Australia’s publishers are off to a flying start to 2009, according to Bookseller+Publisher‘s reviews pages. Among the most highly rated titles for the issue was... Read more |
The Australian Publishers Association (APA), Australian Society of Authors (ASA), Australian Literary Agents’ Association (ALAA) and the Printing Industries Association of Australia have launched a... Read more |
The Australia-Asia Literary Award, worth $110,000 is under review and will not be held this year. State Arts Minister John Day told the West Australian that... Read more |
ABC Commercial has announced the appointment of Alun Noll to the position of general manager–multi-channel retailing. Noll, whose role will include responsibility for ABC Commercial’s... Read more |
The authors whose works have been shortlisted for the South East Asia and the Pacific region for this year’s Commonwealth Writers’ Prize hail from Australia,... Read more |
Allen & Unwin has announced the appointment of Melanie Laville-Moore to the role of New Zealand director. Laville-Moore has been in the role of New... Read more |
University librarian Cathrine Harboe-Ree has announced the appointment of Jo Bramble as the new Manager of the Monash University ePress. The ePress, established in 2003,... Read more |
Eight 2009 literature residencies have been awarded by Asialink, from a total of 40 residencies awarded in the areas of visual arts, arts management, performing... Read more |
The federal government has launched the Creative Industries Innovation Centre (CIIC), designed to assist small and medium-sized businesses in the creative industries sector to make... Read more |
The second annual Writers at the Convent festival ran from 13 to 15 February at the Abbotsford Convent in Melbourne. The event, organised and hosted... Read more |
Barratt relocates for new Borders roleFormer Borders regional manager for New Zealand Justin Barratt, has relocated to Melbourne, Australia, to take up a role that... Read more |
Among the many stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: Atwood admits leaping ‘into a dog’s breakfast’ in festival boycott... Read more |
In rights news this week: FictionA&U sold UK rights to Tender Morsels (Margo Lanagan) to Random House UK where the book will be published as... Read more |
‘The impact of the open market in New Zealand has been somewhat muted by the Australian conditions, but the introduction of an open market there... Read more |
Dexter by Design by Jeff Lindsay graces the top of the Highest New Entries chart this week. For those not in the know, the ‘Dexter’... Read more |
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Reed Gift Fairs – Sydney, 21-25 February The Death Mook... Read more |
Rowenna Brown CBCA (NSW) committee member writes: ‘Children’s literature has lost one of its most passionate and dedicated advocates this week. Sandy Campbell spent her... Read more |
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American Alfred A Knopf Jr. who helped found Atheneum Publishers in 1959, has died, aged 90.
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Irish author Christopher Nolan has died, aged 43. His works included, Damburst of Dreams, Under the Eye of the Clock and The Banyan Tree.
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The longlist for Hachette Australia’s inaugural Richell Prize for Emerging Writers has been announced. The longlisted authors are: Sally Abbott Toni Bartlett Alice Bishop Lyndel... Read more |
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