Adam Boland memoir rushed into stores despite Seven court action

The memoir of Adam Boland has been rushed into bookstores despite court action instigated by Boland’s former employer the Seven Network to get hold of the book prior to publication.

Titled Brekky Central, the memoir will detail Boland’s time in breakfast television, especially as the executive producer of the Sunrise show, and it is understood Seven is concerned Boland, who was a key player in the turnaround of the breakfast program, could be in breach of a confidentiality agreement with the network over elements of the book.

In a statement issued this afternoon, Boland’s publisher Melbourne University Press CEO Louise Alder said: “We take our mandate seriously: to publish books that are in the public interest.

“In the fine tradition of independent publishing in Australia, we don’t yield to pressure from commercial operators with deep pockets and a heightened sensitivity to stories about their own industry while intruding into the lives of private citizens with breathtaking insouciance.