Wednesday, 11 June 2008
The winners of the Wilderness Society's annual Environment Awards for Children's Literature have been announced. Going Bush (Nadia Wheatley & Ken Searle, A&U) took out best nonfiction picture book. Going Bush...

Tuesday, 10 June 2008
Among the items added to our Around the World blog in the past week:attendance well down at BEAare e-books any greener than print?age-ranging for children's book 'ill-conceived and damaging' say...

Tuesday, 10 June 2008
The New South Wales state government plans to amend current trading laws to allow all retailers to trade on Sundays. Under existing legislation, most NSW retailers must obtain government approval...

Tuesday, 10 June 2008
Sidney Poitier’s memoir The Measure of a Man has grabbed pole position in the Fastest Movers chart this week. The Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner star 'shares his provocative thoughts...

Tuesday, 10 June 2008
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Smart 2009 Conference, Sydney 10-11 June Shaun Tan in conversation with Chris Wallace-Crabbe, State Library...

Tuesday, 10 June 2008
Brian Murray, head of HarperCollins Australia for three years from 2001, has been appointed CEO of HarperCollins Worldwide, following the resignation of Jane Friedman. Murray, who has been president of...

Tuesday, 10 June 2008
The late James Kemsley, a Ginger Meggs cartoonist for 23 years, was among the authors and artists to receive recognition in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours. Among the other book-related recipients...

Tuesday, 10 June 2008
The State Library of Victoria (SLV) has announced the recipients of its annual Creative Fellowships, worth a total of $185,000. Now in their sixth year, the Fellowships allow writers, artists,...

Tuesday, 10 June 2008
Rose Tremain's 10th novel The Road Home (Vintage) has won this year's Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction, worth £30,000 (A$62,000). The novel is about an Eastern European migrant worker who...

Tuesday, 10 June 2008
The winners of this year's Griffin Poetry Prize were announced at a colourful Caribbean-themed awards in Toronto on 4 June. Notes From the Air: Selected Later Poems by John Ashberry...

Tuesday, 10 June 2008
The Montana New Zealand Book Awards celebrate the best books written and illustrated by New Zealanders each year. Awarded in the fields of fiction, poetry, history, biography, reference & anthology,...

Tuesday, 10 June 2008
Tara June Winch to be mentored by Nobel laureateAuthor Tara June Winch (Swallow the Air, UQP) has been selected for a year-long mentoring program through the Rolex Mentor and Protégé...

Tuesday, 10 June 2008
‘We quite often have a reputation of being expensive, i.e. selling at RRP. But my buyers and I search around for some great books at lower prices; we just don't...

Tuesday, 3 June 2008
Women authors take all the top spots in the charts this week. The formidable 4 Ingredients is number one in the Bestsellers, Cherie Blair's autobiography Speaking for Myself is number...

Tuesday, 3 June 2008
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Smart 2009 Conference, Sydney, 10-11 JuneShaun Tan in conversation with Chris Wallace-Crabbe, State Library of...

Tuesday, 3 June 2008
Books Alive has announced a ‘bold new approach' for the 2008 campaign, which runs from 27 July to 31 August. While the model is the same, with customers receiving a...

Tuesday, 3 June 2008
Lou Johnson, sales director at Allen & Unwin (A&U) for the past six years, is leaving the company to join Simon & Schuster (S&S) in the newly created role of...

Tuesday, 3 June 2008
Abbey's bookstore in Sydney has announced several staff changes. Jack Winning will retire in 2009 and will be replaced as managing director by Alan Abbey. Peter Milne is standing down...

Tuesday, 3 June 2008
The program for this year's Byron Bay Writers' Festival, to be held from 25-27 July, has been announced. There is, as usual, a strong international focus, with writers attending from...

Tuesday, 3 June 2008
Perth-based educational supplier Wooldridges has announced its acquisition of Education House, which supplies textbook and school resources in Western Australia. ‘The acquisition of Education House is a key component of...

Tuesday, 3 June 2008
In recognition of her lifetime contribution to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts, author Doris Pilkington Garimara has been awarded the Australia Council's Red Ochre Award. Pilkington Garimara is the...

Tuesday, 3 June 2008
The longlist for the 2008 Ned Kelly Awards (or ‘Neddies') has been announced. Presented by The Crime Writers Association of Australia, the awards are for Best First Fiction, Best Fiction,...

Tuesday, 3 June 2008
The shortlist in the Kayell Australia Galley Club Awards for Excellence in Book and Magazine production have been announced. Awards are under the categories of Books: Sheetfed, Books: Webfed, Non-Standard...

Tuesday, 3 June 2008
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced the 20 successful applicants for its 2008/2009 round of mentorships. The ASA received over 350 entries in the areas of fiction, nonfiction,...

Tuesday, 3 June 2008
Tim Winton on SlowTV--45-minute interview onlineThe often media-shy Tim Winton has participated in a 45-minute interview with Martin Flanagan for the new website ‘SlowTV', broadcast by Schwarz Media, parent company...

Tuesday, 3 June 2008
‘We did not go because there is no reason to go anymore... The days of the old trade show are coming to an end'--why Margo Baldwin of US publisher Chelsea...