Tuesday, 10 February 2009
ReadHowYouWant (RHYW), a special format publisher, has launched an online Braille bookshop ‘in celebration of Louis Braille's 200th birthday'. The Sydney-based company offers public domain works, as well as current...

Tuesday, 10 February 2009
Caro Llewellyn, the former director of PEN World Voices Festival who was appointed director of the Melbourne's new Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas in December, has announced that she...

Tuesday, 10 February 2009
Pat Woolley, director of Wild & Woolley/Fast Books, writes: ‘I am astounded at the great submissions to the productivity commission that have been written by so many writers, printers, publishers,...

Tuesday, 10 February 2009
Among the stories added to our Around the World blog:Kolkata Book Fair expects two million visitorsIndia to take 73 stands at LBFGoogle offers 1.5 million free ebooks for mobilesAnother bad...

Tuesday, 10 February 2009
The Highest New Entries chart holds the most interest this week, as it is the only chart that doesn't feature Stephenie Meyer in abundance, or at all. John Grisham's The...

Tuesday, 10 February 2009
Booksellers NZ Conference 2009 dates and theme announcedThe 2009 Booksellers Conference will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Auckland, 26 to 27 July, with the theme ‘Rethinking the...

Tuesday, 10 February 2009
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Jerusalem International Book Fair, 15-20 FebruaryWriters at the Convent, Abbotsford, VIC, 13-15 FebruaryTo view these...

Tuesday, 10 February 2009
Puerto Rican writer and boxer Jose Torres has died, aged 72. Torres wrote Fire and Fear (released in 1989) a book about Mike Tyson.

Tuesday, 10 February 2009
In rights news this week: NonfictionHarperCollins has acquired the rights to the political autobiography of former Prime Minister John Howard. The New Glucose Revolution by Professor Jennie Brand-Miller, Kaye Foster-Powell and Professor...

Tuesday, 3 February 2009
Among the stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:Book Expo Canada cancelledUK book output up in 2008Google Books and 'the tragedy of the anti-commons'Is Houghton...

Tuesday, 3 February 2009
Josie Rusher's Robert Pattinson: True Love Never Dies comes in at number one in the Highest New Entries chart this week. For anyone unaware who Robert Pattinson is, Stephenie Meyer...

Tuesday, 3 February 2009
‘The proponents of the current protectionist regime rely on inaccurate, often emotive arguments including the alleged number of Australian titled books produced in Australia. The Chief Executive Officer of the...

Tuesday, 3 February 2009
Steve Braunias and Julian Novitz have been announced as joint winners of this year's Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellowship. Each writer will receive a $20,000 grant, and will spend five months...

Tuesday, 3 February 2009
New Zealand-born author Ruth Park has been named the recipient of the 2008 Dromkeen Medal. Born in 1917, Park began writing early, contributing stories and poems to newspapers in New...

Tuesday, 3 February 2009
Companion of the Order of Australia for BandlerIn addition to several other industry figures recognised in this year's Australia Day honours list, author Faith Bandler was awarded a Companion of...

Tuesday, 3 February 2009
In rights news this week: SALESFictionAnne Beilby at Text reports the sale of The Beginner's Guide to Living (Lia Hills) to Motibo in Greece; Handling the Undead (John Ajvide Lindqvist)...

Tuesday, 3 February 2009
Reader's Digest has cut a number of positions, worldwide. A company spokesperson told Publisher's Weekly, the company would not be closing any businesses and that the approximately 280 redundancies (eight...

Tuesday, 3 February 2009
The Dymocks bookselling chain has announced that it has acquired an 80% stake in Healthy Habits, a ‘30-strong Australian owned and operated' sandwich bar franchise. ‘Besides our organic growth through...

Tuesday, 3 February 2009
Merimbula Bookshop, an independent store on the far south coast of New South Wales, has been taken over this week by Michelle Delle Vergin and Mark Bolsius, who have renamed...

Tuesday, 3 February 2009
The Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) has announced that Michael Campbell will not be renewing his contract as festival director. Campbell has directed the festival since 2006. In that time, audiences...

Tuesday, 3 February 2009
The Sydney Writers' Festival has announced the appointment of Chip Rolley as a guest artistic director for 2010, with current director Wendy Were to return in 2011 following maternity leave.Rolley...

Tuesday, 3 February 2009
Natasha Lester was presented the TAG  Hungerford Award for fiction in Perth last week for her manuscript What is Left Over, After. Lester, who has had poetry and short fiction...

Tuesday, 3 February 2009
To celebrate the announcement of Macquarie Dictionary's Word of the Year 2008, WBN is giving away 10 six-month subscriptions to the Macquarie Dictionary online! Each year, the clever people at...

Tuesday, 3 February 2009
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: 'Scribble' - Canberra Young Readers' and Writers' Festival, Canberra, 6-7 FebruaryTo view these and more...