2011 PM’s Lit Awards winners announced
The winners of this year's Prime Minister's Literary Awards were announced in Canberra this morning. The fiction prize was awarded to Traitor by Stephen Daisley (Text). The Hard Light of...
‘That Deadman Dance’ wins ALS Gold Medal
That Deadman Dance by Kim Scott (Picador) has won this year's Australian Literary Society Gold Medal.Scott received the medal at the opening of the Annual Conference of the Association for...
‘That Deadman Dance’ wins ALS Gold Medal
That Deadman Dance by Kim Scott (Picador) has won this year's Australian Literary Society Gold Medal.Scott received the medal this evening at the opening of the Annual Conference of the...
‘That Deadman Dance’ wins 2011 Miles Franklin Award
As reported in a Weekly Book Newsletter special bulletin on 22 June, That Deadman Dance by Kim Scott (Picador) has won this year's Miles Franklin Literary Award, presented at an...
Craig replaces Morrison as Picador publisher
Pan Macmillan has confirmed to the Weekly Book Newsletter that Alex Craig has replaced Rod Morrison as Picador publisher. The Age reported over the weekend that Morrison left his position...
2011 Miles Franklin longlist announced
The longlist for this year's Miles Franklin Literary Award has been announced. The longlisted titles are:Rocks in the Belly (Jon Bauer, Scribe)The Good Daughter (Honey Brown, Viking)The Mary Smokes Boys...
Pan Mac launches new imprint
Pan Macmillan has announced the launch of its new Australian lifestyle imprint, Plum, which covers publishing in food, wine, gardening, home, design, travel and craft. The new imprint will launch...
Scott, Cliff win South East Asia and Pacific CWP
Australian author Kim Scott and New Zealand author Craig Cliff were announced as the South East Asia and Pacific regional winners of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize (CWP) last week. Kim...
Scott, Cliff win regional CWP
Australian author Kim Scott and New Zealand author Craig Cliff were announced as the South East Asia and Pacific regional winners of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize (CWP) last night. Kim...
New Australian ebookstore launched
Online book retailer Boomerang Books has launched a new ebookstore this week. Booku launched on Tuesday with more than 134,000 ebooks, including some Australian content from publishers such as Allen...
Jones joins Pan Macmillan
Former bookseller Steve Jones has joined the marketing department at Pan Macmillan Australia. Jones, who started in the new position this week, left his position as general manager of Kinokuniya...
In brief
Random House and Pan Macmillan to partner with OverDrive Australian publishers Random House and Pan Macmillan have entered into partnerships to make their ebook titles available through global ebook distributor...
Quercus distribution to move to PanMac in 2011
UK-based independent publisher Quercus has announced that it is moving its Australian and New Zealand distribution from Murdoch Books to Pan Macmillan, commencing 1 January 2011.Quercus' sales will be handled...
Pan Mac titles live on Kindle
Pan Macmillan Australia has announced it has more than 300 ebook titles live on Amazon's Kindle store.Pan Macmillan digital sales and marketing spokesperson Melissa Kemble told the Weekly Book Newsletter...
Nahlous appointed commissioning editor, fiction at Pan Mac
Former Allen & Unwin editor and winner of the 2009 Beatrice Davis Editorial Fellowship Alexandra Nahlous has been appointed commissioning editor, fiction, at Pan Macmillan.Nahlous told the Weekly Book Newsletter...
Lawyer sues author, editor and PanMac for defamation
Perth-based lawyer Lloyd Rayney has launched a defamation case against author Estelle Blackburn, editor Malcolm Brown and publisher Pan Macmillan Australia over a chapter in the book Mad, Bad and...
Australian publishers move on ebooks
We now have two more major players in the ebook arena with the local launches of Apple's iPad and iBookstore and REDgroup Retail's Kobo ereading platform and ereader. Though its...
Fraser to hand over to Paterson at Pan Mac
James Fraser, publishing director at Pan Macmillan Australia, has announced he is stepping down from the role and handing over to his deputy Cate Paterson. Fraser told the Sydney Morning...
Pan Macmillan launches beta ebook site
Pan Macmillan Australia has added an ebooks page to its website, listing all the publisher's titles available in ebook format. 'We've had these titles available since 2007 but with no...
Cousins ‘in battle’ with Wilmoth, Pan Mac
A memoir by AFL footballer Ben Cousins, which publisher Pan Macmillan reportedly wishes to publish this year, may be delayed. Melbourne's Herald Sun newspaper claims Cousins is ‘locked in battle...