Bestsellers this week
Tuesday, 7 September 2010
Katniss Everdeen has survived the hunger games twice against all odds, and she’s not safe after making it out of the bloody arena, because the Capitol is angry and wants...
Rights round-up
Monday, 6 September 2010
In rights news this week: Fiction--Allen & Unwin has sold The Slap (Christos Tsiolkas) to Italy (Neri Pozza), Germany (Klett-Cotta) and Portugal (ASA Editores); and Serbian rights for The Forgotten...
2010 Hugo Award winners announced
Monday, 6 September 2010
The winners of the 2010 Hugo Awards for science-fiction were announced at AussieCon 4 on Sunday 5 September. Local author Garth Nix delivered the keynote speech at the awards ceremony...
‘The Politics of Suffering’ wins 2010 John Button Prize
Monday, 6 September 2010
The Politics of Suffering (Peter Sutton, MUP) is the winner of the 2010 John Button Prize. The prize, now in its second year, is for writing on politics or public...
Victorian Premier’s awards 2010 shortlist announced
Monday, 6 September 2010
The shortlist for the 2010 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards has been announced. The shortlisted works are: The Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction $30,000Parrot and Olivier in America (Peter Carey, Penguin) The...
Ned Kelly Awards 2010 winners announced
Monday, 6 September 2010
The winners of the 2010 Ned Kelly Awards for Australian Crime Writing Awards were presented at the Melbourne Writers Festival on Friday 3 September. Best fiction book went to Garry...
Sony launches two new ereaders, announces REDgroup partnership
Monday, 6 September 2010
Sony has announced the release of two new e-ink ereader devices, due to come to Australia and New Zealand next week, and has also revealed it will partner with REDgroup...
On Fancy Goods
Monday, 6 September 2010
On our Fancy Goods blog this week: reviewer Kate Cuthbert speaks to Kimberley Freeman about her new novel Wildflower Hill (Hachette); Eliza Metcalfe says ‘there's not a word out of...
In brief
Monday, 6 September 2010
Dymocks and Murdoch Books partner for design competitionMurdoch Books and Dymocks have announced they are partnering in a cover design competition for Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo...
RIP Vance Bourjaily
Monday, 6 September 2010
Postwar American novelist and writing professor Vance Bourjaily has died, aged 87. His novels included The End of My Life, Confessions of a Spent Youth, The Man Who Knew Kennedy...
RIP Raymond Hawkey
Monday, 6 September 2010
UK graphic designer Raymond John Hawkey has died, aged 80. He influenced the evolution of book covers with his designs of Len Deighton's titles including The Ipcress File, Ian Fleming’s...
Christchurch Writers Festival cancelled as booksellers recover from quake
Monday, 6 September 2010
The Christchurch Writers Festival, which was due to take place from 9 to 12 September, has been cancelled due to the Christchurch earthquake and its aftershocks.The biennial event had been...
Victorian Premier’s awards 2010 shortlist announced
Sunday, 5 September 2010
The shortlist for the 2010 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards has been announced. The shortlisted works are: The Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction $30,000Parrot and Olivier in America (Peter Carey, Penguin)The Bath...
2010 Hugo Award winners announced
Sunday, 5 September 2010
The winners of the 2010 Hugo Awards for science-fiction were announced at AussieCon 4 on Sunday 5 September. Local author Garth Nix delivered the keynote speech at the awards ceremony...
Ned Kelly Awards 2010 winners announced
Sunday, 5 September 2010
The winners of the 2010 Ned Kelly Awards for Australian Crime Writing Awards were presented at the Melbourne Writers Festival on Friday 3 September. Best fiction book went to Garry...
Media Extra: What’s hot?
Sunday, 5 September 2010
The release of Tony Blair's memoir A Journey: My Political Life (Hutchinson) has been eagerly awaited both by reviewers and book buyers. Sales of the autobiography have been predictably high...
‘The Politics of Suffering’ wins 2010 John Button Prize
Friday, 3 September 2010
The Politics of Suffering (Peter Sutton, MUP) is the winner of the 2010 John Button Prize. The prize, now in its second year, is for writing on politics or public...
WA Premier’s Awards 2008 and 2009 winners announced
Thursday, 2 September 2010
West Australian Premier Colin Barnett announced the winners of the 2008 and 2009 Western Australian Premier's Book Awards in Perth on 1 September.‘For the first time these awards were broadened...
Sony launches two new ereaders, announces REDgroup partnership
Thursday, 2 September 2010
Sony has announced the release of two new e-ink ereader devices, due to come to Australia and New Zealand within days, and has also revealed it will partner with REDgroup...
TitlePage: standalone ebook solution ‘not viable’ but platform upgrade planned to integrate ebook supply chain
Wednesday, 1 September 2010
The Australian Publishers Association has advised that the TitlePage Management Group charged with providing business expertise to TitlePage has recommended to the APA Board that 'a stand-alone ebook solution for...
RIP Ken McLachlan
Wednesday, 1 September 2010
Magazine publisher Ken McLachlan has died, aged 65. McLachlan became a salesman for McGraw-Hill when he moved to Australia from New Zealand in 1966. He founded Australian Sailing magazine in...
Around the world
Wednesday, 1 September 2010
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:Should writers pay for book reviews?'The digital era has not made publishers defuct'The OED...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 1 September 2010
‘Online, our undies are hanging out for all to see’--A&U’s Elizabeth Weiss utilised the ‘undies drawer’ metaphor to try to liven up the topic of metadata at this week’s ABA...
‘The Future is Now’ ABA ebook seminar
Wednesday, 1 September 2010
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) hosted a well-attended full-day seminar on ebooks yesterday in Sydney, titled ‘The Future is Now'. The day's keynote speaker was Len Vlahos, the COO of...
Thorpe-Bowker 2010 NZ Book Industry Awards
Tuesday, 31 August 2010
The winners of the Thorpe-Bowker 2010 New Zealand Book Industry Awards were announced at the Booksellers NZ Conference Dinner in Auckland on Sunday 29 August. The winners were: Independent Bookseller...
Nielsen BookData NZ Booksellers’ Choice Award 2010 Winner announced
Tuesday, 31 August 2010
Wonky Donkey (Craig Smith & Katz Cowley, Scholastic NZ) was announced as the winner of the annual Nielsen BookData New Zealand Bookseller’s Choice Award for 2010, during the Booksellers NZ...
MWF joins international festivals to form ‘The Word Alliance’
Tuesday, 31 August 2010
The Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) is one of five international literary festivals that have formed The Word Alliance (TWA). TWA was launched by Edinburgh International Book Festival director Nick Barley...
Davitt Awards winners announced
Tuesday, 31 August 2010
Allen & Unwin won all awards in the Sisters in Crime Australia’s 10th Davitt Awards for best Australian women’s crime writing, presented by Val McDermid in the Celtic Club as...
In brief
Tuesday, 31 August 2010
Amsterdam on 'Guardian' first book longlist Things We Didn't See Coming by Australian author Steven Amsterdam (Sleepers Publishing) has been longlisted for this year's £10,000 (A$17,000) Guardian first book award in...
On Fancy Goods
Tuesday, 31 August 2010
On the Fancy Goods blog this week, Angela Meyer reviews Bereft (Chris Womersley, Scribe), we talk to Toni Jordan about the numerous and varied book covers for her novel Addition...
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