Tuesday, 1 May 2007
The titles in the running for this year's New Zealand Booksellers' Choice Award have been announced. They are:Eagle's Complete Trees and Shrubs of New Zealand (Audrey Eagle, Te Papa Press)Mister...

Tuesday, 1 May 2007
John Stephens, author of Language and Ideology in Children's Fiction (Addison-Wesley), has been awarded the 11th International Grothers Grimm Award for an ‘outstanding body of research into children's literature.' Stephens wins...

Tuesday, 1 May 2007
The titles shortlisted for the Nita B Kibble Literary Award for Women Writers and those shortlisted for the Dobbie Encouragement Award were announced on 27 April. The titles shortlisted for...

Tuesday, 1 May 2007
Franscois McHardy, formerly editorial director at Doubleday Australia, has joined Simon & Schuster Australia as deputy managing director.Jon Attenborough, S&S MD, said: ‘We're thrilled that Franscois has decided to join...

Tuesday, 1 May 2007
BOOKSELLER+PUBLISHER Online, the site that hosts the online version of the Weekly Book Newsletter, was a Hitwise Top 10 Award winner for the quarter ending ending January to March 2007.During this...

Wednesday, 25 April 2007
This week's bestseller chart is brimming with potential Mother's Day presents. There are taut dramas from Jodi Picoult and Kim Edwards; gripping thrillers from Wilbur Smith, James Patterson and Lee...

Wednesday, 25 April 2007
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include:the Bologna Book Fair, which wraps up on 27 Aprilthe Kuala Lumpur International Book Fair, which...

Wednesday, 25 April 2007
Among the stories added to our Around the World blog this week:Bidders circle Thomson LearningBloomsbury teams with Libre DigitalGoogle's new copyright protection toolUS indie bookstore 'saved' by MySpaceUK publishers attack...

Tuesday, 24 April 2007
The shortlist for the 2007 Australian Science Fiction Awards (also known as the Ditmars) has been announced. In the running for the best novel award are: Carnies (Martin Livings, Lothian)Prismatic...

Tuesday, 24 April 2007
A group of prominent educational publishers writes: Australian educational publishing companies were saddened to learn of Dame Marie Clay's passing on 13 April. Marie Clay was a New Zealand psychologist...

Tuesday, 24 April 2007
Jean Dunn, on behalf of some former colleagues, writes: ‘Peter Jones, the long-time production manager of Melbourne University Press, has died at the age of 79. He was loved and...

Tuesday, 24 April 2007
New Holland has announced the purchase of Cadogan Guides from Morris Communications. ‘It's exciting news,' New Holland publicity manager Ian Dodd told WBN, adding that the travel series would sit...

Tuesday, 24 April 2007
The organisers of the Carnegie Prize have announced a provisional top 10 titles drawn from all those that have won the prestigious award since it was established in 1936. The...

Tuesday, 24 April 2007
Victorian Premier Steve Bracks has launched a report on a national framework for school education, agreed to by all state and territory governments. ‘The Future of Schooling in Australia', released...

Tuesday, 24 April 2007
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author David Halberstam has died in a car accident. Halberstam was renowned for books on the Vietnam war including The Making of a Quagmire (McGraw-Hill) and...

Tuesday, 24 April 2007
The shortlists for the 2007 NSW Premier's Literary Awards have been announced. The winners will be announced on 29 May, during the Sydney Writers' Festival. The main book category shortlists...

Monday, 23 April 2007
As announced in a WBN Special Bulletin last week, the four titles shortlisted for the 2007 Miles Franklin Award are: Careless (Deborah Robertson, Picador)Carpentaria (Alexis Wright, Giramondo)Dreams of Speaking (Gail...

Monday, 23 April 2007
Asbestos House (Scribe), Gideon Haigh's examination of James Hardie and the controversies surrounding its compensation of those injured by exposure to asbestos, has won the $30,000 2007 Blake Dawson Waldren...

Tuesday, 17 April 2007
Among the stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:Da Vinci Code appeal failsSterling in VietnamSecond round of British Book AwardsNelson stamps out 'imprint pollution'US bookstore...

Tuesday, 17 April 2007
State and territory education ministers and the federal minister for education Julie Bishop have negotiated a deal that will see all states and territories develop a new minimum standard national...

Tuesday, 17 April 2007
State and territory attorneys-general have agreed to a request by federal Attorney-General Philip Ruddock to investigate how they can more closely restrict material that advocates terrorism. Ahead of a meeting...

Tuesday, 17 April 2007
The rights to Gregory David Roberts' autobiographical epic Shantaram and a new book, The Mountain Shadow, have been purchased by Pan Macmillan, where they will be published under the Picador...

Tuesday, 17 April 2007
Peter Rose, editor of the Melbourne-based literary magazine Australian Book Review (ABR), has announced that financial management business Ord Minnett is the magazine's new and exclusive corporate sponsor. The financial...

Tuesday, 17 April 2007
The 10 winning works in this year's ‘One Book Many Brisbanes' short story competition were announced by Brisbane Lord Mayor Campbell Newman on 11 April. The winning stories in the...