Tuesday, 9 March 2010
In rights news this week: AcquisitionRandom House reports it has acquired the rights to former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's memoirs Tony Blair: The Journey, for publication in September under...

Tuesday, 9 March 2010
The 82nd Academy Awards honoured many films adapted from books, in the annual ceremony presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Monday.The Oscar for best adapted...

Tuesday, 9 March 2010
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Tuesday, 9 March 2010
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Tuesday, 9 March 2010
An interactive draft of the national curriculum has been released online by the Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), covering kindergarten to year 10 classes of English, mathematics, science...

Tuesday, 9 March 2010
Australian development house Inventive Labs has created a 'new way to embed a "book" on any webpage with two lines of code'.Monocle is free open source software, which provides a...

Tuesday, 9 March 2010
Allen & Unwin won this year's publisher of year crown at the Leading Edge Books conference last weekend in Hobart.Also recognised at the conference gala dinner were Pages & Pages...

Tuesday, 9 March 2010
'Whatever the great ebook definition is, it's necessary as it ensures that we go from physical books to electronic books. Otherwise we're going to end up with electronic things that are non-books and...

Tuesday, 9 March 2010
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:Canadian Booksellers Association lobbies to prevent Amazon expansion 2010 Abu Dhabi Book Fair declared...

Tuesday, 9 March 2010
This week on Bookseller+Publisher's Fancy Goods blog you can find out what Gleebooks bookseller David Gaunt and SBS newsreader Anton Enus are reading, read Matthia Dempsey's round-up of writing advice...

Tuesday, 9 March 2010
HarperCollins Publishers has announced it will ‘branch out into custom publishing', with the appointment of Suzanne Monks as custom publisher. ‘As custom publisher, Suzanne will broaden the base of HarperCollins' trade-focused...

Wednesday, 3 March 2010
Among the stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:publishers have a win in case agains RapidshareCopyright, piracy and (anti-)DRM dominate at TOCCanadian book market up...

Tuesday, 2 March 2010
It's a bit of a mixed bag this week with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson at number one in the Bestsellers, followed by Claudia Gray's Hourglass....

Tuesday, 2 March 2010
American writer Barry Hannah has died, aged 67. His works included Geronimo Rex and High Lonesome, a short story collection which garnered him a nomination for the Pulitzer Prize.

Tuesday, 2 March 2010
The 2010 Adelaide Writers Week kicked off on Sunday 28 February with a dedication to poet Thomas Shapcott. The strong crowds have enjoyed slightly cooler weather than the sweltering 2008...

Tuesday, 2 March 2010
'Literature is [...] popular, with seven per cent  of people writing a novel or short story, and five per cent of people have written poetry--that's almost 900,000 Australians writing poems!'--Australia Council CEO Kathy...

Tuesday, 2 March 2010
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Tuesday, 2 March 2010
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Tuesday, 2 March 2010
Among the 33 adult and 26 children's titles reviewed pre-publication in the March issue of Bookseller+Publisher magazine are two books that have just been launched at Adelaide Writers' Week. Click...

Tuesday, 2 March 2010
In rights news this week:SALESFiction:Allen & Unwin will launch its new UK imprint, A&U Atlantic, with Lovesong (Alex Miller). Allen & Unwin has also sold German rights for Lovesong (Alex...

Tuesday, 2 March 2010
This week, our Fancy Goods blog hits the road and takes in both Adelaide Writers' Week and the Perth Writers Festival: This year, due to some trickiness in the calendar,...

Tuesday, 2 March 2010
The Gourmand World Cookbook Award, which honours the best food and wine books, announced its 2010 winners at the inaugural Paris Cookbook Fair. The winners were chosen from a pool...

Tuesday, 2 March 2010
John Bacon, vice-president of international sales and marketing for US-based book distributor Baker & Taylor (B&T), is in Australia this week. He is meeting with booksellers and publishers to discuss...

Tuesday, 2 March 2010
On Tuesday 2 March, Queensland Writers Centre (QWC) celebrated its 20th anniversary in style at a gala event with the Queensland Premier and Minister for Arts, Anna Bligh. Many of...

Tuesday, 2 March 2010
Pearson has released preliminary full-year results for 2009, reporting a 45% increase in net profits. Pearson's Australian businesses, Penguin Group (Australia) and Pearson Australia, both had a ‘record year' in...

Tuesday, 2 March 2010
The Perth Writers Festival 2010 has wrapped up after an inspiring, stimulating (and hot) four days on the University of Western Australia campus from 26 February to 1 March, attended...