Winners announced of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize 2013 27 Aug 2013 | 04:58 am

Art historian Tanya Harrod and novelist Alan Warner have been awarded Britain's oldest literary awards. Alan Warner, whose latest novel is 'The Deadman's Pedal' Photo: Rex Features By Iona McLaren ...

True Stories Told Live 27 Aug 2013 | 04:42 am

Mysterious Galaxy: 'A Universe of Wonderful Books' 27 Aug 2013 | 04:35 am

"I love these stores," author T. Jefferson Parker told Kings River Life magazine, which profiled the Mysterious Galaxy bookstores in San Diego and Redondo Beach, Calif. "Together they form not just tw...

Picador Partners with CNN on E-short 27 Aug 2013 | 04:17 am

A forthcoming documentary produced by CNN called The Flag, has enabled an unusual tie-in edition: a 99 cent single chapter e-short of Watching the World Change: The Stories Behind the Images of 9/11, ...

Is ‘The Bone Season’ Good? We Say: It Could Be 27 Aug 2013 | 04:13 am

By Michelle Dean on Aug 26, 2013 Flavorwire Samantha Shannon’s The Bone Season is being greeted as the Next Great Thing in young adult literature. And a population hungry for a new Harry Potter or Th...

Special Day for Dads 27 Aug 2013 | 04:10 am

521 fathers who go the extra mile to help out their children and their schools will be rewarded for their hard work in the week leading up to Father’s Day.  One dad in each Duffy school will be the re...

Last Elmore Leonard Novel Likely 27 Aug 2013 | 04:07 am

This is bittersweet. There’s likely one more Elmore Leonard novel on the way after the author died last week at the age of 87. His son, Peter Leonard, also a writer, said he hopes to finish his father...

Ghost in the Machine: Does Print-Ebook Bundling Have a Future? 27 Aug 2013 | 03:51 am

Ghost in the Machine: Does Print-Ebook Bundling Have a Future? Several publishers are finding success with print+ebook bundling, yet the industry remains reticent to embrace what seems an obvious dir...

The Women’s Bookshop’s August Ladies' Litera-Tea 27 Aug 2013 | 03:48 am

We laughed, we learnt, we wondered, we ate. An absolutely delightful & indulgent Sunday afternoon was enjoyed by all at The Women’s Bookshop’s August Ladies' Litera-Tea. Photos: Authors L to R Anne ...

Apple Concedes to New Terms with Publishers, Resists eBook App Changes 27 Aug 2013 | 03:42 am

Publishers Lunch The Federal Court docket now includes two separate filings from Apple's attorney on Friday, presenting the company's revised approach to the proposed injunction. Apple is walking a l...