The Thomson Corporation, the US-based parent company of Thomson Learning, which has operations in 39 countries, including Australia, has announced it will sell the Thomson... Read more |
The Australian Fair Pay Commission (AFPC) has announced an increase of $27.36 per week for minimum wage rates up to $700 and $22.04 per week... Read more |
In news from our Around the World blog this week, Adobe unveils a new ebook Internet application; Penguin enters the virtual reality world market; Amazon... Read more |
The board of the Australian Publishers Association (APA) has given the go-ahead for the development of a price and availability service for New Zealand booksellers. The... Read more |
RMIT Publishing’s Informit E-library has annouced that it has added its 100th journal. Eureka Street joins 99 other Australian journals on the online service, including BOOKSELLER+PUBLISHER. ‘The... Read more |
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has made a submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee, which is currently reviewing the Government’s proposed changes to... Read more |
The Readings book chain has won this year’s Age/D&B Victorian Business Award in the retail category, and is eligible for the overall award to be... Read more |
Applications are now open for the 2007 Unwin Trust Fellowship, the program that allows a member of the Australian book trade to visit the UK... Read more |
Australian author Nicholas Jose has been chosen as a judge of the new Man Asian Literary Prize, along with US-based writer Andre Aciman and former... Read more |
Following the departure of Ian Ashmore from his position as general manager of the publishing and entertainment arm of Funtastic, the company has announced that... Read more |
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) national executive, which is currently based in New South Wales, is coming to the end of its two-year... Read more |
Springcleaning is in the air … and it seems the nation’s readers are inspired to pull out the dusters and the squeegee mops with Shannon Lush and Jennifer... Read more |
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: the APA Basic Editing and Proofreading Workshop in Sydney on... Read more |
Wendy Lowenstein, oral historian, author and passionate defender of workers’ rights, has died in Melbourne from complications of Alzheimer’s disease, aged 79. Lowenstein’s books include... Read more |
Another successful Victorian Premier’s Reading Challenge has come to an end. The 2006 challenge, which ran from February until the end of August, recorded almost... Read more |
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