Federal Attorney-general Philip Ruddock has rejected the key recommendation of the Australian Law Reform Commission’s report into the Government’s 2005 Anti-terrorism Act–that the term ‘sedition’... Read more |
While retail figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show slight growth has continued from July into August, the result of a National... Read more |
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced that it has secured a deal with the Commonwealth Bank for ABA members to continue paying zero fees... Read more |
Administrator Worrells Insolvency has issued an update to the creditors of remainder wholesaler Australian Book Centre, which went into liquidation earlier this year. The update... Read more |
Sony has finally released its much-delayed Sony Reader in the US–but so far the global electronics giant has no plans to release the device in... Read more |
The 2006 Frankfurt Book Fair starts today. More than 280,000 people are expected to attend this year’s fair. All 13 exhibition halls at the fair... Read more |
Oxford University Press has appointed Peter van Noorden as managing director of its Australia and New Zealand operation (OUPANZ). Van Noorden, formerly general manager of... Read more |
Caro Llewellyn, former director of the Sydney Writers’ Festival, has been appointed the director of the PEN World Voices–The New York Festival of International Literature.... Read more |
Good Reading magazine has announced that as of 31 December this year it will no offer book sales through its Good Reading Direct service (operated... Read more |
The Australian Food Media Club presented its annual awards on Wednesday 27 September. Winning titles were as follows: Simon Johnson award for excellence in a... Read more |
Allen & Unwin’s Patrick Gallagher was among the speakers at the 20th Rights Directors Meeting, a traditional precursor of the Frankfurt Book Fair. With a... Read more |
A 4% increase in exhibitors from Germany has more than compensated for a small drop in overseas exhibitors this year, allowing the Frankfurt Book Fair... Read more |
With a turnover of about US$88 billion (A$115 billion), the global publishing industry is the world’s largest creative industry, International Publishers Association (IPA) president and... Read more |
The winning titles in the 2006 WAYRBAs (Western Australian Young Readers’ Book Awards) were announced on 22 September. The winners were as follows: Younger readers’... Read more |
This year, the Frankfurt Book Fair is focusing strongly on education and literacy, with a theme of ‘Education for the Future.’ Speaking at the opening... Read more |
This year’s Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair is India, which today unveiled a major exhibition focused on its literature and cultural history.... Read more |
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: the Frankfurt Book Fair, which kicks off on 4 October;... Read more |
This week the new Guinness World Records notches up a rather impressive record of its own; the 2007 edition has gone straight to number one... Read more |
In news from our Around the World blog this week: Borders launches a US online book club; Waterstone’s reports another sales decline; Amazon.co.uk takes out... Read more |
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