Tuesday, 10 May 2011
New Zealand-born poet, printer and editor Alan Loney is the recipient of the 2011 Janet Frame Literary Trust Award, worth NZ$10,000 (approximately A$7350).  Loney, who now lives in Australia, published...

Tuesday, 10 May 2011
Children's book author Andy Griffiths launched a new book in two Northern Territory communities as part of the Indigenous Literacy Foundation's Book Buzz initiative. The book, which Griffiths launched on a...

Tuesday, 10 May 2011
On Fancy Goods this week Kate O’Donnell reviewsThe Dead I Know (Scot Gardner, A&U), Andrea Hanke interviews S J Watson on Before I Go to Sleep (Text Publishing) and Rebecca...

Tuesday, 10 May 2011
‘A big chunk of the blame for why the publishing industry is as slow-moving, old-fashioned and afraid of change as it is lies at the feet of authors'--writer and editor...

Tuesday, 10 May 2011
The June issue of Bookseller+Publisher includes 27 reviews of forthcoming Australian and New Zealand titles. You can read some of the highest rated titles here. The June issue also includes a...

Tuesday, 10 May 2011
In rights news this week: SalesFiction--Scribe has licensed UK rights to Little People (Jane Sullivan) to Allen & Unwin UK for publication in the first half of 2012; and sold Dutch...

Tuesday, 10 May 2011
Caleb's Crossing (Geraldine Brooks, HarperCollins), a novel inspired by Caleb Cheeshahteamauk, the first Native American to graduate from Harvard, is top of the fastest movers chart this week. The story...

Tuesday, 10 May 2011
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:'The publisher is now much more than the publisher'Shatzkin predicts a subscription model for...

Monday, 9 May 2011
The shortlist for this year's Reading & Enjoying Australian Literature (REAL) Awards, which acts as the shortlist for children's choice book award shortlists in the ACT (COOL Awards), NSW (KOALA...

Monday, 9 May 2011
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include:Auckland Writers & Readers Festival: 11-15 May Publishers' Forum at AWRF: 13 May Visiting International Publishers:...

Monday, 9 May 2011
Georgia Blain tells the story of up and coming playwright Freya and architect Matt, who move with their young daughter to an inner-city suburb that is becoming gentrified. Aboriginal activist...

Monday, 9 May 2011
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Monday, 9 May 2011
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Monday, 9 May 2011
MayDaniel Altman, Black Inc. (Outrageous Fortunes) Sydney.Georgia Blain, Random House (Too Close to Home) Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.Leslie Cannold, Text (The Book of Rachael) Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.Cassandra Clare, Walker...

Sunday, 8 May 2011
Who wants to be a Billionaire? The James Packer Story by Paul Barry (A&U) is the winner of this year's $30,000 Blake Dawson Business Literature Prize. Barry's unauthorised biography of...

Tuesday, 3 May 2011
HarperCollins Publishers has announced that chief operating officer Jim Demetriou will finish in his position at the end of the week as part of a company restructure. Demetriou has worked for...

Tuesday, 3 May 2011
Leading up to Mother's Day, Donna Hay's cookbook, A Cook's Guide (HarperCollins), compiled from a decade's worth of the best 'How to cook' columns from the 'Donna Hay Magazine', is top...

Tuesday, 3 May 2011
The Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) has announced a new partnership with Dymocks, with the bookselling chain becoming a major sponsor of the event. The Dymocks franchise at 234 Collins Street...

Tuesday, 3 May 2011
Neil Ryan, formerly managing director of Longman Cheshire, has died aged 81. Ray O'Farrell writes:'If Stanley Unwin's description of publishing as "a profession for gentlemen" were ever true, it would...

Tuesday, 3 May 2011
In rights news this week: SalesFiction--HarperCollins has sold Tuscan Rose (Belinda Alexandra) to the UK and US; Song of the Winns (Frances Watts) to the US; and A Most Immoral...

Tuesday, 3 May 2011
On Fancy Goods this week Max Oliver reviews Shooting Stars and Flying Fish (Nancy Knudsen, A&U), Bookseller+Publisher intern Meaghan Dew reviews Dead Reckoning (Charlaine Harris, Gollancz) and Heather Dyer reviews...