Tuesday, 7 June 2011
Journalist and mystery writer Lilian Jackson Braun has died, aged 97. Braun created the popular ‘The Cat Who' mystery series. Her first book, The Cat Who Could Read Backwards, was...

Tuesday, 7 June 2011
The winners for this year's Sir Julius Vogel Awards, presented by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Association of New Zealand, have been announced. The winning titles are:Professional AwardsBest Novel -...

Tuesday, 7 June 2011
Murdoch Books has announced 'a raft of key appointments', following a 'downsizing and restructure of its workforce'. The changes follow the appointment of owner Matt Handbury as CEO last week.Handbury...

Tuesday, 7 June 2011
The July issue of Bookseller+Publisher contains reviews of 29 forthcoming titles. To see which ones our reviewers liked best, see the round-up on our Fancy Goods blog here. To receive...

Monday, 6 June 2011
The shortlists for the 2011 Speech Pathology Australia (SPA) annual Book of the Year awards have been announced. This year the awards include a category for 'best book for language...

Monday, 6 June 2011
The shortlists for this year's Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA) Children's Book Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles are:LIANZA Esther Glen Award for junior fictionThe...

Monday, 6 June 2011
The Tomorrow Book by Jackie French and Sue deGennaro (HarperCollins) has won the 2011 Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children's Literature. The Wilderness Society announced the winner of this year's...

Monday, 6 June 2011
Trade events coming up, as shown on our events calendar, include:Continuum 7, speculative fiction and pop culture convention, Melbourne: 10 - 13 June Woodend Winter Arts Festival: 10 - 13...

Monday, 6 June 2011
The new novel by Man Book Prize-winning author Aravind Adiga, Last Man in Tower (Atlantic Books), is a darkly comic story of greed and murder in the business capital of India,...

Monday, 6 June 2011
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Monday, 6 June 2011
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Monday, 6 June 2011
June Kevin J Anderson, Orbit (‘Terra Incognita' series) Sydney and Perth. Alan Bissett, Newsouth (Boyracers) Melbourne and Brisbane.Tim Bonyhady, A&U (Good Living Street) Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney.Tricia Brennan, Rockpool Publishing...

Sunday, 5 June 2011
The longlist for this year's John Button Prize for writing on public policy has been announced. The longlisted titles are:Disconnected (Andrew Leigh, UNSW Press)Money and Politics: the Democracy We Can't...

Tuesday, 31 May 2011
Murdoch Books has announced that owner Matt Handbury has taken on the roles of executive chairman and chief executive officer, replacing outgoing CEO Bruce Hallett. The publisher said in a...

Tuesday, 31 May 2011
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has announced that author Geraldine Brooks will deliver this year's Boyer Lectures. Brooks will present four lectures on ABC Radio National from November 2011. The...

Tuesday, 31 May 2011
The shortlists for this year's New Zealand Post Book Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles are:Fiction:The Hut Builder (Laurence Fearnley, Penguin NZ)The Night Book (Charlottle Grimshaw, Vintage)Their Faces Were...

Tuesday, 31 May 2011
On Fancy Goods this week Jo Case reviews The Life (Malcolm Knox, A&U) and Katie Horner reviews The Amateur Science of Love (Craig Sherborne, Text).

Tuesday, 31 May 2011
'People go to bookstores for ideas, to see what’s available. If there are no stores they will go online. And with the strength of the dollar, who can blame them?'--Michael...

Tuesday, 31 May 2011
The federal government has made a number of changes to the Public Lending Rights (PLR) and the Educational Lending Rights (ELR) schemes which could influence the level of payments received...

Tuesday, 31 May 2011
The 17 Day Diet (S&S), the weight-loss book by US physician Mike Moreno that sparked international interest after appearing on the TV show Dr Phil, is top of the fastest movers...