Tuesday, 6 January 2009
Playwright and Nobel laureate Harold Pinter, described by the New York Times as ‘the most influential and imitated dramatist of his generation', died on Christmas Eve, aged 78.

Tuesday, 6 January 2009
Samuel Huntington, author of Clash of Civilisations died on Christmas Eve, aged 81.

Tuesday, 6 January 2009
As the deadline for submissions to the Productivity Commission study into parallel importation legislation draws closer, several authors have made submissions. Kate Grenville, Tony Wilson, Tom Keneally, Nick Earls, Pamela...

Tuesday, 6 January 2009
Lonely Planet has announced the appointment of Matthew Goldberg as its new CEO. Goldberg, previously senior vice-president, digital strategy and operations at Dow Jones in New York, will report to...

Tuesday, 6 January 2009
ABC Books and HarperCollins have announced a ?new commercial partnership' that will see HarperCollins taking on responsibility for the publishing and distribution of ABC Books titles. ?From the moment we...

Tuesday, 6 January 2009
Rights managers and publishers have been busy over the past couple of months, selling and acquiring titles around the globe. In this, the first of a regular new rights round-up...

Monday, 5 January 2009
Trade events coming up soon, as shown on our events calendar, include: Applications close for APA Publishing Internship Program - 30 JanRegistration due for Frankfurt Book Fair - 31 JanReed...

Monday, 5 January 2009
In the retail days around Christmas Stephenie Meyer held her Bestseller lead with New Moon and Eclipse (Hachette), followed by J K Rowling’s slim volume of magical fairytales The Tales...

Monday, 15 December 2008
Caro Llewellyn, former artistic director of the Sydney Writers' Festival and director of the New York-based PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature, has been appointed the director of Melbourne's...

Tuesday, 9 December 2008
Agent Jenny Darling writes: 'Dorothy Porter died in Melbourne this morning from complications due to cancer. She was 54.'A writer at the height of her powers, Dorothy's most recent publication...

Tuesday, 9 December 2008
Among the stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:Rubin and Applebaum lose roles in Random US restructuringfiction in translationthe Nobel lecturepublisher of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt...

Tuesday, 9 December 2008
The results of WBN's pre-Christmas survey of booksellers will be published in a WBN special bulletin tomorrow. If your store has not yet participated either by phone or online, you...

Tuesday, 9 December 2008
The global financial crisis has begun to make its influence felt on the publishing world, as many large international publishers, particularly those with substantial operations in the US, announce restructures...

Tuesday, 9 December 2008
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins has announced that long-standing staff member George Ciofuli will retire at the end of the year. Ciofuli, who has spent more than 25 years in publishing,...

Tuesday, 9 December 2008
Emma Neale is the winner of the inaugural Janet Frame Memorial Award. The biennial award, worth NZ$3000 (A$2470), is for ‘an author of literary or imaginative fiction, or poetry' and...

Tuesday, 9 December 2008
The Australian Children's Literature Alliance (ACLA) was established on 19 November. The group consists of representatives from the Australian Booksellers Association, Australian Publishers Association, Australian Society of Authors, Children's Book...

Tuesday, 9 December 2008
A new Dymocks store will be opening right in time for Christmas on 15 December in Albany, Western Australia. The new franchise owners, Albany locals Deborah and Richard Congdon told...

Tuesday, 9 December 2008
The shortlist for the 2008 Aurealis Awards has been announced. It consists of 56 Australian writers of speculative fiction, including science-fiction, fantasy and horror, shortlisted in 13 categories. Among the...

Tuesday, 9 December 2008
The 23rd annual Commonwealth Writers' Prize (CWP) is to be announced at the Auckland Writers' and Readers' Festival (AWRF), New Zealand, in May 2009, coinciding with the festival's 10th anniversary....

Tuesday, 9 December 2008
Random House Australia (RHA) has announced the promotion of Nikki Christer to the role of publishing director, adult publishing. ‘I am delighted to promote Nikki into this role and onto...

Tuesday, 9 December 2008
Did he really mean to say that? John Coote at the opening of Borders Doncaster, quoted in Inside Retailing: ‘We haven't had a great book this year so you've really...

Tuesday, 9 December 2008
Leading Edge Books members who attended the three information sessions hosted by the buying group in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, have come to a ‘unanimous position' on the current parallel...

Tuesday, 9 December 2008
In 2009 the Australian Society or Authors (ASA) will be responsible for administering the Australia Council's support for emerging writers under a new partnership. The support program, to be known...

Tuesday, 9 December 2008
The Indigenous Literacy Project (ILP) has raised $238,000 to date for 2008, with further pledges expected to be received in coming weeks. ‘The recent ABC Sydney Silent Auction Fundraiser together...

Tuesday, 9 December 2008
The University of Melbourne Book Industry study, being undertaken in partnership with the Australian Publishers Association and Thorpe-Bowker, has found more than half of respondents nominate territorial copyright as their...

Tuesday, 9 December 2008
Productivity Commission chair Gary Banks has responded to industry concerns about the appointment of commissioner Louise Sylvan to the commission's study of parallel importation laws, declaring Sylvan ‘will remain attached...

Tuesday, 9 December 2008
New Zealand's booksellers association, society of authors and copyright agency have formed a new digital publishing initiative, the Digital Publishing Forum. Formed last week, the forum is a partnership between...

Monday, 8 December 2008
No surprises in the charts this week as Christmas book-buying gets underway with gusto. Bryce Courtenay's Fishing for Stars is number one in the Bestsellers, Patricia Cornwell's sleuth Scarpetta is...