Tuesday, 6 May 2008
Among the many items added to our Around the World blog in the past week: Amazon fights NY tax lawIs Olsen about to leave Random US?‘Down River' tops Edgar AwardsNY...

Tuesday, 6 May 2008
The popularity of 4 Ingredients continues, with the title staying at number one this week, making two weeks at the top, closely followed by Marian Keyes’ This Charming Man. Eckhart Tolle’s A New...

Tuesday, 6 May 2008
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: In the First Person conference, National Library of Australia, Canberra, 10-11 MayInternational Publishers Association's 28th...

Tuesday, 6 May 2008
Bob Sessions from Penguin writes: When John Hooker died suddenly from pneumonia, Australian publishing and writing lost a true 'one off'. While he gave a good impression of a hard-drinking,...

Tuesday, 29 April 2008
'Five Bells' up for saleThe copyright on one of Australia's best-known poems, Five Bells by Kenneth Slessor, is up for sale. Slessor's son, Paul, plans to use the proceeds from selling...

Tuesday, 29 April 2008
The chairman of Reed Elsevier Jan Hommen has hailed a ‘year of significant achievement and strategic development' for the multinational, despite revenue from Elsevier textbooks dropping £18 million pounds to...

Tuesday, 29 April 2008
HarperCollins UK will embrace e-publishing in earnest this September, CEO Victoria Barnsley has announced. Come September, the company plans to begin publishing in print and e-format simultaneously, and make over...

Tuesday, 29 April 2008
Registrations for the 2008 Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) conference are still open--delegates who register now will avoid the late fee. This year's conference will be held over three days, 15-17...

Tuesday, 29 April 2008
4 Ingredients by Kim McCosker & Rachael Bermingham has crept back to the top of the Bestsellers and the Fastest Movers chart, thus knocking Marian Keyes' This Charming Man off...

Tuesday, 29 April 2008
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Australian Publishers Association Annual General Meeting, 30 April CBCA 9th National Conference and Expo, 1-4...

Tuesday, 29 April 2008
Journalist, human rights advocate and author Pamela Bone has died aged 68. She was an Age columnist for 20 years.

Monday, 28 April 2008
The shortlists for this year's Carnegie Medal for children's writing and Kate Greenaway Medal for illustrated children's books have been announced. The shortlisted titles are:Carnegie Medal nominees:Gatty's Tale (Kevin Crossley-Holland, Orion)Ruby Red (Linzi...

Monday, 28 April 2008
Among the stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:Nabakov's last work to be publishedHarperCollins UK announces e-book launch digital rights battles loomlayoffs at Thomas NelsonHarlequin signs...

Tuesday, 22 April 2008
'I never ever once wanted to stop Mr. Vander Ark from doing his own guide--ever ever [...] Do your book, but please, change it so it does not take as...

Tuesday, 22 April 2008
Among the items added to our Around the World blog in the past week:Encylopedia Brittanica now free for bloggersRomance writer dumped for cheatingFolding maps to be recalled in UKPenguin classics...

Tuesday, 22 April 2008
As predicted here last week, Marian Keyes has won the duel with Jodi Picoult and takes out number one position this week with This Charming Man in the Bestseller and...

Tuesday, 22 April 2008
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Australian Poetry Centre's national festival, 25-27 April, Castlemaine, VictoriaAustralian Publishers Association Annual General Meeting, 30...

Tuesday, 22 April 2008
Linda Henderson of Booksellers New Zealand writes: It is with deep regret that I have to advise you that Ann Kerr, formerly the accounts manager at Booksellers New Zealand for...

Tuesday, 22 April 2008
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival volunteer Peta Hanslow passed away on 23 March. Peta had been a supporter of the event since 2005.

Tuesday, 22 April 2008
As announced in a WBN special bulletin last Thursday, the shortlist for this year's Miles Franklin Literary Award was announced at the State Library of New South Wales on 17...

Tuesday, 22 April 2008
This week Oxford University Press Australia kicks off a year of celebration for its centenary year. ‘Oxford University Press Australia turns 100 years old this month,' Richard Harms, director--dictionary, trade...

Tuesday, 22 April 2008
While only one publisher scored an invite to the 2020 Summit, and no publishing-specific idea emerged, the book industry should be pleased with Kevin Rudd’s idea’s forum, says MUP CEO Louise...

Tuesday, 22 April 2008
This year’s Sydney Writers Festival will feature over 30 free and ticketed sessions focussing on the publishing industry. David Davidar of Penguin Canada and Will Atkinson of Faber UK will...

Tuesday, 22 April 2008
New research into Australian small presses shows a ‘strong, passionate core' to the sector despite an acute lack of resources.A recent survey of the Australian small and independent publishing sector...

Tuesday, 22 April 2008
A new report commissioned by Bookseller+Publisher from internet traffic monitors Hitwise has shown that Australian-based book retail websites are slowly growing their market share to compete against Amazon.‘While Amazon continues to...