Following stories in the past two weeks on the controversy generated by Angus & Robertson’s recent discussions with suppliers, the Weekly Book Newsletter sent a... Read more |
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) last Wednesday announced its opposition to the proposed merger between McPherson’s Printing and Griffin Press. ‘The proposed joint... Read more |
As reported in a WBN Special Bulletin last Friday, the winners of this year’s Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) book of the year awards have been announced.... Read more |
The shortlist for the 2007 Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards has been announced. The titles in the running for the book-based prizes are: Fiction Every Move... Read more |
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) will be hosting a meeting between key booksellers and representatives of major publishers in Melbourne next Tuesday (28 August). The... Read more |
With the 2007 Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) due to open this Friday 24 August, running until 2 September, organisers have already sold ?over 90% of... Read more |
Stephen King mistaken for ‘vandal’ in Alice SpringsThe bestselling author Stephen King was mistaken for a book vandal when he began signing copies of his... Read more |
Among the stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: UK indie publishers frustrated with chains Is ‘searchandising’ the next online... Read more |
‘I think it’s got about as much commercial appeal as Osama bin Laden’s love sonnets. It’s a terrible idea for a book, and I don’t... Read more |
The bean-counters at Bloomsbury must be rubbing their hands with something akin to glee, with both the latest Harry Potter offering and Khaled Hosseini’s A... Read more |
Rosemary Cameron writes: Mark Worner passed away last Tuesday in Sydney from liver cancer. Mark was Director of the Melbourne Writers’ Festival for many years in... Read more |
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