Tuesday, 9 June 2009
Scribe has appointed former Brisbane Writers' Festival (BWF) director Michael Campbell ‘editor at large'. ‘The idea occurred to me when Michael came round to our office earlier this year, as...

Tuesday, 9 June 2009
Among the stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:UK Agents welcome end of Amazon/Hachette disputeWorld Book Day UKAnthony Browne is new UK Children's LaureateMarilynne Robinson...

Tuesday, 9 June 2009
‘I'm sure people will start stealing books, but the question is do book publishers benefit from a world where people can get access to books more easily, even if they're...

Tuesday, 9 June 2009
In rights news this week:NonfictionUWA Press purchased the ANZ rights for the World Ocean Census: A Global Survey of Marine Life by Darlene Trew Crist, Gail Sowcroft and James M...

Tuesday, 9 June 2009
The Dymocks Literacy Foundation (DLF) has announced it has rebranded to Dymocks Children's Charities (DCC), with a new logo, ‘in a bid to increase corporate fundraising for children's literacy programs...

Tuesday, 9 June 2009
Jenny Archibald has taken on the role of CEO Fremantle Press permanently, having been appointed in October 2008. Formerly deputy chair of the press, Archibald comes from a small and...

Tuesday, 9 June 2009
Collins Booksellers has announced the appointment of Louise Eveston to the position of buying manager Eveston has 13 years experience in the book industry, having worked for Borders in various...

Tuesday, 9 June 2009
Three positions at Simon & Shuster (S&S) have been made redundant as the publisher restructures to meet the changing needs of the industry, according to S&S managing director Francois McHardy....

Tuesday, 9 June 2009
The 2009 Ditmar Awards for Australian science fiction, fantasy, and horror were presented on Sunday June 7 at Conjecture in Adelaide. The winners were:Best Novel--Tender Morsels (Margo Lanagan, A&U)Best Novella...

Tuesday, 9 June 2009
The 2009 Queen's Birthday Honours List were announced Monday 8 June. Among the book industry-related individuals honoured with awards in the Order of Australia in the general division (AM) were...

Tuesday, 9 June 2009
The 2009 Book Publishers Association of New Zealand (BPANZ) Book Design Awards shortlist has been announced. Peter Gilderdale, convenor of judges for 2009 said: ‘The finalists we have chosen are...

Tuesday, 9 June 2009
The shortlists for several of the Dagger Awards, administered by the Crime Writers' Association (UK), have been announced. Australian/British author (based in South East Asia) Colin Cotterill, and Australian author...

Tuesday, 9 June 2009
The full line-up for Byron Bay Writers Festival (BBWF) 2009 has been announced. The main program runs from 7 to 9 August, with workshops from 3 August. There is a...

Tuesday, 9 June 2009
The winners of the 2009 Sir Julius Vogel Awards for New Zealand science fiction, fantasy and horror have been announced. The winners in the literary categories are:Best novel - adult:...

Tuesday, 9 June 2009
The 2009 Nita B Kibble Award for Women Writers ($25,000) has been awarded to Jacqueline Kent, for her book An Exacting Heart: the Story of Hepzibah Menuhin (Viking). Kent was...

Tuesday, 9 June 2009
Authors on tour in June and July: JuneMark Schwarzer & Neil Montagnana-Wallace, Bounce Books (Megs and the Complete Left Foot)JulyRupert Isaacson, Text Publishing (The Horse Boy)Scott Frost, Hachette (Don't Look...

Tuesday, 9 June 2009
The Brain That Changes Itself by Norman Doidge is top of the Fastest Movers chart this week. This year's Sydney Writers' Festival bookshop (run by Gleebooks) recorded that Doidge's book...

Tuesday, 9 June 2009
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Smart 2009 Conference, Sydney, 10-11 JuneCape Town Book Fair, 13-16 JuneTo view these and more...

Tuesday, 9 June 2009
American fantasy author David Eddings, best known for his ‘Malloreon' and ‘Belgariad' series, has died, aged 77. 

Tuesday, 9 June 2009
Amruta Slee, publisher at HarperCollins writes: 'On June 4, following a two and a half year battle with cancer, Chris O'Brien died at Royal Prince Alfred hospital in Sydney. His...

Tuesday, 2 June 2009
Among the stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:Google to sell ebooksSalinger sues over 'Catcher' sequelHachette UK and Amazon resolve disputeEvaristo wins Orange youth prizeConsumers...

Tuesday, 2 June 2009
The Montana New Zealand Book Awards celebrate the best books written and illustrated by New Zealanders each year. Awarded in the fields of fiction; poetry; history; biography; reference and anthology; lifestyle and...

Tuesday, 2 June 2009
‘Subscriptions and consumer online purchasing and advertising, there's per-page printing at public access terminals in libraries ... there's a whole lot of new ways for authors to be paid if...

Tuesday, 2 June 2009
The Reading Matters Conference--Australia's leading youth literature event for professionals and young people--was held from the 28 to the 30 May at the State Library of Victoria and Storey Hall,...

Tuesday, 2 June 2009
In rights news this week:  FictionHarperCollins has sold Covet by Tara Moss to Spain after Moss' successful author tour there; The Sea Between by Carol Thomas to Germany; Accidental Sorcerer...

Tuesday, 2 June 2009
The Melbourne bookshop McGills, which has been trading for 149 years, will close this Friday 5 June. ‘It's fair to say we've been struggling for a few years--it's a tough...

Tuesday, 2 June 2009
Derek Dryden, owner of Better Read Than Dead, reports on this year's Book Expo America: ‘Book Expo America closed in New York on Sunday after an invigorating three days focusing on...