Tuesday, 17 January 2012
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced a new one-off grants initiative for children's picture book illustrators. Applications are now open for emerging, developing and established illustrators to apply...

Tuesday, 17 January 2012
John Seymour, long-time publisher and sales representative in New Zealand, has died.Publishers NZ writes:'John spent his whole working life in the book trade, beginning with Bennetts in Palmerston North in...

Tuesday, 17 January 2012
RMIT University in Melbourne will offer a new Associate Degree in Professional Writing and Editing this year, and will phase out its existing Diploma and Certificate IV qualifications in the...

Tuesday, 17 January 2012
On Fancy Goods this week, Craig Cliff writes about ‘the trans-Tasman literary gulf’ and how to bridge it, Andrea Hanke takes a look at Picador's relaunch of its ‘greatest novels’,...

Tuesday, 17 January 2012
Campion Education has acquired a majority shareholding in educational technology supplier Edsoft Interactive. Campion managing director James Cathro told the Weekly Book Newsletter that Edsoft Interactive will continue to operate...

Tuesday, 17 January 2012
Children's publisher Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) has announced the launch of a new imprint called Chirpy Bird. The publisher said in a statement this week that the new imprint will...

Tuesday, 17 January 2012
JanuaryJames Duigan, Kyle Books (Clean and Lean Cookbook) Sydney.David Sedaris, Hachette (Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk) Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Sydney and Brisbane.Kirsten Tranter, Fourth Estate (A Common Loss) Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne...

Tuesday, 17 January 2012
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Tuesday, 17 January 2012
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Tuesday, 17 January 2012
Jane Sullivan spoke about literary sexism in several forums during the week and her book Little People (Scribe) has consequently made it to the top of the most mentioned chart. Little...

Tuesday, 17 January 2012
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include:Midsumma Festival, Melbourne: 15 January to 5 February Living Literature Festival, New York: 16-29 January Galle...

Tuesday, 17 January 2012
New Holland Publishers Australia has confirmed to the Weekly Book Newsletter that it has made a number of changes to its sales team. New Holland national sales and marketing manager...

Tuesday, 17 January 2012
Mark Harding and Anne Treasure have joined Pan Macmillan's digital-only imprint Momentum as digital marketing executives. Harding previously worked at Shearer's Bookshop in Leichhardt, NSW, looking after the store's website, social...

Monday, 16 January 2012
Robert Adamson has been selected as the inaugural Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) Chair in Australian Poetry at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). Adamson, who was awarded the 2011 Patrick...

Monday, 16 January 2012
IAD Press has announced that Tony Duke has joined the publisher in the role of manager. Duke told the Weekly Book Newsletter that the role of manager has been vacant...

Monday, 16 January 2012
The Australia Council for the Arts has confirmed to the Weekly Book Newsletter that Dennis Haskell has stepped down as chair of the Literature Board. A spokesperson for the Australia...

Monday, 16 January 2012
More ReadCloud ebookstores launchedMore independent Australian bookstores have launched their ebookstores with ReadCloud. Birchalls, Bookshuttle, Books and Beyond, Megalong Books, Melbourne University Bookshop, New Edition Bookshop, SPP Bookshop and Sunset...

Tuesday, 10 January 2012
'Some independent shops have reported not a bad Christmas--after all, shoppers have to go somewhere'--Nielsen general manager Shaun Symonds on Christmas book sales without REDgroup Retail. How did your store...

Tuesday, 10 January 2012
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: Cleric calles for Rushdie to be banned from Jaipur festivalUS study finds children...

Tuesday, 10 January 2012
The first Media Extra of 2012 will be published this Monday, 16 January.If you would like to receive Media Extra to find out which titles are mentioned in the media each...

Tuesday, 10 January 2012
Walker Books has announced a partnership with the National Year of Reading 2012 (NYR2012) in the lead-up to the official launch of the initiative on 14 February. Walker Books managing...

Tuesday, 10 January 2012
The Weekly Book Newsletter is currently completing its annual post-Christmas survey. If your store has not yet been surveyed, please complete the survey online here (booksellers). Alternatively, if you are a...

Tuesday, 10 January 2012
In the lead up to the 2012 Olympics in London, a key member of the Games' organising committee is ruthlessly murdered. The London branch of renowned investigation agency Private is...

Tuesday, 10 January 2012
Dymocks' new publishing arm D Publishing, launched late last year, has announced a further update to its author contract. Michael Allara, Dymocks general manger, ecommerce, confirmed the company had posted...

Tuesday, 10 January 2012
Federal Arts Minister Simon Crean announced an independent review of the Australia Council for the Arts in December 2011, the first major review of the council since the mid-1980s. Minister...

Tuesday, 10 January 2012
Over three quarters of the books reviewed in Bookseller+Publisher magazine last year were released simultaneously as ebooks, while 56% of all adult books reviewed were written by female authors. Andrea...

Tuesday, 10 January 2012
Brian Cook, publishing consultant and proprietor of the Manuscript Appraisal Agency, is the new owner of the Authors' Agent literacy agency. Cook announced that he had acquired the business this...

Tuesday, 10 January 2012
In rights news this week:SalesChildren's/YA--Fremantle Press has sold North American rights, including English language and bi-lingual editions, to Michael Thompson's picture book, The Other Bears, to Star Bright Books in...

Tuesday, 10 January 2012
Australian books have featured heavily in the wine and drinks categories of the 2011 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. Hardie Grant Australia has been named Best Wine Books Publisher of the...