Sunday, 31 October 2010
Former bookseller Steve Jones has joined the marketing department at Pan Macmillan Australia. Jones, who started in the new position this week, left his position as general manager of Kinokuniya...

Sunday, 31 October 2010
The shortlist for this year's CAL Waverley Library Award for Literature, also known as 'the Nib', has been announced. The shortlisted titles are:Vital Signs: Stories from Intensive Care (Ken Hillman, UNSW...

Tuesday, 26 October 2010
River Tales Bookshop in WA for saleThe River Tales Bookshop in Margaret River, Western Australia is for sale. The owners of the independent bookstore, which is located on the Bussell Highway...

Tuesday, 26 October 2010
Pearson Australia Group has announced that it will relocate its Melbourne operations in April 2012. Pearson Australia Group, which includes Pearson Australia and Penguin Australia, said in a statement today...

Tuesday, 26 October 2010
The winners of the 2010 New Zealand Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement were announced in Wellington last week. Joy Cowley was awarded the prize for fiction, James McNeish was...

Tuesday, 26 October 2010
The longlist for the 2010 Walkley Award for Best Nonfiction Book was announced on 20 October. The longlisted titles are:Changing Stations: The Story of Australian Commercial Radio (Bridget Griffen-Foley, UNSW...

Tuesday, 26 October 2010
On the Fancy Goods blog this week, Lyndal More reviews MacRobertsonland (Jill Robertson, Arcade Publications), Chris McDonough speaks to Trent Jamieson about the second book in his ‘Deathworks' series, Managing...

Tuesday, 26 October 2010
Sugar and Spice (HarperCollins), American reality TV star Lauren Conrad's third instalment of the ‘L.A. Candy' series is top of the highest new entries chart this week followed by Jamie's...

Tuesday, 26 October 2010
‘Penguin has a multimillion-dollar annual turnover and can afford to take risks and make some mistakes--the taxpayer should have no role in that’--Penguin Australia publishing director Bob Sessions outlines his...

Tuesday, 26 October 2010
Melbourne University Publishing has announced that Sophie Cunningham, editor of the literary journal Meanjin, will not continue in the role after her current contract expires at the end of the...

Tuesday, 26 October 2010
In rights news this week: SalesFiction--Fremantle Press has sold Kim Scott's debut novel True Country to Germany (Araki Verlag). Jenny Darling & Associates has sold Hungarian rights in Dog Boy...

Tuesday, 26 October 2010
Australian publisher Steve Parish Publishing has announced that it has entered into a partnership with software company Brisware Pty Ltd to produce a range of Apps and  ebooks for Apple...

Tuesday, 26 October 2010
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:B&N announces colour Nook ereaderRandom signs Rushdie memoir in global, multilingual, multi-format dealAmazon hit...

Tuesday, 26 October 2010
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Monday, 25 October 2010
A new report prepared for the Literature Board of the Australia Council of the Arts by researchers at the Writing and Society Research Group at the University of Western Sydney...

Monday, 25 October 2010
Danielle Benda has replaced Katherine Dorrington as program manager of the Perth Writers' Festival. Benda has been appointed until March 2012 to manage the 2011 and 2012 festivals while Dorrington...

Monday, 25 October 2010
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include:The 6th Annual World Matters Festival 2010: 27 & 29-30 OctoberAustralian Festival of Travel Writing: 29-30...

Monday, 25 October 2010
The wait for the release of ex-Prime Minister John Howard's memoir is over. Lazarus Rising (HaperCollins) has hit the shelves and the controversy has hit the fan. Newpaper stories are...

Monday, 25 October 2010
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Monday, 25 October 2010
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Monday, 25 October 2010
OctoberIan Britain, Text (Donald Friend Diaries)Brendan Cowell, Pan Macmillan (How It Feels)Michael Chugg, Pan Macmillan (Hey, You in the Black Shirt)Sally Dingo, Hachette (Unsung Ordinary Men)Cassandra Eason, Foulsham Publishing (Complete...

Monday, 25 October 2010
Robert Katz, author and screenwriter who wrote many books based on 20th century Italian history, including the book Death in Rome, has died, aged 77.

Monday, 25 October 2010
Eva Ibbotson, award-winning author of romance novels and children's books, including the recently released children's book The Ogre of Oglefort (Macmillan), has died, aged 85.

Monday, 25 October 2010
In the tradition of the great screwball comedies of the 50s and 60s comes Toni Jordan's Fall Girl, a sparkling, sexy read to follow her bestselling debut Addition. And to...

Sunday, 24 October 2010
Customised printing company ReadHowYouWant has formed partnerships with several New Zealand publishers to provide Large Print titles. The Australian company will work with NZ publishers to convert and republish titles...

Tuesday, 19 October 2010
Melbourne Library Service has joined the growing number of Australian libraries offering ebooks. The City of Melbourne announced this week that MLS has added ebooks to the service's download collection....

Tuesday, 19 October 2010
David Malouf is the first Australian author to win the Criticos Prize for his book Ransom (Random House).Malouf was awarded the prize last week in a ceremony in Athens. This is also the...

Tuesday, 19 October 2010
Victorian bookseller Readings looks set to be one of the first independent Australian ‘bricks and mortar' booksellers to launch an ebookstore. Readings is preparing to launch a pilot ebookstore using...