Monday, 4 January 2010
Jim Demetriou, COO of HarperCollins writes: ‘HarperCollins Publishers Australia is sad to advise that Barrie Hitchon, former CEO of HarperCollins ANZ, passed away peacefully, after a long battle with cancer,...

Monday, 4 January 2010
Matt Howard from New South writes: ‘UNSW Press sadly notes the passing of distinguished ecologist and author Charles Birch at age 91. Professor Birch was the former Challis Professor of...

Monday, 4 January 2010
Authors on tour in January include: Harvey Milkman, Footprint Books (Craving for Ecstasy and Natural Highs: A Positive Approach to Mood Alteration)Paul Miller, Footprint Books (Sound Unbound: Sampling Digital Music...

Monday, 4 January 2010
Thanks to Madman Entertainment, WBN is giving away five copies of Balibo on DVD. Balibo was based on the book by Jill Jolliffe (Scribe). It's a political thriller and true story...

Monday, 4 January 2010
That good old stalwart the Guinness World Records 2010 comes up trumps for the new year, topping both the Bestsellers and Fastest Movers chart this week. Dan Brown isn't far...

Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:worst books of the decade?Amazon denies plans to open UK storesPublishers 'hopeful' over Borders...

Tuesday, 8 December 2009
WBN will bring you the results of this year's pre-Christmas survey in a special bulletin on Friday. Booksellers, if your store has not yet participated in the survey, either by...

Tuesday, 8 December 2009
‘Books definitely held their own as a Christmas gift item'--Okay, so it's not actually a quote from this week but WBN is hoping this comment on Christmas 2008, from Guy...

Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Martin to write ebook based on reader votesAustralian crime author P D Martin has announced she will write an ebook ‘with one key difference--each week anyone can vote on what...

Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Pam McIntyre, lecturer in language and literacy at the University of Melbourne's Graduate School of Education, was presented with the 2009 Dromkeen Librarians Award at the annual Dromkeen Literary Luncheon...

Tuesday, 8 December 2009
In rights news this week: SalesFiction--Random House Australia has sold The Cleaner and Cemetery Lake (Paul Cleave) to Turkey.Nonfiction--Random House Australia has sold Grown up and Gorgeous in your 40s,...

Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Collins Booksellers has announced it is rolling out a new store design. A new Collins Booksellers store which opened in Berwick, Victoria, in October, was the first to feature the...

Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Aduki Press has been acquired by Chris Chinchilla. Chinchilla, who has a background a a musician, writer, and 'tech-geek', said the opportunity to buy the four-year-old independent Melbourne publisher was...

Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Magabala Books is among 10 'outstanding Indigenous arts and cultural organisations' that will receive substantial long-term funding under the National Indigenous Arts Infrastructure Program. Magabala Books will receive $200,000 annually...