Wednesday, 22 May 2013
Antonia Hayes has joined ebook provider Copia in the role of Australian merchandising and marketing manager. Hayes, who started in the role this month, is responsible for Copia’s local merchandising,...

Wednesday, 22 May 2013
‘As an unintended consequence of changes in consumer buying habits, people are not paying taxes on things that they have done for years’—Australian Booksellers Association CEO Joel Becker calls for...

Wednesday, 22 May 2013
Sophie Masson has been re-elected as chair and David Day as treasurer of the Australian Society of Authors (ASA) board. Masson, Irina Dunn, Helen O’Neill, Chris Pash, Mark Carthew, Robyn Sheahan-Bright...

Wednesday, 22 May 2013
Harlequin Australia has announced that Sue Brockhoff has joined the publisher in the role of publishing and communications manager. Brockhoff, who was previously head of fiction at HarperCollins, started in...

Wednesday, 22 May 2013
HarperCollins Australia has appointed Michael White to the newly created position of head of international publishing. HarperCollins Australia marketing and communications director Simon Milne told Books+Publishing that White’s role covers fiction...

Wednesday, 22 May 2013
Kevin Jones, former manager of Publishers Distribution Limited (PDL), has died aged 65. Jones worked as manager of PDL, an Auckland-based distribution company, from March 2003 to May 2012.

Monday, 20 May 2013
The winners of the Northern Territory Literary Awards have been announced. The winners in the book-related categories are: Short stories ‘Responsible’ (Lois Murphy)   Youth ‘Change Takes a Change’ (Juliette Parsons)...

Monday, 20 May 2013
Charlaine Harris fans will be sad to say goodbye to Sookie Stackhouse, the small-town telepathic waitress who loves vampires. Dead Ever After (Hachette), the 13th and final book in the...

Friday, 17 May 2013
Tony Grybowski has been appointed as the new CEO of the Australia Council for the Arts. Grybowski joined the Australia Council in 2007 and previously held the position of executive...

Friday, 17 May 2013
The Melbourne Writers Festival has released its schools program for 2013. Among the authors featured in this year’s program, which runs from 26 to 29 August, are international guests Deborah...

Thursday, 16 May 2013
A new publisher has been launched in Melbourne. Inkerman & Blunt is the brainchild of Donna Ward, founding editor of WA creative writing journal Indigo. The publisher will release its...

Wednesday, 15 May 2013
Sales Fiction—Golvan Arts Management has optioned the film rights to Mice (Gordon Reece, Allen & Unwin) to Southern Light Alliance, partnering with Cyan Films. HarperCollins has sold German volume rights to In Search of Africa...

Wednesday, 15 May 2013
‘The idea of a national body that enables individual writers’ centres to work more closely together remains a valuable one’—New South Wales Writers Centre chair Linda Funnell reflects on the...

Wednesday, 15 May 2013
The Federal Government has outlined its funding plans for Creative Australia, its recently released national cultural policy, in the 2013-14 Commonwealth Budget. As previously reported by Books+Publishing, the policy includes...

Tuesday, 14 May 2013
Sydney-based author and photographer Katie Quinn Davies has won the photography category of the 2013 James Beard Foundation culinary awards in the US for her book What Katie Ate (Lantern)....

Tuesday, 14 May 2013
Books by Australian and New Zealand authors are among the winners of the 2013 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY), which recognise excellence in independent publishing. Two Australian titles are among...