Sunday, 5 June 2011
The longlist for this year's John Button Prize for writing on public policy has been announced. The longlisted titles are:Disconnected (Andrew Leigh, UNSW Press)Money and Politics: the Democracy We Can't...

Tuesday, 31 May 2011
Murdoch Books has announced that owner Matt Handbury has taken on the roles of executive chairman and chief executive officer, replacing outgoing CEO Bruce Hallett. The publisher said in a...

Tuesday, 31 May 2011
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has announced that author Geraldine Brooks will deliver this year's Boyer Lectures. Brooks will present four lectures on ABC Radio National from November 2011. The...

Tuesday, 31 May 2011
The shortlists for this year's New Zealand Post Book Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles are:Fiction:The Hut Builder (Laurence Fearnley, Penguin NZ)The Night Book (Charlottle Grimshaw, Vintage)Their Faces Were...

Tuesday, 31 May 2011
On Fancy Goods this week Jo Case reviews The Life (Malcolm Knox, A&U) and Katie Horner reviews The Amateur Science of Love (Craig Sherborne, Text).

Tuesday, 31 May 2011
'People go to bookstores for ideas, to see what’s available. If there are no stores they will go online. And with the strength of the dollar, who can blame them?'--Michael...

Tuesday, 31 May 2011
The federal government has made a number of changes to the Public Lending Rights (PLR) and the Educational Lending Rights (ELR) schemes which could influence the level of payments received...

Tuesday, 31 May 2011
The 17 Day Diet (S&S), the weight-loss book by US physician Mike Moreno that sparked international interest after appearing on the TV show Dr Phil, is top of the fastest movers...

Tuesday, 31 May 2011
In rights news this week: Fiction--Allen & Unwin has sold French rights to The Life (Malcolm Knox); The Distant Hours (Kate Morton) to Bulgaria and Romania, taking the total number...

Tuesday, 31 May 2011
Responding to 'concerns within the sector' about the ranking of journals as part of the ERA (Excellent in Research for Australia) initiative, Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science...

Tuesday, 31 May 2011
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:2011 Audie award winnersUK digital market grows 318% in 2010Bloomsbury launches digital imprint for...

Tuesday, 31 May 2011
The June issue of Bookseller+Publisher contains the Term 2 edition of Junior Bookseller+Publisher, covering forthcoming titles from K to 12. In the Term 2 issue, we ask publishers to nominate...

Monday, 30 May 2011
The Wheeler Centre announced on 26 May that director Chrissy Sharp will finish in her position later this year. Sharp has informed the centre's board that she will be leaving her...

Monday, 30 May 2011
As reported in a special bulletin of the Weekly Book Newsletter, the shortlisted titles for this year's Prime Minister's Literary Awards were announced on 26 May. The shortlisted titles are:Nonfiction:Sydney (Delia...

Monday, 30 May 2011
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: 32nd New Zealand National SF Convention in 2011: 3 - 6 JuneVoices on the Coast...

Monday, 30 May 2011
Jennifer Egan's A Visit from the Goon Squad (Corsair) circles the lives of Bennie Salazar, an ageing former punk rocker and record executive, and Sasha, the passionate, troubled young woman...

Monday, 30 May 2011
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Monday, 30 May 2011
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Monday, 30 May 2011
June Kevin J Anderson, Orbit (‘Terra Incognita' series) Sydney and Perth. Alan Bissett, Newsouth (Boyracers) Melbourne and Brisbane.Tim Bonyhady, A&U (Good Living Street) Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney.Tricia Brennan, Rockpool Publishing...

Tuesday, 24 May 2011
Larry Matthews, an author and artist who owned and ran {lanyop} lagniappe small art gallery in Dunedin, NZ, has died aged 50. Matthews' writing appeared in various New Zealand poetry...

Tuesday, 24 May 2011
Jane Morrow was announced as the recipient of the 2011/12 Beatrice Davis Editorial Fellowship at the Sydney Writers' Festival on 19 May. The fellowship, which was presented for the 12th time...

Tuesday, 24 May 2011
HarperCollins has announced further details about the company's recent restructure, including a number of key staff appointments. The publisher said in a statement this week that James Kellow has been...

Tuesday, 24 May 2011
On Fancy Goods this week, Cassandra Clare, author of ‘The Mortal Instruments’ series (Walker Books), answers a few questions, as does Fatima Bhutto, author of Songs of Blood and Sword...

Tuesday, 24 May 2011
Bob Graham and Christobel Mattingley have been nominated as the Australian candidates for the 2012 Hans Christian Andersen Awards. The winner of the 2012 awards will be announced in March...

Tuesday, 24 May 2011
Radical feminist writer and academic, Joanna Russ, best known for her feminist science-fiction classic The Female Man (1975), has died aged 74.   Russ won several awards for science fiction including the Nebula...

Tuesday, 24 May 2011
The winners of this year's Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelists Awards were announced at the Sydney Writers' Festival on 22 May. The winners are:Lisa Lang (Utopian Man, A&U)Gretchen...

Tuesday, 24 May 2011
In rights news this week:SalesFiction--Random House has sold Who Sings for Lu (Alan Duff) to France.Nonfiction--Black Inc. has sold Turkish translation rights to The Shortest History of Europe (John Hirst)...