Monday, 19 January 2009
Following his arrest for lese-majeste (offences against the crown) in Thailand, Australian writer Harry Nicolaides has been given the minimum sentence of three years jail in Bangkok, after pleading guilty....

Tuesday, 13 January 2009
The poet Mick Imlah, whose volume of poetry The Lost Leader was shortlisted for the TS Eliot prize, has died, aged 52.

Tuesday, 13 January 2009
Among the stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:Waterstones cuts jobsTaylor wins Diamond DaggerSmall press sues Borders and B&T over excessive returnsWalsch admits to plagiarising...

Tuesday, 13 January 2009
Australians chart well in UK for 2008Several Australian authors did well in the UK in 2008. The Bookseller reports that Kate Morton's The Forgotten Garden (A&U) was number 11 in...

Tuesday, 13 January 2009
ABC Enterprises has confirmed that Doug Walker, the general manager of ABC Retail, left his position on 6 January. ABC Centres manager Christine Falconer is acting general manager until further...

Tuesday, 13 January 2009
West Australian bookseller Eric Ladhams had a distinctly unmerry Christmas, after vandals broke into his store. Boab Books lost around $50,000 worth of stock when local children pulled the books...

Tuesday, 13 January 2009
Three ‘mini festivals' will replace the Canberra Readers' and Writers' Festival this year, according to ACT Writers Centre director Anne-Maree Britton. ‘Basically, we've got two-and-a-half staff and a very active...

Monday, 12 January 2009
In rights news this week: NonfictionHarperCollins has acquired ANZ rights to the new Bill Granger book Feed Me Now! to be published in April 2009; Wakefield Press has just signed...

Monday, 12 January 2009
Alan Leutenegger, former director of Collins Publishers, passed away on 8 December.

Monday, 12 January 2009
Tony Mott, a well known publisher whose career included many years at Penguin, and who founded the Bantam paperback imprint at Transworld in the UK, has died, aged 72. Mott...

Monday, 12 January 2009
Richard Seaver, founder and president of Arcade Publishing in the US, has died, aged 82. ‘Seaver had been instrumental in finding Samuel Beckett a US publisher at Grove Press, where...

Monday, 12 January 2009
Theologian and author Richard John Neuhaus has died. His works include his final book, American Babylon: Notes of a Christian Exile, to be published in the US in March.

Monday, 12 January 2009
Sydney Writers' Festival (SWF) director Wendy Were has appointed Helen Johnstone as the publicist for the 2009 Festival, replacing Andy Palmer.   Previously a publicist for HarperCollins in Australia and in...

Monday, 12 January 2009
It comes as no surprise that Stephenie Meyer is still hogging the Bestseller list, this time with New Moon (Little, Brown) as top gun, and four more following, including the...

Monday, 12 January 2009
Trade events coming up this month, as shown on our events calendar, include: Unwin Trust Fellowship applications close - 30 JanApplications close for APA Publishing Internship Program - 30 JanRegistration...

Tuesday, 6 January 2009
'Mr Carr's claims on price are both misleading and spurious. Comparing the GST-inclusive ARP with a freight-free, heavily discounted, GST-free Amazon price is a gross misrepresentation of the pricing of...

Tuesday, 6 January 2009
Among the stories recently added to our Around the World blog:Arise, Sir Terry Pratchett!McGraw-Hill restructureBertrams sale expected soonOrbit announces US$1 e-booksFor details on these stories and many more, see http://www.booksellerandpublisher.com.au/blogentries/ .

Tuesday, 6 January 2009
Amanda Donohoe of the University Co-operative Bookshop writes: 'It is with great sadness we advise Ann McDougall, branch manager of our University of Sunshine Coast store, suddenly passed away on...

Tuesday, 6 January 2009
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has informed members that its Schools Committee will be responsible for putting member views to the National Curriculum Board, as the Board establishes the national...

Tuesday, 6 January 2009
Redundancies at New Holland UKNew Holland has announced seven redundancies in its UK office. ‘We were already having a difficult year, due to the absence of a fully staffed rights...

Tuesday, 6 January 2009
Former publisher at Eleanor Curtain Publishing, Jo Scott, has founded a new Victorian-based educational publishing house. Jo Scott Publishing will be a development company, with all material to be distributed...

Tuesday, 6 January 2009
Gunyah, Goondie & Wurley: the Aboriginal Architecture of Australia (Paul Memmott, UQP) is the recipient of the 2008 Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies' (AIATSIS) Stanner Award....

Tuesday, 6 January 2009
The organisers have announced that this year's Byron Bay Writers' Festival (BBWF) will be held on the new grounds of Belongil Fields, Byron Bay. Due to other bookings, the festival...

Tuesday, 6 January 2009
Human Rights Overboard: Seeking Asylum in Australia authors Linda Briskman, Susie Latham and Chris Goddard have been awarded the Literature Nonfiction Award as part of the 2008 Human Rights Medal...

Tuesday, 6 January 2009
Next Monday 12 January Lindfield Bookshop and Lindfield Children's Bookshop will open in a new combined store on the Pacific Highway in Lindfield, NSW. Lindfield Bookshop owner Scott Whitmont told...

Tuesday, 6 January 2009
Award-winning author Dorothy Porter died on 10 December 2008, aged 54. The Australian Society of Authors writes:‘The Australian Society of Authors expresse[s] its sadness at the death of member Dorothy...

Tuesday, 6 January 2009
Mystery writer Donald E Westlake, the author of more than 100 novels, died on New Year's Eve, aged 75.