Tuesday, 16 June 2009
DA Information Services has announced it has acquired The Foreign Language Bookshop's library division. The division, now called Languages Direct, supplies LOTE (Languages Other Than English) books and audiovisual material to...

Tuesday, 16 June 2009
Dymocks and Hachette Children's Books have partnered in a new literacy initiative, Books Before Bedtime. The initiative aims to get parents and children in a regular bedtime reading routine.Hachette Children's...

Tuesday, 16 June 2009
UWA Publishing is the new name and imprint replacing The University of Western Australia Press, based in Claremont, Western Australia. UWA Publishing director Terri-ann White told WBN the name change...

Tuesday, 16 June 2009
WBN subscribers, please note that the email address you receive your WBN from will change in coming weeks.The new email address will be wbn@emailthorpe.com.au. Please add this address to your email...

Tuesday, 16 June 2009
James Patterson and Michael Connolly duel with Stephenie Meyer this week on top of the Bestsellers chart. Patterson’s Swimsuit is at number one and Connolly’s The Scarecrow at number three,...

Tuesday, 16 June 2009
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Miles Franklin Literary Award winner announced, 18 JuneView from the outside: Migrant stories--State Library of...

Tuesday, 16 June 2009
American journalist and author Fleur Cowles has died, aged 101. As well as being editor of Flair magazine, she wrote; Bloody Precedent, Friends and Memories and She Made Friends and...

Tuesday, 16 June 2009
Beat poet and novelist Harold Norse has died, aged 92. He wrote experimental cut-up novel Beat Hotel and many poems.

Tuesday, 16 June 2009
Writer and teacher Suzanne Peterson has died, aged 64. Her works included Harry’s Child, which she wrote when she was 19, and Crying in the Garden.

Tuesday, 9 June 2009
Scribe has appointed former Brisbane Writers' Festival (BWF) director Michael Campbell ‘editor at large'. ‘The idea occurred to me when Michael came round to our office earlier this year, as...

Tuesday, 9 June 2009
Among the stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:UK Agents welcome end of Amazon/Hachette disputeWorld Book Day UKAnthony Browne is new UK Children's LaureateMarilynne Robinson...

Tuesday, 9 June 2009
‘I'm sure people will start stealing books, but the question is do book publishers benefit from a world where people can get access to books more easily, even if they're...

Tuesday, 9 June 2009
In rights news this week:NonfictionUWA Press purchased the ANZ rights for the World Ocean Census: A Global Survey of Marine Life by Darlene Trew Crist, Gail Sowcroft and James M...

Tuesday, 9 June 2009
The Dymocks Literacy Foundation (DLF) has announced it has rebranded to Dymocks Children's Charities (DCC), with a new logo, ‘in a bid to increase corporate fundraising for children's literacy programs...

Tuesday, 9 June 2009
Jenny Archibald has taken on the role of CEO Fremantle Press permanently, having been appointed in October 2008. Formerly deputy chair of the press, Archibald comes from a small and...

Tuesday, 9 June 2009
Collins Booksellers has announced the appointment of Louise Eveston to the position of buying manager Eveston has 13 years experience in the book industry, having worked for Borders in various...

Tuesday, 9 June 2009
Three positions at Simon & Shuster (S&S) have been made redundant as the publisher restructures to meet the changing needs of the industry, according to S&S managing director Francois McHardy....

Tuesday, 9 June 2009
The 2009 Ditmar Awards for Australian science fiction, fantasy, and horror were presented on Sunday June 7 at Conjecture in Adelaide. The winners were:Best Novel--Tender Morsels (Margo Lanagan, A&U)Best Novella...

Tuesday, 9 June 2009
The 2009 Queen's Birthday Honours List were announced Monday 8 June. Among the book industry-related individuals honoured with awards in the Order of Australia in the general division (AM) were...

Tuesday, 9 June 2009
The 2009 Book Publishers Association of New Zealand (BPANZ) Book Design Awards shortlist has been announced. Peter Gilderdale, convenor of judges for 2009 said: ‘The finalists we have chosen are...

Tuesday, 9 June 2009
The shortlists for several of the Dagger Awards, administered by the Crime Writers' Association (UK), have been announced. Australian/British author (based in South East Asia) Colin Cotterill, and Australian author...

Tuesday, 9 June 2009
The full line-up for Byron Bay Writers Festival (BBWF) 2009 has been announced. The main program runs from 7 to 9 August, with workshops from 3 August. There is a...

Tuesday, 9 June 2009
The winners of the 2009 Sir Julius Vogel Awards for New Zealand science fiction, fantasy and horror have been announced. The winners in the literary categories are:Best novel - adult:...

Tuesday, 9 June 2009
The 2009 Nita B Kibble Award for Women Writers ($25,000) has been awarded to Jacqueline Kent, for her book An Exacting Heart: the Story of Hepzibah Menuhin (Viking). Kent was...

Tuesday, 9 June 2009
Authors on tour in June and July: JuneMark Schwarzer & Neil Montagnana-Wallace, Bounce Books (Megs and the Complete Left Foot)JulyRupert Isaacson, Text Publishing (The Horse Boy)Scott Frost, Hachette (Don't Look...