Tuesday, 17 August 2010
Australian children's author Christopher Cheng has been named 2010 member of the year by the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), at its international conference in Los Angeles....

Tuesday, 17 August 2010
Losing My Religion (Tom Frame, UNSW Press) has been named the 2010 Australian Christian Book of the Year at this year's Australian Christian Literature Awards, announced on 10 August in...

Tuesday, 17 August 2010
The winners of this year's Romance Book of the Year (R*BY) awards have been announced. The winners were: Long Romance: Mistletoe Magic (Sophia James, Mills & Boon/Quills) Romantic Elements: Night's...

Tuesday, 17 August 2010
The titles shortlisted for the 2010 Ned Kelly awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles are:True crimeCrooks Like Us (Peter Doyle, Historic Houses Trust)Pitcain: Paradise Lost (Kathy Marks, Harper Collins)Medical Murder...

Tuesday, 17 August 2010
The shortlists for the 2010 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Fiction Book AwardParrot and Olivier in America (Peter Carey, Penguin)The Bath...

Tuesday, 17 August 2010
In rights news this week: Fiction--Sleepers Publishing has sold UK and Commonwealth rights (excluding Australia and New Zealand) The Danger Game (Kalinda Ashton) to Tindal Street through Nicola Barr at...

Tuesday, 17 August 2010
The shortlist for the inaugural Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel has been announced. The finalists are: Cut and Run (Alix Bosco, Penguin)Burial (Neil Cross, S&S)Containment (Vanda Symon, Penguin).The...

Tuesday, 17 August 2010
Author Mem Fox is preparing to sue Liberal MP Daiv Pisoni, reports the Australian. Fox is reported to have engaged Adelaide firm Sykes Bidsrup following claims by Pison, the South...

Tuesday, 17 August 2010
Australian-based IT and consumer electronics accessories company LASER Corporation has launched a new ebook reader, priced at $149.95. The company said ebook files and content on the EB101 ereader ‘can...

Tuesday, 17 August 2010
The 2010 Get Reading campaign will launch on 25 August with ‘the most comprehensive promotional campaign ever', says director Cheryl Akle. This year's campaign will again feature television commercials starring...

Tuesday, 17 August 2010
Paper Plus Taupo and Take Note Carterton were awarded the National Store of the Year awards at the Paper Plus Group gala dinner held in Rotorua, New Zealand on 5...

Tuesday, 17 August 2010
This year's Songs for Stories concert to raise funds for the Indigenous Literacy Project will feature performances from Dan Sultan and his band, Megan Washington, Goanna's Shane Howard, and many...

Tuesday, 17 August 2010
The LIANZA (Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa) has announced the winners of its 2010 Children's Book Awards. The winners are: LIANZA Russell Clark Award for a distinguished...

Wednesday, 11 August 2010
Think Australian, the rights/export magazine produced each year by Bookseller+Publisher to showcase Australian attendees at the Frankfurt Book Fair, will this year partner with international publishing industry news service Publishing...

Wednesday, 11 August 2010
Among the many international book trade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:China: digital overtakes printGoogle: there are 129 million books in the worldWho will...

Wednesday, 11 August 2010
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Wednesday, 11 August 2010
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Wednesday, 11 August 2010
On our Fancy Goods blog this week we interview Jessica Rudd, daughter of our former PM, whose novel Campaign Ruby (Text) features some remarkable similarities to recent political events.

Tuesday, 10 August 2010
The winners of the 23rd Australian Family Therapists' Award for Children's Literature have been announced.The main prize winner is Wendy Harmer for I Lost my Mobile at the Mall (Random)....

Tuesday, 10 August 2010
Lili Wilkinson has been announced as the winner of the IBBY Ena Noel Award for Scatterheart (Black Dog Books).The biennial award was established in 1994 by IBBY Australia founding president...

Tuesday, 10 August 2010
Historian and political commentator Tony Judt has died, aged 62. UK-born, Judt spent much of his professional life in the US, but his main subject was the political history of...

Tuesday, 10 August 2010
The 34th Galley Club Awards for Excellence were held in Sydney on 6 August. Serendip: My Sri Lankin Journey (Peter Kuruvita, Murdoch Books) was named Book of the Year, with...

Tuesday, 10 August 2010
New role for HawthorneSusan Hawthorne, co-founder and director of Spinifex Press, has been appointed as Adjunct Professor in the Writing Program at James Cook University.CBCA awards to be presented on 20...

Tuesday, 10 August 2010
Collins Booksellers has announced new franchise owners for its stores in Bendigo and Whitford City.Collins Bendigo, previously owned by Mandy Allen and recently placed into voluntary liquidation, has been taken...

Tuesday, 10 August 2010
This year's Byron Bay Writers Festival wrapped up on Sunday after a thankfully sunny three days back at its ‘traditional' North Beach site, which had been a washout for the...

Monday, 9 August 2010
AugustJake Adelstein, Scribe (Tokyo Vice: A Western Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan) Jon Bauer, Scribe (Rocks in the Belly) Joe Bageant, Scribe (Rainbow Pie: A Redneck Memoir) Peter...

Monday, 9 August 2010
Former Deputy Premier of Victoria Jim Kennan has died, aged 64.The Crime & Justice festival writes:‘Mary Dalmau and her colleagues on the organisational team of the Crime & Justice festival...