Tuesday, 2 March 2010
In rights news this week:SALESFiction:Allen & Unwin will launch its new UK imprint, A&U Atlantic, with Lovesong (Alex Miller). Allen & Unwin has also sold German rights for Lovesong (Alex...

Tuesday, 2 March 2010
This week, our Fancy Goods blog hits the road and takes in both Adelaide Writers' Week and the Perth Writers Festival: This year, due to some trickiness in the calendar,...

Tuesday, 2 March 2010
The Gourmand World Cookbook Award, which honours the best food and wine books, announced its 2010 winners at the inaugural Paris Cookbook Fair. The winners were chosen from a pool...

Tuesday, 2 March 2010
John Bacon, vice-president of international sales and marketing for US-based book distributor Baker & Taylor (B&T), is in Australia this week. He is meeting with booksellers and publishers to discuss...

Tuesday, 2 March 2010
On Tuesday 2 March, Queensland Writers Centre (QWC) celebrated its 20th anniversary in style at a gala event with the Queensland Premier and Minister for Arts, Anna Bligh. Many of...

Tuesday, 2 March 2010
Pearson has released preliminary full-year results for 2009, reporting a 45% increase in net profits. Pearson's Australian businesses, Penguin Group (Australia) and Pearson Australia, both had a ‘record year' in...

Tuesday, 2 March 2010
The Perth Writers Festival 2010 has wrapped up after an inspiring, stimulating (and hot) four days on the University of Western Australia campus from 26 February to 1 March, attended...

Monday, 1 March 2010
English chef and cookery writer Rose Gray has died, aged 71. She wrote The River Cafe Cookbook.

Monday, 1 March 2010
Thanks to the Vajrayana Institute you could be in the running for a four-day gold pass to the Happiness & its Causes conference--a premier event on the art and science...

Monday, 1 March 2010
Authors on tour in March include: Patrick Ness, Walker Books (Monsters of Men)Xinran, Random House NZ (Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother) NZ onlyDavid Finkel, Scribe (The Good Soldiers)Cristovao Tezza,...

Monday, 1 March 2010
Peter Goldsworthy's keenly awaited next book Gravel has finally hit the bookshop shelves. This time around he’s written eight short stories. Lori Gottlieb also received a number of mentions for...

Monday, 1 March 2010
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Adelaide Writers Week, 28 February - 5 MarchAbu Dhabi Book Fair, 2 -7 MarchNZ Post...

Monday, 1 March 2010
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced the resignation of CEO Malcolm Neil, effective 1 May 2010. ABA president Fiona Stager said in a statement: ?Malcolm has very ably led...

Sunday, 28 February 2010
Can Do Books has re-opened with a bookshop and adjoining warehouse in Hawthorn East, Melbourne. Chiefly a mail-order service, the business focusses on 'creative living' books, such as arts, craft,...

Sunday, 28 February 2010
Shaun Tan has won both the $15,000 children’s literature prize and the $10,000 South Australian Premier's award in this year’s Adelaide Festival awards for literature, for his book Tales from...

Sunday, 28 February 2010
Independent publisher Clouds of Magellan is running a novel competition for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) emerging writers. The competition seeks submissions of queer literary fiction manuscripts from authors...

Sunday, 28 February 2010
Leading Edge ConferenceThe Leading Edge Books National Conference will be held this weekend, 6-8 March, in Hobart. Over 80 independent booksellers will be attending, and many publishers and authors will...

Sunday, 28 February 2010
The editorial team that produces the Weekly Book Newsletter, Bookseller+Publisher magazine and its supplements, Media Extra and the Fancy Goods blog is set to change in coming weeks. Acting Bookseller+Publisher...

Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Jumping on the vampire bandwagon, Hourglass by Claudia Gray overtakes the three Stieg Larsson titles this week in the Bestsellers--appearing at number one, it is also this week's ‘fastest mover'....

Tuesday, 23 February 2010
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced the titles shortlisted in this year's Book Design Awards. The books shortlisted were chosen from 420 submissions. The titles in the running for...

Tuesday, 23 February 2010
The titles in the running for the Barbara Ramsden award for excellence in editing have been announced. The award, a joint activity of the Fellowship of Australian Writers and IPEd, recognises...

Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Mel Cain, associate publisher--nonfiction at HarperCollins has announced she will leave the company to move to the US. Cain, who has spent almost 18 years at HarperCollins, joined the company...

Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Collins Booksellers has announced the promotion of Jenny McNear to the position of buying manager. ‘Collins Booksellers is delighted with Jenny's appointment to the Collins Booksellers Management team,' managing director...

Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Simon & Schuster Australia will launch a localised version of the website for ‘partners' launched recently by its US counterpart. Managing director Lou Johnson has confirmed the publisher will be running...