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27 January, 2009 Unfortunately, Alastair Campbell--former advisor to prime minister Tony Blair-- has been receiving a few unfavourable reviews here and overseas for his first novel All in the Mind. 
21 January, 2009 In what could be a welcome break from the Stephenie Meyer-induced frenzy currently in the charts, word-nerds can note that the Australian Oxford Mini Dictionary is first in the Fastest Movers chart this week, followed by the The Australian Pocket Oxford Dictionary.
Writers at the Convent program released
21 January, 2009 The program for the second annual Writers at the Convent festival, organised by Reader's Feast bookstore, has been announced.
Australian self-published author jailed for three years in Thailand
21 January, 2009 Following his arrest for lese-majeste (offences against the crown) in Thailand, Australian writer Harry Nicolaides has been given the minimum sentence of three years jail in Bangkok, after pleading guilty. 
21 January, 2009 The Landscape of Farewell by Alex Miller (A&U) has been awarded the Annual Best Foreign Novels, 21st Century Award in Beijing. 
19 January, 2009 Now that the summer holidays are drawing to a close, the thin, holiday-period-sized book sections in our newspapers are reverting to their former thickness. 
15 January, 2009 A national survey of Australian book sellers has identified the biggest selling titles over the Christmas period. 
14 January, 2009 It comes as no surprise that Stephenie Meyer is still hogging the Bestseller list, this time with New Moon (Little, Brown) as top gun, and four more following, including the two versions of Twilight (Little, Brown). 
14 January, 2009 Several Australian authors did well in the UK in 2008. The Bookseller reports that Kate Morton's The Forgotten Garden (A&U) was number 11 in the overall charts, followed by Markus Zusak with The Book Thief (Picador) at number 15. 
14 January, 2009 Three ‘mini festivals' will replace the Canberra Readers' and Writers' Festival this year, according to ACT Writers Centre director Anne-Maree Britton. 
12 January, 2009 Welcome to the first issue of MX for 2009! We hope everyone enjoyed a well-earned festive break and that strong book sales continue past the Christmas shopping period. 
7 January, 2009 The prestigious Manning Clark House National Cultural Award for an Individual has gone to Alex Miller, whose most recent novel is Landscape of Farewell (A&U).
7 January, 2009 In the retail days around Christmas Stephenie Meyer held her Bestseller lead with New Moon and Eclipse (Hachette), followed by J K Rowling’s slim volume of magical fairytales The Tales of Beedle the Bard (Bloomsbury). 
7 January, 2009 Gunyah, Goondie & Wurley: the Aboriginal Architecture of Australia (Paul Memmott, UQP) is the recipient of the 2008 Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies' (AIATSIS) Stanner Award. 
7 January, 2009 Human Rights Overboard: Seeking Asylum in Australia authors Linda Briskman, Susie Latham and Chris Goddard have been awarded the Literature Nonfiction Award as part of the 2008 Human Rights Medal awards.
Byron Bay Writers' Festival date and location change
7 January, 2009 The organisers have announced that this year's Byron Bay Writers' Festival (BBWF) will be held on the new grounds of Belongil Fields, Byron Bay. 
7 January, 2009 The best selling book in Australia in 2008, according to figures from Nielsen BookScan, was 4 Ingredients, selling some 288,000 copies last year (on top of the 131,000 copies it sold in 2007). 
15 December, 2008 Welcome to the final issue of MX for 2008! 
10 December, 2008 No surprises in the charts this week as Christmas book-buying gets underway with gusto.
Omar Musa wins poetry slam
10 December, 2008 Canberra's hip-hop poet Omar Musa has won the 2008 Australian Poetry Slam. 
10 December, 2008 Australian author Steve Toltz's A Fraction of the Whole (Hamish Hamilton) has been beaten out by New Yorker music critic Alex Ross with The Rest is Noise (Picador) for the Guardian First Book prize for 2008.
Aurealis shortlist announced
10 December, 2008 The shortlist for the 2008 Aurealis Awards has been announced. It consists of 56 Australian writers of speculative fiction, including science-fiction, fantasy and horror, shortlisted in 13 categories.
Neale wins inaugural Janet Frame Memorial Award
10 December, 2008 Emma Neale is the winner of the inaugural Janet Frame Memorial Award.
Indigenous Literacy Project raises $238K to date
10 December, 2008 The Indigenous Literacy Project (ILP) has raised $238,000 to date for 2008, with further pledges expected to be received in coming weeks.
Commonwealth Writers' Prize 2009 to be announced in Auckland
10 December, 2008 The 23rd annual Commonwealth Writers' Prize (CWP) is to be announced at the Auckland Writers' and Readers' Festival (AWRF), New Zealand, in May 2009, coinciding with the festival's 10th anniversary. |
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