Wednesday, 30 October 2013
Fred Watson has won the 2013 Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing for his piece ‘Here Come the Ubernerds: Planets, Pluto and Prague’, published in his book Star-Craving Mad:...

Wednesday, 30 October 2013
Dymocks has launched a new advertising campaign that focusses on its ‘well-read’ staff members, with advertisements in print, television, cinema, catalogues and in-store.  The campaign, which has been created with advertising...

Wednesday, 30 October 2013
‘I love my job but in many ways feel that I’m starting to set myself up for permanent poverty which is distressing’—a respondent in the 2013 Books+Publishing salary survey.

Tuesday, 29 October 2013
Sydney bookstore Pages & Pages Booksellers is now the co-owner of online bookstore Boomerang Books. Pages & Pages, which took over all print fulfilment and marketing for Boomerang Books in...

Tuesday, 29 October 2013
In New Zealand, Wellington company Lift Education has taken over the publication of the Ministry of Education’s School Journal and ‘Ready to Read’ series, following the announcement that government-owned publisher...

Tuesday, 29 October 2013
Australian textbook rental company Zookal has announced plans to launch a service to deliver textbooks using drones. The service, called Flirtey, is part of a partnership between Zookal and software...

Tuesday, 29 October 2013
Michelle Michau-Crawford has won the 2013 Australian Book Review (ABR) Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize for her story ‘Leaving Elvis’. Michau-Crawford was presented with the $5000 prize at an event...

Tuesday, 29 October 2013
The recipients of the 2013 Macquarie Private Wealth New Zealand Arts Awards were announced in Auckland on 15 October. The awards, which are presented by the New Zealand Arts Foundation,...

Tuesday, 29 October 2013
Trinity College at the University of Melbourne has launched a new writing residency for Indigenous writers under the age of 30. The inaugural Nakata Brophy Short Fiction and Poetry Prize...

Tuesday, 29 October 2013
Christchurch book reviewer and children’s literature advocate Trevor Agnew has won the 2013 Storylines Betty Gilderdale Award. Agnew, a trained teacher and librarian, has been ‘an insightful reviewer for the Christchurch...

Tuesday, 29 October 2013
Please note that, due to the Melbourne Cup public holiday in Victoria next Tuesday, the Weekly Book Newsletter will be published on Thursday 7 November. The deadline for classifieds and...

Tuesday, 29 October 2013
Sales Fiction—Fremantle Press has licensed stage adaptation rights to In Flanders Fields (Norman Jorgensen & Brian Harrison-Lever) to Spare Parts Puppet Theatre; and North American rights to The Amazing Spencer...

Monday, 28 October 2013
The Wheeler Centre has announced its latest round of ‘hot desk’ fellowships, which includes several published authors. Zane Lovitt, author of The Midnight Promise (Text), is working on his second...

Monday, 28 October 2013
Australian news website the Conversation has launched a new section of its website dedicated to arts, culture and the creative industries. The Arts + Culture section launched this morning. It...

Monday, 28 October 2013
Tim Winton’s latest novel Eyrie (Hamish Hamilton) is number one on the bestsellers and fastest movers charts this week, ahead of Jamie Oliver’s Save with Jamie (Michael Joseph) and last...