Thursday, 2 April 2015
Australian publisher Duffy & Snellgrove will release a film tie-in edition of local author Rosalie Ham’s The Dressmaker in August—the publisher’s first new book since 2005—ahead of the film adaptation’s release in...

Wednesday, 1 April 2015
The Competition Policy Review Panel has recommended the Australian government repeal existing parallel import restrictions (PIRs) over a three-year transition period.The panel’s final report to government suggests the repeal should be made...

Wednesday, 1 April 2015
Please note that, due to the Easter Monday public holiday, the next Weekly Book Newsletter will be published on Thursday 9 April.The deadline for classifieds and job advertisements is therefore 12 noon...

Wednesday, 1 April 2015
Books+Publishing’s Andrew Wrathall reports from the International Publishers Congress in Bangkok:Around 300 delegates from 35 countries attended the International Publishers Congress in Bangkok on 24-26 March, which was jointly presented...

Wednesday, 1 April 2015
SalesFiction—Jenny Darling & Associates has sold ANZ and world English-language (ex ANZ) rights to The Bone Queen (Alison Croggon) to Penguin and Walker Books UK, respectively. Text has sold Arabic...

Wednesday, 1 April 2015
Perth author Annabel Smith’s Whiskey & Charlie has been chosen as the April pick for the Target Book Club in the US, adding an extra 30,000 copies to its US print...

Tuesday, 31 March 2015
Author and former National Gallery of Australia director Betty Churcher has died, aged 84.Churcher passed away on 31 March after being diagnosed with terminal cancer earlier in the year.Among her many achievements, Churcher...

Monday, 30 March 2015
Pete Evans and Nora T Gedgaudas’ new cookbook Going Paleo (Plum) is at the top of this week’s bestsellers and fastest movers charts, while Evans’ other cookbook Family Food (Plum) remains in the...

Monday, 30 March 2015
The federal government has indicated in its ‘Re:think’ Tax discussion paper that changes to the GST threshold for overseas online purchases will be considered as part of its ongoing taxation reform...

Thursday, 26 March 2015
Online booksellers have been recognised in Inside Retail’s inaugural ‘Top 50 people in Australian ecommerce’ list, with five people from the industry making the list.From Booktopia, CEO Tony Nash and...

Thursday, 26 March 2015
Brisbane-based literary agency Alex Adsett Publishing Services (AAPS) has taken over management of Ineke Prochazka’s Book Harvest Literary Agency (BHLA).  Prochazka will continue to manage BHLA’s existing authors and subsidiary rights, but will...

Wednesday, 25 March 2015
Bookseller Corrie Perkin will open a second My Bookshop store in the Melbourne suburb of Toorak in April.Perkin opened the first store in the nearby suburb of Hawksburn in 2009....

Wednesday, 25 March 2015
SalesFiction—Jenny Darling & Associates has sold the following rights to The Dressmaker (Rosalie Ham): US rights to Penguin; UK rights to Serpent’s Tail; world English-language audio rights to Bolinda; Czech...