The textbook and school stationery supplier Campion Education has acquired Landmark School Supplies. Campion Education has grown in recent years to include Bellbird Books and technical... Read more |
The shortlist for the 2008 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards was announced on Friday, 8 August, by Arts Minister Lynne Kosky at the State Library of... Read more |
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) Australian Awards for Excellence in Educational Publishing were held in Sydney on Thursday, to honour the best books in the... Read more |
A field trip to the Jawoyn region of the Northern Territory by representatives of the bookselling and publishing industry has highlighted both the positive benefits... Read more |
The annual Dymocks conference ran from Sunday 3 August to Tuesday 5 August, and had the largest turn-out yet, Dymocks managing director Don Grover told... Read more |
HarperCollins Worldwide has announced its year-end financial results for the financial year to June 2008. The company reported full-year sales of US$1.39 billion (A$1.53 billion), an... Read more |
Scholastic Corporation, parent company of Scholastic Australia has reported a net loss of US$22.4 million (A$25.8 million) for the financial year to May. However, when the... Read more |
A Chinese printer has refused to print Putting Queensland on the Map by Felicity Jack for UNSW Press because it mentions the China-Tibet border. The book contains... Read more |
Sydney Jewish Writers’ FestivalThe second Sydney Jewish Writers’ Festival will be held from 17 to 19 August, and will feature international guests such as Daniel... Read more |
Among the stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: Chabon wins Hugo Book on Mohammed’s wife dropped over fears of... Read more |
‘Another teacher described the situation where the community cow had made herself comfortable in his classroom during his first week at school–his teacher training hadn’t... Read more |
Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight has been propelled into first place in the Bestseller charts, which may well be due to the anticipation of her new title... Read more |
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: 2008 National Retail Forum and 2008 Retail Expo Australasia, 12-14... Read more |
Poet, author and politician Mahmoud Darwish has died aged 67. His works included Leaves of the Olive Tree, A Lover from Palestine and End of the... Read more |
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Playwright and memoirist Simon Gray, author of The Smoking Diaries, Year of the Jouncer and Last Cigarette, has died.
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