Tuesday, 23 September 2008
Collins Booksellers has announced the appointment of Daniel Jordon as managing director. Jordon, who commenced in the book industry as a bookseller for Grahames Bookshops, has spent the past 10...

Tuesday, 23 September 2008
Murdoch Books has announced Allen & Unwin will be its sole agent in New Zealand from 1 January 2009. ‘As the illustrated list has changed and developed over the last...

Tuesday, 23 September 2008
The Bestseller charts are heavy with a swathe of Stephenie Meyer books--Twilight coming in at number three--while both 4 Ingredients, 2 and the original frugal recipe book are in first...

Tuesday, 23 September 2008
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) information session – Adelaide, 30 SeptemberCopyright Agency Limited (CAL) information sessions...

Tuesday, 16 September 2008
Lonely Planet has announced the appointment of Dominic Rowell to the newly created role of global marketing director. Rowell, who is originally from London, will be based in Melbourne and...

Tuesday, 16 September 2008
Among the stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:Bonnier acquires TemplarSony e-reader a big hit in UKBooker tokenism?Is this the end, my beautiful friends?How fat...

Tuesday, 16 September 2008
Dymocks holds second RadiothonThe Dymocks Literacy Foundation and Radio 2UE are hosting a second Radiothon on Wednesday 24 September to raise money for beneficiaries to buy books. ‘Charities, schools, hospitals...

Tuesday, 16 September 2008
After 32 years in the business, having established their bookshop and music centre in 1977, John and Jill Novak of Mudgee Bookcase have decided to sell due to Jill Novak's...

Tuesday, 16 September 2008
The winners of this year's Whitley Awards have been announced. Presented by the Royal Zoological Society of NSW, the awards are for ‘outstanding publications that deal with the promotion and...

Tuesday, 16 September 2008
The titles shortlisted for this year's teen book choice Inky Awards have been announced. Voting has opened to determine the winner in an Australian category (the Golden Inky) and international...

Tuesday, 16 September 2008
As announced in a WBN special bulletin on Friday night, the winners of the inaugural Prime Minister's Awards have been announced. Ochre and Rust by Philip Jones (Wakefield Press) won...

Tuesday, 16 September 2008
Helen Garner has followed her win at the Victorian Premier's awards by taking out the prize for fiction ($25,000) for The Spare Room (Text) at the Queensland Premier's Literary awards,...

Tuesday, 16 September 2008
The shortlist for this year's Australian/Vogel Award has been announced. Author Matt Rubinstein, one of the judges of the $50,000 prize for an unpublished manuscript by a writer under 35,...

Tuesday, 16 September 2008
The Brisbane Writers' Festival kicks off today in and around the State Library of Queensland and runs until September 21. Chris Abani gives a speech for the opening night tonight,...

Tuesday, 16 September 2008
Forget sex, food sells. Kim McCosker & Rachael Bermingham have done it again with the 'sequel' to the chartbuster 4 Ingredients entitled (somewhat uninspiringly) 4 Ingredients, 2 which graces the...

Tuesday, 16 September 2008
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Brisbane Writers' Festival, 17-21 September74th World Congress International PEN, 17-22 September, ColumbiaEntries close for the...

Tuesday, 16 September 2008
American novelist David Foster Wallace, best known for his book Infinite Jest, has died. He was 46.  

Tuesday, 9 September 2008
New publishing and rights blogA new international publishing and rights blog ‘Beyond Hall 8' is designed for readers in the international book trade. It is sponsored by the Frankfurt Book...

Tuesday, 9 September 2008
‘There was enormous excitement, energy and packed audiences talking about and celebrating Indigenous Literacy Day last week,' according to Indigenous Literacy Project (ILP) manager Karen Williams. Indigenous Literacy Day was...

Tuesday, 9 September 2008
The Scribo Group will acquire a new warehouse site ‘large enough to accommodate our four businesses under one roof' as part of the company's business plan following its sale to...

Tuesday, 9 September 2008
Among the stories added to our Around the World blog in the last week:-- La Plante accused of plagiarism: blames 'research assistant'-- Rowling wins 'lexicon' court case-- Bloomsbury launches academic...

Tuesday, 9 September 2008
HarperCollins has responded to claims that it has published material offensive to the Australian Indigenous community. The publisher ‘apologises unreservedly' and ‘will replace this item when the book is reprinted...

Tuesday, 9 September 2008
Melbourne author Harry Nicolaides has been arrested in Bangkok for the crime of 'lese majeste'--offences against the crown. It is understood the charge is based on passages from the author's...

Tuesday, 9 September 2008
A merger between South African publisher Struik--owned by New Holland's parent company--and Random House South Africa ‘should have no effect on business in Australia', New Holland managing director Fiona Schultz...

Tuesday, 9 September 2008
The campus bookstores of the University of Western Sydney will be run by the not-for-profit company uwsconnect from November. The not-for-profit unswconnect, which was formed by the University of Western...

Tuesday, 9 September 2008
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced the appointment of Jose Borghino and Bruce Powell to the newly created positions of manager, industry representation, and manager, industry development, respectively. ‘The...

Tuesday, 9 September 2008
As reported in a WBN special bulletin last Wednesday, Robert Gorman has stepped down from his role as CEO of HarperCollins Australia and New Zealand in order to take up the position of...

Tuesday, 9 September 2008
New Zealand authors Joy Cowley and Margaret Mahy have been nominated for this year's Astrid Lindgren award. Cowley was a nominee for last year's award, which went to Australian author...

Tuesday, 9 September 2008
Australian author Steve Toltz has been shortlisted for this year's Man Booker Prize for his novel A Fraction of the Whole (Hamish Hamilton). Toltz is joined on the shortlist by...