Tuesday, 21 October 2008
'Maybe, depending on the book, publisher and category'--a Frankfurt-goer on whether books are 'recession proof'. 

Tuesday, 21 October 2008
HarperStudio, a nonfiction imprint of HarperCollins run by Bob Miller in the US, is branching out to the UK, Australia and New Zealand. Carole Tonkinson, publisher for Harper Nonfiction in...

Tuesday, 21 October 2008
Following Angus and Robertson's announcement of the instalment of the first retail Espresso Book Machine (EBM), The University of Melbourne is set to install the machine on campus. The University...

Tuesday, 21 October 2008
Angus & Robertson (A&R) has launched two new ‘concept stores' in Melbourne at Knox City and Fountain Gate. ‘This is not just about a new set of shelves,' A&R marketing...

Tuesday, 21 October 2008
New Koorong book storesKoorong, the Christian booksellers, have opened a new store in Springwood, a suburb of Brisbane. The store manager is David Perry. Koorong are also planning a new...

Tuesday, 21 October 2008
The longlist for the Walkley Award for Best Nonfiction Book was announced along with all finalists for the 53rd Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism on 15 October at the...

Tuesday, 21 October 2008
A Master of Communication (Book Publishing) program has been added to RMIT's course offerings in 2009. The program will be available to students who have completed the Graduate Diploma in...

Tuesday, 21 October 2008
The APA has announced a new limited-place workshop to provide training on digital publishing. Publishing in the Digital Space: the E-ssentials is a two-day workshop to be held on 2...

Tuesday, 21 October 2008
The longlist for the Australia-Asia Literary Award, formerly the West Australian Premier's Literary Award, has been announced. The award, which at $110,000 is Australia's richest, is open to any book-length...

Tuesday, 21 October 2008
UQP publisher Madonna Duffy, and literary agent Sophie Hamley of the Cameron Creswell Agency have joined the Visiting International Publishers (VIP) program committee. They join Fiona Henderson, consulting publisher at...

Tuesday, 21 October 2008
This year's Indigenous Literacy Day, held on Wednesday 3 September, has raised $185,000 to date. Chair of ILD David Gaunt said the Indigenous Literacy Day committee was still hoping to...

Tuesday, 21 October 2008
Kathy Lette's new book To Love, Honour and Betray (Till Divorce Us Do Part) has claimed the 'fastest mover' tag this week in the charts, showing once again that Lette...

Tuesday, 21 October 2008
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Belgrade International Book Fair, Serbia, 20-26 OctoberHelsinki Book Fair, Finland, 23-26 OctoberWorld Matters: Rights, Responsibilities...

Tuesday, 21 October 2008
Australian children's author Eleanor Spence has died aged 80. Her books included The Switherby Pilgrims and Jamberoo Road and The Green Laurel.

Tuesday, 21 October 2008
The UK literary agent Pat Kavanagh has died. She represented a list of high-profile authors including Joanna Trollope, Robert Harris and John Irving. 

Monday, 20 October 2008
The 2008 Frankfurt Book Fair has concluded, with organisers celebrating the fair's 60th anniversary with record attendance numbers. However, on the floor, standholders' feelings were mixed, with a number reporting...

Thursday, 16 October 2008
Andrew Wilkins reports from Frankfurt: Agents and rights managers made a beeline for last week's 22nd International Rights Directors Meeting, an essential professional development event held each year on the eve of the...

Tuesday, 14 October 2008
Among the stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: A 'lacklustre' year for the Book shortlist'Der Turm' wins German Book PrizeGoogle settlement near?Shortlist for Canadian...

Tuesday, 14 October 2008
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2008. He is described by the Nobel committee as an ‘author of new departures, poetic adventure and...

Tuesday, 14 October 2008
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga (Atlantic) has been named the winner of the 2008 Man Booker Prize for Fiction. Adiga, who was born in Chennai, India, was raised partly...

Tuesday, 14 October 2008
The Frankfurt Book Fair opens today and runs through this week until Sunday. The fair, celebrating its 60th birthday this year, is expecting one of its biggest years ever, with just...

Tuesday, 14 October 2008
Anita Heiss and Peter Minter are the winners of the 2008 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Deadly Award for outstanding achievement in literature. The award, announced at a ceremony at...

Tuesday, 14 October 2008
By a unanimous show of hands, publishers from Canada, Australia and New Zealand voted to pursue closer cooperation between the three English-language markets at a special pre-book fair Summit held...

Tuesday, 14 October 2008
The winners of this year's Sisters in Crime Davitt Awards for women's crime writing have been announced. Katherine Howell took out the Best Crime Novel prize for Frantic (Pan) at...

Tuesday, 14 October 2008
Booksellers New Zealand has announced the resignation of CEO Linda Henderson. ‘It is with much regret that I announce the resignation,' said Hamish Wright, chair of the Booksellers New Zealand...

Tuesday, 14 October 2008
Fremantle Press has announced the appointment of Georgia Richter to the position of publisher, with responsibility for the adult fiction and poetry lists. ‘Georgia is well-known in the literary community in Western Australia,...

Tuesday, 14 October 2008
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced it is partnering with the University of Melbourne Book Industry Study and Thorpe-Bowker to undertake ‘an online survey of publishing activity and expectations...

Tuesday, 14 October 2008
Twilight is sitting pretty at number three in the Bestsellers, as Stephenie Meyer keeps the chart afloat with four of her titles in the top eight. The top position goes...