Tuesday, 31 July 2007
The winners of this year's THORPE-Bowker New Zealand Book Industry Awards were announced at the annual New Zealand book awards dinner on Sunday 29 July in Auckland.The dinner was the focal...

Tuesday, 31 July 2007
It's no surprise to see the last instalment of the adventures of our favourite boy wizard heading this week's charts, but it's good to see that the Harry Potter backlist is...

Tuesday, 31 July 2007
Among the stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:DK goes PoD with travel seriesGreen light for Bertrams/THE mergerUS colleges avoid piracy penaltiesPrinters await Adobe's response...

Tuesday, 31 July 2007
Gordon Cheers writes: James Young has photographed flowers and illustrated large horticultural books for the last 12 years. His specialist plant photography has taken James around the world 14 times...

Tuesday, 31 July 2007
The Scholastic Corporation, parent company of Scholastic Australia, has announced its full-year results for 2006-2007. The company reported net income of $60.9 million ($A69.25 million), down from $68.6 (A$78 million) for...

Tuesday, 31 July 2007
Former NSW Premier Bob Carr has been appointed to the board of Dymocks.Dymocks' chairman John Forsyth said he was ‘delighted' that Carr accepted the invitation to join the board ‘at...

Tuesday, 31 July 2007
The winners of this year's Australian Publishers Association (APA) Australian Awards for Excellence in Educational Publishing were presented at a lunch held at the Sebel and Citigate hotel in Melbourne...

Tuesday, 31 July 2007
Miles Franklin winner to tour Queensland and NTAlexis Wright, the winner of this year's Miles Franklin Award for Carpentaria (Giramondo), will tour rural Queensland and the Northern Territory in August....

Tuesday, 31 July 2007
The books for the September episode of First Tuesday Book Club, to be announced on the program screening on ABC TV on 7 August, are: The Broken Shore (Peter Temple,...

Tuesday, 31 July 2007
The seventh and final Harry Potter book has broken all book sales records, according to figures from Nielsen BookScan.In Australia, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows sold 573,845 copies on...

Monday, 30 July 2007
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: The Reed Gift Fair, Melbourne, which runs from 4 - 8 AugustTo view these and...

Tuesday, 24 July 2007
'This is probably my most agreeable gig as the Minister for Arts'--Senator George Brandis, on presenting the Australian Book Industry Awards in Sydney last night. 

Tuesday, 24 July 2007
Not a lot of changes in the top 10 this week. Who Killed Channel 9? remains atop the table, with The Quickie, The Secret and A Thousand Splendid Suns still...

Tuesday, 24 July 2007
Pan Macmillan nonfiction publisher Tom Gilliatt will be interviewed by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in relation to the publication of convicted Australian drug smuggler Schapelle Corby's autobiography...

Tuesday, 24 July 2007
The program for the 2007 Melbourne Writers Festival was officially launched on Friday 20 July, and appeared in a special supplement as part of the Saturday Age newspaper the following...

Tuesday, 24 July 2007
Madman Entertainment has announced it is now the official local distributor of Tokyopop manga comics. Madman spokesperson Ben Pollock told WBN the deal was a good fit for the company....

Tuesday, 24 July 2007
The Literature Board of the Australia Council has released its latest round of funding. A total of $746,012 was awarded to 74 applicants, in four categories--‘presentation', ‘promotion', ‘skills and arts...

Tuesday, 24 July 2007
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Books at MIFF Breakfast in Melbourne, 26 July  Booksellers NZ conference, which runs from 29...

Tuesday, 24 July 2007
Patrick Gallagher writes: Jack Egan (1941-2007) was the type of author and editor publishers value deeply. The ultimate professional, meticulous with his facts, courteous to all those he dealt with--and...

Tuesday, 24 July 2007
Much-loved children's author Mem Fox was inducted into Speech Pathology Australia's Hall of Fame for her ‘significant contribution to children's language and literature' as part of the organisation's Book of...

Monday, 23 July 2007
Among the items added to our Around the World blog in the past week:Tug of rights: US and UK publishers continue to face off over rightsGranta and Portobello come togetherReed...

Monday, 23 July 2007
The 2007 books Alive campaign was officially launched by Minister for the Arts and Sport George Brandis at the Australian Book Industry Awards in Sydney last night. ‘Books Alive aims...

Monday, 23 July 2007
The 2007 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) were presented by the Minister for Arts and Sport, Senator George Brandis at a ceremony at the Sofietel Wentworth Hotel in Sydney last...

Monday, 23 July 2007
Little, Brown buys PiatkusThe Little, Brown Book Group has bought British independent publisher Piatkus. Founder Judy Piatkus will continue as MD until the end of the year, when she will retire...

Monday, 23 July 2007
George Melly, the English jazz singer, writer, wit, raconteur, surrealist and fly-fisherman, has died, aged 80. While known primarily as a performer, he also wrote a number of books, including Revolt...