Wednesday, 1 April 2020
Both the ABA and APA have welcomed the federal government’s JobKeeper wage subsidy scheme, which ‘could not have come soon enough’, according to ABA CEO Robbie Egan. While bookshops such...

Wednesday, 25 March 2020
Despite some confusion over the definition of the term 'essential services', bookshops have been allowed to stay open as state and federal governments implement lockdown measures to contain the Covid-19...

Wednesday, 18 March 2020
The ABA announced this afternoon that it has postponed its annual conference, due to take place in Sydney in June, with the following day’s inaugural BookUp event also being postponed...

Thursday, 12 March 2020
The fallout from the global coronavirus crisis continued this week, with the inevitable cancellation of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair. Locally, organisers pulled the pin on the ALIA national conference,...

Wednesday, 4 March 2020
After the Bologna Book Fair was postponed last week due to the coronavirus outbreak, international travel plans have been further disrupted with the news that the Big Five publishers are...

Wednesday, 26 February 2020
Bologna Children’s Book Fair organisers have postponed the event for a month due to the coronavirus outbreak in Italy. Originally scheduled for 30 March–2 April, the fair will now run...

Wednesday, 19 February 2020
Hardie Grant staff are going to enter negotiations for an EBA with their employer. Once achieved, it will be the second union-negotiated EBA in Australian publishing history, after PRH staff’s...

Wednesday, 12 February 2020
Local publishers are currently anticipating delays to some book supply due to printer closures in China, with most commercial printers expected to resume operations this week. In more positive news,...

Wednesday, 5 February 2020
Last week, S Shakthidharan and Eamon Flack were named winners of Australia’s most valuable literary award—the $100,000 Victorian Prize for Literature—for their play Counting and Cracking. Other writers honoured at...

Thursday, 30 January 2020
Yesterday, James Kellow announced he’s stepping down as HarperCollins ANZ CEO after eight years in the head role. He’s being replaced by Jim Demetriou, who returns to HarperCollins following his...

Wednesday, 22 January 2020
Earlier this week, the organisers of the #AuthorsForFireys campaign—which saw more than 500 authors, illustrators and publishing professionals auction items for bushfire relief—confirmed it had raised nearly $500,000 in donations...