Tuesday, 4 May 2010
May John Connolly, Hachette (The Whisperers)Neil Cross, S&S (Captured) Bob Franklin, Affirm (Under Stones)Julie Goodwin, Random House (Our Family Table) David Levithan, Text (Will Grayson, Will Grayson) Yiyun Li, HarperCollins...

Tuesday, 4 May 2010
Yann Martel, winner of the Man Booker Prize for his novel Life of Pi (Canongate) has just published a new book Beatrice and Virgil (Text), which is receiving mixed reviews...

Tuesday, 4 May 2010
The combined May/June issue of Bookseller+Publisher includes a report from Scholastic rights manager Claire Pretyman on the publishing climate and trends apparent at this year's Taipei book fair in Taiwan,...

Tuesday, 4 May 2010
An initiative of the Australia Council, the newly launched website www.litmags.com.au brings together details about 10 Australian literary magazines. The titles featured on the website, which was launched today, are...

Tuesday, 4 May 2010
Australian illustrator Freya Blackwood has been shortlisted for this year's CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal for ‘distinguished illustration in a book for children' for Harry and Hopper (Margaret Wild, Scholastic).The judges...

Tuesday, 4 May 2010
The Booksellers New Zealand annual conference will be held in Auckland on Sunday 29 August. The event follows the New Zealand Post Book Awards, to be held on Friday 27...

Tuesday, 4 May 2010
James Fraser, publishing director at Pan Macmillan Australia, has announced he is stepping down from the role and handing over to his deputy Cate Paterson. Fraser told the Sydney Morning...

Tuesday, 4 May 2010
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include:Rhythm of the Wild: 7-8 May 2010PANZ workshop--Upskilling Opportunity for Nonfiction Editors: 11 May 2010Auckland Writers...

Tuesday, 4 May 2010
With thanks to Madman Entertainment, the Weekly Book Newsletter has 10 double-passes to New York, I Love You to give away.  Says Madman: 'New York, I Love You is a...

Tuesday, 4 May 2010
Scribe Publishing has announced the launch of its ebooks list. The publisher has launched its list with new-release titles I Say Tomato (Katie Wall), The Authenticity Hoax (Andrew Potter) and...

Tuesday, 4 May 2010
‘While there's no clear way forward, we've come to the conclusion that we know as little about it as anyone else does, so we might as well learn by doing'--Scribe...

Tuesday, 4 May 2010
Dymocks has announced it has acquired the chocolate and nut confectioner Paton's Macadamias. The acquisition follows the bookselling chain's purchase, last year, of the sandwich chain Healthy Habits. Dymocks CEO...

Tuesday, 4 May 2010
The winners of the Le Cordon Bleu World Food Awards were announced on Monday 2 May at a gala presentation evening in Adelaide.Sixty judges awarded 24 ‘gold ladles' from over...

Tuesday, 4 May 2010
The return of the television series Masterchef seems to be helping Our Family Table (Random House), the cookbook by series one-winner Julie Goodwin; Goodwin's book comes in at number one...

Tuesday, 4 May 2010
The University of Melbourne Book Industry Study (UMBIS) is now beginning its second online survey of publishing activity and expectations. Book publishers are encouraged to log on and complete the...

Tuesday, 4 May 2010
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Tuesday, 4 May 2010
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Tuesday, 4 May 2010
On Fancy Goods this week we introduced the new editor of Bookseller+Publisher magazine Andrea Hanke via this book questionnaire; Tim Coronel wrote about last week's Australian Publishers Association board elections;...

Tuesday, 4 May 2010
The shortlist for this year's Publishers Association of New Zealand Book Design Awards has been announced. Shortlisted titles are:Scholastic New Zealand Award for Best Children's BookThe Wonky Donkey (Craig Smith,...

Tuesday, 4 May 2010
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:Mieville wins Clarke Award for third timeAmazon cuts price of Penguin hardcovers in ebook...

Tuesday, 4 May 2010
This year marks the 20 anniversary of the Writers at Stanton program, a partnership between Stanton Library and Constant Reader Bookshop in the North Sydney area. The program, which began...

Tuesday, 4 May 2010
Indigenous Literacy Project ‘Songs for Stories' benefit concert at SWFThe Sydney Writers' Festival (SWF), in conjunction with The Indigenous Literacy Project (ILP), will host a ‘Songs for Stories' benefit concert...

Tuesday, 4 May 2010
The shortlist for this year's $20,000 National Biography Award has been announced. The shortlisted titles, chosen from a record 62 entries, are: Andrew Fisher: Prime Minister of Australia (David Day,...

Tuesday, 4 May 2010
As reported in a Weekly Book Newsletter Special Bulletin last week, at the Australian Publishers Association (APA) AGM, held in Sydney on Thursday 29 April, Stephen May of Australian Academic Press...

Thursday, 29 April 2010
Allen & Unwin has announced the appointment of former Pan Macmillan children's book publisher Anna McFarlane as 'publisher, books for children and teenagers'. ‘I'm thrilled that such a talented and...