'The ABA Conference was comprised largely of old, grey, tired booksellers'--Derek Dryden seeks young, colourful, energetic booksellers to attend his ABA-sponsored workshop.

'$195,000: that's almost a living wage for someone at Macquarie Bank ... almost'--MC John Doyle (aka 'Rampaging Roy Slaven') commenting on the total prize pool for the Victorian Premier's Literary...

'For most Amazon customers, a special order is a terrible customer experience'--Amazon exec Kurt Beidler on the 'need it now' attitude of his 66 million customers.

‘I completely acknowledge that the tone of this correspondence was inappropriate'--Angus & Robertson general manager David Fenlon in his 'clarification' letter to Crikey

'Ahh, Book Musk, it should be marketed as an aftershave!'--Simon Morton of Radio NZ, speaking at the Booksellers NZ annual conference last weekend.

'Muggles, do you know what this chamber of secrets is?'--in the lead-up to HP7, the Sunday Age tries its best to make the relatively un-magical ADS warehouse into an object...

'There were lots of books we rejected--about personal female issues, the loss of a child, the break-up of a marriage, thinly veiled autobiographical things of no consequence...'Orange Prize judge Muriel...

‘There's always certain politics among writers.'Wendy Were, SWF artistic director, on the reported tension between some of this year's Festival guests. 

‘At its best, powerful writing about Australia feeds into the soul of the country.' Shadow Minister for the Arts Peter Garrett on ABC Radio National's Book Show.

'The book conveys an insidious hopelessness even in the midst of remarkable natural beauty [...] People with nicknames like Fox and Bird and Darkie drink themselves to unnecessary deaths or...