Allen & Unwin has announced that it will leave Alliance Distribution Services from 1 January 2009 and move its distribution to the Pearson-owned United Book... Read more |
The 2007 Brisbane Writers Festival wound up on Sunday 16 September, having run from 12 September. Author Abdel Bari-Atwan, whose late arrival due to delays... Read more |
This year’s Vogel/Australian Literary Award has been presented to 34-year-old Melbourne-based writer Stefan Laszczuk for his second novel I Dream of Magda, which is inspired by the... Read more |
The annual Angus & Robertson conference was held from 9 to 11 September at Melbourne’s Testra Dome. Approximately 300 people attended, including company store managers,... Read more |
The Book City bookselling chain launched a new logo and store branding at its annual franchise conference, held in Melbourne last weekend. HarperCollins was named... Read more |
With the Frankfurt Book Fair only two weeks away, international publishers and agents can now access information on the Australian book trade online following the launch... Read more |
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has awarded its 2007 ASA Medal to the late Glenda Adams. The medal was presented at a ceremony in... Read more |
A single e-book standard is a step closer after the Members of the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) voted overwhelmingly in favour of accepting the... Read more |
Following the recent Brisbane Writers Festival, several other festivals are due to kick off in coming days: Inaugural Manly writers festival this SundayThe inaugural Writers... Read more |
The Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA) has presented its annual children’s book awards as part of the 2007 LIANZA conference held... Read more |
Two book-related award sponsorships in New Zealand have been recognised with major awards. Law firm Buddle Finlay was recently declared the overall winner at the... Read more |
Spotlight abandons AWAsNational fabric retailer Spotlight has announced that it will negotiate a new collective agreement with its 6500 employees rather than deal with the... Read more |
Among the stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: Fair use ‘worth more to the economy than copyright’ Authors secure... Read more |
‘Publishing is a satisfying and self-fulfilling occupation, which may sound better at a dinner party than "dentist" or "sanitary inspector".’–Philip Kogan, co-founder of UK publisher... Read more |
How much murder, misdemeanour and mayhem is too much? Not nearly enough, according to the bestseller chart this week. Kathy Reich’s Bones to Ashes grasps... Read more |
Penguin Books Australia writes: ‘It is with much sadness that Penguin Australia notes the passing of Trevor Glover in London on 12 September after a... Read more |
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Author Robert Jordan, best known for his ‘Wheel of Time’ series of fantasy novels, has died of a rare blood disease aged 58.
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