Over 400 Pan Macmillan titles, including novels by Matthew Reilly, Di Morrissey, Ken Follet, Andy Griffiths and Wilbur Smith, have been added to Dymock?s digital... Read more |
Paul Kenny, marketing director at Pan Macmillan, has announced his resignation. Kenny, who has been at Pan Macmillan for 14 years ‘almost to the day’... Read more |
The shortlist for this year’s Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) has been announced. The shortlist is as follows: Chain Bookseller of the Year 2008, sponsored... Read more |
Australian crime author Michael Robotham has been announced as the ambassador for the 2008 Books Alive campaign. Robotham, whose first novel The Suspect sold more... Read more |
Angus&Robertson has recently launched a rewards program, centered on a rewards card. The basic offer is that for a one-off $10 joining fee, members of... Read more |
Text Publishing has announced a new prize for writers of YA literature. The Text Young Adult Prize comprises a publishing contract with Text and a... Read more |
Delegates to the Australian Publishers Association (APA) environmental workshop held in Sydney on Thursday 1 May, have agreed on several areas where the industry would... Read more |
This year’s Indigenous Literacy Day campaign will be officially launched by patron Therese Rein at an event in Sydney today. The 2008 Indigenous Literacy Day,... Read more |
The 9th Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) National Conference and Expo wound up on Sunday, having run from 2 May. Held at the Melbourne... Read more |
The APA celebrated its 60th anniversary last Wednesday, with a special dinner in Sydney. At the dinner, 21 publishing figures were honoured in the inaugural... Read more |
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) held its annual general meeting in Sydney last week. Marking the association’s 60th anniversary, APA president Juliet Rogers told the... Read more |
The winners of the 2008 Kibble and Dobbie Awards were announced last night at the Museum of Contemporary Arts in Sydney. First-time novelist Carol Lefevre... Read more |
New ABA CEO Malcolm Neil has welcomed moves to outlaw predatory pricing in the Trade Practices Act. The federal government’s proposed amendments will strengthen the... Read more |
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: In the First Person conference, National Library of Australia, Canberra,... Read more |
Among the many items added to our Around the World blog in the past week: Amazon fights NY tax law Is Olsen about to leave... Read more |
The popularity of 4 Ingredients continues, with the title staying at number one this week, making two weeks at the top, closely followed by Marian Keyes’ This Charming... Read more |
Bob Sessions from Penguin writes: When John Hooker died suddenly from pneumonia, Australian publishing and writing lost a true ‘one off’. While he gave a... Read more |
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