Happy New Year and welcome to the first issue of WBN for 2010. With 2009 over, it’s time to turn our attention to the year... Read more |
Thanks to Madman Entertainment, WBN is giving away five copies of Balibo on DVD. Balibo was based on the book by Jill Jolliffe (Scribe). It’s... Read more |
As reported in a WBN special bulletin in December, REDgroup Retail has announced it will make ebooks available from its Borders, Angus & Robertson and... Read more |
Allen & Unwin has announced the launch of its Print on Demand (POD) program. The program will launch with an initial list of more than... Read more |
Collins Booksellers has announced a ‘brand refresh’ to coincide with the roll out of its new-look stores, based on a new logo. ‘It’s important that... Read more |
Following the decision of Random House UK to add its titles to Amazon.com’s international Kindle store, Random House Australia confirms it is continuing negotiations with... Read more |
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who was widely reported to have abstained from voting on last year’s Cabinet decision to retain Australia’s parallel importation laws because... Read more |
Winners of the ACT Book of the Year and the ACT Poetry Prize for 2009 were announced late last year by ACT Chief Minister Jon... Read more |
In good news for the book trade, Nielsen BookScan’s figures for 2009 indicate book sales in Australia have increased in both value and volume in... Read more |
Lisa Dempster has been appointed director of the Emerging Writers Festival. Dempster, whose memoir Neon Pilgrim was published by Aduki Press last year, has been... Read more |
Peter Sutton has won the ‘individual’ section of this year’s Manning Clark House National Cultural Awards for his book The Politics of Suffering: Indigenous Australia... Read more |
The Australian Human Rights Commission has announced the recipient of its 2009 Literature Nonfiction Award is Blind Conscience by Margot O’Neill (NewSouth Books). The Commission... Read more |
The New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) has announced the poet David Howard is the recipient of its Mid-Career Writers Award. Howard has published several poetry... Read more |
Law firm Blake Dawson has announced the shortlist for the Blake Dawson Prize for Business Literature 2009 at the State Library of New South Wales.... Read more |
Scribe has announced the longlisted authors for the inaugural CAL Scribe Fiction Prize. The authors are: George Dunford (A Butterfly Goodbye) Angus Gaunt (Under the... Read more |
Sydney bookselling chain Berkelouw books now includes a wine bar in its Leichhardt store. Berkelouw Wine Bar, which received a positive review in the Sydney Morning... Read more |
Voting for the annual Macquarie Dictionary Word of the Year poll opens today. Among the book-related new words to be nominated this year are ‘heist... Read more |
Following a ‘soft launch’ in late 2009, University of Melbourne Bookshop is ‘now the proud owner of the first mark 2 Espresso Book Machine in... Read more |
Wright receives honorary doctorateMiles Franklin-winning author Alexis Wright has received an honorary doctorate from RMIT, where she studied professional and creative writing. Wright, whose novel... Read more |
Among the international booktrade stories recently added to our Around the World blog: No buyers for Borders UK stores Hachette, HC, S&S hold back on... Read more |
Authors on tour in January include: Harvey Milkman, Footprint Books (Craving for Ecstasy and Natural Highs: A Positive Approach to Mood Alteration)Paul Miller, Footprint Books... Read more |
‘Trend: The large publishing houses will continue to reduce overhead as profits shrink in the years ahead. Counter trend: Publishers will be looking for mergers... Read more |
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That good old stalwart the Guinness World Records 2010 comes up trumps for the new year, topping both the Bestsellers and Fastest Movers chart this... Read more |
Matt Howard from New South writes: ‘UNSW Press sadly notes the passing of distinguished ecologist and author Charles Birch at age 91. Professor Birch was... Read more |
Jim Demetriou, COO of HarperCollins writes: ‘HarperCollins Publishers Australia is sad to advise that Barrie Hitchon, former CEO of HarperCollins ANZ, passed away peacefully, after... Read more |
American feminist author and philosopher Mary Daly has died, aged 81. She wrote The Church and the Second Sex, and Beyond God the Father: Toward... Read more |
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