Wednesday, 29 January 2014
SalesFiction—Random House has sold Taiwanese rights to The Elusive Language of Ducks (Judith White). Nonfiction—Michelle Anderson Publishing has sold Chinese complex-character rights to Taiwan to You Can Conquer Cancer (Ian...

Tuesday, 28 January 2014
The film tie-in edition of Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief (Picador) is number one on this week’s bestsellers chart, while the standard edition has climbed to number three. The standard edition is...

Tuesday, 28 January 2014
Cookbook author Stephanie Alexander is among the recipients of the 2014 Australia Day honours, presented by the Governor-General on 26 January as a ‘national and formal recognition for Australians who have made...

Friday, 24 January 2014
Helen Withycombe has joined the Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas in Melbourne in the role of programming coordinator. Withycombe, who started in the role earlier this month, joins the...

Friday, 24 January 2014
In Books+Publishing’s pre-Christmas survey, booksellers were overwhelmingly impressed by the titles on offer, particularly in local fiction. While Nielsen BookScan’s figures show that fiction sales were down on the previous...

Friday, 24 January 2014
Online sales of print books were much stronger in Christmas 2013. Seventy-three percent of booksellers reported an increase in online sales compared to Christmas 2012, up from 13% who reported in increase in...

Friday, 24 January 2014
Several booksellers reported ‘the usual’ issues with slow deliveries, but a number reported that supply was better than last year. One NSW bookseller said: ‘In general stock supply seemed much...

Friday, 24 January 2014
Almost all of the publishers who participated in Books+Publishing’s post-Christmas survey described Christmas 2013 as ‘excellent’, with just two publishers describing sales during the Christmas period as ‘good’ or ‘okay’....

Friday, 24 January 2014
The majority of booksellers have reported an increase in sales in Christmas 2013 compared to the previous year, according to the results of Books+Publishing’s annual post-Christmas survey.Books+Publishing received feedback from...

Thursday, 23 January 2014
The winners of the 2013 West Australia Young Readers’ Book Awards (WAYRBA) were announced at the end of 2013. The winning books are:Picture Book Award Hairy Nose, Itchy Butt by...

Thursday, 23 January 2014
The Bayside Literary Festival in Melbourne will be replaced with a new year-long event series, Words by the Bay.  Words by the Bay will be launched by Bayside Mayor Laurence Evans...

Wednesday, 22 January 2014
The New Zealand Book Council (NZBC) and Auckland Writers Festival (AWF) have partnered to find the ‘Great Kiwi Classic’ and are asking New Zealanders to ‘join the search for our most...