Court dismisses defamation case against Cannane, HarperCollins
A federal court judge has dismissed a defamation case brought by two doctors against HarperCollins and author Steve Cannane relating to Cannane’s 2016 book Fair Game: The Incredible Untold Story...
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...
Corbys may receive proceeds from overseas release of autobiography
The autobiography of convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby is be released overseas and on Amazon by Mainstream Publishing. Proceeds from My Story (Pan Macmillan) were frozen last year after the...
Libel case prompts Hachette to recall Turner bio
Hachette Livre Australia has announced an urgent recall of actress Kathleen Turner's biography Send Yourself Roses, as a ‘precautionary measure', following legal action taken by actor Nicholas Cage in relation...
Readers Feast announces Crime and Justice festival
Melbourne CBD bookseller Reader's Feast has announced ambitious plans for a major Crime and Justice literary festival, to be held in Melbourne next July.At a launch earlier today at the...