Penguin Australia has announced it will publish Peter Carey’s forthcoming novel Parrot and Olivier in America. Carey, whose most recent novels His Illegal Self, Theft... Read more |
Melbourne University Publishing (MUP) has posted a deficit of $2.9 million for 2008, according to the University of Melbourne’s annual financial report. The report... Read more |
This year’s Indigenous Literacy Project campaign will kick off with an official launch by patron Therese Rein on 26 May. The morning event, to be held... Read more |
Long-serving industry members were honoured for their service to the book industry at the second annual Australian Publishers Association (APA) George Robertson awards, held in... Read more |
The Visiting International Publishers (VIP) program takes place during the Sydney Writers’ festival, which runs from 18 to 24 May, 2009. Editors, publishers and agents... Read more |
Christian book and music distributor CMCA has announced the establishment of a new distribution arm, Independent Distribution Solutions (IDS). IDS Oceania, based in Geelong, will... Read more |
The Melbourne Writers’ Festival has commenced its search for a candidate to replace current director Rosemary Cameron. Cameron, who was appointed director of the festival... Read more |
The recently formed New Zealand Digital Publishing Forum has announced it will hold a digital publishing conference in Auckland in June. The conference, to be... Read more |
The Auckland Writers and Readers Festival kicks off next Wednesday 13 May, running until 17 May. Guests include Debra Adelaide, Monica Ali, Tash Aw, Mohammed... Read more |
The annual Clunes Book Town event held from 2 to 3 May attracted ‘a very good turnout’ and saw the town overrun with secondhand books,... Read more |
Ron Abbey’s Bookhouse, which moved online in 2006, has closed. The bricks and mortar store was opened by Ron Abbey in Bowral, in the Southern... Read more |
The Queensland Writers Centre (QWC) and Hachette Australia manuscript development program for fiction writers in 2009 has now opened. Emerging Australian authors who are unpublished... Read more |
Parallel importation debate continuesMainstream media coverage of the debate surrounding the Productivity Commission’s study of parallel importation continued this week, with an op ed piece... Read more |
Among the stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: US Justice Dept. launches antitrust inquiry into Google Books up to... Read more |
In rights news this week: FictionRandom House has sold Cemetery Lake by Paul Cleave to France; previous licenses include the United Kingdom and Germany. Text... Read more |
There are many more people who would be interested in a general-purpose tablet than in an e-book reader […]. But if the PC and smartphone... Read more |
True Colours by Lisa Davies graces the top of the Highest New Entries chart this week. The biography centres on Lauren Huxley who was beaten... 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... Read more |
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American novelist and academic Marilyn French has died, aged 79. She wrote seven books including The Women’s Room and A Season in Hell.
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