Tuesday, 1 July 2008
The shortlist for the 2008 Australian Christian Book of the Year awards has been announced. The shortlisted titles, chosen from more than 50 titles submitted by 27 Australian publishers, are:...

Tuesday, 1 July 2008
Atwood wins top Spanish literature prizeCanadian author Margaret Atwood has been awarded Spain's prestigious Prince of Asturias Prize for literature, beating 32 nominees from 24 countries. Described as ‘one of...

Tuesday, 1 July 2008
Stephanie Plum, heroine of numerical proportions comes in at number one in the Bestsellers and Highest New Entries chart with Fearless Fourteen, Janet Evanovich's latest book in the series. 4...

Tuesday, 1 July 2008
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Closing date for Max Afford Playwright's Award, 4 JulyTo view these and more forthcoming events,...

Tuesday, 1 July 2008
Irina Baronova, ballerina and author of Irina: Ballet, Life and Love (Penguin) has died. Penguin Australia writes: 'Her many friends at Penguin were saddened by the news that Irina Baronova...

Tuesday, 1 July 2008
Children's author, BlueCatBooks publisher and mentor Leone Peguero has died.

Tuesday, 1 July 2008
Among the stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:Amazon/Hachette UK stand-off continuesPenguin UK to consult on firm-sale movesFaber website relaunchCape Town Book Fair a successChinese...

Tuesday, 24 June 2008
Jane McGrath, wife of cricketer Glenn McGrath with whom she wrote A Love For Life, passed away this week, aged 42.  

Tuesday, 24 June 2008
CAL (Copyright Agency Limited) has reported that it and the Victorian government have 'entered into a six-year retrospective agreement woth almost $3 million'.The agreement covers the photocopying of copyright works...

Tuesday, 24 June 2008
Allen & Unwin New Zealand has appointed Nicola McCloy to the newly created role of commissioning editor. The appointment means that New Zealand titles currently produced out of Sydney in...

Tuesday, 24 June 2008
As reported in a WBN special bulletin on Thursday night, The Time We Have Taken by Steven Carroll (Fourth Estate) is the winner of the 2008 Miles Franklin Literary Award....

Tuesday, 24 June 2008
While the list cannot be published here until the campaign kicks off on 27 July, most booksellers should now be aware of the 50 books featured in this year's new-look Books...

Tuesday, 24 June 2008
John Wiley & Sons has announced that revenue for the fiscal year 2008 ‘increased 36% over the previous year to US$1.7 billion' (A$1.78 billion). Revenue from Blackwell, which the company...

Tuesday, 24 June 2008
Legislation introduced to the South Australian parliament aims to ban most lightweight plastic bags from supermarkets and other shops by May next year. The proposed legislation comes after a meeting...

Tuesday, 24 June 2008
Costco, the US wholesale chain, has announced that it will open its first Australian outlet in Melbourne's Docklands by mid-2009. The arrival of the retailer in Australia has been mooted...

Tuesday, 24 June 2008
Two industry superannuation funds, Print Super and Just Super, have announced they will merge on 1 July to create the new industry fund Media Super. The friendly merger will create...

Tuesday, 24 June 2008
Dymocks debate raises funds for literacyThe Dymocks Literacy Foundation held its annual fundraiser last Thursday, at a debate event where guests Adam Spencer, Rob Carlton, Julia Morris, Chris Cheng, Rebecca...

Tuesday, 24 June 2008
Stephanie Meyer's books are by far and away the quickest off the mark this week with Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse taking first, second and third positions respectively in the...

Tuesday, 24 June 2008
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Closing date for the Blake Poetry Prize, 27 JuneWriting for children/YA at the NSW Writers'...

Tuesday, 24 June 2008
American author and illustrator Tasha Tudor has died aged 92 in Vermont, USA. She illustrated nearly 100 books, the most recent being The Corgiville Christmas in 2003.

Tuesday, 24 June 2008
Among the stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:romance fans attack MSNBC over 'bodice-ripper' slurAmazon promo helps debut novel to 90,000 print runBook Expo Canada's future...

Wednesday, 18 June 2008
Books Alive ambassador Michael Robotham has been shortlisted for the £2000 (A$4100) CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for crime writing. Robotham was nominated for Shatter (Little Brown), which the judges described...

Tuesday, 17 June 2008
UNSW Press has announce it is now the official publisher for the Choice Books imprint. Following an agreement between UNSW Press and Choice (the Australian Consumers' Association), Choice Books will...

Tuesday, 17 June 2008
Among the items added to our around the world blog in the past week:young people think bookshops will be gone in 20 yearsauthor sues booksellers for selling his bookMarchetta gets...

Tuesday, 17 June 2008
The Time We Have Taken by Steven Carroll (Fourth Estate) is the winner of this year's Miles Franklin Literary Award. Carroll received the award, valued at $42,000, at a gala...

Tuesday, 17 June 2008
‘We need to impose some factional discipline: don't undermine, don't back-stab, don't air your grievances with each other in public'--Australian Publishers Association CEO Maree McCaskill on establishing a common voice...

Tuesday, 17 June 2008
The Big Book Club will be taking authors to ‘some places they wouldn't otherwise go' as part of this year's Books Alive campaign, says Big Book Club spokesperson Fiona Lange....