In the September issue of Bookseller+Publisher magazine a record 22 adult titles received four stars or more in our reviews section, and 19 received four... Read more |
Educational publisher John Wiley & Sons has announced several redundancies in its Melbourne office, as part of a structural change that also affects operations in... Read more |
REDgroup retail has launched a beta version of its new Borders website. The new site marks the first time Borders Australia has had a fully... Read more |
The category winners for the second annual Indie Book Award, chosen by Australia’s independent booksellers, have been announced. The winners in the categories of fiction,... Read more |
Three pieces of writing on Indigenous subjects are among the shortlist of five chosen yesterday for the first John Button Prize for writing on politics... Read more |
The shortlist for the Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing has been announced. The shortlisted manuscripts are Concentrate by the Brothers Groth, which... Read more |
The winners of the Romantic Book of the Year Award (R*BY), administered by Romance Writers of Australia (RWA), have been announced. The R*BY is awarded... Read more |
Fullers Bookshop is moving location in order to double the business’ space and have the store on one level. Fullers has been in its current... Read more |
Corrie Perkin, arts writer for the Australian, has announced she will open a bookshop in Melbourne in October. My Bookshop by Corrie Perkin, will open... Read more |
The Latin American Bookshop on Victoria Street, North Melbourne, has closed. The store was owned by international publisher Ocean Press. The Press told WBN: ‘Our... Read more |
Central Book Services (CBS) has announced the launch of its new ebook reader, the ECO Reader. A rebranded version of the Chinese made Hanlin ereader,... Read more |
The Australia Council for the Arts has announced that Random House rights sales manager Nerrilee Weir has joined the Visiting International Publisher (VIP) committee. ‘Nerrilee’s... Read more |
Era Publications has been awarded a 2009 Family Business of the Year Award, South Australia, first generation division. Rodney and Sandra Martin established Era in... Read more |
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced it will be running its third Spring Booksellers: an introduction to bookselling event from 27 to 28 September in... Read more |
Gordon & Gotch revenue upPMP, the parent company of Gordon & Gotch (which acquired the Scribo Group last year), has announced its annual results. It... Read more |
Among the international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: Readers Digest files for bankruptcy in the US Simultaneous... Read more |
In rights news this week: FictionOrbit will be publishing three urban fantasy novels by Brisbane author Trent Jamieson: Death Most Definite will be released in August... Read more |
Authors on tour from August to November: AugustGareth Morgan, Scribe (Poles Apart: Beyond the Shouting, Who’s Right About Climate Change?)Rupert Isaacson, Text Publishing (The Horse... Read more |
‘When I tell publishers "you must focus, you must specialize in niches so that you own vertical audiences", the inevitable question is: "what about fiction?"... Read more |
Former Australian police detective sergeant-turned-crime writer Tim Priest is in the spotlight again. His book Enemies of the State has hit number one in the... Read more |
A book that is sure to appeal to sport fans topped the MX chart this week. Max Davidson’s Winning Isn’t Everything honours sports figures who... Read more |
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Edinburgh International Book Festival, 15-31 August Australian Copyright Council–2009 training... Read more |
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New Zealand poet, novelist and playwright Alistair Te Ariki Campbell has died, aged 84.
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