Tuesday, 21 June 2011
The shortlists for the 2010 Western Australian Premier's Book Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles are:NonfictionA Three-Cornered Life: The Historian W K Hanock (Jim Davidson, UNSW Press)Breaking News: The...

Tuesday, 21 June 2011
Walker Books Australia has announced that it has acquired the Black Dog Books imprint. Effective 1 July, Black Dog Books will be an imprint of Walker Books with current Black Dog...

Tuesday, 21 June 2011
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:UK agents' association defends agents-as-publisherssales up at B&N but US$74 million loss overallBorders US...

Tuesday, 21 June 2011
Five children's book creators have joined together to form Literature Live!, an organisation which provides virtual creative writing and illustration workshops to Australian schools through video conferencing and interactive whiteboards....

Tuesday, 21 June 2011
On Fancy Goods this week, Jarrah Moore interviews Jennifer Rowe aka Emily Rodda on Love, Honour and O’Brien (A&U) and Meredith Tate reviews Mole Hunt: The Maximus Black Files (Paul...

Tuesday, 21 June 2011
'Considering how long I've been at it, there's really only a handful of covers that I'm one hundred percent happy with'--find out which covers they were and why, in our...

Tuesday, 21 June 2011
‘The comment left independent booksellers reeling not from the visionary, crystalline truth of the utterance, but by the sheer lack of forethought and understanding behind the words'--Sally Pryor in the...

Monday, 20 June 2011
The State Library of Victoria (SLV) has announced the recipients of its 2011 Creative Fellowships. The $20,000 Redmond Barry Fellowship has been awarded to Jim Davidson. Davidson will use the...

Monday, 20 June 2011
Miles Franklin winner announced tonightThe winner of this year's Miles Franklin Literary Award will be announced at an awards ceremony at the State Library of Victoria in Melbourne tonight. As...

Monday, 20 June 2011
The shortlist for this year's Australian Christian Book of the Year Award has been announced. The shortlisted titles are:Bible bites: 365 devotions for Aussie families (Ladeane Lindsay, Anglican Youthworks)Christianity alongside...

Monday, 20 June 2011
Trade events coming up, as shown on our events calendar, include:The Noosa Longweekend Festival: 17-26 June 6th Children's and Young Adult Literature Festival: 25 June18th Scarlet Stiletto Awards Closing: 30...

Monday, 20 June 2011
The Steampunk Bible: An Illustrated Guide to the World of Imaginary Airships, Corsets and Goggles, Mad Scientists, and Strange Literature (Jeff VanderMeer & S J Chambers, Thames & Hudson) details...

Monday, 20 June 2011
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Monday, 20 June 2011
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Monday, 20 June 2011
June Kevin J Anderson, Orbit (‘Terra Incognita' series) Sydney and Perth. Alan Bissett, Newsouth (Boyracers) Melbourne and Brisbane.Tim Bonyhady, A&U (Good Living Street) Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney.Tricia Brennan, Rockpool Publishing...

Monday, 20 June 2011
Renowned Western Australian author Tom Hungerford has died, aged 96. Hungerford wrote novels, poetry, short stories, children's fiction, plays and articles. His best known work was Stories from Suburban Road,...

Wednesday, 15 June 2011
The organisers of the Emerging Writers' Festival (EWF) have reported higher attendance numbers at this year's festival, compared to the 2010 festival. Festival director Lisa Dempster told the Weekly Book...

Wednesday, 15 June 2011
The Publisher's Association of New Zealand (PANZ) has announced that Sarah Ropata, senior international advisor at Creative New Zealand, has been appointed as project manager for the books and literature...

Wednesday, 15 June 2011
The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) has announced that There Was an Old Sailor by Claire Saxby and Cassandra Allen (Walker Books) has won the Australian and New...

Wednesday, 15 June 2011
In rights news AcquisitionsFiction--Scribe has acquired Wheatbelt (Stephen Orr), ‘set in a rural town where unsolved crimes are mounting, and history seems to be repeating itself in dark and unsettling...

Wednesday, 15 June 2011
On Fancy Goods this week Bookseller+Publisher celebrates 90 years and Dave Martus reviews The First Fleet: The Real Story (Alan Frost, Black Inc.).