ABC Books acquires rights to Mitchell Johnson autobiography
ABC Books has acquired the rights to Australian cricketer Mitchell Johnson’s as-yet-untitled autobiography, to be published in the second half of 2016. ABC Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Australia, announced...
Bryce to deliver 2013 Boyer Lectures
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has announced that the Governor General of Australia Quentin Bryce will deliver the 2013 Boyer Lectures next month. The lectures will be broadcast on Radio National...
Bedtime Stories: Tales from My 21 Years at Late Night Live (Phillip Adams, ABC Books)
Phillip Adams has entertained listeners to Radio National’s Late Night Live for more than two decades. In this book of reminiscences he reflects on his early years in commercial radio,...
HarperCollins to donate royalties to Qld disaster relief fund
HarperCollins has announced that it will be making a 'substantial donation' to the Queensland Premier’s Disaster Fund with the royalties from Flood and A Generous Helping (Alison Alexander & Madonna...
ABC Books author to take legal action against ‘The Monthly’
Author Hugh Lunn and his publisher ABC Books have written to the Monthly editor Ben Naparstek ‘requesting an apology and removal' of a review of Lunn's book Words Fail Me...
Ryckmans appointed consulting publisher at HarperCollins
HarperCollins Australia has announced the appointment of former Random House senior publisher Jeanne Ryckmans as ‘consulting publisher'. Ryckmans will work on both the nonfiction and fiction lists, and ‘will be...
ABC Fiction Award discontinued, two entrants ‘commended’
Though the ABC Fiction Award was not given this year, two titles were commended by ABC Books--Nanu Grewal's Twenty Twelve and Peter Menadue's Crooked House. The judges also decided on a...
Newly appointed Noll will oversee ABC Shops and Centres; HarperCollins appoints more former ABC Books staff
ABC Commercial has announced the appointment of Alun Noll to the position of general manager--multi-channel retailing. Noll, whose role will include responsibility for ABC Commercial's 42 ABC Shops, 118 ABC...
HarperCollins appoints more ABC staff
HarperCollins has announced the appointment of former ABC Books staff members Brigitta Doyle, Belinda Bolliger and Jane Finemore to its new ABC Books division. Doyle, formerly the managing editor of...
Visontay appointed ABC Books publisher at HarperCollins
HarperCollins has announced the appointment of former Sydney Morning Herald journalist Michael Visontay as publisher of the newly formed ABC Books division of HarperCollins. Visontay will report to HarperCollins publishing...
HarperCollins to publish ABC Books
ABC Books and HarperCollins have announced a ?new commercial partnership' that will see HarperCollins taking on responsibility for the publishing and distribution of ABC Books titles. ?From the moment we...