The 5 May deadline for authors and publishers to remain in, object to, or opt out of the Google settlement has been delayed by four... Read more |
Dymocks has closed its New Zealand head office, resulting in the redundancies of general manager Andrew Howard and retail business manager Doris Mousdale. ‘At the... Read more |
Collins Booksellers has announced that its Book City stores will re-brand to Collins Booksellers, commencing in June. ‘At this year’s conference, Collins Booksellers announced the... Read more |
The 278 submissions so far posted on the Productivity Commission’s website in response to its draft recommendations on Australia’s parallel importation laws outnumber the 272... Read more |
Leonie Wood has been awarded the Blake Dawson Prize for Business Literature for Funny Business: The Rise and Fall of Steve Vizard (A&U). Wood was... Read more |
Lonely Planet has announced the appointment of Richard Samson is the publisher’s new general manager for the Asia Pacific region. ‘Richard has a very strong... Read more |
Compared to last year, the number of book trade jobs advertised in WBN has fallen significantly in the first quarter of 2009. According to a... Read more |
Hinemoana Baker has been announced as Queensland’s 2009 Poet-in-Residence. New Zealand poet, musician, producer and creative writing teacher Baker will be based in Queensland from... Read more |
The 2009 Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) program has been launched. The festival, which will take place from 22 to 31 May in Melbourne, will feature... Read more |
How to Heal a Broken Wing, by Australian author/illustrator Bob Graham (Walker Books), has been shortlisted for the 2009 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal. Graham previously... Read more |
Australian authors Margo Lanagan and Julia Leigh are among the finalists for this year’s Shirley Jackson Awards (US), given for ‘outstanding achievement in the literature... Read more |
WBN correspondent Lachlan Jobbins reports: While fair organisers have yet to release attendee numbers, stand holders at this year’s London Book Fair (LBF) generally felt... Read more |
The year’s Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) will be held on Tuesday 23 June at the Sofitel Wentworth in Sydney. The awards will conclude the... Read more |
Warhaft leaves the Monthly Black Inc. publisher Morry Schwartz has announced the departure of Sally Warhaft, former editor of the Monthly magazine, which is also... Read more |
Among the stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: Google settlement delayed until September Amazon buys Lexcycle/Stanza Canadian e-reader platform... Read more |
In rights news this week: FictionLittle, Brown has acquired rights to George Dawes Green’s Ravens, for international publication in August 2009. Jaki Arthur of Hachette... Read more |
‘They see [the book] as the petrol in the car, while we see it as the wine in the bottle’–Victoria Barnsley, publisher and CEO of... Read more |
Michael J Fox, he of Family Ties and Back to the Future TV and film fame, comes number one in the Highest New Entries this... Read more |
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Buenos Aires International Book Fair, 23 April-11 May Australian Publishers... Read more |
Authors on tour in May: David Ebershoff, Random House (The 19th Wife) Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, HarperCollins(The Thing Around Your Neck) Stuart MacBride, HarperCollins (Blind Eye) Tash... Read more |
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