Morrow awarded Beatrice Davis Fellowship
Jane Morrow was announced as the recipient of the 2011/12 Beatrice Davis Editorial Fellowship at the Sydney Writers' Festival on 19 May. The fellowship, which was presented for the 12th time...
APA Book Design Awards winners announced
The winners of this year's Australian Publishers Association (APA) Book Design Awards were announced on 19 May as part of the Sydney Writers' Festival. The winning books are:Best Designed Book...
Get Reading! funding to be cut by $1.6 million over four years
Funding for the Get Reading! initiative will be cut by $1.6 million over the next four years. The funding cut outlined in the federal government's budget papers means the Get...
2011 George Robertson Awards announced
The 2011 recipients of the George Robertson Awards for distinguished service to the Australian publishing industry were announced in Melbourne on 28 April, following the Australian Publishers Association AGM. This...
ILP becomes independent foundation; Rogers appointed Foundation chair
The Indigenous Literacy Project (ILP) has announced its establishment as an independent foundation this week. The Foundation said in a statement that former Australian Publishers Association president Juliet Rogers has...
CAL invests $300,000 in UTS; nonfiction writing residency and Australian poetry chair to be established in 2012
The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) has announced new funding for Creative Practices at UTS by the Copyright Agency Limited (CAL). UTS said in a statement last week that CAL...
BISG submissions: over 100 submissions from booksellers, publishers, libraries, industry groups made public
The Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research has made more than 100 submissions to the Book Industry Strategy Group (BISG) available to the public on its website. Submissions to...
BISG submissions: over 100 submissions from booksellers, publishers, libraries, industry groups made public
The Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research has made more than 100 submissions to the Book Industry Strategy Group (BISG) available to the public on its website. Submissions to...
REDgroup voluntary administration: PEP owed 75% of money owed to non-staff creditors, creditors meetings announced, industry responses
Administrators Ferrier Hodgson has confirmed that 75% of the money owed by REDgroup Retail to non-staff creditors is owed to the group's owner Pacific Equity Partners (PEP).As reported in a special bulletin...
2011 APA Book Design Awards shortlists announced
The shortlisted titles for this year's Australian Publishers Association (APA) Book Design Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in the 'Best Designed Cover of the Year' category are:An Everyday...
Industry reacts to REDgroup news
A number of key figures in the Australian bookselling and publishing industry have today shared their reactions to yesterday's news that REDgroup Retail is now under voluntary administration. As reported...
BISG submissions: ABA calls for reduction in 30/90-day rules, action on pricing; APA calls for TitlePage funding, ABS collection
Submissions to the Book Industry Strategy Group (BISG) closed on 31 January, and will soon be made public on the website of the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research....
Rogers leaves Murdoch Books
Juliet Rogers has stepped down from her position as CEO of Murdoch Books. Murdoch Books announced today that Rogers, who has already finished in her role, will be replaced by Bruce Hallett,...
Literary community joins forces to support QLD
As the residents of South-East Queensland begin the enormous task of cleaning and rebuilding their homes and businesses following last week's floods, the Australian literary community is coming together to raise funds...
Working group to review ABIAs
A working group has been established to review the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs). Australian Booksellers Association CEO Joel Becker told the Weekly Book Newsletter that a panel of industry...
Australian publishers meet with Chinese delegation
CEO of the Australian Publishers Association (APA) Maree McCaskill has told the Weekly Book Newsletter that a publishing event attended by Australian and Chinese publishers last week was an 'enormous success'....
Think Australian partners with Publishing Perspectives, APA
Think Australian, the rights/export magazine produced each year by Bookseller+Publisher to showcase Australian attendees at the Frankfurt Book Fair, will this year partner with international publishing industry news service Publishing...
APA Australian Educational Publishing Awards 2010 winners announced
This winners of the 2010 Australian Publishers Association (APA) Australian Educational Publishing Awards were announced today at an awards ceremony in Sydney. The overall winner was Physics in Focus Preliminary...
Educational Publishing Awards 2010 shortlist announced
The titles shortlisted for the 2010 Australian Publishers Association (APA) Australian Educational Publishing Awards have been announced. The shortlisted works are:Primary schoolPrimary educational website:www.myplace.edu.au (Deb Cohen and team, Education Services...
ABIAs announced
As reported in a Weekly Book Newsletter special bulletin last Wednesday night, the 2010 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) were announced on Wednesday 30 June at a ceremony at the...