Wednesday, 12 December 2012
The new national board of management of the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) met for the first time at the organisation’s 2012 annual general meeting at the end of...

Wednesday, 12 December 2012
This issue of the Weekly Book Newsletter will be the last for 2012. The first issue for 2013 will be published on 9 January. Any material submitted online or emailed...

Wednesday, 12 December 2012
Hachette Australia has announced that Justin Ractliffe, currently sales and marketing manager for children’s books at Random House Australia, has been appointed to the role of Hodder and Headline sales and marketing...

Wednesday, 12 December 2012
Co-op Bookshop has acquired six outlets at Victoria University in Melbourne’s Western suburbs, which increases the chain’s total number of stores to 52 across Australia. ‘We’re delighted to take over...

Wednesday, 12 December 2012
The growth in the number of writers’ festivals around the country is ‘placing even more stress’ on the Australia Council for the Arts Literature Board’s promotion grants, said chair Sophie...

Wednesday, 12 December 2012
‘We get the sense that shoppers are browsing online rather than visiting the shop. There is less spontaneous spending and less traffic. Prepared for a frantic late rush (and hoping...

Tuesday, 11 December 2012
As an update to last week’s Chistmas closing list, please note these additional entries and amendments. Last day of business First day of business Andrews McMeel Publishing Friday 21 December Wednesday 9 January...

Tuesday, 11 December 2012
Bookseller+Publisher is currently conducting its annual pre-Christmas survey of booksellers and publishers. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey online. Booksellers If you are a bookseller, please complete...

Tuesday, 11 December 2012
Veteran Australian photographer Mark Strizic has died, aged 84. Thames & Hudson Australia writes: ‘Thames & Hudson Australia is saddened to hear of the passing of the great Australian photographer...

Tuesday, 11 December 2012
Sales Fiction—Hachette has sold Bulgarian and German-language rights to The Legacy of Lord Regret and The Lord of Lies (Sam Bowring); Italian-language rights to Past the Shallows (Favel Parrett); Czech-language...

Monday, 10 December 2012
David Musgrave has won first place in the 2012 Newcastle Poetry Prize for his poem ‘Coastline’. Musgrave was presented with the $12,000 award at a presentation ceremony in Newcastle in...

Monday, 10 December 2012
On Christmas Eve, detective Alex Cross is at home in Washington DC decorating the tree with his family, when he receives a phone call that puts celebrations on hold: a corporate lawyer...

Monday, 10 December 2012
BBC Worldwide is considering ‘strategic options’ for Lonely Planet, including outside investment or a potential sale, reports the Guardian. While the BBC declined to comment about the speculation, the Guardian...

Monday, 10 December 2012
Finch Publishing is celebrating its 20th birthday this year. The Sydney-based publisher, which employs ‘three-and-a-half very hardworking people’, held a party in August to mark the occasion. ‘But more importantly,’...

Monday, 10 December 2012
Auckland University Press is celebrating 50 years in publishing this year. The scholarly publisher has no plans for a big party. Instead, it has launched a new website and logo...

Friday, 7 December 2012
Australia has lodged a complaint against Amazon EU’s application for the .book internet domain, which is says restricts other entities from using the same domain and could have a ‘negative...