Monday, 18 February 2008
Melbourne's Abbotsford Covent served as a shrine to literature last weekend, as Reader's Feast held its inaugural Writers at the Convent festival. With thousands of Melburnians entertained by the likes...

Monday, 18 February 2008
Dymock's Ultimo ‘superstore' has emerged unscathed from last week's fire at Broadway Shopping Centre, aside from a damaged air conditioner. Staff and customers were forced to evacuate last Tuesday, after...

Tuesday, 12 February 2008
Patricia Edgar, who established the Australian Children's Television Foundation and was the force behind acclaimed television series such as 'Touch the Sun' and 'Round the Twist', has been named the...

Tuesday, 12 February 2008
Among the many items added to our Around the World blog in the past week:Tolkien estate sues film companyAuthors protest at UK PLR funding cutBradt pips LP in travel guide...

Tuesday, 12 February 2008
Bookseller+Publisher magazine and Bookseller+Publisher Online/WBN regularly survey our readers to ensure that your trade publications are relevant and useful.For the first time, we have put the latest reader's survey online...

Tuesday, 12 February 2008
'Most book consumers are not yet aware that it is possible to download books, let alone interested in the prospect of doing so'--according to a new report from UK marketing and...

Tuesday, 12 February 2008
Crime is prevalent and ever-popular--in the book world at any rate. James Patterson's 7th Heaven comes in at number one again this week, indicating readers just can't get enough of...

Tuesday, 12 February 2008
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Writers at the Convent, Melbourne, 15-17 FebruarySCBWI Conference Perth, 16-17 FebruaryThe 2008 Overstock & Remainder...

Tuesday, 12 February 2008
Kate Jones was a literary agent with ICM in London and was about to sign a deal for a co-venture with Curtis Brown UK when she passed away. Fiona Inglis of...

Tuesday, 12 February 2008
Bolinda's audiobook of Ogre in a Toga, written and narrated by Geoffrey McSkimming, has made the shortlist for the 2008 Audies awards.Ogre in a Toga is nominated in the children's--up...

Tuesday, 12 February 2008
Geraldine Brooks and J M Coetzee are among the authors on the list of ‘good reads' voted on by the members of the US-based National Book Critics Circle (NBCC). The...

Tuesday, 12 February 2008
Author Nick Earls will spearhead a new push to sell more Queensland-authored books in the growing Asian market.Earls has been named as the face of the Queensland Writers Showcase at...

Tuesday, 12 February 2008
Despite a court injunction preventing the screening in Victoria of the 13-part Channel Nine true-crime TV series Underbelly, on the basis that it could prejudice an upcoming murder trial, the...

Tuesday, 12 February 2008
Pearson Education has acquired Swinburne University's publishing arm, Tertiary Press.‘It is a pretty simple story,' said Pearson Education's managing director, David Barnett. ‘Swinburne put the business on the market and...

Tuesday, 12 February 2008
Boomerang Books is promising some ‘major changes' this year. The Adelaide-based online bookstore will take its website ‘to a new level by adopting some exciting Web 2.0 initiatives that have not been...

Monday, 11 February 2008
Total international revenue for McGraw-Hill Education rose 7.2% in 2007, and operating income increased 21.5% to US$400 million (A$430 million), according to annual results just released by the company. The figures...

Monday, 11 February 2008
One of the world's biggest licensing publishers is getting set to enter  the Australian market with 30 books based on the children's TV show, Hi-5. Self-described ‘supermarket specialists', Parragon Publishing...

Monday, 11 February 2008
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has released the shortlist for the 2008 Book Design Awards. Penguin leads the way with 13 finalists across its various divisions, while Random House features...

Monday, 11 February 2008
The Australia Council's annual accolade for writers over 65, the $50,000 writers' emeritus award, will be shared by Christopher Koch and Gerald Murnane. Koch is a two-time winner of the Miles...

Monday, 11 February 2008
Lowry and Morris share NZ fellowshipThis year's NZ$40,000 (A$38,890) Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellowship will be shared by authors Brigid Lowry and Paula Morris. The writers will spend five months each...

Monday, 11 February 2008
The Running Man (Scholastic) is in the running for another prize. Brisbane author Michael Gerard Bauer's 2004 YA novel has been nominated for the Katholischer Kinder-und Jugendbuchpreis, one of Germany's...

Monday, 11 February 2008
The Australia Council and Copyright Agency Ltd have commissioned book industry consultants Bloom Partners to conduct a new study into the future impact of digital technology on the publishing industry....

Monday, 11 February 2008
Continuing efforts by the Australian newspaper to discredit former boy soldier Ishmael Beah appear to have fallen flat, with customers continuing to purchase his memoir, A Long Way Gone (HarperCollins).While acknowledging that Beah...

Monday, 11 February 2008
The Literature Board of the Australia Council has announced a new one-off grant for established writers and picture book/graphic novel illustrators. The $40,000 ‘Breaking new ground' grant will support the...

Tuesday, 5 February 2008
After 35 years with Macmillan Publishers Australia (MPA), Peter Phillips is taking the first steps towards retirement by stepping down from his position as sales and marketing director for Pan Macmillan...

Tuesday, 5 February 2008
Bookseller+Publisher magazine and Bookseller+Publisher Online/WBN regularly survey our readers to ensure that your trade publications are relevant and useful.For the first time, we have put the latest reader's survey online...

Tuesday, 5 February 2008
Among the stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:Kolkakta Book Fair again in turmoilDiamond Dagger award for Sue GraftonPearson expects to report 'record profits' for...

Tuesday, 5 February 2008
The fastest mover this week, also coming in at number three in the bestsellers, is Jessica Seinfeld's cookbook Deceptively Delicious (yes she's married to comedian Jerry). Seinfeld's book caused quite...