Monday, 2 May 2011
Jean MacLeod, Britain's oldest romantic novelist who is believed to have written around 130 novels for Mills & Boon, has died in Britain, aged 103.

Monday, 2 May 2011
Ernesto Sabato, the Argentine writer of El Túnel (‘The Tunnel') has passed away in Buenos Aires, aged 99.  Sebato also authored On Heroes and Tombs (1961) and The Angel of Darkness (1974),...

Monday, 2 May 2011
The 2011 recipients of the George Robertson Awards for distinguished service to the Australian publishing industry were announced in Melbourne on 28 April, following the Australian Publishers Association AGM. This...

Sunday, 1 May 2011
The finalists for this year's Northern Territory Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted writers in the book-related categories are:$1000 Dymocks Arafura Short Story Award:Barbara EatherBlair McFarlandStephen FrancisBronwyn MehanMelinda BarlowMichael...

Sunday, 1 May 2011
2011 Calibre Prize winners announcedThe Australian Book Review (ABR) and the Copyright Agency Limited have announced that the 2011 Calibre Prize will be shared by essayists Dean Biron ('The Death...

Wednesday, 27 April 2011
The HR Manager of Jerusalem's largest bakery is in trouble. He's separated from his wife, distanced from his daughter and stuck in a job he hates. When one of his...

Wednesday, 27 April 2011
Collins Booksellers has announced it has acquired online bookseller Seek Media and its franchise stores will likely have the ability to sell ebooks in 'eight to ten weeks', according to...

Wednesday, 27 April 2011
Australia could have an equivalent of the Orange Prize by as early as 2012. Sophie Cunningham, former Meanjin editor and spokesperson for the as yet unnamed prize's steering committee, told...

Wednesday, 27 April 2011
Murdoch Books has announced that Deborah Brash will join the publisher's design team at the beginning of May. Brash, former art director at Penguin Australia, has been appointed to the...

Wednesday, 27 April 2011
Science fiction and fantasy fans attended the 36th Western Australian Science Fiction & Fantasy Convention (Swancon36) and the 50th National Science Fiction & Fantasy Convention (Natcon50), held simultaneously in Perth...

Wednesday, 27 April 2011
Chasing Fire (Hachette), Nora Roberts' standalone novel about fictional firefighter Rowan Tripp, is top of the highest new entries chart followed by The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide (Hachette),...

Wednesday, 27 April 2011
On Fancy Goods this week Portia Lindsay reviews Caleb’s Crossing (Geraldine Brooks, Fourth Estate) and Heather Dyer reviews Past the Shallows (Favel Parrett, Hachette).

Wednesday, 27 April 2011
Welsh writer Craig Thomas has died, aged 68. The author of 18 bestselling espionage thrillers and two works of philosophical and political theory, Thomas was widely considered to have originated...

Wednesday, 27 April 2011
'Two market segments for the future of publishing: mass market ebooks and stuff for your shelf'--Caroline Hamilton (aka @goodthinking99) summing up one of the most tweeted comments by author John...

Wednesday, 27 April 2011
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:will Waterstone's be sold to Russian billionaire?Hugo Awards nominations announcedKobo gets US$50 million in...

Tuesday, 26 April 2011
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include:ABA Conference and Trade Exhibition - Super Early Bird registration offer closing: 29 April The Williamstown...

Tuesday, 26 April 2011
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Tuesday, 26 April 2011
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Tuesday, 26 April 2011
AprilTricia Brennan, Rockpool Publishing (The Map of the Soul) Sydney, Melbourne and the Sunshine Coast.Cristy Burne, Walker Books (Takeshita Demons) Perth and WA.Liz Byrski, Pan Macmillan (Last Chance Café) Sydney,...

Tuesday, 26 April 2011
It's no surprise that war-related titles dominated book pages over the Anzac Day holiday. Receiving the most mentions was Crack Hardy: From Gallipoli to Flanders to the Somme by Stephen...

Wednesday, 20 April 2011
Changes to the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards announced by Premier Ted Baillieu on 21 April, mean the awards are now the most valuable literary awards in Australia.The Premier announced the introduction of a...

Tuesday, 19 April 2011
Random House Australia has confirmed that it plans to publish titles under the newly created Hogarth imprint. Random House Australia marketing and publicity director and head of digital Brett Osmond...

Tuesday, 19 April 2011
The winners of the 2010 Australian Shadows Awards have been announced. Bob Franklin has won the long fiction category for Under Stones (Affirm Press) and Kirstyn McDermott has won the short...

Tuesday, 19 April 2011
The content of a number of books written by American philanthropist Greg Mortenson has been called into question by a news report which accused the writer of fabricating parts of his...

Tuesday, 19 April 2011
Australian art critic Sebastian Smee has won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for criticism. Smee, who is the former national art critic for The Australian, was awarded the prize for his...

Tuesday, 19 April 2011
In rights news this week: SalesFiction--Random House has sold When it Rains (Maggie MacKellar) to Taiwan (Complex Character Rights); and The Cleaner (Paul Cleave) to Denmark.Children's--Random House has sold The...