Next week’s issue of WBN, Wednesday 12 December, will be our last for the year. We will be hitting the phones at the end of... Read more |
Peter Donoughue has announced that he will be retiring as MD of John Wiley & Sons Australia in August 2008. As part of the succession... Read more |
The newly elected Labor government has announced two new literary prizes worth $100,000 each. From 2008 the Prime Minister’s Literary Prize will be awarded for... Read more |
As reported in a WBN Special Bulletin last week, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has called for further submissions before it makes a... Read more |
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has released a statement defending its members against recent claims from the Australian Society of Authors (ASA) that nascent e-book download... Read more |
Bookseller, library and publisher websites can now host Weekly Book Newsletter news headlines on their own web pages following the launch this week of the... Read more |
Chris Masters’ Jonestown (Allen & Unwin) has won the 2007 Walkley award for a nonfiction book. The annual awards for excellence in journalism were presented... Read more |
The Australian National Retailers Association (ANRA), which represents Australia’s large-scale retailers, has called on the new Labor government to review recent amendments to the Trade... Read more |
The Australian Publishers Association and the Literature Board of the Australia Council are calling for applicants to attend the fifth biennial Residential Editorial Program (REP) in... Read more |
Unless otherwise indicated, businesses listed are not open on weekends or public holidays. Company Last day of business First day of business Allen & Unwin... Read more |
The UK’s Booksellers Association (BA) has released a new report on digitisation, Embracing the Digital Age, which is co-authored by Francis Bennett, founder of BookData,... Read more |
By overturning an earlier ruling from the country’s Competition Commission, New Zealand’s High Court has opened the way for a takeover of discount retailer The... Read more |
Zambian writer Ellen Banda-Aaku has won the 2007 Commonwealth Short Story Competition for her story ‘Sozi’s Box’. The story, which was chosen as the best... Read more |
Cullen interviewed on RN Book ShowAs the book trade prepares to farewell Barbara Cullen, who will step down as ABA CEO today, she has been interviewed on... Read more |
Among the stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: Film deal for Quercus Perseus named PW’s publisher of the year... Read more |
Bryce Courtenay’s latest, The Persimmon Tree, was the fastest mover this week, also taking out the number-one spot for the second week in a row.... Read more |
Bookseller, library and publisher websites can now host the latest book news, and book professionals can keep abreast of breaking news at any time, following... Read more |
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