Wednesday, 4 November 2009
The winners of the 2009 Prime Minister's Literary Awards for fiction and nonfiction were announced on Monday 2 November by Minister for the Arts Peter Garrett, at a ceremony in Sydney.The...

Wednesday, 4 November 2009
The winners of the New Zealand Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement were announced last week. C K Stead was awarded the prize for fiction; Brian Turner the prize for...

Wednesday, 4 November 2009
Several Australian and New Zealand authors are among those whose works have been longlisted for the 2010 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Longlisted titles include: People of the Book (Geraldine...

Wednesday, 4 November 2009
The Rehearsal by New Zealand author Eleanor Catton has been shortlisted for this year's Guardian First Book Award. Reporting the shortlist, Guardian arts correspondent Mark Brown said the book had...

Wednesday, 4 November 2009
Random House NZ has announced it has purchased independent publisher Longacre Press. Longacre, which was established in 1994, will become an imprint of Random House New Zealand, with publisher Barbara...

Wednesday, 4 November 2009
Shaun Tan and Margo Lanagan have both been successful at the 2009 World Fantasy Awards, presented at the World Fantasy Convention in the US over the weekend. Tan won the...

Wednesday, 4 November 2009
Christopher Cheng is the winner of the 2009 Lady Cutler Award. The Award recognises distinguished service to children's literature, primarily in NSW and is administered by the NSW branch of...

Wednesday, 4 November 2009
Jeremy Fisher has announced his resignation from the position of Executive Director of the Australian Society of Authors (ASA). Fisher, who has been a vocal spokesperson for the Society during...

Tuesday, 3 November 2009
The shortlist for the 2009 CAL Waverly Library Award, also know as ‘The Nib', has been announced. This year's shortlisted works are:Tom Wills (Greg de Moore, A&U)The Land I Came...

Tuesday, 3 November 2009
In rights news this week: SalesNonfiction--Scribe has sold North American rights of Small Wonders: How Microbes Rule Our World (Idan Ben-Barak) to Basic Books, Italian rights to Edizioni Dedalo, Portuguese...

Tuesday, 3 November 2009
The Australian Council for the Arts has announced the first comfirmed guests of its Visiting International publishers (VIP) program at Adelaide Writers' Week 2010. Those confirmed so far are: Caroline...

Tuesday, 3 November 2009
Adelaide Writers' Week has released the list of participating writers for 2010. Among the international guests are Audrey Niffenegger (US); Richard Dawkins, Andrea Levy, Jim Crace, William Dalrymple, Sarah Dunant,...

Thursday, 29 October 2009
ABR launches redeveloped website The Australian Book Review (ABR) has launched a new-look website ‘fully redeveloped in keeping with recent scrutiny of the magazine's design'. The new website, which features...

Thursday, 29 October 2009
Kay Craddock Antiquarian Bookseller has returned to the ‘Paris end’ of Melbourne's Collins Street, where the store reopened on Wednesday, 4 November. Kay Craddock became the doyen of the antiquarian book...

Thursday, 29 October 2009
The Australian Publishers Association has announced it will host a digital publishing seminar in Australia early next year, as a new joint initiative with the Australia Council for the Arts. The seminar,...

Wednesday, 28 October 2009
The Northern Territory Library has announced the winners of the 2009 Northern Territory Literary Awards. The winners are: Bookshop Travel Short Story Award: Castronomy (Barbara Eather, Charles Darwin University) Essay...

Tuesday, 27 October 2009
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:Frankfurt sacks official over China controversiesAmerican Booksellers Assoc seeks anti-trust inquiry into discounting warCrime...

Tuesday, 27 October 2009
The book industry could be waiting until at least 24 November for a government decision on the Productivity Commission's recommendations to remove Australia's parallel importation restrictions (PIRs) on books, after...

Tuesday, 27 October 2009
BBC Worldwide has denied it intends to sell its 75% shareholding in Lonely Planet, after speculation in the UK press that the company would divest itself of the travel publisher...

Tuesday, 27 October 2009
Penguin New Zealand has agreed to purchase the assets of New Zealand publisher Mallinson Rendel Publishers. ‘The change of ownership will take place on Friday, 18 December,' wrote publisher Anne...

Tuesday, 27 October 2009
The winners of this year's NSW Premier's History Awards were announced at a presentation dinner last night.   The winners included: Australian History Prize ($15,000)--Travels in Atomic Sunshine: Australia and the Occupation...

Tuesday, 27 October 2009
British fantasy author Louise Cooper has died, aged 57. The author of the 'Seahorses' and ‘The Mermaid's Curse' series wrote more than 80 books.

Tuesday, 27 October 2009
The winners of the annual NSW KOALA (Kids Own Australian Literature Award) popular choice awards were announced in Sydney yesterday. The winners were:  Picture Storybook Award: Rex (Ursula Dubosarsky &...

Tuesday, 27 October 2009
Elsevier Australia launches online ordering system ‘Virtual E'Elsevier Australia has announced the launch of a new online stock ordering system called Virtual E. ‘The sophisticated B-to-B portal allows bookstores to...

Tuesday, 27 October 2009
Dymocks is celebrating the 130 year anniversary since its first store opened in Sydney. ‘Dymocks is an iconic Australian brand which has stood the test of time,' said CEO Don...

Tuesday, 27 October 2009
Pan Macmillan has reported that its print run for The Five Greatest Warriors (Matthew Reilly) is its biggest ever for an Australian author. ‘We have already topped up that initial...

Tuesday, 27 October 2009
Australian Book Review (ABR) announced the Favourite Australian Novel (FAN) Poll this week. The poll, which asks readers to vote for their favourite Australian novel of all time ‘is generating...

Tuesday, 27 October 2009
In rights news this week: SalesNonfiction--Simon & Schuster has sold rights for Earth User's Guide to Permaculture (Rosemary Morrow) to Taiwan.Children's and YA--Little Hare Books has sold rights for Ivy...

Tuesday, 27 October 2009
Phil Walshe, who founded the audiobook company Bolinda Publishing some 30 years ago, has sold the business to his daughter Rebecca and her husband Jan Herrmann. ‘[We] have acquired Bolinda...

Tuesday, 27 October 2009
Small publishing house Aduki Independent Press is up for sale. Aduki publisher, Emily Clark, told WBN she had decided to return to university to study law and would not have...