In the October issue of Bookseller+Publisher magazine editor Andrea Hanke puts together a guide to the best cookbooks coming out for Christmas 2011. See the... Read more |
Hachette Australia has announced changes to its Adult sales and marketing divisions, resulting in ‘the net loss of six permanent jobs’, according to managing director Malcolm... Read more |
Popular children’s author Emily Rodda, former national gallery director Betty Churcher and debut-fiction author Anna Funder topped the bestseller list at this year’s Brisbane Writers... Read more |
More than 45,000 people attended the 2011 Melbourne Writers Festival, held between 25 August and 4 September. Festival director Steve Grimwade told the Weekly Book... Read more |
The organisers of the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival in Bali, Indonesia, have announced a new partnership with the Australian and New Zealand Banking Group... Read more |
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) has thanked all members of the Australian book community who participated in the fifth annual Indigenous Literacy Day (ILD) on... Read more |
The Literature Board of the Australia Council for the Arts has announced a new grants program ‘for writers who are embarking on their second book’.... Read more |
Sessions about online writing, social media, and ‘new skills’ for editors were among the most popular events at the 2011 Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd)... Read more |
The program for this year’s International Literature Festival Berlin, which was launched on 7 September, focusses on the literature and culture of the Asian-Pacific region. Among... Read more |
Book printer McPherson’s Printing Group has recorded a nine percent drop in revenue and a 24% decline in pre-tax earnings in its printing division for the 2010-2011... Read more |
The Australian Literary Review (ALR) will be published for the last time in October, reports Crikey. ALR editor Luke Slattery told Crikey that the monthly... Read more |
A new digital publishing service designed for publishers and government and academic agencies has been launched, called Xmplar. The business, which launched at the beginning... Read more |
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has joined forces with authors’ groups in the US and Quebec and eight individual authors to file a copyright... Read more |
Library supplier James Bennett has announced it has partnered with ebook supplier Ebrary in Australia. In a statement, James Bennett said libraries could now ‘seamlessly... Read more |
International publisher McGraw-Hill has announced that the business will be divided into two companies in 2012. As part of a ‘Growth and Value Plan’ approved... Read more |
Readings to donate 10% of profits to Readings FoundationReadings has announced that it will increase its annual contribution to The Readings Foundation, with the bookseller... Read more |
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: Faber finance director killed in Kenya; wife kidnapped... Read more |
‘This might sound suspiciously like we’re letting the market decide what books should get published. And you know what? That’s exactly what I’m saying. The... Read more |
On Fancy Goods this week Rachel Edwards reviews Babylon (Stephen Sewell, Victory), Portia Lindsay reviews Big Porn Inc: Exposing the Harms of the Global Pornography... Read more |
In rights news this week: SalesNonfiction—Random House has sold The Butterfly Effect (Dannielle Miller) to China. Children’s/YA–Hardie Grant Egmont has sold UK rights to books... Read more |
September Diane Armstrong, HarperCollins (Empire Day) NSW, Queensland and Victoria. Jay Bahadur, Scribe (Deadly Waters) Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. Peter Baines, Macmillan (Hands across the... Read more |
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Darren Lockyer’s self-titled autobiography (Random House), said to reveal the people, places and events which have shaped the rugby league icon’s life and career, is first... Read more |
Anna Funder’s Stasiland was a massive hit when it was released several years ago, so it’s no surprise that her debut novel All That I Am... Read more |
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Indexing see Change: ANZSI Conference, Brighton, Vic: 12-14 September Brimbank... Read more |
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The Australian Booksellers Association writes: ‘It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of our friend and colleague, Liz Riley.... Read more |
Bernard Smith, renowned art historian and critic, has died aged 94. Smith taught at the University of Melbourne and was art critic for the Age... Read more |
Michael Stern Hart, ebook pioneer and founder of Project Gutenberg, has died aged 64. Dr. Gregory B. Newby, CEO of the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive... Read more |
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