Hard-boiled crime writer Mickey Spillane, the creator of legendary private eye Mike Hammer, has died aged 88. Spillane’s first Mike Hammer book, I, the Jury... Read more |
South African author Mary Watson has won this year’s £10,000 (A$23,300) Caine Prize for African Writing for her short story ‘Jungfrau’. The Caine Prize is... Read more |
Authors Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh have been granted leave to appeal the breach of copyright case they lost against Da Vinci Code author Dan... Read more |
Victoria has announced a plan to phase out free plastic shopping bags by 2009. From 2009, retailers will be required to charge at least 10... Read more |
In overseas news this week, Borders has confirmed that former Saks department store executive George Jones is the company’s new CEO; publisher reactions to UK... Read more |
Joy Damousi, author of Freud in the Antipodes: The Cultural History of Psychoanalysis in Australia (UNSW Press) is the winner of the 2006 Ernest Scott... Read more |
With Children’s Book Week approaching rapidly (19 to 25 August), the New South Wales branch of the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has announced... Read more |
Film Victoria confirmed last week that a feature film based on Maurice Sendak’s classic children’s book Where the Wild Things Are (Random House) will be made... Read more |
The 13th Tokyo International Book Fair wrapped up on Sunday 9 July after four busy days. The Fair attracted a record number of attendees: almost... Read more |
It’s been a big week for pirates and boy wizards. Harry Potter has topped the bestseller charts once again with the release of the paperback... Read more |
John Ritchie, history professor, author and one of the longest serving editors of the Australian Dictionary of Biography (MUP), has died in Canberra, aged 65.... Read more |
Chinese language teacher and author Tsai-Hsien Chang has died in Melbourne, aged 86. Chang was the author of several English and Chinese language publications, including... Read more |
Want know what’s happening in book markets around the world? It’s now only a click away. Our new service includes an online overseas news ‘blog,’... Read more |
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