Warren Stokes, owner of Spectrum Bookshop, said he was ‘very, very happy’ with the deal that would see his business acquired by Campion Education. ‘I’ve... Read more |
Jeni Caffin has been appointed as the new director of the Byron Bay Writers Festival. Caffin, who has been publicist for the festvial for the... Read more |
In news from our Around the World blog this week Martina Cole helps the UK market to its biggest week this year; reports O J... Read more |
American author William Styron has died at the age of 81. Styron was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1968 for The Confessions of Nat Turner... Read more |
The 2006 Books Alive campaign has been hailed a success by its organisers, with the 50 featured books selling over 15% more copies than the... Read more |
Statistics provided to WBN by internet ranking company Hitwise have demonstrated the absolute dominance of Amazon as the Australian public’s preferred source of book information... Read more |
Jane Palfreyman has resigned from her position of executive publisher at Random House, effective 17 November. Palfreyman, who has held various senior publishing roles at... Read more |
Following the recent removal of the five-cent piece from New Zealand currency, Booksellers New Zealand has raised the concern of its members regarding five-cent price-points with... Read more |
The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), the standards and trade organisation for digital publishing formerly known as Open eBook Forum, has announced the release of... Read more |
A selection of Patrick White’s personal papers was put on display by the National Library of Australia on Saturday, following the library’s acquisition of 33... Read more |
Several writing workshops and festivals are among the 92 projects to have been granted funding approval by the federal government program Regional Arts Australia in... Read more |
The inaugural EDS Dylan Thomas Prize has been awarded to Welsh author Rachel Trezise for her collection of short stories Fresh Apples (Parthian Books). The... Read more |
Cat, an unpublished manuscript written by Mike Dumbleton and illustrated by Craig Smith, has been selected from over 60 entries to be developed as a... Read more |
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include a Jeffrey Archer author signing at the Angus & Robertson bookstore... Read more |
Not since The Latham Diaries has one book attracted so much attention among the nation’s political commentators. Now the sales figures are in and it... Read more |
Following last week’s report that the Thomson Corporation, US-based parent company of Thomson Learning, had arranged to sell NETg, the corporate education and training arm... Read more |
Derek Dryden, president of the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA), is expecting a ‘fantastic Christmas’ for booksellers, despite today’s decision by the Reserve Bank of Australia... Read more |
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA), Australian Publishers Association (APA) and Australian Society of Authors (ASA) have issued a joint statement expressing concern at the ‘peremptory... Read more |
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