Author Anna Funder has quit the judging panel for the Horne Prize, after a rule change about which judges were not consulted, reports the Australian. Prize organisers made changes to... Read more
Online bookseller Booktopia has won the people’s choice award at the national finals of the Telstra Business Awards. Announced at an awards dinner on 20 September, the national award win... Read more
Kate Morton’s new novel The Clockmaker’s Daughter (A&U) has debuted at number one on this week’s bestsellers chart, knocking Scott Pape’s The Barefoot Investor (Wiley) back down to second place. In third spot... Read more
Kuala Lumpur (KL) has been named as the UNESCO World Book Capital (WBC) for 2020. The city was selected due to its ‘strong focus on inclusive education’ and emphasis on ‘accessible... Read more
