In the April of Bookseller+Publisher magazine Portia Lindsay reviews the new novel from Geraldine Brooks, Caleb’s Crossing (Fourth Estate). In an interview with the reviewer,... Read more |
Australian author and illustrator Shaun Tan is the 2011 recipient of the world’s largest prize for children’s and young adult literature. The 2011 Astrid Lindgren... Read more |
Administrators Ferrier Hodgson announced last week that REDgroup Retail customers have until 3 April to redeem Angus & Robertson (A&R) and Borders gift cards in store. In a... Read more |
Penguin Australia has announced that publisher Ben Ball has been promoted to the position of publishing director, Penguin general. Penguin Australia CEO Gabrielle Coyne said... Read more |
The shortlist for this year’s ALS Gold Medal has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Apocrypha (Peter Boyle, Vagabond Press) Gravel (Peter Goldsworthy, Penguin) That... Read more |
Australian author David Malouf has been announced as one of the finalists for the 2011 Man Booker International Prize. Malouf has previously been shortlisted for the... Read more |
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced the guest speakers for its conference and trade exhibition this year, entitled ‘Through the Looking Glass’, ahead of early-bird... Read more |
Attendance figures were up by 10 percent and book sales were up by seven percent at this year’s Perth Writers’ Festival. Festival program manager Danielle Benda told the Weekly... Read more |
Further to the article Ingram to open Australian Lightning Source operation in 2011, Ingram announced this week that it has selected Melbourne to be the home of... Read more |
At its official launch in Sydney last week, Bloomsbury confirmed it will be publishing Australian authors. Bloomsbury will publish The Great Disruption by Australian author... Read more |
Independent feminist publisher Spinifex Press is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. The publisher, which is Australia’s only dedicated feminist publisher, was founded by Susan Hawthorne... Read more |
International publisher Random House has recorded a six percent increase in revenues, and a 26% increase in earnings before interest and taxes for the 2010... Read more |
The winners of this year’s Whitcoulls Travcom Travel Book of the Year Award and the Whitcoulls Pictorial Travel Book of the Year Award have been... Read more |
Monash University Publishing announced last week that Monash Asia Institute Press (MAI Press) has become an imprint of Monash University Publishing. Monash University Publishing manager... Read more |
A number of Australians, and one New Zealander, have been recognised on the 2011 White Ravens list for international children’s and youth literature. The following... Read more |
More than 150 members of the bookselling and publishing community attended the second Australian Romance Readers Convention (ARRC) in Sydney over the weekend. Kate Cuthbert from... Read more |
Further to the article Additional guests announced for 2011 SWF VIP program; International guests to visit Auckland, Creative New Zealand has announced the names of... Read more |
The shortlisted for this year’s Royal Society of New Zealand Science Book Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Kakapo: Rescued from the Brink... Read more |
Non-SPUNC titles available through Readings ebookstore Murdoch Books and Port Campbell Press are among the first non-SPUNC (Small Press Underground Networking Community) publishers to make titles available... Read more |
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: Borders US seeks to pay US$8 million in... Read more |
On Fancy Goods this week Paul Landymore reviews Little People (Jane Sullivan, Scribe) and Meredith Tate reviews The Wilful Eye: Tales from the Tower Volume... Read more |
In rights news this week: SalesFiction—Allen & Unwin has sold Danish rights for The Slap (Christos Tsiolkas) to Moller Forlag, as well as Hungarian rights... Read more |
April Tricia Brennan, Rockpool Publishing (The Map of the Soul) Sydney, Melbourne and the Sunshine Coast . Cristy Burne, Walker Books (Takeshita Demons) Perth and... Read more |
‘I want to be a writer. I do not want to spend 40 hours a week handling e-mails, formatting covers, finding editors, etc. Right now,... Read more |
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Detective Lindsay Boxer has finally married her boyfriend Joe, but has no time for a honeymoon when she is called in to investigate the brutal... Read more |
Tristan and Grace are staring at death while trapped in a car wreck in Bernard Beckett’s August (Text), and with little hope of rescue the... Read more |
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Bologna Children’s Book Fair, Italy: 28-31 March Ten Days on... Read more |
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American author and political journalist Joe Bageant has died, aged 64. Bageant was the author of Deer Hunting with Jesus and Rainbow Pie (both Scribe).... Read more |
British author Diana Wynne Jones has died, aged 77. Among her many works were the ‘Dalemark Quartet’, the ‘Chrestomanci’ series, The Tough Guide to Fantasyland,... Read more |
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