Tuesday, 13 November 2007
Literary agent Margaret Gee writes: I had known Bob for twenty years and he was a cherished friend and author. He shot to bestsellerdom in Australia with his legendary book,...

Tuesday, 13 November 2007
Author Norman Mailer, winner of two Pulitzer Prizes for Armies of the Night and The Executioner's Song, has died aged 84.

Tuesday, 13 November 2007
After several months of building--and the loss of some stock when some unexpectedly wet Sydney weather coincided with some roof work--the Better Read than Dead bookshop in Sydney's Newtown has...

Tuesday, 13 November 2007
The Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) has announced changes to the way it will distribute payments in the new year. Under CALdirect, a new system to be introduced in mid-2008, members...

Tuesday, 13 November 2007
‘I’ve been a ghost for the past eighteen months […] It probably pays less per hour than stitching trainers in the Philippines and it’s been the most unrewarding thing I've...

Tuesday, 13 November 2007
Among the stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:St Aubyn takes out French prizeCanadians get 'book rage'Ghosts revealedOphrah withdraws book from websiteUK libraries a new...

Tuesday, 13 November 2007
Two Australian cookbooks, both published by Allen & Unwin, have received Gold Ribbon prizes at the 2007 Cordon D'Or Culinary Arts awards. Tolarno Bistro by Ian Hewitson and Bob Hart...

Tuesday, 13 November 2007
Australia's Great Desert Tracks Atlas and Guide by Ian Glover and Len Zell (Hema Maps/Wild Discovery Guides) has taken out two major awards at this year's International Map Trade Association conference,...

Monday, 12 November 2007
Chinese author Jiang Rong has been named as the winner of the inaugural Man Asia Literary Prize for his novel Wolf Totem (Penguin).The Man Asia prize, worth $10,000, intends to...

Monday, 12 November 2007
Poet David Rowbotham has been named as the recipient of this year's Patrick White award.The award, worth $25,000, was established by Patrick White in 1974 to honour writers who ‘had...

Monday, 12 November 2007
The State Library of Victoria's Centre for Youth Literature has announced the winners of the inaugural Inky awards, Australia's first teenage choice book prize. The Golden Inky goes to Notes...

Monday, 12 November 2007
The NSW Writers' Centre has announced the winners of its inaugural genre fiction award, supported by New Holland Publishers.First prize went to Maria Simms for The Dead House; second prize...

Wednesday, 7 November 2007
Australian authors were showcased to key US publishing industry figures at a reception for Australian science fiction and fantasy writers in New York on 30 October. The event, hosted by...

Wednesday, 7 November 2007
After collecting four stars out of five from a reviewer in the October issue of Bookseller+Publisher magazine, Matthew Reilly's Six Sacred Stones comes up trumps this week in the charts--and...

Wednesday, 7 November 2007
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Walkley Non-fiction Book Award finalist announcement, Sydney 12 NovemberAustralian Campus Booksellers Association conference, Sydney 14-16...

Wednesday, 7 November 2007
Author Eric Rolls, known for his writings on nature and the environment including A Million Wild Acres, died on 31 October. He was 84.

Wednesday, 7 November 2007
Among the stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:Has ACCC decision doomed an Australian printer?New Rowling book will have a print run of sevenRowling sues...

Wednesday, 7 November 2007
Bedford joins Kibble judging panelAustralian novelist Jean Bedford has joined the judging panel for the Nita B Kibble Literary Awards for Women Writers, following the retirement of Elizabeth Webby as chair...

Wednesday, 7 November 2007
Eltham Bookshop's third annual ‘World Matters' festival, held from 27 to 29 October, was ‘an outstanding success,' according to organiser Meera Govil. With around 35 speakers on subjects from poetry...

Wednesday, 7 November 2007
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced that it has appointed a researcher to undertake a study into the Australian educational publishing sector, looking particularly at the returns to...

Tuesday, 6 November 2007
Basic Black: Tales of Appropriate Fear (Cemetery Dance Publications), by Australian author Terry Dowling (pictured), is the joint winner of the International Horror Guild's award for best collection. Dowling's collection...

Tuesday, 6 November 2007
The winners of the 2007 Davitt awards for women's crime writing, administered by Sisters in Crime, were announced in Melbourne on 2 November. Silent Death: The Killing of Julie Ramage...

Tuesday, 30 October 2007
Among the stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:Richard & Judy turn to children's booksAmazon sales soar, but losses on every copy of HarryNora Roberts...