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Society of Editors (NSW): Grammar Essentials workshop 

Wednesday, 18 September 2013
Society of Editors (NSW) Inc. presents a one-day workshop on Grammar Essentials with Pam Peters, Emeritus Professor of Linguistics, Macquarie University. Date: Friday, 18 October 2013, 9.30am to 4.30pm. Venue: UTS...

Allen & Unwin Congratulates Man Booker Shortlisted Authors 

Tuesday, 17 September 2013
Allen & Unwin is thrilled that Eleanor Catton's The Luminaries and Jhumpa Lahiri's The Lowland have been shortlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize for Fiction.  The Luminaries Eleanor Catton (Granta) $29.99 9781847088765...

Transit Lounge Congratulates WA Premier’s Award Winner 

Tuesday, 17 September 2013
Congratulations from all at Transit Lounge (www.transitlounge.com.au) to Roger Averill on winning the WA Premier’s Literary Awards Non-fiction Prize for Exile: The Lives and Hopes of Werner Pelz. The title...

King joins Christchurch Writers’ Festival 

Monday, 16 September 2013
New Zealand novelist Rachael King has been appointed as the new literary director for the Press Christchurch Writers’ Festival. King takes over the role of literary director from previous program...

Gordon elected CAUL president 

Wednesday, 11 September 2013
Heather Gordon has been elected as president of the Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL) for 2014 and 2015. Gordon, who is director of library and information services and acting...

Changes to the ABA Management Committee 

Wednesday, 11 September 2013
Boomerang Books owner Clayton Wehner has resigned from his position as a member of the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) Management Committee. Peter Strong, former owner of Smith’s Alternative Bookshop in...

‘Books+Publishing’ reporting at Frankfurt Book Fair 

Wednesday, 11 September 2013
Books+Publishing editor-in-chief Andrea Hanke will be attending this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair as part of the Australian Publishers Association (APA) contingent, and will be reporting on the Australians’ experience at...

Murdoch Congratulates their Award Winning Chefs 

Monday, 9 September 2013
Murdoch Books would like to congratulate their award winning chefs for their recent awards at the 2014 Fairfax Good Food Awards (Sydney and Melbourne) and remind booksellers of forthcoming books...

Two upcoming events at Pinerolo 

Monday, 9 September 2013
Pinerolo, the Children’s Book Cottage in Blackheath NSW, has two upcoming events.  The third annual Open Day will be held on 22 September, as part of the Blue Mountains Art Trail....

Marie Clay list to change distribution 

Wednesday, 4 September 2013
Publisher: Marie Clay list (various ISBNs) Old distributor: Pearson Education New distributor: Scholastic Changeover date: 1 September  (See classifieds.)

NewSouth Books to distribute Brandl & Schlesinger 

Tuesday, 3 September 2013
Publisher: Brandl & Schlesinger ISBN prefix: 978-1-921556 Old distributor: MDS New distributor: NewSouth Books Changeover date: 3 September Returns cut-off (to ADS): 31 October

InBooks to distribute Unicorn Press 

Tuesday, 3 September 2013
Publisher: Unicorn Press ISBN prefix: 978-1906-509 Old distributor: N/A New distributor: Inbooks Changeover date: 1 September 

Fearnley leaves Ingram 

Tuesday, 3 September 2013
Nerida Fearnley is no longer working for Lightning Source Australia. A spokesperson for Ingram told Books+Publishing that Fearnley, who joined the company in the role of senior content acquisition account...

2013 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards entries open 

Tuesday, 3 September 2013
Entries for the 2013 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards are open. Australian citizens and permanent residents can enter one of five categories: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama and young adult. Each category...