Tuesday, 18 May 2010
The Sydney Writers’ Festival was officially opened last night with some Persian poetry and a powerful opening address from Iranian-American writer and commentator Reza Aslan on the political upheaval in...

Tuesday, 18 May 2010
After a couple of weeks of media coverage, Susan Maushart’s The Winter of Our Disconnect (Bantam) has reached the most mentioned spot on our chart. Her book tells the story...

Tuesday, 18 May 2010
May John Connolly, Hachette (The Whisperers) Neil Cross, S&S (Captured) Bob Franklin, Affirm (Under Stones)Julie Goodwin, Random House (Our Family Table) David Levithan, Text (Will Grayson, Will Grayson) Yiyun Li,...

Tuesday, 18 May 2010
Speech Pathology Australia has announced the shortlist for its annual ‘Book of the Year' Awards. The shortlisted titles are:Young Children CategoryI Spy Dad! (Janeen Brian, ills by Chantal Stewart, New...

Tuesday, 18 May 2010
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include:Sydney Writers' Festival: 17-23 MayNZ Post Children’s Book Awards winners announced: 19 MayABA Training--Sydney: 17-20 MayEmerging...

Tuesday, 18 May 2010
A group of musicians and authors, sponsored by the Sydney Writers’ Festival and The City of Sydney performed at the Sydney Town Hall on 15 May Over $3000 was raised...

Tuesday, 18 May 2010
Manning Clark: A Life (Allen & Unwin) by Brian Matthews has won the $20,000 National Biography Award, Australia's richest prize for biographical writing and memoir, announced Monday 17 May at...

Tuesday, 18 May 2010
The judges for the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards have been announced. As previously reported in the Weekly Book Newsletter, the number of categories has increased from two to four. The...

Tuesday, 18 May 2010
On our Fancy Goods blog this week: B Owen Baxter reviews Killing Richard Dawson (Robin Baker, Pantera Press); Deborah Crabtree reviews Taller When Prone (Les Murray, Black Inc.); Paula Grunseit...

Tuesday, 18 May 2010
There was little movement on the bestseller charts, for Our Family Table (Julie Goodwin, Ebury) and House Rules (Jodi Picoult, A&U) stayed at the top. They also took the top...

Tuesday, 18 May 2010
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Tuesday, 18 May 2010
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Tuesday, 18 May 2010
In the combined May/June issue of Bookseller+Publisher, Jose Borghino, manager--industry representation at the Australian Publishers Association, reports from the International Publishers Association Copyright Symposium in Abu Dhabi. Meanwhile, if you missed...

Wednesday, 12 May 2010
Cookbooks are very popular in the charts this week, as can be seen from Margaret Fulton, who has been publishing cookbooks since 1968. Fulton's name is so trusted by home...

Wednesday, 12 May 2010
In March, the Weekly Book Newsletter reported on a petition and letter signed by around 100 prominent Australian authors against China's decision to refuse Robert Dessaix a visa due to...

Wednesday, 12 May 2010
HarperCollins has choosen the five winners of the HarperCollins Varuna Awards for Manuscript Development. Authors of the following manuscripts--potentially to become published works-- will be workshopped with the following HarperCollins...

Wednesday, 12 May 2010
Australian online bookstore Boomerang Books claims to have become Australia's first carbon-neutral online bookstore. The company has stated that ‘from May 2010, Boomerang Books will be subject to an annual...

Wednesday, 12 May 2010
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Wednesday, 12 May 2010
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Wednesday, 12 May 2010
Big W has become the first Australian-based discount department store to launch a major e-commerce website. The site will offer online purchasing of a wide range of items from across...

Wednesday, 12 May 2010
In the combined May/June issue of Bookseller+Publisher magazine, Kabita Dhara reports on four months spent immersed in the Indian publishing industry. She attended book fairs and festivals, and uncovers the...

Wednesday, 12 May 2010
Apple has announced that its iPad will be released in Australia on 28 May, with prices ranging from A$629 to A$1049. The company has also announced that Australians will have...

Tuesday, 11 May 2010
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:Macmillan faces World Bank ban over Sudan 'bribery' allegationsCursor: 'a new business model for...