Tuesday, 4 May 2010
Scribe Publishing has announced the launch of its ebooks list. The publisher has launched its list with new-release titles I Say Tomato (Katie Wall), The Authenticity Hoax (Andrew Potter) and...

Tuesday, 4 May 2010
‘While there's no clear way forward, we've come to the conclusion that we know as little about it as anyone else does, so we might as well learn by doing'--Scribe...

Tuesday, 4 May 2010
Dymocks has announced it has acquired the chocolate and nut confectioner Paton's Macadamias. The acquisition follows the bookselling chain's purchase, last year, of the sandwich chain Healthy Habits. Dymocks CEO...

Tuesday, 4 May 2010
The winners of the Le Cordon Bleu World Food Awards were announced on Monday 2 May at a gala presentation evening in Adelaide.Sixty judges awarded 24 ‘gold ladles' from over...

Tuesday, 4 May 2010
The return of the television series Masterchef seems to be helping Our Family Table (Random House), the cookbook by series one-winner Julie Goodwin; Goodwin's book comes in at number one...

Tuesday, 4 May 2010
The University of Melbourne Book Industry Study (UMBIS) is now beginning its second online survey of publishing activity and expectations. Book publishers are encouraged to log on and complete the...

Tuesday, 4 May 2010
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Tuesday, 4 May 2010
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Tuesday, 4 May 2010
On Fancy Goods this week we introduced the new editor of Bookseller+Publisher magazine Andrea Hanke via this book questionnaire; Tim Coronel wrote about last week's Australian Publishers Association board elections;...

Tuesday, 4 May 2010
The shortlist for this year's Publishers Association of New Zealand Book Design Awards has been announced. Shortlisted titles are:Scholastic New Zealand Award for Best Children's BookThe Wonky Donkey (Craig Smith,...

Tuesday, 4 May 2010
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:Mieville wins Clarke Award for third timeAmazon cuts price of Penguin hardcovers in ebook...

Tuesday, 4 May 2010
This year marks the 20 anniversary of the Writers at Stanton program, a partnership between Stanton Library and Constant Reader Bookshop in the North Sydney area. The program, which began...

Tuesday, 4 May 2010
Indigenous Literacy Project ‘Songs for Stories' benefit concert at SWFThe Sydney Writers' Festival (SWF), in conjunction with The Indigenous Literacy Project (ILP), will host a ‘Songs for Stories' benefit concert...

Tuesday, 4 May 2010
The shortlist for this year's $20,000 National Biography Award has been announced. The shortlisted titles, chosen from a record 62 entries, are: Andrew Fisher: Prime Minister of Australia (David Day,...

Tuesday, 4 May 2010
As reported in a Weekly Book Newsletter Special Bulletin last week, at the Australian Publishers Association (APA) AGM, held in Sydney on Thursday 29 April, Stephen May of Australian Academic Press...

Thursday, 29 April 2010
Allen & Unwin has announced the appointment of former Pan Macmillan children's book publisher Anna McFarlane as 'publisher, books for children and teenagers'. ‘I'm thrilled that such a talented and...

Thursday, 29 April 2010
HarperCollins Australia has announced the appointment of former Random House senior publisher Jeanne Ryckmans as ‘consulting publisher'. Ryckmans will work on both the nonfiction and fiction lists, and ‘will be...

Thursday, 29 April 2010
The shortlist for the ALS Gold Medal has been announced. The titles in the running for the annual award, presented by the Association for the Study of Australian Literature for...

Wednesday, 28 April 2010
UK author Alan Sillitoe has died, aged 82. His novels included Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, both of which were made into...

Wednesday, 28 April 2010
Psychoanalyst and author Alice Miller has died, aged 87. Miller caused a sensation in 1981 with the publication of The Drama of the Gifted Child, with the theory that parental...

Wednesday, 28 April 2010
Brisbane-born poet Peter Porter (OAM) has died in London, aged 81.Picador publisher Rod Morrison writes:‘Picador would like to pay tribute to one of Australia’s finest poets, Peter Porter, who has...

Wednesday, 28 April 2010
Deirdre O’Donnell (née Hill), Australian Society of Authors (ASA) executive secretary from 1971-1981, has died aged 84.Robert Pullan, ASA chair writes:‘With one phone line and no staff when she was...

Wednesday, 28 April 2010
On our Fancy Goods blog this week: Matthia Dempsey attends the launch of the program for this year's Emerging Writers Festival; in the light of the recent Miles Franklin controversy...