Angus & Robertson Whitcoulls (ARW) has announced that negotiations with Borders on a deal to acquire its Australian and New Zealand stores have ceased. ‘As... Read more |
After a record-breaking start, this year’s Adelaide Writers’ Week continued to draw impressive crowds on its final two days last week, despite temperatures reaching 38... Read more |
The 2008 Leading Edge Books conference, held in Alice Springs from 7 to 10 March, attracted ‘about 150′ delegates from around Australia, as well as... Read more |
Stuart Neal, ABC Books’ long-serving commissioning editor, and its publisher since 2002, is leaving the ABC ?for personal reasons’. Neal began his 28-year career at... Read more |
Operating profit at the Pearson Group rose 14% to £634m (A$1.3 billion) in 2007, the UK-based parent company of Penguin and Pearson Education has reported.... Read more |
WBN has been informed of a possible scam and alerts publishers, distributors and booksellers to be aware of it. Book suppliers in the UK, China... Read more |
This year’s Perth Writer’s Festival, held from 22 to 24 February, attracted ‘over 15000′ people according to program manager Katherine Dorrington. This was an increase... Read more |
Victoria’s toddlers will receive around 280,000 free books over the next four years, thanks to a $2.1 childhood literacy program from the State Government. A... Read more |
Magenta Books in Perth’s West Centre will be closed for the foreseeable future, as owners seek to repair flood damage caused by vandals. ‘Someone came... Read more |
The shortlist for the inaugural Barbara Jefferis award has been announced by the Australian Society of Authors (ASA). Valued at $35,000, the award will be... Read more |
The Australian Horror Writers Association (AHWA) has announced the shortlist for this year’s Shadows Award for the best Australian horror story of 2007. The finalists... Read more |
Authors Matthew Reilly and Bradley Trevor Greive were among over 100 golf enthusiasts getting into the swing of things at the inaugural Dymocks Literacy Foundation... Read more |
Three Melburnians have patented a new book-binding technique intended to make hardcovers more affordable. Called ‘Roylebind’, the method involves ‘pre-formed laminated cases that can be... Read more |
Earnings at printer McPherson’s Ltd increased by 29% to $15.17 million in the first half of the financial year. The result came despite a $500,000... Read more |
The finalists in the 2008 New Zealand Post Book Awards have been announced. The twenty titles are: Picture Book The King’s Bubbles (Ruth Paul, Scholastic... Read more |
New copyright guide on ‘special case exception’The Copyright Council has published a new information booklet on Special case exception, designed primarily to inform educators, libraries,... Read more |
Among the items added to our Around the World blog in the past week: Arab countries to boycott Paris Salon du Livre Author asks Amazon... Read more |
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Closing date for 2008 NSW Premier’s History Awards, 14 March,... Read more |
A Prisoner of Birth, Jeffrey Archer’s new thriller set in London, makes it to the top in the Highest New Entries chart this week as... Read more |
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‘It is unlikely that a transaction between the two companies will proceed’–A&R Whitcoulls announces that its Borders bid has gone cold.
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Richard King, managing editor of Canterbury University Press in New Zealand, died last week.
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Twice Booker-nominated novelist Julian Rathbone has died aged 73.
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Gary Gygax, fantasy author and co-creator of the first role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons, has died at the age of 69.
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Romance novelist and ‘natural storyteller’ Suzanne Goodwin has died at the age of 91.
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