Tuesday, 24 July 2012
Sales Fiction—Curtis Brown has sold Burial Rites (Hannah Kent) to Picador in Australia, Picador in the UK and Little, Brown in the US; and foreign-language rights to France, Italy, Holland,...

Monday, 23 July 2012
As reported in a Bookseller+Publisher special bulletin, the winners of this year’s Prime Minister’s Literary Awards were announced on 23 July.  The winning titles are: Fiction Foal’s Bread (Gillian Mears,...

Wednesday, 18 July 2012
Anna Funder recently added the Miles Franklin Literary Award to a long list of awards for All That I Am (Hamish Hamilton) and the book has risen in the top 10 bestsellers chart,...

Wednesday, 18 July 2012
‘It is impossible to know what Amazon’s ebook or Kindle sales are in Australia but Australian publishers willing to talk report them having more than 80 per cent market share’—Readings’...

Wednesday, 18 July 2012
Canberra Times literary editor Gia Metherell and arts editor Diana Streak are reported to be ‘negotiating their futures’ at the newspaper after learning that their positions have been axed, reports...

Wednesday, 18 July 2012
BBC Worldwide has revealed a £16.1 million (approximately A$24.5 million) write down of Lonely Planet in its 2011-2012 annual report. It is the second time the British company has written...

Wednesday, 18 July 2012
The New Zealand Book Council has announced that CEO Noel Murphy will finish in his position in October. The council said in a statement that Murphy has decided to leave...

Tuesday, 17 July 2012
Sales Children’s/YA—Scholastic Australia has licensed Portuguese-language rights within Brazil for Thirteen (James Phelan); and US rights to Forever (Anna Pignataro). Acquistions Fiction—Little, Brown has acquired North American rights to Burial...