As first reported in a WBN Special Bulletin last week, the seventh and final Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, will have a... Read more |
Peter Eichhorn, one of the founding directors of Allen & Unwin (A&U), has resigned his position as finance and distribution director. ‘At a farewell function... Read more |
Publisher, lecturer and reviewer Walter McVitty is the winner of the 2006 Dromkeen Medal. The medal is awarded annually for ‘work that makes a significant... Read more |
Bowker’s Global Books in Print (GBiP) bibliographic database has been selected by Microsoft as the preferred data source for the software giant’s Live Search Books... Read more |
The Kolkata (Calcutta) Book Fair–India’s largest international booktrade event–is in chaos after organisers were forced to reorganise this year’s fair at the last moment when... Read more |
Australian fantasy author Garth Nix is gaining wide exposure in the United Kingdom as the bookselling chain W H Smith gives away a free copy his... Read more |
Following the passing of the Copyright Amendment Bill 2006 by the House of Representatives on 4 December last year, the Copyright Agency Limited is calling... Read more |
The 2007 Somerset Celebration of Literature will be held from 13 March to 17 March this year in the grounds of Somerset College at Mudgeeraba... Read more |
Independent Melbourne publisher Wannabee Publishing has changed its name to Vignette Press, in a relaunch announced last Friday 2 February. Publisher Lisa Dempster, who took... Read more |
The federal government has announced the renewal of the Australia Council’s base funding agreement, worth $418 million over three years. The announcement by Arts and... Read more |
The announcement of the winner of the 2007 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize will take place on 27 May in Jamaica as part of the Calabash International... Read more |
Those attending The London Book Fair, which will run from 16 April to 18 April 2007 in Earls Court, London, are being encouraged to pre-register... Read more |
Vista International and Ingenta, two of the largest international publishing software companies, have announced that they will merge to create Publishing Technologies PLC. The new... Read more |
Among the global booktrade stories in our Around the World blog this week: Is private equity firm KKR about to launch a takeover for Pearson/Penguin? Wiley... Read more |
It’s a tale of two Pattersons in this week’s highest new entries chart. James debuts at number 13 with Step on a Crack (with a... Read more |
Bestselling author Sidney Sheldon has died from complications arising from pneumonia, aged 89. Sheldon first achieved success as a Broadway playwright and Hollywood scriptwriter before... Read more |
American newspaper columnist, political commentator and author Molly Ivins has died of breast cancer, aged 62. Ivins turned ‘Bush-bashing’ into an artform with books such... Read more |
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