Tuesday, 18 November 2008
A Sydney version of Melbourne's well-known Hill of Content bookstore will be opened by Collins Booksellers in Balmain in early December. Collins Booksellers managing director Daniel Jordon sees it as...

Tuesday, 18 November 2008
Among the many stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: Initial court approval for Google settlementPrepare for the 'either/and' world, says Ingram head 'Bytes not...

Tuesday, 18 November 2008
Book and newspaper sales up 20.5% on 2007Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures for September indicate books are bucking the flat national retail trend. While retail trade figures for the...

Tuesday, 18 November 2008
The YABBAs (Young Australian Best Book Award) were announced this week in Victoria. Best picture storybook went to Uno's Garden (Graeme Base, Viking); fiction for younger readers went to Just...

Tuesday, 18 November 2008
The State Library of Victoria has launched the Summer Read program for 2008. A selection of 20 titles which celebrate the diversity of Victorian writing were chosen by a panel...

Tuesday, 18 November 2008
The 2009 New Zealand Post Mansfield Prize has gone to Jenny Pattrick. The prize is worth NZ$100,000 (A$85,000) and involves travel and accommodation in France for six months, allowing the...

Tuesday, 18 November 2008
Hachette Australia has announced the retirement of Helen Chamberlin, publisher of the Lothian Children's Books imprint. Chamberlin, who has been with Hachette since Lothian Books was acquired by the company...

Tuesday, 18 November 2008
Following the release of the terms of reference for its parallel importation study the Productivity Commission has announced a deadline of 20 January 2009 for submissions. Any interested individuals or...

Tuesday, 18 November 2008
Australian author John Hughes is one of 20 authors longlisted for the inaugural Warwick Prize, worth £50,000 (A$115,000). The prize, run by the University of Warwick, is an ‘international cross-disciplinary...

Tuesday, 18 November 2008
Australian and New Zealand authors are well represented on this year's International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award longlist. Among those listed are Steven Carroll; J M Coetzee, Matthew Condon, Nicholas Drayson,...

Tuesday, 18 November 2008
A familiar street name (to Melbournians at any rate) and now book is atop the Highest New Entries chart this week--Lygon St by Michael Harden. This bustling thoroughfare in the...

Tuesday, 18 November 2008
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: ABA (NSW)/publishers Christmas party, 19 NovemberMoscow International Book Fair, 26-30 November ABA (Victoria) and Thorpe-Bowker...

Tuesday, 18 November 2008
Fred Newman, co-founder of Publishing News and the British Book Awards has died, aged 76.

Tuesday, 18 November 2008
(8/6/1921 - 15/11/2008) Penguin Group Australia writes:'His many friends and admirers at Penguin Group (Australia) noted with sorrow the passing of Ivan Southall in Melbourne on 15 November. 'Ivan was...

Tuesday, 11 November 2008
'Never in all of the years I've been in business have I seen a worse outlook for the economy. And never in all my years as a bookseller have I...

Tuesday, 11 November 2008
Egmont UK has increased it shareholding in Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) to 50%, the company announced in a statement. Egmont UK has been a minority shareholder in HGE since the...

Tuesday, 11 November 2008
The National Centre for English Language Teaching and Research (NCELTR) publications has announced that it has ceased trading after 20 years of publishing. ‘NCELTR  is pleased to announce that Macmillan...

Tuesday, 11 November 2008
The University of Melbourne Book Industry Study, supported by the APA and Thorpe-Bowker, is now well underway and has seen strong participation by publishers from all sectors. ‘Thanks to all...

Tuesday, 11 November 2008
HarperCollins has announced the appointment of Michael Moynahan as new CEO for Australia and New Zealand. Moynahan, currently managing director for Random House India and chairman of Random House New...

Tuesday, 11 November 2008
Penguin Australia has announced the creation of a new award to celebrate the 75th birthday of author Bryce Courtenay. The Power of One Australian Hero Award, worth $50,000, is a...

Tuesday, 11 November 2008
The University of Queensland Press (UQP) has announced that the University Co-operative Bookshop Ltd (UCB) has been selected as the preferred tenderer for the operation of the University of Queensland...

Tuesday, 11 November 2008
Among the stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:Rowling endorses new Potter fan historyMore worries for Borders in the US?Over 100 take voluntary redundancies at...

Tuesday, 11 November 2008
Ubud Writers' and Readers' Festival attendance up 30%The 2008 Ubud Writers' and Readers' Festival in Ubud, Bali, ran from 14-19 October with its largest ever program featuring over 150 events,...

Tuesday, 11 November 2008
This year's Patrick White Award ($30,000) has gone to John Romeril, Melbourne playwright and screenwriter. ‘With the huge significance of his contribution to Australian literature, the relative modesty of his...

Tuesday, 11 November 2008
The general program for the Perth Arts Festival has been released, with the Perth Writers' Festival component to follow on January 28. The writers' festival will run from 27 February...

Tuesday, 11 November 2008
The winners of the 2008 Inky Awards have been announced. The Inkys are Australia's teen choice book awards, administered by the State Library of Victoria's Centre for Youth Literature through...

Tuesday, 11 November 2008
The Guardian's first book award (£10,000/A$23,283) shortlist has been announced, and includes Australian author Steve Toltz's A Fraction of the Whole (Hamish Hamilton). The other shortlisted titles are:The Rest is...