Industry members on Queen’s Birthday Honours list
The 2009 Queen's Birthday Honours List were announced Monday 8 June. Among the book industry-related individuals honoured with awards in the Order of Australia in the general division (AM) were...
In brief
Companion of the Order of Australia for BandlerIn addition to several other industry figures recognised in this year's Australia Day honours list, author Faith Bandler was awarded a Companion of...
Ferguson among industry figures acknowledged in Australia Day honours
Former bookseller and two-time Australian Booksellers Association ABA president Jean Ferguson has been recognised with a medal in the general division (OAM) in this year's Australia Day honours. A former...
Queen’s birthday honours announced
The late James Kemsley, a Ginger Meggs cartoonist for 23 years, was among the authors and artists to receive recognition in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours. Among the other book-related recipients...
Publishers, agent receive Australia Day honours
Publishers Patrick Gallagher (chairman of Allen & Unwin) and Louise Adler (CEO of Melbourne University Publishing), and literary agent Rosemary Creswell were among the Australians honoured as a member of the...
Knighthood for Rushdie and CBE for Humphries; Oz authors honoured
Author Salman Rushdie will now be known as ‘Sir Salman' after being knighted for his services to literature, announced in the UK Queen's Birthday honours list. Australian comedian and writer...
Flannery named 2007 Australian of the Year
Tim Flannery, author of The Weather Makers (Text) and a number of other books on nature and the environment, has been named Australian of the Year for 2007. Flannery, who...