Thanks to Madman Entertainment the Weekly Book Newsletter is giving away five copies of the recent release, Genova, starring Colin Firth. ‘A haunting, eerie journey... Read more |
With one of their first titles taking out last year’s Age book of the year award (Things We Didn’t See Coming, Steven Amsterdam), and The... Read more |
The titles longlisted for this year’s Miles Franklin Literary Award have been announced. The longlisted titles are: Lovesong (Alex Miller, A&U) The Bath Fugues (Brian... Read more |
Siddon Rock by Australian author Glenda Guest (Vintage) was announced on Thursday 11 March as the winner of the South East Asia and Pacific region... Read more |
The China Garden by Kristina Olsson (UQP) is the winner of this year’s Barbara Jefferis Award. The award, administered by the Australian Society of Authors... Read more |
Phil Cleary, author of the true crime title Getting Away With Murder (A&U) is being sued by barrister Dyson Hore-Lacy for defamation. Hore-Lacy, represented Julian... Read more |
Simon & Schuster Australia has announced the appointment of Kate Cubitt as head of sales and Anabel Pandiella as head of marketing and publicity following... Read more |
Former co-proprietor of Tower Books Michael Rakusin, has acquired the Hale & Iremonger list. Rakusin said he indeed to preserve the flavour of the list,... Read more |
The prize money for this year’s T.A.G. Hungerford Award has doubled to $12,000, following a decision by writingWA to match New Edition Bookshop’s $6000 investment... Read more |
A memoir by AFL footballer Ben Cousins, which publisher Pan Macmillan reportedly wishes to publish this year, may be delayed. Melbourne’s Herald Sun newspaper claims... Read more |
This year’s Collins Booksellers National Conference was held at the Marriot Hotel in Melbourne, earlier this week from 14-16 March. The key themes of the conference,... Read more |
Flying with Paper Wings: Reflections on Living with Madness by Sandy Jeffs (Vulgar Press) has won the SANE Book of the Year Award. The award... Read more |
Albert Ullin OAM has received the annual Leila St John Award, presented by Victorian branch of the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA). ‘His outstanding... Read more |
Golden Boy: Kim Hughes and the bad old days of Australian cricket (Christian Ryan, A&U) won Cricket Book of the Year at the British Sports... Read more |
Torstar, the parent company of Mills & Boon, has reported its book publishing segment’s operating profit is up from C$67.5 million (A$72 million) in 2008... Read more |
Hyland, Catton on Orange Prize longlistM J Hyland (This is How, Text) and New Zealand author Eleanor Catton (The Rehearsal, A&U) are among the authors... Read more |
Among the international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: British Airways cancels Bologna flights Wolf Hall wins US... Read more |
Among the posts this week on Fancy Goods, Andrew Wrathall rounds up some forthcoming book-to-film adaptations and we pick our favourites from the forthcoming batch... Read more |
In rights news this week: AcquisitionFiction–Hodder & Stoughton has acquired two novels in a new series by John Grisham. The series will introduce the character... Read more |
Authors on tour in March include: Patrick Ness, Walker Books (Monsters of Men)Xinran, Random House NZ (Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother) NZ onlyDavid Finkel,... Read more |
‘Well, the Cleo nomination was always in the bag. The Miles was the surprise’–Jasper Jones author Craig Silvey’s tongue-in-cheek response to being longlisted for this... Read more |
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There’s pirate treasure to be found in Clive Cussler’s seventh book in the ‘Oregon Files’ saga The Silent Sea and an Italian tale of passion,... Read more |
Being awarded an honorary degree by a British university last year prompted Australian author Kathy Lette to explore her family history. Lette reflects on her... Read more |
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: All Saints Literature Festival, WA, 17-19 March Bologna Children’s... Read more |
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