In the April issue of Bookseller+Publisher magazine (viewable in e-magazine form here) Angela Meyer rounds up the titles publishers have on offer for Mother’s Day... Read more |
Bookseller+Publisher magazine continues to support Australian publishers attending the Bologna Children’s Book Fair and the London Book Fair with our annual guide to Australian participants... Read more |
As reported in a WBN special bulletin on Friday, the Productivity Commission has recommended that some of Australia’s ‘parallel importation restrictions’ (PIRs) be retained, but... Read more |
As reported in a WBN special bulletin on Friday, the Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) committee has announced the appointment of Jane O’Hara as artistic director.... Read more |
The shortlists for the NSW Premier’s Awards have been announced, worth a total of $320,000. In 2009, there were 640 entries received. To celebrate the... Read more |
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has announced that its planned 2010 conference has been cancelled. CBCA national executive president Marj Kirkland said the... Read more |
Peter Carey is on the shortlist for the Man Booker International Prize, worth £60,000 (A$124,357). The prize is awarded biennially to an author of fiction... Read more |
Australian authors Debra Adelaide (The Household Guide to Dying, Picador) and Michelle de Kretser (The Lost Dog, A&U) are among the 20 authors longlisted for... Read more |
Novel Vending Australasia has announced it will launch mini book vending machines in Sydney in April. General manager Robyn Gipters told WBN that the company... Read more |
Self-publishing service company Book Pal Australia has announced a new partnership with Angus & Robertson. The distribution deal will mean readers can order the self-published... Read more |
This year’s annual Leading Edge Books conference, held from 21 to 23 March at Crowne Plaza in New South Wales’ Hunter Valley, attracted over 200... Read more |
Baci Lounge, a bookshop that offers coffee, food and wine, has launched in Brisbane. Established initially in Auckland [www.baci.co.nz] by Sharad Paul, the store runs... Read more |
The US discount chain Costco has confirmed its first Australian store will open in Melbourne’s Docklands in July. The store will employ 225 staff and... Read more |
Brisbane bookseller Rosemary Potter, who runs Rosemary’s Romances, has received the 2009 Romance Writers of America Steffie Walker Bookseller of the Year Award. Beating the international... Read more |
The Australia Council has opened two new opportunities for young and emerging publishers. During a paid 18-month mentorship, successful candidates will work alongside publishing teams... Read more |
The Australia Council-sponsored Visiting International Publisher (VIP) program will be held this year in conjunction with Sydney Writers’ Festival (18 to 24 May). The list... Read more |
HarperCollins is launching a new imprint in September, It Books, which will publish titles on the internet, style, sports and pop culture, with some titles... Read more |
Harlequin has announced it is releasing a new YA fiction line. Michelle Laforest managing director of Harlequin Enterprises Australia told WBN ‘Maria V Snyder’s Poison... Read more |
Wilson nominated for Pride of Australia medalSuzy Wilson, owner of Brisbane’s Riverbend Books and Teahouse, has been nominated for a Pride of Australia medal for... Read more |
Among the many items added to our Around the World blog in the past week: Sony and Google offer 500,000 free e-books Bologna: numbers down... Read more |
In rights news this week: FictionHarperCollins has sold German rights to Frank Coates’s The Last Maasai Warrior. Text has sold Brazilian rights to Kenneth Cook’s... Read more |
‘How can the Government take seriously a ‘Discussion Draft’ that is so ideologically pre-determined that it says, words to the effect that: We really don’t... Read more |
Soul stealers and vampires dominate the charts this week. Predictably, Stephenie Meyer gets six books in the top ten Bestsellers chart, broken only by Cathy... Read more |
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Brisbane Ideas Festival, 25-29 March Bologna Children’s Book Fair, 23-26... Read more |
Psychologist and author John S Cheetham has died, aged 60. Cheetham was author of Grow Up! How to raise an adult by being one yourself... Read more |
Dr Jean Battersby died on 26 February this year. Battersby was the first chief executive for the Australia Council for the Arts and a pioneering... Read more |
New Zealand author and photographer Geoff Moon has died. He produced over 30 different titles including New Zealand Forest Birds and Their World, Bird Migration... Read more |
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American author Millard Kaufman has died, aged 91. Kaufman wrote Bowl of Cherries and his second novel Misadventure will be published by McSweeney’s this year.
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