Tuesday, 8 May 2007
As reported in a WBN special bulletin on Monday, Pearson has acquired Harcourt Education International and Harcourt Assessment from parent company Reed Elsevier for a reported US$950 million (A$1.1 billion)....

Tuesday, 8 May 2007
The 2006 WA Premier's Book Awards shortlists have been announced, with local publisher Fremantle Arts Centre Press out in front with seven nominations. The awards (worth $7500 in each category,...

Tuesday, 8 May 2007
John Power, author of the groundbreaking Australian Rules book The Coach (Geoff Slattery Publishing), has died in London at the age of 72. The fly-on-the-wall account of the North Melbourne...

Tuesday, 8 May 2007
Australian poet Joyce Isabel Lee, author of five poetry collections and winner of the Grenfell Henry Lawson Prize, has died in Melbourne at the age of 93.

Tuesday, 1 May 2007
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include:the Kuala Lumpur International Book Fair, which continues until 6 Maythe Australian Federal Budget announcement on...

Tuesday, 1 May 2007
Among the stories added to our Around the World blog this week:British book industry awards announcedEdgar awards announcedAmazon sales soar in first quarterIPA expresses concern at UN defamation resolutionUS publisher...

Tuesday, 1 May 2007
Federal Attorney-General Philip Ruddock (pictured) yesterday flagged that the federal government would introduce retrospective legislation to prevent Australian Guantanamo Bay inmate David Hicks from profiting from any book deal made...

Tuesday, 1 May 2007
The two new entries in this week's top 10 should catch no-one by surprise. Debuting at number six is J R R Tolkein's posthumously published tale of Middle Earth The...

Tuesday, 1 May 2007
The forthcoming Institute of Professional Editors National Conference, to be held in Hobart from 9 to 12 May, will include a presentation on the proposal for a national organisation of...

Tuesday, 1 May 2007
The University of Western Australia Press (UWA Press) has confirmed to WBN that the press is undergoing a period of ‘renewal' involving staffing changes and a new focus. ‘I'm trying...

Tuesday, 1 May 2007
The titles in the running for this year's New Zealand Booksellers' Choice Award have been announced. They are:Eagle's Complete Trees and Shrubs of New Zealand (Audrey Eagle, Te Papa Press)Mister...

Tuesday, 1 May 2007
John Stephens, author of Language and Ideology in Children's Fiction (Addison-Wesley), has been awarded the 11th International Grothers Grimm Award for an ‘outstanding body of research into children's literature.' Stephens wins...

Tuesday, 1 May 2007
The titles shortlisted for the Nita B Kibble Literary Award for Women Writers and those shortlisted for the Dobbie Encouragement Award were announced on 27 April. The titles shortlisted for...

Tuesday, 1 May 2007
Franscois McHardy, formerly editorial director at Doubleday Australia, has joined Simon & Schuster Australia as deputy managing director.Jon Attenborough, S&S MD, said: ‘We're thrilled that Franscois has decided to join...

Tuesday, 1 May 2007
BOOKSELLER+PUBLISHER Online, the site that hosts the online version of the Weekly Book Newsletter, was a Hitwise Top 10 Award winner for the quarter ending ending January to March 2007.During this...

Wednesday, 25 April 2007
This week's bestseller chart is brimming with potential Mother's Day presents. There are taut dramas from Jodi Picoult and Kim Edwards; gripping thrillers from Wilbur Smith, James Patterson and Lee...

Wednesday, 25 April 2007
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include:the Bologna Book Fair, which wraps up on 27 Aprilthe Kuala Lumpur International Book Fair, which...

Wednesday, 25 April 2007
Among the stories added to our Around the World blog this week:Bidders circle Thomson LearningBloomsbury teams with Libre DigitalGoogle's new copyright protection toolUS indie bookstore 'saved' by MySpaceUK publishers attack...

Tuesday, 24 April 2007
The shortlist for the 2007 Australian Science Fiction Awards (also known as the Ditmars) has been announced. In the running for the best novel award are: Carnies (Martin Livings, Lothian)Prismatic...

Tuesday, 24 April 2007
A group of prominent educational publishers writes: Australian educational publishing companies were saddened to learn of Dame Marie Clay's passing on 13 April. Marie Clay was a New Zealand psychologist...

Tuesday, 24 April 2007
Jean Dunn, on behalf of some former colleagues, writes: ‘Peter Jones, the long-time production manager of Melbourne University Press, has died at the age of 79. He was loved and...