia and New Zealand for Apple. Burgess, who has been in the role of general manager at ReadHowYouWant...

Wednesday, 3 November 2010
'There are some publishers that have been chasing the iBooks Store in Australia, waiting for some indication of when they would be approached and that hasn't happened for them. There...

Tuesday, 2 November 2010
Further to the Weekly Book Newsletter story Readings to launch pilot ebookstore with Inventive Labs platform, the Weekly Book Newsletter now understands that the pilot ebookstore will initially stock titles...

Tuesday, 2 November 2010
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Tuesday, 2 November 2010
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Tuesday, 2 November 2010
Comedian Shaun Micallef's new book Preincarnate (Hardie Grant), the comic story about time travel, cloning, space ships, and the Loch Ness monster, has made the top spot in this week's most mentioned...

Tuesday, 2 November 2010
Amy Tipper has recently been appointed as senior vendor manager in the Kindle team at Amazon UK. Tipper will be responsible for managing the relationships between Amazon and Australian and...

Tuesday, 2 November 2010
Sarah Foster is the recipient of the 2010 Lady Cutler Award. Foster is the founder, managing director and publisher of children's book publisher Walker Books Australia. The Lady Cutler Award...

Tuesday, 2 November 2010
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: The annual Australian Campus Booksellers Association conference: 3-5 November Emerging Writers' Festival, Sydney: 7 November...

Tuesday, 2 November 2010
The shortlist for the inaugural Copyright Licensing Ltd Educational Publishing Awards has been announced. The shortlisted titles are:Best Book or Series in Primary PublishingFigure it Out: Statistics in the Media...

Tuesday, 2 November 2010
NovemberStacey Demarco, Rock Pool Publishing (2011 Lunar Diary) Cassandra Eason, Foulsham Publishing (Complete Book of Spells, Contact Your Spirit Guides)John Edward, Capricorn Link (What If God Were the Sun?) Peter...

Sunday, 31 October 2010
The guest list for the 2011 Perth Writers Festival has been announced. International authors to attend the festival include:Tariq Ali (The Obama Syndrome, Night of the Golden Butterfly, Palgrave Macmillan)Simon...

Sunday, 31 October 2010
Former bookseller Steve Jones has joined the marketing department at Pan Macmillan Australia. Jones, who started in the new position this week, left his position as general manager of Kinokuniya...

Sunday, 31 October 2010
The shortlist for this year's CAL Waverley Library Award for Literature, also known as 'the Nib', has been announced. The shortlisted titles are:Vital Signs: Stories from Intensive Care (Ken Hillman, UNSW...