Tuesday, 4 December 2007
The newly elected Labor government has announced two new literary prizes worth $100,000 each. From 2008 the Prime Minister's Literary Prize will be awarded for a work of fiction and...

Tuesday, 4 December 2007
Peter Donoughue has announced that he will be retiring as MD of John Wiley & Sons Australia in August 2008. As part of the succession plan, Wiley's current information services...

Tuesday, 4 December 2007
Next week's issue of WBN, Wednesday 12 December, will be our last for the year. We will be hitting the phones at the end of this week in order to...

Tuesday, 4 December 2007
Among the stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:Film deal for QuercusPerseus named PW's publisher of the yearUS court voids landmark electronic rights caseAdobe, Yahoo...

Tuesday, 4 December 2007
Unless otherwise indicated, businesses listed are not open on weekends or public holidays. CompanyLast day of businessFirst day of businessAllen & Unwin21/12/072/1/08Alliance Distribution ServicesClosed 24/12/07 and public holidays Australian Book GroupClosed...

Tuesday, 4 December 2007
Cullen interviewed on RN Book ShowAs the book trade prepares to farewell Barbara Cullen, who will step down as ABA CEO today, she has been interviewed on ABC Radio National's Book Show,...

Tuesday, 4 December 2007
Zambian writer Ellen Banda-Aaku has won the 2007 Commonwealth Short Story Competition for her story ‘Sozi's Box'.The story, which was chosen as the best story from the Africa region of...

Tuesday, 4 December 2007
The Australian Publishers Association and the Literature Board of the Australia Council are calling for applicants to attend the fifth biennial Residential Editorial Program (REP) in late May 2008. ‘Nurturing a...

Monday, 3 December 2007
Bookseller, library and publisher websites can now host the latest book news, and book professionals can keep abreast of breaking news at any time, following the launch of the Bookseller+Publisher...

Sunday, 2 December 2007
Bookseller, library and publisher websites can now host Weekly Book Newsletter news headlines on their own web pages following the launch this week of the Bookseller+Publisher Online RSS feed.The XML-based...

Tuesday, 27 November 2007
Patricia Genat has joined South Australian library supply business ALS Library Services as managing director. She has also taken an equity position in the business.Genat left her position as managing director...

Tuesday, 27 November 2007
‘Frankly, we're stunned that Dr Fisher has reacted in this way to a development that would see Australian books reach new global markets'--Dymocks CEO Don Grover responding to the Australian...

Tuesday, 27 November 2007
Among the stories added to our Around the World blog this week: Fodor's goes mobileHC UK CEO talks up digital futureBorders' third-quarter figures upAll-female shortlist for Costa prizePiracy 'could drive...

Tuesday, 27 November 2007
Melbourne Writers Festival director Rosemary Cameron has confirmed that the 2007 festival this year earned the highest box-office sales on record. Box office sales increased by 44% on 2006, while...

Tuesday, 27 November 2007
The combined children's bookshop, education centre and gallery space Books Illustrated is moving from the Gasworks Arts Park in Melbourne's Albert Park where it has been housed for the past...

Tuesday, 27 November 2007
As the nation adjusts to the end of 11 years of Liberal governance, the publishing industry will be among many waiting as the dust settles to see what the change...

Tuesday, 27 November 2007
The New Zealand publisher Reed Publishing will be known as Raupo Publishing as a result of its acquisition from Reed Elsevier by Pearson in May this year. Reed Elsevier made...

Tuesday, 27 November 2007
Bryce Courtenay snatches top spot this week from Matthew Reilly with his new book The Persimmon Tree. Courtenay has described it as 'unashamedly, a love story'. Now 74 years old,...

Tuesday, 27 November 2007
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Australian Copyright Council training sessions, Adelaide 26 - 30 November Walkley Awards winners announced, Sydney...

Tuesday, 27 November 2007
Bookseller+Publisher Online now has its own group on social networking site Facebook. If you are a user of Facebook and would like to join, click here.The Bookseller+Publisher Facebook group is...

Tuesday, 27 November 2007
The four titles shortlisted for this year's Walkley award for nonfiction are:The Great War (Les Carlyon, Picador)People in Glass Houses (Tanya Levin, Black Inc.) Jonestown (Chris Masters, Allen & Unwin)Detainee...

Thursday, 22 November 2007
Dymocks' CEO Don Grover [pictured] has issued a response to the Australian Society of Authors' recent press release that expressed ‘serious concerns' over digital rights issues for authors.‘The basis for...