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...

Tuesday, 9 September 2008
It's all about Stephenie Meyer again this week, although Kathy Reichs has put a dent in her domination of the Bestseller charts with Devil Bones nestling into third place. Devil...

Tuesday, 9 September 2008
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Closing date for EJ Brady Short Story Writing Competition, 12 SeptemberEntries close for the 2008...

Tuesday, 9 September 2008
Editor and publisher Robert Giroux, of Farrar, Straus & Giroux, has died. He was 94.

Tuesday, 2 September 2008
Among the many items added to our Around the World blog in the past week:E-textbooks no cheaperPenguin US signs 'digi-novel' seriesSpielberg confirmed as Tintin directorIs Japanese publishing in crisis?Houghton hears...

Tuesday, 2 September 2008
As foreshadowed in an announcement last year, Peter Donoughue has now retired as managing director of Wiley Australia. Wiley staff wish him 'every happiness in his retirement in Melbourne'. Donoughue will be doing...

Tuesday, 2 September 2008
Indigenous Literacy Day takes place around Australia today, with many booksellers and publishers donating a percentage of their day's earnings to the Indigenous Literacy Project. Events taking place around the...

Tuesday, 2 September 2008
Matt Ottley has responded to criticism of his Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Picture Book of the Year Requiem for a Beast (Hachette Livre Children's Books), saying that the...

Tuesday, 2 September 2008
‘The Moral Demands of Affluence' wins Eureka Prize for Research in Ethics The Moral Demands of Affluence (Garrett Cullity, OUP) has won this year's Australian Catholic University Eureka Prize for...

Tuesday, 2 September 2008
Adelaide bookseller Bruce Macky, franchise owner of Dymocks Adelaide with wife Mandy, has returned home after almost a year at sea, circumnavigating the globe in a yacht. ‘Final total was...

Tuesday, 2 September 2008
Father's Day is just around the corner and the charts are reflecting some early bird buying activity. Glenn McGrath - Line and Strength has been performing well in both the...

Tuesday, 2 September 2008
The Australian Films Television & Radio School (AFTRS) has announced that it is offering a new course for ‘writers who may be experienced and talented in other areas and are interested...

Tuesday, 2 September 2008
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Indigenous Literacy Day, 3 SeptemberClosing date for Tasmania Book Prizes, 5 SeptemberIndigenous Writers' Festival at...

Tuesday, 2 September 2008
Kathie Herbert from Megalong Books writes: 'June died peacefully on Monday 25 August after a long illness. She was 81 years of age.'June spent her childhood by the sea at...

Tuesday, 2 September 2008
Dave Freeman, co-author of 100 Things to Do Before You Die and Travel Events You Just Can't Miss, has died, he was 47.

Tuesday, 2 September 2008
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has announced that from April 2009 its titles will be distributed in the Australian and New Zealand markets by United Book Distributors (UBD), with sales...

Tuesday, 2 September 2008
As part of National Literacy and Numeracy Week which kicked off yesterday, National Reading Day also coincides with Indigenous Literacy Day today (Wednesday). Schools that participate in National Reading Day...

Tuesday, 2 September 2008
The 2009 Peter Blazey Fellowship was announced on Thursday August 28 at the Melbourne Writers' Festival.The award, worth $15,000, is for biography, autobiography or life writing and went to Maggie...

Tuesday, 2 September 2008
Presented on Friday night in the Festival Club at the Melbourne Writers' Festival, the Ned Kelly Awards honour Australian crime writing. The 2008 winners are:FictionShatter, Michael Robotham (Little, Brown)First NovelThe...

Tuesday, 2 September 2008
The 2008 Melbourne Writers' Festival wrapped up on the weekend and by all accounts has been a success. Over 45,000 people attended, with box office records increasing 40% on last...

Tuesday, 2 September 2008
The winners of the 2008 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards were announced at an awards dinner at Melbourne's Federation Square on Monday night, at the end of the successful Melbourne Writers'...

Wednesday, 27 August 2008
Lanagan, Jones appointed to Literature BoardFederal Arts Minister Peter Garrett has announced the appointment of two authors to the Australia Council Literature Board. Margo Lanagan, widely known for her short...

Wednesday, 27 August 2008
A special event held yesterday at the Lodge--the Prime Minister's Canberra residence--has garnered widespread mainstream media coverage for the Indigenous Literacy Project in last night's television news and on Radio...

Tuesday, 26 August 2008
This year's Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Children's Book Week wound up on Friday 22 August, having run from 16 August. This year's Book Week, which ran under the...