Tuesday, 19 July 2011
In the late 1950s an out-dated and aging magician travels the globe in search of work, forced to accept increasingly obscure engagements to get by. Travelling to Scotland, his gloom...

Tuesday, 19 July 2011
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:Borders US to be liquidated: 400 stores to close the Bookseller joins opposition to...

Tuesday, 19 July 2011
Among the top picks from the August issue of Bookseller+Publisher are Anna Funder's debut novel All That I Am (Hamish Hamilton, September), Empire Day (Diane Armstrong, Fourth Estate, September), House...

Tuesday, 19 July 2011
4 Ingredients Kids (Kim McCosker & Rachael Bermingham, 4 Ingredients), the latest cookbook in the series, containing 270 ‘child-friendly' recipes, tops the fastest movers chart and appears in fourth place on...

Monday, 18 July 2011
The shortlists for this year's Deadly Awards, presented to Indigenous Australians for excellence in the areas of music, sport, entertainment and community, have been announced. The nominees for the Outstanding...

Monday, 18 July 2011
Book designers Pieta Brenton, Sarah Healey and Spencer Levine have been shortlisted for the 2011 New Zealand AWA Press Young Designer of the Year Award. Announcing the shortlist, judges Dexter...

Monday, 18 July 2011
Text Publishing has announced the shortlist for the 2011 Text Prize for Young Adult and Children's Writing, presented to an unpublished manuscript by an Australian or New Zealand writer. The...

Monday, 18 July 2011
James Boyce's 1835: The Founding of Melbourne and the Conquest of Australia (Black Inc.) considers the illegal squatter camp that was established on the banks of the Yarra River. In...

Monday, 18 July 2011
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Monday, 18 July 2011
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Monday, 18 July 2011
JulyTristan Bancks, Random House (My Life and Other Stories I Made Up) Sunshine Coast, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.Peter Bernhard, Footprint Books (Rose's Kiss) Melbourne.      James Boyce, Black Inc. (1835: The...

Monday, 18 July 2011
Dame Katerina Mataira, an influential figure in the revival of the Maori language, has died in New Zealand at the age of 79. Made Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order...

Wednesday, 13 July 2011
BBC Worldwide has revealed a £33.8 million (approximately A$50.6 million) write down of Lonely Planet in its latest financial results. In its annual report for the 2010-11 financial year, which is...

Tuesday, 12 July 2011
Independent New Zealand publisher Gecko Press has announced a new partnership with Lerner Publishing Services, the book distribution division of Lerner Publishing Group, which will involve the children's publisher releasing...

Tuesday, 12 July 2011
As reported in a Weekly Book Newsletter special bulletin, the winners of this year's Prime Minister's Literary Awards were announced at the National Library in Canberra on Friday 8 July. The fiction...

Tuesday, 12 July 2011
The publication of Julian Assange's memoirs is now in doubt following indications from the WikiLeaks founder that he no longer wishes to write the kind of book that was envisaged...

Tuesday, 12 July 2011
In rights news this week: SalesChildren's--Fremantle Press has sold simplified Chinese language rights in a four-book deal to 21st Century Publishing House, through Andrew Nurnberg Associates. The books are Crow...

Tuesday, 12 July 2011
Brush up on your knowledge of the Father's Day titles on offer this year.From page 20 of the August issue, Andrew Wrathall rounds up the highlights from publishers' Father's Day...

Tuesday, 12 July 2011
On Fancy Goods this week, we take a look inside the August issue of Bookseller+Publisher, Max Oliver reviews Rome: A Personal, Visual and Cultural History (Robert Hughes, Weidenfeld & Nicolson),...

Tuesday, 12 July 2011
 ‘We're certainly hoping the parallel importation restrictions will be removed and removed quickly so we can bring cheaper prices to books in this country and ... compete with online retail,...

Tuesday, 12 July 2011
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:Hachette acquires 25% stake in Russian publishershould India allow parallel imports?UK Booksellers and Publishers...

Tuesday, 12 July 2011
Lauren Kate's Passion (Doubleday) retains first place on the bestsellers chart for the third week in a row, while Jamie's 30-minute Meals (Jamie Oliver, Michael Joseph) is back in second...