Tuesday, 15 July 2008
Frances Fyfield was announced the winner of the £20,000 (A$39,000) Duncan Lawrie Dagger for her novel Blood From Stone (Little, Brown) at an awards ceremony held in London on July...

Tuesday, 15 July 2008
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie (Vintage) has been named the winner of a public poll to determine the ‘Best of the Booker'. Rushdie's novel beat Booker-winning novels by Australian authors...

Tuesday, 15 July 2008
It's a female-centric Highest New Entries chart this week with Lipstick Jungle, Sex Lives of Australian Women and The Low GI Diet making the cut in the top 10. The...

Tuesday, 15 July 2008
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Crime and Justice Festival, Melbourne, 18-20 JulyMelbourne Festival of Travel Writing, Melbourne, 19-20 JulyNew Voices...

Tuesday, 15 July 2008
Novelist and founding member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), Sue Alexander has died, she was 74. Her books included Behold the Trees, Lila on the...

Tuesday, 15 July 2008
Dutch novelist Janwillem van de Wetering, best known for his ‘Amsterdam Cops' series, has died, he was 77.

Tuesday, 15 July 2008
Publisher and author Francis ‘Phil’ Englehardt, Jr., has died at the age of 53. He founded Revolution Booksellers in the US and wrote MotorcycleMan: Restless and its sequel, MotorcycleMan: Voodoo...

Tuesday, 15 July 2008
Author Hila Colman, who wrote more than 50 books for young adults, has died aged 98. Some of her titles included; The Girl from Puerto Rico, Sometimes I Don't Love...

Tuesday, 8 July 2008
'What is "open" about Australian-published books not being able to be sold in the USA or the UK, but American, British or any other English-language edition from anywhere being able...

Tuesday, 8 July 2008
Minimum wage impact ‘negligible': ABAMonday's minimum wage rise--a boost of $21 a week for low income earners--is unlikely to affect the book industry, according to Australian Booksellers Association CEO Malcolm...

Tuesday, 8 July 2008
Lonely Planet will open its first ‘concept store' at Sydney airport next year, the travel publisher has announced. Part of the airport's $500 million redevelopment, the shop will serve as...

Tuesday, 8 July 2008
Australia is producing as many as 40% more local books each year than previous industry surveys have indicated, according to new analysis of 2007's publishing output to be published in...

Tuesday, 8 July 2008
Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich stays atop the Bestseller chart this week, with 4 Ingredients coming in second. Clive Cussler is on the high seas with The Plague Ship, which...

Tuesday, 8 July 2008
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Reed Gift Fairs Brisbane 12-15 July, BrisbaneBridging Communities Festival, 13 July, MelbourneTo view these and...

Tuesday, 8 July 2008
Science fiction author, critic and poet Thomas M. Disch has died, he was 68. On Wings of Song and 334 were two of his best known novels.

Tuesday, 8 July 2008
Watson's niece, Katherine Lyall-Watson, writes: 'It is with great sadness that I tell you of Lyall Watson's passing. He died in Gympie Hospital, Australia, on 25 June, aged 69. Lyall...

Tuesday, 8 July 2008
Among the stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:new CEO at Baker & Taylorgood year for the German book industryWaterstone's bounces backattendance up at Book Expo...

Tuesday, 1 July 2008
Judy Slatyer, CEO at Lonely Planet, has resigned from the role to take on the position of chief operating officer at global conservation organisation WWF. Slatyer described the new role...

Tuesday, 1 July 2008
The Lost Dog by Michelle De Kretser (A&U) has been named the winner of this year's Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal for an outstanding literary work. The award has...

Tuesday, 1 July 2008
Leading Edge Books, the buying group of independent booksellers, has announced further details of its new ‘Indie Prize'. The prize, which will ‘honour an Australian author for best book of...

Tuesday, 1 July 2008
Margaret Gee, the Sydney-based literary agent, has announced the creation of a speakers' bureau. The bureau, which draws on Gee's authors, includes such personalities as Derryn Hinch, Don Burke, Barry...

Tuesday, 1 July 2008
New Zealand's Paper Plus chain stores are in the process of unveiling a new look. The multimillion-dollar overhaul began in Tauranga last week, as reported by The Dominion Post. The...

Tuesday, 1 July 2008
Here Lies Arthur (Philip Reeve, Scholastic) and Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears (Emily Gravett, Macmillan) have won this year's CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals, respectively. The Carnegie Medal...

Tuesday, 1 July 2008
The Canberra Writers' Festival, held from 18 to 23 June, attracted large numbers, particularly to seminars and workshops, reports festival director Anne-Maree Britton. Seminars focussing on writers' needs were attended...

Tuesday, 1 July 2008
The 32nd annual Galley Club Awards for Excellence in Book and Magazine Production were presented in Sydney on 27 June. Awards included Australian Printed Book of the Year, which went...

Tuesday, 1 July 2008
The shortlisted titles for this year's Australian Awards for Excellence in Educational Publishing have been announced. Presented each year by the Australian Publishers Association (APA), and sponsored by Ligare Book...

Tuesday, 1 July 2008
Salman Rushdie, whose novel The Satanic Verses famously resulted in a fatwa being placed on the author, has been knighted for his services to literature. Rushdie was knighted by Queen...

Tuesday, 1 July 2008
Following a story about the 2008 Books Alive list in last week's WBN, Books Alive has clarified the information provided on publisher representation. The break-down of titles on the list...