Penguin launches seminar for ‘popular writing’
Thursday, 6 December 2012
Penguin Books Australia has launched a one-day seminar for aspiring writers of commercial fiction, called the Penguin School of Popular Writing. The seminar, which will be held on 19 January...
First NonfictioNow conference held in Melbourne; ‘Reality Hunger’ tops bestseller list
Thursday, 6 December 2012
NonfictioNow, a new conference on nonfiction writing, was held at RMIT University in Melbourne between 21-24 November. Alison Barker, project manager for NonfictioNow, told Bookseller+Publisher that about 400 people attended the conference,...
Eddington appointed Literature Board director
Thursday, 6 December 2012
The Australia Council for the Arts has announced that Jill Eddington has been appointed as director of the Literature Board. The Australia Council said in a statement that Eddington will...
Wehner joins ABA management committee
Thursday, 6 December 2012
Clayton Wehner, co-owner of online bookstore Boomerang Books and ebookstore Booku, has joined the management committee of the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA). The ABA said in a statement that it...
Curtis wins 2012 Johnno Award
Thursday, 6 December 2012
Bundaberg-based author and festival convener Sandy Curtis has won the 2012 Johnno Award, presented by the Queensland Writers Centre (QWC) for outstanding contributions to writing in Queensland. Curtis has written six...
Johnson joins BICC
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
Simon & Schuster Australia managing director Lou Johnson has joined the Federal Government’s Book Industry Collaboration Council (BICC). Johnson replaces Penguin Australia CEO Gabrielle Coyne on the council and as...
Tenfold increase in sales of Most Underrated Book finalists at Readings in November
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
Readings has seen a tenfold increase in sales of the books shortlisted for the inaugural Small Press Network (SPN) Most Underrated Book Award in November, according to books division manager Martin Shaw....
‘Cloudstreet’ tops 10 Aussie Books to Read before You Die
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
Tim Winton’s novel Cloudstreet (Penguin) has been voted by readers as the number one Australian book to read before you die, in a competition held by the ABC’s First Tuesday...
Mary Ryan’s Toowoomba reverts to company ownership
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
The Mary Ryan’s bookstore in Toowoomba, Queensland, has reverted to company ownership after operating as a franchise for five years. Mary Ryan’s CEO Bill Concannon told Bookseller+Publisher that Mary Ryan’s...
Please complete our pre-Christmas survey
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
Bookseller+Publisher is currently conducting its annual pre-Christmas survey of booksellers and publishers. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey online. Booksellers If you are a bookseller, please complete the survey...
Murdoch Books distribution to move to UBD
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
Murdoch Books has announced that distribution of its titles will move from Harper Entertainment Distribution Services (HEDS) to United Book Distributors (UBD) in January. The move follows the acquisition of...
Co-op Bookshop announces store awards
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
The Co-op Store Awards were announced at the bookselling chain’s Store Managers Conference in November. The following awards were presented for outstanding achievements in 2012: RESET award for excellence in...
Final ‘Weekly Book Newsletter’ for 2012 next week
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
Next week’s Weekly Book Newsletter (12 December) will be the last for 2012. The first Weekly Book Newsletter for 2013 will be 9 January 2013. Any news or advertisements for...
Random House Australia to launch digital romance imprint
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
Random House Australia has announced that it will launch a digital-first imprint for Australian romance titles called Random Romance. The publisher said in a statement that the imprint will launch...
Quote of the Week
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
‘Without a doubt, we are in a dogfight. Make no mistake, publishing juggernauts like Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple are demolishing the Australian writing and publishing industry’—Copyright Agency chair and...
Government gives ‘in principle’ support to lowering GST threshold but rules out immediate change
Tuesday, 4 December 2012
The Federal Government has released an interim response to the recommendations made by its Low Value Parcel Processing Taskforce earlier this year, giving ‘in principle’ support for the recommendation to lower...
New office for Affirm Press
Tuesday, 4 December 2012
Affirm Press is moving to a new office this month. The Melbourne-based publisher, currently located at 1 Jacksons Road in Mulgrave, will relocate to a converted warehouse at 28 Thistlethwaite...
Bestsellers this week
Tuesday, 4 December 2012
Notorious Nineteen (Hachette), Janet Evanovich’s latest mystery featuring New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum, is at the top of this week’s highest new entries chart. The top four titles on...
Authors and publishers make ‘Top 100’ people lists in Melbourne, Sydney magazines
Tuesday, 4 December 2012
Fairfax newspapers featured a number of publishing industry professionals in its ‘Top 100’ influential and inspirational people lists in its Sydney and Melbourne magazines published in December. In the Age...
Christmas closing times 2012
Tuesday, 4 December 2012
Last day of business First day of business Allen & Unwin Australia Friday 21 December Wednesday 2 January Allen & Unwin New Zealand Friday 21 December Thursday 3 January Alliance...
Rights round-up
Tuesday, 4 December 2012
Sales Fiction—Random House Australia has sold rights to Settler’s Creek (Carl Nixon) to Germany. Pan Macmillan has sold rights to Poet’s Cottage and Currawong Manor (Josephine Pennicott) to Ulstein Publishers...
NSW Premier’s Literary and History Awards winners announced
Monday, 3 December 2012
The winners of this year’s New South Wales Premier’s Literary and History Awards were announced on 30 November at the State Library of New South Wales. In the Premier’s Literary...
‘The Australian Moment’ wins 2012 Walkley Book Award
Monday, 3 December 2012
George Megalogenis has won this year’s Walkley Book Award for The Australian Moment: How We Were Made for These Times (Viking). Megalogenis received the award during the Walkley Awards for...
BWF launches creative collaboration project
Monday, 3 December 2012
The Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) is calling for submissions from creative organisations and networks to run collaborative events during the 2013 festival. The ampers&nd project is aimed at organisations such...
Koval to host online book show ‘Monthly Book’
Monday, 3 December 2012
Former ABC Radio National presenter Ramona Koval will host the Monthly Book, an online book show on the Monthly website, from early 2013. ‘Since I left the ABC just a...
Weekly Book Newsletter
Saturday, 1 December 2012
Click here to see the Weekly Book Newsletter for 5 December 2012.
Booksellers to participate in Westfield ‘Super Saturday’ promotion
Friday, 30 November 2012
Booksellers located within Westfield shopping centres across the country will be among the retailers offering special deals to shoppers on Saturday 1 December as part of the Westfield ‘Super Saturday’...
NSW Prem’s awards to be announced tonight
Friday, 30 November 2012
The winners of the NSW Premier’s Awards will be announced tonight at a ceremony at the State Library of NSW. This year two Miles Franklin Literary Award winners are competing...
Fifty Shades ‘party game’ coming to Australia before Christmas
Friday, 30 November 2012
EL James has approved a Fifty Shades of Grey ‘party game’, to be released in Australia, New Zealand, the US, Canada and the UK in December. The game’s maker Imagination...
Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple ‘demolishing’ the Australian industry, says Grant at Copyright Agency AGM
Friday, 30 November 2012
Changes to the Board of the Copyright Agency were announced at its AGM on Wednesday 28 November. Publisher director Rodney Martin stepped down from his role, having served his maximum...
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