Vale Barney Rivers
Wednesday, 13 November 2024
Former publisher Brian John ‘Barney’ Rivers has died, aged 86. Former Australian Publishers Association president and John Wiley & Sons managing director Peter Donoughue writes: Barney Rivers has died after a...
Vale George Negus
Wednesday, 23 October 2024
Broadcaster and author George Negus has died, aged 82. Negus worked as a school teacher, before becoming a newspaper reporter, then moving to television journalism. Specialising in international affairs, Negus...
Vale Nicky Byam Shaw
Wednesday, 9 October 2024
Former Macmillan Publishers CEO and chair Nicholas 'Nicky' Byam Shaw has died, aged 90. Pan Macmillan Australia and New Zealand managing director Praveen Naidoo writes: Nicky was a vitally important...
Vale Stephen Matthews
Wednesday, 2 October 2024
Publisher Stephen Matthews has died, aged 78. Matthews founded the independent publisher Ginninderra Press in 1996 in Canberra, later moving to Adelaide. He received an Order of Australia Medal (OAM)...
Vale Barbara Mobbs
Wednesday, 25 September 2024
Literary agent Barbara Mobbs has died, aged 81. Jane Novak, of Jane Novak Literacy Agency, writes: Barbara Mobbs was a giant of our industry. A formidable agent, she had worked...
Vale Greg Malouf
Wednesday, 25 September 2024
Chef and author Greg Malouf has died, aged 64. Born in Melbourne to Lebanese parents, Malouf worked to develop modern Middle Eastern cuisine in Australia. He built his reputation at...
Vale Louise Thurtell
Wednesday, 11 September 2024
Former Allen & Unwin publisher Louise Thurtell, who also worked at HarperCollins, Transworld and Random House, has died. Thurtell worked in the Australian book publishing industry for more than 30...
Tim Bowden remembered
Wednesday, 11 September 2024
Broadcaster, journalist, oral historian and author Tim Bowden has died, aged 87. Rebecca Kaiser, Bowden’s publisher across 10 books at Allen & Unwin, writes: Over the nearly 25 years that we were...
Vale Tim Bowden
Wednesday, 4 September 2024
Television and radio broadcaster and author Tim Bowden has died, aged 87. Bowden was the author of almost 20 books, including One Crowded Hour (1987, Angus & Robertson), a biography...
Vale Peg McColl
Wednesday, 21 August 2024
Former Penguin Books Australia rights and contracts manager Peg McColl died on 19 August. Bob Sessions, Penguin Books Australia publishing director from 1988 to 2017, writes: It is with great...
Vale Lynne Spender
Wednesday, 19 June 2024
Feminist writer and legal advocate Lynne Spender has died, aged 77. Spinifex Press director Susan Hawthorne writes: I met Lynne Spender in 1987 through my role as an editor at...
Vale Michael Mosley
Wednesday, 12 June 2024
British television personality, medical journalist and author Michael Mosley has died, aged 67. As an advocate for intermittent fasting and low-carbohydrate diets, Mosley wrote the Fast 800 series of books...
Vale Mark Johnson
Wednesday, 15 May 2024
Bookseller Mark Johnson, longtime proprietor of Forest Bookshop, Forestville, NSW, died on Anzac Day, aged 86 years. Johnson was the partner of Max Oliver of Lindfield Bookshop, who died three...
Vale Geoff Selig
Wednesday, 8 May 2024
Executive director of IVE Geoff Selig has died. Print21 writes: The print community is reeling, as it mourns the passing of industry titan Geoff Selig, executive chair of IVE, who...
Vale Kate Callingham
Wednesday, 1 May 2024
Arts worker Kate Callingham died in an accident on Saturday 27 April, aged 39. Among various roles, Callingham was a steering committee member for the Blak & Bright festival, a...
Vale June Factor
Wednesday, 24 April 2024
Folklorist, social historian and author June Factor has died, aged 87. Factor was the compiler of a list of 1980s children’s schoolyard rhyming books published by Brolly Books, including Far...
Vale Max Oliver
Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Max Oliver, the founder of Lindfield Bookshop, which operated for 46 years until 2019, died on 4 April at the age of 81. From the Sydney Morning Herald: Much loved...
Vale Marion Halligan
Wednesday, 28 February 2024
The award-winning novelist, essayist, and short story writer Marion Halligan died in Canberra on 19 February, aged 83. Halligan was the author of 11 novels, five short story collections, and...
Vale Tom Whitton
Wednesday, 21 February 2024
Jodie Dalglish, owner of Megalong Books, writes: We are very sad to report that we have lost a member of our Megalong Books family. Tom Whitton has sadly passed away....
Vale Jim Hart
Wednesday, 24 January 2024
Jim Hart, a former company director and co-owner of Lonely Planet, editor at Rigby, and former vice-president of the Small Press Network, died on Monday 15 January. Lonely Planet founder...
Vale Frank Thompson
Wednesday, 24 January 2024
Publisher Frank Thompson died on 1 January, aged 91. The Australian Publishers Association (APA) writes: On the first of January 2024, esteemed publisher Frank Thompson AO passed away at the...
Vale Bill Granger
Wednesday, 10 January 2024
Cookbook author and restaurateur Bill Granger has died in London, aged 54. Murdoch Books writes: Murdoch Books has paid tribute to ‘King of Breakfast’ Bill Granger, who sadly passed away...
Vale John Pilger
Wednesday, 10 January 2024
Journalist, author and filmmaker John Pilger has died, aged 84. An Australian based in the UK, Pilger was a critic of Australian, US and UK foreign policy. As a journalist, he...
Vale Dale Spender
Wednesday, 13 December 2023
Editor, author and Copyright Agency founding member Dale Spender has died. The Copyright Agency writes: 'We are saddened to hear of the passing of Dr Dale Spender AM, pioneering feminist,...
Vale Shirley Barber
Wednesday, 13 December 2023
Australian children's author and illustrator Shirley Barber died on Tuesday, 12 December in Melbourne, aged 88. Brolly Books publisher Emma Borghesi writes: 'Shirley Barber, one of Australia’s most loved children’s...
Vale Kevin Weldon
Wednesday, 15 November 2023
Australian book publisher and philanthropist Kevin Ernest Weldon has died in Sydney, aged 89. Ventura director and publisher Jane Curry writes: 'Kevin started his career as a colour etcher at Brisbane's Truth newspaper...
Vale Chris McKimmie
Wednesday, 20 September 2023
Award-winning writer, illustrator and artist Chris McKimmie has died, aged 77. For many years the convenor and originator of the illustration program at the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, McKimmie...
Vale Alf Taylor
Wednesday, 16 August 2023
The author and poet Alf Taylor, whose works include Singer Songwriter, Winds, Long time now, the NSW Premier's award-shortlisted memoir God, the Devil and Me, and Cartwarra or what?, has died. Magabala Books...
Vale Elizabeth Webby
Wednesday, 9 August 2023
Emeritus Professor Elizabeth Webby, an academic, mentor, teacher and author, has died. Rochford Street Review writes: ‘Rochford Street Review was saddened to learn of the death of Emeritus Professor Elizabeth...
Vale Bella Green
Wednesday, 2 August 2023
Author, comedian and sex worker Bella Green has died, aged 38. Green developed a stand-up and sketch comedy routine around her life as a sex worker called ‘Bella Green is...
