Tuesday, 11 November 2008
'Never in all of the years I've been in business have I seen a worse outlook for the economy. And never in all my years as a bookseller have I...

Tuesday, 11 November 2008
Egmont UK has increased it shareholding in Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) to 50%, the company announced in a statement. Egmont UK has been a minority shareholder in HGE since the...

Tuesday, 11 November 2008
The National Centre for English Language Teaching and Research (NCELTR) publications has announced that it has ceased trading after 20 years of publishing. ‘NCELTR  is pleased to announce that Macmillan...

Tuesday, 11 November 2008
The University of Melbourne Book Industry Study, supported by the APA and Thorpe-Bowker, is now well underway and has seen strong participation by publishers from all sectors. ‘Thanks to all...

Tuesday, 11 November 2008
HarperCollins has announced the appointment of Michael Moynahan as new CEO for Australia and New Zealand. Moynahan, currently managing director for Random House India and chairman of Random House New...

Tuesday, 11 November 2008
Penguin Australia has announced the creation of a new award to celebrate the 75th birthday of author Bryce Courtenay. The Power of One Australian Hero Award, worth $50,000, is a...

Tuesday, 11 November 2008
The University of Queensland Press (UQP) has announced that the University Co-operative Bookshop Ltd (UCB) has been selected as the preferred tenderer for the operation of the University of Queensland...

Tuesday, 11 November 2008
Among the stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:Rowling endorses new Potter fan historyMore worries for Borders in the US?Over 100 take voluntary redundancies at...

Tuesday, 11 November 2008
Ubud Writers' and Readers' Festival attendance up 30%The 2008 Ubud Writers' and Readers' Festival in Ubud, Bali, ran from 14-19 October with its largest ever program featuring over 150 events,...

Tuesday, 11 November 2008
This year's Patrick White Award ($30,000) has gone to John Romeril, Melbourne playwright and screenwriter. ‘With the huge significance of his contribution to Australian literature, the relative modesty of his...

Tuesday, 11 November 2008
The general program for the Perth Arts Festival has been released, with the Perth Writers' Festival component to follow on January 28. The writers' festival will run from 27 February...

Tuesday, 11 November 2008
The winners of the 2008 Inky Awards have been announced. The Inkys are Australia's teen choice book awards, administered by the State Library of Victoria's Centre for Youth Literature through...

Tuesday, 11 November 2008
The Guardian's first book award (£10,000/A$23,283) shortlist has been announced, and includes Australian author Steve Toltz's A Fraction of the Whole (Hamish Hamilton). The other shortlisted titles are:The Rest is...

Tuesday, 11 November 2008
Angus & Robertson Ashfield will be closing at the end of the year, after being run as a franchise for eight years by Samira Rezai-nia. Prior to the Ashfield store,...

Tuesday, 11 November 2008
One of the highest paying literary awards in the world, the Dylan Thomas Prize (worth £60,000/A$140,000), has been awarded to Melbourne-raised writer Nam Le, author of short story collection The...

Tuesday, 11 November 2008
The ubiquitous James Patterson has struck again, with novel Cross Country gracing the top of both the Bestsellers and Highest New Entries charts this week. Australian author Di Morrissey who...

Tuesday, 11 November 2008
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Northern Notes Writers Festival 2008, 7-16 NovemberSociety of Editors NSW workshop: InDesign for Editors, Sydney,...

Tuesday, 11 November 2008
Writer and artist William Wharton (real name Albert de Aime) has died. His novels included Birdy, Dad and A Midnight Clear.

Tuesday, 11 November 2008
American literary and cultural critic John Leonard has died. He was 69.

Monday, 10 November 2008
The annual Australian Campus Booksellers Association (ACBA) conference was ‘very successful', ACPA president Graeme Connolly told WBN. The conference, which was held from 5 to 7 of November at the...

Wednesday, 5 November 2008
Among the stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: Westfield charges shock UK retailers New CEO for Reed Elsevier B&N heads warns of tough times...

Wednesday, 5 November 2008
The five titles shortlisted for the $110,000 Australia-Asia Literary Award have been announced. The award, Australia's richest, is open to any book-length work published in print or electronically in the...

Wednesday, 5 November 2008
The category winners of this year's Western Australian Premier's Book Awards have been announced. The awards recognise the best 2007 book in each category by a Western Australian author or...

Wednesday, 5 November 2008
Ligare launches new Digital Print FacilityLigare will launch a new ‘state of the art Digital Print Facility (DPF)' at its Riverwood plant on 19 November. ‘Despite the current economic climate,...