Retailing groups including the Australian National Retailers Association (ANRA) and Australian Retailers Association (ARA) are warning that new retail award wages, due to be implemented... Read more |
The 2009 Queen’s Birthday Honours List were announced Monday 8 June. Among the book industry-related individuals honoured with awards in the Order of Australia in... Read more |
Three positions at Simon & Shuster (S&S) have been made redundant as the publisher restructures to meet the changing needs of the industry, according to... Read more |
Collins Booksellers has announced the appointment of Louise Eveston to the position of buying manager Eveston has 13 years experience in the book industry, having... Read more |
Scribe has appointed former Brisbane Writers’ Festival (BWF) director Michael Campbell ‘editor at large’. ‘The idea occurred to me when Michael came round to our... Read more |
REDgroup Retail, the parent company of bookselling chains Angus & Roberston, Borders and Whitcoulls, has announced it has ‘completed negotiations to refinance its existing senior... Read more |
The 2009 Nita B Kibble Award for Women Writers ($25,000) has been awarded to Jacqueline Kent, for her book An Exacting Heart: the Story of... Read more |
The full line-up for Byron Bay Writers Festival (BBWF) 2009 has been announced. The main program runs from 7 to 9 August, with workshops from... Read more |
Jenny Archibald has taken on the role of CEO Fremantle Press permanently, having been appointed in October 2008. Formerly deputy chair of the press, Archibald... Read more |
Online Australian bookseller Booktopia has announced it will shortly quadruple the size of its office and warehouse. The bookseller will be moving from its current... Read more |
The shortlists for several of the Dagger Awards, administered by the Crime Writers’ Association (UK), have been announced. Australian/British author (based in South East Asia)... Read more |
The 2009 Ditmar Awards for Australian science fiction, fantasy, and horror were presented on Sunday June 7 at Conjecture in Adelaide. The winners were: Best... Read more |
The 2009 Book Publishers Association of New Zealand (BPANZ) Book Design Awards shortlist has been announced. Peter Gilderdale, convenor of judges for 2009 said: ‘The... Read more |
The winners of the 2009 Sir Julius Vogel Awards for New Zealand science fiction, fantasy and horror have been announced. The winners in the literary... Read more |
The Dymocks Literacy Foundation (DLF) has announced it has rebranded to Dymocks Children’s Charities (DCC), with a new logo, ‘in a bid to increase corporate... Read more |
Brisbane Writers’ Festival ‘Word Play’ kids’ program launchedThe Brisbane Writers’ Festival program for young readers, writers and illustrators ‘Word Play’ has been announced. This year,... Read more |
Among the stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: UK Agents welcome end of Amazon/Hachette dispute World Book Day UK... Read more |
In rights news this week: NonfictionUWA Press purchased the ANZ rights for the World Ocean Census: A Global Survey of Marine Life by Darlene Trew... Read more |
Authors on tour in June and July: June Mark Schwarzer & Neil Montagnana-Wallace, Bounce Books (Megs and the Complete Left Foot) July Rupert Isaacson, Text... Read more |
‘I’m sure people will start stealing books, but the question is do book publishers benefit from a world where people can get access to books... Read more |
The Brain That Changes Itself by Norman Doidge is top of the Fastest Movers chart this week. This year’s Sydney Writers’ Festival bookshop (run by... Read more |
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Smart 2009 Conference, Sydney, 10-11 June Cape Town Book Fair,... Read more |
Amruta Slee, publisher at HarperCollins writes: ‘On June 4, following a two and a half year battle with cancer, Chris O’Brien died at Royal Prince... Read more |
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American fantasy author David Eddings, best known for his ‘Malloreon’ and ‘Belgariad’ series, has died, aged 77.
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