Tuesday, 23 August 2011
Dennis Turner, New Zealand artist and book illustrator, has died aged 86.Books illustrated by Turner included Tavern In The Town (1957) by James McNeish, The Bodgie (1958) by Arthur Manning and...

Tuesday, 23 August 2011
Australian illustrator Shaun Tan has won the 'best professional artist' category at this year's Hugo Awards for science-fiction, announced on 20 August at the 2011 World Science Fiction Convention in...

Tuesday, 23 August 2011
Red Hill Publishing has announced that it will cease its trade publishing activities. The business, owned by author and former HarperCollins publisher Sally Collings and her husband Robert, will continue to...

Tuesday, 23 August 2011
In the current issue of Bookseller+Publisher Kate Stephenson looks at the job advertisements from the Weekly Book Newsletter, discovering that while the number of positions advertised are far from reaching the...

Tuesday, 23 August 2011
Dame Christine Cole Catley, publisher, author and journalist, has died in Auckland aged 88. Dame Catley founded the publishing company Cape Catley, in 1973, and is well known for running...

Tuesday, 23 August 2011
HarperCollins Australia and New Zealand has told the Weekly Book Newsletter that the company experienced tough conditions throughout the last financial year, but was rewarded with the success of a...

Tuesday, 23 August 2011
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) and RR Bowker have confirmed they have ‘signed a Heads of Agreement for the migration of TitlePage to Bowker's platform and the subsequent joint development...

Tuesday, 23 August 2011
‘The nomination of this book, in my view, is a profound reaffirmation of the values that distinguish us from those who want to terrorise others'--Queensland Premier Anna Bligh, referring to...

Tuesday, 23 August 2011
On Fancy Goods this week, we take a look at reviews for some of the winners in this year's CBCA Book of the Year Awards including Shakespeare’s Hamlet (Nicki Greenberg, A&U)...

Tuesday, 23 August 2011
The winners of the 2011 Australian Publishers Association (APA) Australian Educational Publishing Awards have been announced. The winners are: Overall Joint Winner 2011Yarning Strong Literacy Series (Larissa Behrendt et al,...

Tuesday, 23 August 2011
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:is self-publishing too selfish?'freelance' settlement dismissal could derail Google SettlementMcGraw-Hill considering sell-off of its...

Tuesday, 23 August 2011
Now You See Her (James Patterson, Century) tops the bestsellers chart for the second week running, again followed by Jamie's 30-minute Meals (Jamie Oliver, Michael Joseph) in second place and 4...

Tuesday, 23 August 2011
It is 15th July 1988. Emma and Dexter meet for the first time on the night of their graduation. Tomorrow they must go their separate ways. So where will they...

Monday, 22 August 2011
The shortlists for this year's Queensland Premier's Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in the book-related categories are:Fiction Book AwardCaleb's Crossing (Geraldine Brooks, Fourth Estate)Reading Madame Bovary (Amanda...

Monday, 22 August 2011
As reported in a Weekly Book Newsletter special bulletin on Friday 19 August, the winners of this year's Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The...

Monday, 22 August 2011
Economics for Life: An economist reflects on the meaning of life, money and what really matters (Ian Harper, Acorn Press) has been named the Australian Christian Book of the Year...

Monday, 22 August 2011
Blood Men by Paul Cleave (Random House NZ) has won this year's Ngaio Marsh Award for New Zealand crime fiction, announced on 21 August at the Christchurch Arts Festival. Cleave's...

Monday, 22 August 2011
The winners of the 2011 New Zealand Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement were announced in Wellington on 22 August. Dame Fiona Kidman was awarded the fiction prize, James Bellich...

Monday, 22 August 2011
In rights news this week: SalesNonfiction--HarperCollins has sold Politically Incorrect Parenting and Mothers Raising Sons (Nigel Latta) to the UK.Children's--HarperCollins has sold Goodnight, Mice! (Frances Watts &Judy Watson) to Turkey....

Monday, 22 August 2011
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include:Australian Children's Book Week: 20-26 August Edinburgh International Book Festival: 13-29 August Plain English Foundation Workshop...

Monday, 22 August 2011
In Tom Campbell's Fold (Bloomsbury), five friends, each in their 40s, meet monthly in each other's houses for a 'friendly' game of poker. Nick Earls' new book The Fix (Random...

Monday, 22 August 2011
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