Tuesday, 10 February 2009
Booksellers NZ Conference 2009 dates and theme announcedThe 2009 Booksellers Conference will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Auckland, 26 to 27 July, with the theme ‘Rethinking the...

Tuesday, 10 February 2009
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Jerusalem International Book Fair, 15-20 FebruaryWriters at the Convent, Abbotsford, VIC, 13-15 FebruaryTo view these...

Tuesday, 10 February 2009
Puerto Rican writer and boxer Jose Torres has died, aged 72. Torres wrote Fire and Fear (released in 1989) a book about Mike Tyson.

Tuesday, 10 February 2009
In rights news this week: NonfictionHarperCollins has acquired the rights to the political autobiography of former Prime Minister John Howard. The New Glucose Revolution by Professor Jennie Brand-Miller, Kaye Foster-Powell and Professor...

Tuesday, 3 February 2009
Among the stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:Book Expo Canada cancelledUK book output up in 2008Google Books and 'the tragedy of the anti-commons'Is Houghton...

Tuesday, 3 February 2009
Josie Rusher's Robert Pattinson: True Love Never Dies comes in at number one in the Highest New Entries chart this week. For anyone unaware who Robert Pattinson is, Stephenie Meyer...

Tuesday, 3 February 2009
‘The proponents of the current protectionist regime rely on inaccurate, often emotive arguments including the alleged number of Australian titled books produced in Australia. The Chief Executive Officer of the...

Tuesday, 3 February 2009
Steve Braunias and Julian Novitz have been announced as joint winners of this year's Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellowship. Each writer will receive a $20,000 grant, and will spend five months...

Tuesday, 3 February 2009
New Zealand-born author Ruth Park has been named the recipient of the 2008 Dromkeen Medal. Born in 1917, Park began writing early, contributing stories and poems to newspapers in New...

Tuesday, 3 February 2009
Companion of the Order of Australia for BandlerIn addition to several other industry figures recognised in this year's Australia Day honours list, author Faith Bandler was awarded a Companion of...

Tuesday, 3 February 2009
In rights news this week: SALESFictionAnne Beilby at Text reports the sale of The Beginner's Guide to Living (Lia Hills) to Motibo in Greece; Handling the Undead (John Ajvide Lindqvist)...

Tuesday, 3 February 2009
Reader's Digest has cut a number of positions, worldwide. A company spokesperson told Publisher's Weekly, the company would not be closing any businesses and that the approximately 280 redundancies (eight...

Tuesday, 3 February 2009
The Dymocks bookselling chain has announced that it has acquired an 80% stake in Healthy Habits, a ‘30-strong Australian owned and operated' sandwich bar franchise. ‘Besides our organic growth through...

Tuesday, 3 February 2009
Merimbula Bookshop, an independent store on the far south coast of New South Wales, has been taken over this week by Michelle Delle Vergin and Mark Bolsius, who have renamed...

Tuesday, 3 February 2009
The Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) has announced that Michael Campbell will not be renewing his contract as festival director. Campbell has directed the festival since 2006. In that time, audiences...

Tuesday, 3 February 2009
The Sydney Writers' Festival has announced the appointment of Chip Rolley as a guest artistic director for 2010, with current director Wendy Were to return in 2011 following maternity leave.Rolley...

Tuesday, 3 February 2009
Natasha Lester was presented the TAG  Hungerford Award for fiction in Perth last week for her manuscript What is Left Over, After. Lester, who has had poetry and short fiction...

Tuesday, 3 February 2009
To celebrate the announcement of Macquarie Dictionary's Word of the Year 2008, WBN is giving away 10 six-month subscriptions to the Macquarie Dictionary online! Each year, the clever people at...

Tuesday, 3 February 2009
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: 'Scribble' - Canberra Young Readers' and Writers' Festival, Canberra, 6-7 FebruaryTo view these and more...

Tuesday, 3 February 2009
Australian author and photographer Jim Powe has died. His book Trains and Railways of Australia was released by New Holland in October last year.

Tuesday, 3 February 2009
English historian and author Christopher Hibbert has died, aged 84. His books included The Destruction of Lord Raglan, George IV: Prince of Wales, 1762-1811 and George IV: Regent and King,...

Tuesday, 3 February 2009
Austrian writer Johannes M Simmel has died, aged 84. He was the author of The Stuff Dreams are Made Of and It Can’t Always Be Caviar.

Tuesday, 27 January 2009
Among the many stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:PW editor-in-chief sackedBarry wins Costa iPhone 'will all but destroy traditional publishing'Feb release for Kindle 2.0?Amazon...

Tuesday, 27 January 2009
I Am Not Esther by Fleur Beale (Longacre Press) has won the 2009 Storylines Gaelyn Gordon Award in New Zealand. Established in 1997 to commemorate the life and works of...

Tuesday, 27 January 2009
On the Jellicoe Road (known as Jellicoe Road in the US) by Melina Marchetta (Viking) has won the 2009 Michael L Printz Award in the US. ‘This roller coaster ride...

Tuesday, 27 January 2009
In rights news this week: Children'sClaire Pretyman at Scholastic reports the sale of The Princess and the Packet of Frozen Peas (Tony Wilson & Sue deGennar) to the UK and...

Tuesday, 27 January 2009
The Productivity Commission has now received more than 120 submissions to its study on the laws governing the parallel importation of books in Australia. The study and attendant issues are...

Tuesday, 27 January 2009
HarperCollins has announced the appointment of former Sydney Morning Herald journalist Michael Visontay as publisher of the newly formed ABC Books division of HarperCollins. Visontay will report to HarperCollins publishing...