Monday, 14 November 2011
John Ivimey, founder and proprietor of Boat Books (opened 1965) and The Cookery Book (opened 1985) has died.Jennifer Ivimey, his daughter, writes:‘Dad was entrepreneurial in his approach to business, and his bookshops...

Monday, 14 November 2011
We Need To Talk About Kevin, an adaptation of Lionel Shriver's bestselling novel, is told through the eyes of Eva, an anguished mother who struggles to connect with her son,...

Monday, 14 November 2011
The winners of this year's Kids Reading Oz Choice (KROC) Awards, the children's choice book awards for the Northern Territory, have been announced. The winning titles are:Picture storybooksMr Chicken Goes...

Monday, 14 November 2011
The shortlist for the 2012 Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) Scribe Fiction Prize has been announced. The shortlisted authors are:Amy Espeseth (Trouble Telling the Weather)Andrew Lindsay (Manly)Hugo Wilcken (The Reflection). The...

Sunday, 13 November 2011
The shortlist for the 2011 Walkley Award for Best Nonfiction Book has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Abandoned: The Sad Death of Dianne Brimble (Geesche Jacobsen, A&U) King Brown...

Sunday, 13 November 2011
Online retailer Fishpond has added local content to its ebookstore by working directly with local publishers. The trans-Tasman retailer, which sells books, DVDs and other products to customers in Australia...

Sunday, 13 November 2011
New pop-up stores from Arcade teamDale Campisi and Michael Brady from Arcade Publications have launched a new retail venture and postal service in Melbourne, called Melbournalia. The Melbournalia stores, which will...

Tuesday, 8 November 2011
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include:National Novel Writing Month: 1-30 November Pinerolo--The Children's Book Cottage--Open Day: 12 November3rd Annual Sutherland Shire...

Tuesday, 8 November 2011
Gillian Mears' Foal's Bread (A&U) is set among the country show high-jumping circuit that prevailed in rural New South Wales prior to World War II and tells the story of...

Tuesday, 8 November 2011
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Tuesday, 8 November 2011
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Tuesday, 8 November 2011
NovemberJohn Birmingham, Pan Macmillan/Get Reading (Angels of Vengeance) Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Hobart and Perth.Grahame Bond, NewSouth (Jack of all Trades) Sydney and Melbourne.Janelle Bloom, Ebury (My Favourite Food for...

Tuesday, 8 November 2011
The Tall Man is the story of Palm Island resident Cameron Doomadgee who in 2004 was arrested for swearing at Senior Sergeant Chris Hurley, the ‘tall man' of the title. Forty-five minutes later,...

Tuesday, 8 November 2011
Sarah Watt, Australian author and filmmaker, has died aged 53.Bernadette Foley, publisher at Hachette Australia, writes: ‘Sarah Watt died on Friday morning, 4 November, in her home surrounded by her...

Tuesday, 8 November 2011
On Fancy Goods this week, Heather Dyer reviews Foal’s Bread (Gillian Mears, A&U), Paula Grunseit interviews Peter Corris on Mag Dog (NewSouth), Meredith Tate reviews When We Were Two (Robert...

Tuesday, 8 November 2011
Andrew Rooney, American 60 minutes commentator, reporter and author, has died aged 92. Rooney's books include A Few Minutes With Andy Rooney (1981), Common Nonsense (2002) and 60 Years of...

Tuesday, 8 November 2011
Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves (Macmillan), Matthew Reilly's latest novel featuring marine captain Shane Schofield, is at the top of the bestsellers chart for the third week in a row....

Tuesday, 8 November 2011
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:Amazon announces Kindle lending libraryUK physical book sales slump £12 million in October Third...

Tuesday, 8 November 2011
Walker Books has announced that distribution of its titles in Australia and New Zealand will move from TL Distribution Australia to Harper Entertainment Distribution Services Australia (HEDS) next year. Walker...

Tuesday, 8 November 2011
The winning titles for the 2011 Young Australian's Best Book Awards (YABBA) have been announced.The winning titles are:Fiction Years 7-9: Now (Morris Gleitzman, Viking) Fiction Older Readers: 'Conspiracy 365' series...

Tuesday, 8 November 2011
Booksellers vented their frustration at a lack of recognition of their concerns after the Book Industry Strategy Group handed its final report to the Federal Government at Parliament House in...

Monday, 7 November 2011
The 2012 Perth Writers Festival will be held between 23 and 26 February as part of the 2012 Perth Festival. Germaine Greer will deliver the opening night address for the...

Monday, 7 November 2011
A number of Australian and New Zealand authors are among those whose works have been longlisted for the 2012 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Australian authors include: Jon Bauer (Rocks...