Tuesday, 26 June 2007
Books Alive ambassador for 2007 Peter FitzSimons will hit the road throughout July and August to talk about his new book, The Ballad of Les Darcy, which is available for...

Tuesday, 26 June 2007
Imperial Life in the Emerald City (Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Bloomsbury), an account of life in Baghdad's Green Zone, has been named the 2007 winner of the BBC Four Samuel Johnson Prize...

Tuesday, 26 June 2007
More that 210 publishers, printers and designers attended this year's Galley Club Awards night in Sydney on the 15th of June, which showcased ‘excellence in book and magazine production.' Icons +...

Tuesday, 26 June 2007
Just in Case (Meg Rosoff, Puffin) and The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon (Mini Grey, Random House) have won this year's CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals, respectively....

Tuesday, 26 June 2007
Pearson Group, which acquired Reed Publishing New Zealand (RPNZ) as part of its purchase of Harcourt Education in May, has confirmed its commitment to 'preserve and grow' the iconic Reed...

Tuesday, 26 June 2007
Among the many stories added to our Around the World blog this week:Authors' Guild tries to kill 'dead celebrities' billMicrosoft signs digitisation deal with IngramDoes iPhone launch bring 'iPod for ebooks'...

Tuesday, 26 June 2007
Sci Fi conference goes onlineAugust's Conflux 4 science fiction convention will be held entirely online, according to the ABC.Richard & Judy pick MortonThe Shifting Fog by Australian author Kate Morton...

Tuesday, 26 June 2007
Little Hare Books, the Australian children's book publisher, has signed a deal with Trafalgar Square Publishing/IPG to distribute its titles in the US and Canada. Rod Hare, co-founder of Little...

Tuesday, 26 June 2007
In the forthcoming episode of ABC TV's ‘First Tuesday Book Club', to be screened on 3 July, the following book club titles will be announced: A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled...

Tuesday, 26 June 2007
The Great War (Les Carlyon, Macmillan) and Colonial Ambition: Foundations of Australian Democracy (Peter Cochrane, MUP) are the joint winners of the inaugural $100,000 Prime Minister's Prize for History.Carlyon told...

Tuesday, 26 June 2007
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: APA Industry Forum in Melbourne on 27 June APA Industry Forum in Adelaide on 28...

Tuesday, 26 June 2007
Paul Hodder-Williams, chairman of Hodder & Stoughton from 1960 until his retirement in 1975, has died, aged 97.Grandson Jamie Hodder-Williams writes in Publishing News: ‘He was a mine of publishing...

Tuesday, 26 June 2007
As it celebrates 200 years in business, John Wiley & Sons has announced record annual results for 2006-07, topping US$1 billion in global revenue for the second year in a...

Tuesday, 26 June 2007
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is extending its review into the proposed joint venture between printing companies McPherson's and Griffin Press, citing concerns that the joint venture ‘will...

Tuesday, 19 June 2007
Allen & Unwin, which publishes the Harry Potter series in Australia, has announced a competition to win a trip to London to see J K Rowling on the eve of...

Tuesday, 19 June 2007
The University of Western Australia Press (UWA Press) has announced the appointment of Kate McLeod as editorial manager and the departure of long-term staff members Janine Drakeford and Maureen de...

Tuesday, 19 June 2007
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include:announcement of the Miles Franklin Award on 21 JuneAPA Industry Forum in Brisbane on 25 JuneAPA...

Tuesday, 19 June 2007
Among the stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:Is Amazon Kindle e-reader and e-book catalogue set for release?Questions raised on latest Google deal with librariesAmazon...

Tuesday, 19 June 2007
Sydney bookstore Books Kinokuniya was named Australian American Express Best Recreational Retailer last Tuesday at the 2007 National Rewards for Excellence Awards.Store manager Steve Jones told WBN: ‘We are about...

Tuesday, 19 June 2007
Two Australian authors, Will Elliot and Terry Dowling, have made the shortlist of the International Horror Guild Awards in its auspicious thirteenth year.Elliot's much-awarded debut novel The Pilo Family Circus...

Tuesday, 19 June 2007
Norwegian author Per Petterson has won this year's IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for his novel Out Stealing Horses (Vintage), described as ‘a poignant and moving tale of a changing perspective...

Tuesday, 19 June 2007
The readers of American sci-fi and fantasy publication Locus Magazine have cast their votes in this year's Locus Awards. Best science fiction novel went to Rainbows End (Vernor Vinge, Tor), best fantasy novel...

Tuesday, 19 June 2007
The winners of the 2007 Audies--the ‘Oscars of the audiobook industry'--were announced on 4 June at a gala ceremony hosted by Jim Dale, the narrator of the US editions of the Harry...

Tuesday, 19 June 2007
Crime thrillers, supernatural thrillers and straight-down-the-line thrillers feature in this week's highest new entries chart. Maverick detective Harry Bosch is back in Michael Connelly's The Overlook, the adventures of vampire slayer Anita...

Tuesday, 19 June 2007
Former bookseller Elaine Storey writes: ‘It is with great sadness that I inform the book trade that Merv Storey died in hospital on 9 June at the age of 90.Merv...

Tuesday, 19 June 2007
American philosopher and writer Richard Rorty, whose large body of work includes the study of philosophy Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature (Princeton University Press) and collection of essays Consequences...

Tuesday, 19 June 2007
Author Salman Rushdie will now be known as ‘Sir Salman' after being knighted for his services to literature, announced in the UK Queen's Birthday honours list. Australian comedian and writer...

Tuesday, 19 June 2007
With the exception of chairwoman Kate Darian-Smith, the board of the literary magazine Meanjin has reportedly been dismissed by Melbourne University vice-chancellor Glyn Davis. The move comes after the board's...