Angus & Robertson (A&R)–Australia’s largest bookselling chain with over 170 stores–has created a furore among publishers and distributors in its latest round of negotiations with... Read more |
Mr Pip by New Zealand author Lloyd Jones (Text Australia/Penguin NZ) has been named as one of 13 titles on the longlist for this year’s... Read more |
An Australia Council-hosted round table discussion of the study of Australian literature in schools and universities held in Canberra yesterday has recommended that the federal... Read more |
Audience numbers at the 2007 Byron Bay Writers Festival, which ran from 26 to 29 July were ‘slightly up on last year’ according to festival... Read more |
The University of Western Australia (UWA) Press will discontinue its young adult list and has put on hold its publishing of children’s books, pending a... Read more |
Unaudited results for Cambridge University Press (CUP) for the year to 30 April show the business has experienced a doubling of profit for the second... Read more |
The organisers of the speculative fiction festival Conflux have received funding from the Australia Council’s Literature Board and Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) to promote Australian fantasy... Read more |
Paul Heath, managing director of Reader’s Digest Australia, has been named president of Asia Pacific region of the company’s operations. The appointment follows a restructure... Read more |
In the lead-up to the inaugural Indigenous Literacy Day on Wednesday 5 September, members of the Indigenous Literacy Project committee, which will administer the event,... Read more |
In a new issues paper, The Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd), the national body currently preparing a national accreditation scheme for the profession, has outlined... Read more |
Thomson Learning has announced it will change its name to Cengage Learning. The name change follows the sale of Thomson Learning Australia to Apax Partners... Read more |
Ex-MP sued for defamation by ex-NSW policeFormer NSW parliamentarian Peter Breen is being sued for defamation by two retired police officers over references in Breen’s... Read more |
Among the stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: ‘J T Leroy’ hoax author owes US$350,000 More publishers and more... Read more |
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: • Last day of the Melbourne Reed Gift Fairs –... Read more |
It’s a Harry frenzy in the charts this week, as all seven volumes of the Harry Potter series make the Top 10. Other than our... Read more |
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