Tuesday, 25 May 2010
A beta version of Platinum Planet, a website aimed at helping independent booksellers, is being trialed by Lonely Planet Europe and UK for booksellers in that region. Described as a...

Tuesday, 25 May 2010
The winners of the 2010 New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards were announced at an awards Ceremony in Auckland on 19 May. The winning titles were:NonfictionE3 Call Home (Janet Hunt,...

Wednesday, 19 May 2010
Ned Kelly award shortlists announcedThe titles nominated for this year's Ned Kelly Awards for crime writing have been announced. To see the full list, go to www.nedkellyawards.com/2010.html The winners will...

Wednesday, 19 May 2010
'For mid-tier publishers this is a big hit'--Australian Publishers Association CEO Maree McCaskill on the effect of federal budget cuts to Austrade's Export Market Development Grants, which have supported many...

Tuesday, 18 May 2010
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:Nebula Award winnersHachette sales fall as Twilight slowsGoogle settlement could breach US treaties and...

Tuesday, 18 May 2010
Audiobook publisher Bolinda has launched Bolinda Digital, a new ‘e-audiobook’ service for both online book retailers and libraries.Bolinda Digital titles will appear on-screen in catalogue searches as the library or...

Tuesday, 18 May 2010
Perth-based lawyer Lloyd Rayney has launched a defamation case against author Estelle Blackburn, editor Malcolm Brown and publisher Pan Macmillan Australia over a chapter in the book Mad, Bad and...

Tuesday, 18 May 2010
Despite Melbourne’s Herald Sun newspaper cutting its daily arts coverage, announcing last week that two long-standing arts journalists have been made redundant, the paper’s books coverage is reportedly ‘going strong’.‘The...

Tuesday, 18 May 2010
The winners of this year's Josephine Ulrick poetry and short story prizes have been announced. The winners are: PoetryFirst Prize ($10,000) 'endtime' by Nathan CurnowSecond Prize ($5000) 'Always Sometimes Never'...

Tuesday, 18 May 2010
Bloomsbury has announced it will form Bloomsbury Australia, launching in January 2011. To be based in Sydney, the business will be led by managing director Kathleen Farrar, currently marketing director...

Tuesday, 18 May 2010
The 2010 Darwin Wordstorm festival wrapped up on Sunday, having run from 13 May.The biennial festival, which alternates with the ‘Eye of the Storm’ festival, held last year in Alice...

Tuesday, 18 May 2010
The winner of this year’s Chief Minister’s Northern Territory History Book Award is An Awkward Truth by Peter Grose (A&U). The award was announced on Thursday 13 May during the...

Tuesday, 18 May 2010
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has expressed its disappointment at news that funding to Austrade’s Export Market Development grants (EMDG) has been drastically cut in the recent federal budget.APA CEO...

Tuesday, 18 May 2010
The NSW Premier’s Literary Awards were announced on Monday night as part of the Sydney Writers’ Festival. The $10,000 Book of the Year Award went to journalist Paul McGeough for...

Tuesday, 18 May 2010
The Australian Romance Readers Association held its annual awards dinner at Sydney?s Castlereagh Hotel on Saturday night, with historical romance writer Anna Campbell named Favourite Australian Romance Author of 2009....

Tuesday, 18 May 2010
The Sydney Writers’ Festival was officially opened last night with some Persian poetry and a powerful opening address from Iranian-American writer and commentator Reza Aslan on the political upheaval in...

Tuesday, 18 May 2010
After a couple of weeks of media coverage, Susan Maushart’s The Winter of Our Disconnect (Bantam) has reached the most mentioned spot on our chart. Her book tells the story...

Tuesday, 18 May 2010
May John Connolly, Hachette (The Whisperers) Neil Cross, S&S (Captured) Bob Franklin, Affirm (Under Stones)Julie Goodwin, Random House (Our Family Table) David Levithan, Text (Will Grayson, Will Grayson) Yiyun Li,...

Tuesday, 18 May 2010
Speech Pathology Australia has announced the shortlist for its annual ‘Book of the Year' Awards. The shortlisted titles are:Young Children CategoryI Spy Dad! (Janeen Brian, ills by Chantal Stewart, New...

Tuesday, 18 May 2010
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include:Sydney Writers' Festival: 17-23 MayNZ Post Children’s Book Awards winners announced: 19 MayABA Training--Sydney: 17-20 MayEmerging...

Tuesday, 18 May 2010
A group of musicians and authors, sponsored by the Sydney Writers’ Festival and The City of Sydney performed at the Sydney Town Hall on 15 May Over $3000 was raised...

Tuesday, 18 May 2010
Manning Clark: A Life (Allen & Unwin) by Brian Matthews has won the $20,000 National Biography Award, Australia's richest prize for biographical writing and memoir, announced Monday 17 May at...

Tuesday, 18 May 2010
The judges for the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards have been announced. As previously reported in the Weekly Book Newsletter, the number of categories has increased from two to four. The...

Tuesday, 18 May 2010
On our Fancy Goods blog this week: B Owen Baxter reviews Killing Richard Dawson (Robin Baker, Pantera Press); Deborah Crabtree reviews Taller When Prone (Les Murray, Black Inc.); Paula Grunseit...

Tuesday, 18 May 2010
There was little movement on the bestseller charts, for Our Family Table (Julie Goodwin, Ebury) and House Rules (Jodi Picoult, A&U) stayed at the top. They also took the top...

Tuesday, 18 May 2010
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Tuesday, 18 May 2010
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