Tuesday, 13 February 2007
Working Title Press writes: ‘Sue Williams, the co-founder of Omnibus Books and Working Title Press, children's author, publisher, designer and art director extraordinaire, died peacefully on Sunday 4 February after...

Tuesday, 13 February 2007
Australian historian Noel David McLachlan, author of Waiting for the Revolution: A History of Australian Nationalism (Penguin), has died from pneumonia at the age of 79.

Tuesday, 6 February 2007
Among the global booktrade stories in our Around the World blog this week:Is private equity firm KKR about to launch a takeover for Pearson/Penguin? Wiley closes Blackwell deal Hachette 'gives' European rights to the...

Tuesday, 6 February 2007
Those attending The London Book Fair, which will run from 16 April to 18 April 2007 in Earls Court, London, are being encouraged to pre-register before 12 April to receive...

Tuesday, 6 February 2007
It's a tale of two Pattersons in this week's highest new entries chart. James debuts at number 13 with Step on a Crack (with a little help from his pal...

Tuesday, 6 February 2007
Bestselling author Sidney Sheldon has died from complications arising from pneumonia, aged 89. Sheldon first achieved success as a Broadway playwright and Hollywood scriptwriter before turning his attention to novels,...

Tuesday, 6 February 2007
American newspaper columnist, political commentator and author Molly Ivins has died of breast cancer, aged 62. Ivins turned ‘Bush-bashing' into an artform with books such as Shrub: The Short But...

Tuesday, 6 February 2007
The Kolkata (Calcutta) Book Fair--India's largest international booktrade event--is in chaos after organisers were forced to reorganise this year's fair at the last moment when it lost its venue due...

Tuesday, 6 February 2007
Vista International and Ingenta, two of the largest international publishing software companies, have announced that they will merge to create Publishing Technologies PLC.The new company will offer ‘a wide range...

Tuesday, 6 February 2007
Independent Melbourne publisher Wannabee Publishing has changed its name to Vignette Press, in a relaunch announced last Friday 2 February. Publisher Lisa Dempster, who took on management of the publisher...

Tuesday, 6 February 2007
The federal government has announced the renewal of the Australia Council's base funding agreement, worth $418 million over three years. The announcement by Arts and Sport Minister Rod Kemp came...

Tuesday, 6 February 2007
Publisher, lecturer and reviewer Walter McVitty is the winner of the 2006 Dromkeen Medal. The medal is awarded annually for ‘work that makes a significant contribution to the appreciation and...

Tuesday, 6 February 2007
Australian fantasy author Garth Nix is gaining wide exposure in the United Kingdom as the bookselling chain W H Smith gives away a free copy his novel Mister Monday--the first in...

Tuesday, 6 February 2007
The announcement of the winner of the 2007 Commonwealth Writers' Prize will take place on 27 May in Jamaica as part of the Calabash International Literary Festival. The Calabash festival,...

Tuesday, 6 February 2007
Following the passing of the Copyright Amendment Bill 2006 by the House of Representatives on 4 December last year, the Copyright Agency Limited is calling for feedback on what stakeholders...

Tuesday, 6 February 2007
The 2007 Somerset Celebration of Literature will be held from 13 March to 17 March this year in the grounds of Somerset College at Mudgeeraba in Queensland. More than 30...

Monday, 5 February 2007
Peter Eichhorn, one of the founding directors of Allen & Unwin (A&U), has resigned his position as finance and distribution director. 'At a farewell function before Christmas on the rooftop terrace at...

Thursday, 1 February 2007
As first reported in a WBN Special Bulletin last week, the seventh and final Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, will have a worldwide release on Saturday 21...

Tuesday, 30 January 2007
In our Around the World blog this week:Is AMS headed for liquidation?Shafak cuts US tour after Dink murderT S Eliot Prize for Seamus Heaneyto see more, click here

Tuesday, 30 January 2007
Text Publishing has announced that is has signed a new novel by Nobel laureate and double Booker-winner J M Coetzee. Diary of a Bad Year will be published in Australia...

Tuesday, 30 January 2007
Tim Flannery, author of The Weather Makers (Text) and a number of other books on nature and the environment, has been named Australian of the Year for 2007. Flannery, who...

Tuesday, 30 January 2007
ABC Fiction Award-winner Will Elliot has taken out the Golden Aurealis, the highest award in Australian speculative fiction, for his debut novel The Pilo Family Circus (ABC Books).Elliot was presented...

Tuesday, 30 January 2007
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include several overseas book fairs: the International Book Fair in Cairo, the Kolkata Book Fair and...

Tuesday, 30 January 2007
After several weeks in the top 10, Kim Edward's family drama The Memory Keepers Daughter has finally taken out the top spot. The bestselling title also made it into this...

Tuesday, 30 January 2007
Hachette Livre Australia has announced the appointment of Matt Hoy as sales and marketing director of its Little, Brown division. Hoy, currently senior national accounts manager at Allen & Unwin,...

Tuesday, 30 January 2007
A memorial tribute for Neil Curtis, who sadly passed away on Monday 11 December last year, will be held on Sunday 4 February at 2pm, Middle Park Bowling Club, Canterbury...

Tuesday, 30 January 2007
Era Publications writes: ‘On the occasion of the memorial held for illustrator Neil Curtis, the team at Era Publications offers sincere condolences to his partner and son.Neil was a fantastic...

Tuesday, 30 January 2007
Book Expo America (BEA) has launched a new website at http://www.bookexpoamerica.com, designed to be ‘a more effective, year-round tool in building relationships,' according to event director Lance Festerman.Many new features...

Tuesday, 30 January 2007
Australian audiobook publisher Bolinda has six of its titles in the running for the Audies, the annual US-based audiobook awards.The six Bolinda titles are:Knitting (Anne Bartlett, read by Beverley Dunn),...