As reported in a WBN special bulletin last week, Lonely Planet has announced that it will be ‘making up to 50 roles redundant across its... Read more |
As reported in a WBN special bulletin last week, Allen & Unwin has announced the appointment of Leading Edge Books general manager Chris Burgess to... Read more |
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) says the results of its most recent comparative survey of book prices in Australia and overseas ‘again shows the weakness... Read more |
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has appointed a disaster recovery support officer to coordinate its response to disasters such as floods and bushfires.... Read more |
HarperCollins has announced it will launch a new imprint in June 2009. Blue Door, established by UK publisher Patrick Janson-Smith, who was responsible for launching... Read more |
Brays Books in Balmain is celebrating 40 years of operation. Founded by Philip Bray and Margaret Bray and now owned and managed solely by Philip,... Read more |
Despites losses suffered by parent company Torstar, Harlequin has recorded a strong fourth quarter worldwide, with sales of C$126 million (AU$154 million) up over 18... Read more |
New Zealand’s top children’s literature prize, the Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal, has been awarded to natural history writer and photographer Andrew Crowe. The annual award... Read more |
The finalists for the 2009 New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults have been announced. The finalists in the four categories are:... Read more |
The annual Dromkeen Dinner, a fundraising event hosted by the Dromkeen Society, was held at Dromkeen on Saturday 28 February. Jane Stanley, Dromkeen education officer,... Read more |
Hanrahan and Dennett become sole owners of Rockpool Publishing Lisa Hanrahan and Paul Dennett are sole owners of Rockpool Publishing after purchasing shares from Gary... Read more |
Among the stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: O’Neill wins PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Klein wins inaugural Warwick Prize... Read more |
In rights news this week: FictionScribe has acquired the first English-language rights to 640-page Spanish ‘literary page-turner’ El Mapa Del Tiempo (The Map of Time),... Read more |
‘Last year when we had the pleasure of hosting the magnificent Germaine Greer at an event in Melbourne, our marketing manager, Emily Harms, had the... Read more |
A New Earth: Create A Better Life by Eckhart Tolle is the ‘highest new entry’ this week. Tolle’s approach is to ‘let go of fear,... Read more |
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Brussels Book Fair, 5-9 March, Belgium To view these and... Read more |
As reported in last week’s WBN Sandy Campbell passed away on the 19 February. Margaret Hamilton writes: ‘Sandy was a passionate advocate for the CBCA, both... Read more |
Andrew Berkhut head of publishing at Scholastic Australia writes: ‘Talented illustrator, Kilmeny Niland, the daughter of Ruth Park and D’arcy Niland passed away last week.... Read more |
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Chilean bullfighter Conchita Cintron, author of Memoirs of a Bullfighter, has died, aged 86.
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Science-fiction author Philip José Farmer has died, aged 91. Farmer is best known for his ‘Riverworld’ series including To Your Scattered Bodies Go, The Fabulous... Read more |
Bill Holm, poet and essayist, has died, aged 65. His books included Coming Home Crazy, Boxelder Bug Variations, Playing the Black Piano, The Windows of... Read more |
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