Tuesday, 8 January 2013
Writers Victoria has announced that director Roderick Poole has left the organisation. Poole finished in his position on 30 December 2012 after spending two-and-a-half years as director. He joined the organisation in 2010 and led...

Tuesday, 8 January 2013
The Gourmand World Cookbook Awards finalists have been announced. Australian and New Zealand finalists include: Authors category Chef: Origin: The Food of Ben Shewry by Ben Shewry (Murdoch Books).  ...

Tuesday, 8 January 2013
The film tie-in edition of J R R Tolkien’s The Hobbit (HarperCollins) is in sixth place on the bestsellers chart this week, while another film tie-in edition, Life of Pi by Yann Martel (Canongate),...

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...