Tuesday, 9 June 2009
The 2009 Ditmar Awards for Australian science fiction, fantasy, and horror were presented on Sunday June 7 at Conjecture in Adelaide. The winners were:Best Novel--Tender Morsels (Margo Lanagan, A&U)Best Novella...

Tuesday, 9 June 2009
The 2009 Queen's Birthday Honours List were announced Monday 8 June. Among the book industry-related individuals honoured with awards in the Order of Australia in the general division (AM) were...

Tuesday, 9 June 2009
The 2009 Book Publishers Association of New Zealand (BPANZ) Book Design Awards shortlist has been announced. Peter Gilderdale, convenor of judges for 2009 said: ‘The finalists we have chosen are...

Tuesday, 9 June 2009
The shortlists for several of the Dagger Awards, administered by the Crime Writers' Association (UK), have been announced. Australian/British author (based in South East Asia) Colin Cotterill, and Australian author...

Tuesday, 9 June 2009
The full line-up for Byron Bay Writers Festival (BBWF) 2009 has been announced. The main program runs from 7 to 9 August, with workshops from 3 August. There is a...

Tuesday, 9 June 2009
The winners of the 2009 Sir Julius Vogel Awards for New Zealand science fiction, fantasy and horror have been announced. The winners in the literary categories are:Best novel - adult:...

Tuesday, 9 June 2009
The 2009 Nita B Kibble Award for Women Writers ($25,000) has been awarded to Jacqueline Kent, for her book An Exacting Heart: the Story of Hepzibah Menuhin (Viking). Kent was...

Tuesday, 9 June 2009
Authors on tour in June and July: JuneMark Schwarzer & Neil Montagnana-Wallace, Bounce Books (Megs and the Complete Left Foot)JulyRupert Isaacson, Text Publishing (The Horse Boy)Scott Frost, Hachette (Don't Look...

Tuesday, 9 June 2009
The Brain That Changes Itself by Norman Doidge is top of the Fastest Movers chart this week. This year's Sydney Writers' Festival bookshop (run by Gleebooks) recorded that Doidge's book...

Tuesday, 9 June 2009
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Smart 2009 Conference, Sydney, 10-11 JuneCape Town Book Fair, 13-16 JuneTo view these and more...

Tuesday, 9 June 2009
American fantasy author David Eddings, best known for his ‘Malloreon' and ‘Belgariad' series, has died, aged 77. 

Tuesday, 9 June 2009
Amruta Slee, publisher at HarperCollins writes: 'On June 4, following a two and a half year battle with cancer, Chris O'Brien died at Royal Prince Alfred hospital in Sydney. His...

Tuesday, 2 June 2009
Among the stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:Google to sell ebooksSalinger sues over 'Catcher' sequelHachette UK and Amazon resolve disputeEvaristo wins Orange youth prizeConsumers...

Tuesday, 2 June 2009
The Montana New Zealand Book Awards celebrate the best books written and illustrated by New Zealanders each year. Awarded in the fields of fiction; poetry; history; biography; reference and anthology; lifestyle and...

Tuesday, 2 June 2009
‘Subscriptions and consumer online purchasing and advertising, there's per-page printing at public access terminals in libraries ... there's a whole lot of new ways for authors to be paid if...

Tuesday, 2 June 2009
The Reading Matters Conference--Australia's leading youth literature event for professionals and young people--was held from the 28 to the 30 May at the State Library of Victoria and Storey Hall,...

Tuesday, 2 June 2009
In rights news this week:  FictionHarperCollins has sold Covet by Tara Moss to Spain after Moss' successful author tour there; The Sea Between by Carol Thomas to Germany; Accidental Sorcerer...

Tuesday, 2 June 2009
The Melbourne bookshop McGills, which has been trading for 149 years, will close this Friday 5 June. ‘It's fair to say we've been struggling for a few years--it's a tough...

Tuesday, 2 June 2009
Derek Dryden, owner of Better Read Than Dead, reports on this year's Book Expo America: ‘Book Expo America closed in New York on Sunday after an invigorating three days focusing on...

Tuesday, 2 June 2009
Premiers and chief ministers from Australia's states and territories have announced their opposition to 'significant changes' to Australia's parallel importation laws at a meeting of the Council for the Australian...

Tuesday, 2 June 2009
Dymocks has announced it will close its company-owned flagship Auckland store. The store, which is located in Queen Street in Auckland's CBD, is due to close on 26 June. Dymocks...

Tuesday, 2 June 2009
Matchbox Pictures has announced that it has secured the rights to Christos Tsiolkas' The Slap (A&U), to be adapted for television. Matchbox Pictures' Tony Ayres said in a statement: ‘The...

Tuesday, 2 June 2009
Lonely Planet has launched a ‘Back to the Traveller's Bible' campaign, to promote its comprehensive guidebooks and encourage travel in current economic conditions. Partners in the campaign include Jetstar, and Angus &...

Tuesday, 2 June 2009
The Church Missionary Society (CMS) has announced that the CMS Bookstore in Brisbane, in its current form, will close. CMS first started a book room in 1944, and has served...

Tuesday, 2 June 2009
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced the 20 successful applicants for its 2009/10 round of mentorships. The ASA received over 260 entries in the areas of fiction, nonfiction,...

Tuesday, 2 June 2009
The Romance Writers of Australia (RWA) has announced the finalists for the 2009 R*BY Awards, this year expanded to four categories. The finalists are:Short Sweet category:The Single Dad's Patchwork Family...

Tuesday, 2 June 2009
The shortlist for this year's Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) has been announced. The shortlist is as follows: Chain Bookseller of the Year 2009, sponsored byPacStreamDymocks Sydney (NSW/ACT)Dymocks Indooroopilly (Qld)Dymocks...