Monday, 9 January 2012
David Bateman, founder of David Bateman Publishing in New Zealand in 1979, has died.  Bateman was a life member of PANZ, and was active on the Book Council and the...

Monday, 9 January 2012
JanuaryJames Duigan, Kyle Books (Clean and Lean Cookbook) Sydney.David Sedaris, Hachette (Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk) Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Sydney and Brisbane.Kirsten Tranter, Fourth Estate (A Common Loss) Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne...

Monday, 9 January 2012
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Monday, 9 January 2012
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Monday, 9 January 2012
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include:Lockyear Arts Festival: 13-16 JanuaryMidsumma Festival: 15 January to 5 February Living Literature Festival, New York: 16-29...

Monday, 9 January 2012
Former digital publishing co-ordinator at Scribe Publications Tamsin Wagner has left the company. Wagner, who had worked at Scribe for close to eight years, finished in her position at the end...

Sunday, 8 January 2012
Amy Espeseth has won the 2012 Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) Scribe Fiction Prize for her manuscript Trouble Telling the Weather. Espeseth will receive a cash prize of $15,000 and a...

Thursday, 5 January 2012
Australian poet Mark Tredinnick was awarded the inaugural Montreal International Poetry Prize, worth approximately $48,500, for his poem 'Walking Underwater' in December 2011.   Tredinnick's poem was selected from a shortlist of 50 by...

Wednesday, 14 December 2011
This issue of the Weekly Book Newsletter will be the last for 2011.The first issue for 2012 will be published on 11 January. Any material submitted online or emailed to the...

Tuesday, 13 December 2011
Trade events coming up, as shown on our events calendar, include: Final deadline for books to reach the APA for 2012 APA Book Design Awards: 22 DecemberClosing date for entries...

Tuesday, 13 December 2011
As the year draws to a close, publications are looking back at 2011 and compiling lists of the best books of the year. For a round up of the 'best of 2011' lists see Fancy Goods. Appearing...

Tuesday, 13 December 2011
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Tuesday, 13 December 2011
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Tuesday, 13 December 2011
December Mark Best, Hardie Grant (Marque) Melbourne and Perth.Cadel Evans, Hardie Grant (The Long Road to Paris) Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney.Becca Fitzpatrick, Simon & Schuster (Silence) Sydney, Melbourne and...

Tuesday, 13 December 2011
The Readings Foundation has announced the recipients chosen to receive funding in 2012. The 2012 grant recipients are:Save the Children ($20,000), for the 'delivery of weekly literacy and play sessions...

Tuesday, 13 December 2011
Gilbert Adair, novelist and film critic, has died aged 66. Adair's works include the 'Evadne Mount' trilogy, and Flickers: A History of the Cinema in 100 Images.  Three of his...

Tuesday, 13 December 2011
Bill Gammage has won the 'individual' section of the 2011 Manning Clark House National Cultural Awards for his book The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia (A&U). Gammage's...

Tuesday, 13 December 2011
Thames & Hudson Australia has announced that Jodie Mann has been appointed to take over the position of managing director when current managing director Peter Shaw retires in February 2012....

Tuesday, 13 December 2011
John Wiley & Sons Australia has announced that Lucy Russell, general manager for higher education, will retirement from the company in April 2012. The publisher said in a statement that...

Tuesday, 13 December 2011
The annual Bookseller+Publisher pre-Christmas survey gives the trade a picture of how booksellers are faring in the lead up to Christmas. If your business has not yet completed the survey, please take a...

Tuesday, 13 December 2011
Kay Scarpetta is on a mission to get to the bottom of the murder of her former deputy chief Jack Fielding. While following a lead at a women's prison, she...

Tuesday, 13 December 2011
On Fancy Goods this week, Amelia Vahtrick reviews Darius Bell and the Crystal Bees (Odo Hirsch, A&U), David Cohen reviews The Rattler and Other Stories (AS Patrić, Spineless Wonders) and...

Tuesday, 13 December 2011
The Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) and the New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage have announced funding of NZ$1 million (approximately A$756,000) for New Zealand's country of honour project...

Tuesday, 13 December 2011
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:two self-pub titles in Amazon's 2011 top 10 bestsellersbooksellers protest Amazon's price-check appsales and...

Tuesday, 13 December 2011
As an update to last week's Chistmas closing list, please note these additional entries and amendments.Peribo22/12/114/1/12Random House (office)23/12/113/1/12Random House (warehouse)Closed public holidaysUniLink Data ServicesEmergency support during holidays, and open 10am to 4pm...

Tuesday, 13 December 2011
Every year we ask publishers to share their most anticipated titles for the following year. Here's what they had to say...FictionPatrick White's (pictured) final novel The Hanging Garden (April), which...

Tuesday, 13 December 2011
Dymocks has officially launched its web-based publishing arm, D Publishing. As previously reported by the Weekly Book Newsletter, the new business, which can be accessed at www.dpublishing.com, allows users to upload draft...