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Christmas closing list 2013 

Tuesday, 3 December 2013
Last day of business in 2013 First day of business in 2014 Andrews McMeel Publishing Friday 20 December Monday 13 January Arbon Publishing Friday 20 December Monday 6 January Australian...

Pick-a-WooWoo shortlisted for WA business award 

Tuesday, 3 December 2013
Western Australia-based publisher Pick-a-WooWoo has been named a finalist in the 2013 Regional Small Business Awards, presented by the Western Australian Government. Pick-a-WooWoo, which publishes Mind Body Spirit books for...

Rights round-up 

Tuesday, 3 December 2013
Sales Nonfiction—Exisle Publishing has sold Arabic Language rights to The Happiness Trap Pocket Book (Dr Russ Harris and Bev Aisbett); and English language rights for Malaysia and Singapore to Growing...

RiP André Schiffrin 

Tuesday, 3 December 2013
French-born US publisher, editor and author André Schiffrin has died, aged 78. Schiffrin joined Random House imprint Pantheon Books in 1962, rising to become its editor-in-chief and managing director. At...

International Library News 

Tuesday, 3 December 2013
Children’s books most borrowed at new Birmingham Library Children’s books dominate the most borrowed list at the new Library of Birmingham in the UK, reports the Bookseller. More than 120,000...

Big W renews sponsorship of ‘The Book Circle’ 

Monday, 2 December 2013
Discount department store Big W has renewed its sponsorship of Mamamia’s online book show The Book Circle for another year. The show, which was launched in 2012 as a partnership...

SWF 2014 School Days guests announced 

Monday, 2 December 2013
The Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) has announced a number of the authors and illustrators who will participate in its 2014 School Days program, to be held between 19 and 23...

Irish Book Awards 2013 winners announced 

Monday, 2 December 2013
The winners of the 2013 Irish Book Awards were announced at a ceremony in Dublin on 26 November. Roddy Doyle won the Novel of the Year award for The Guts...

Bestsellers this week 

Monday, 2 December 2013
For the second week in a row, Jeff Kinney’s Hard Luck: Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Puffin) and Matthew Reilly’s The Tournament (Pan) are in first and second place respectively on...

Please complete our pre-Christmas survey 

Monday, 2 December 2013
Books+Publishing 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...

2014 NZ Writers Week guests announced 

Friday, 29 November 2013
The guest line-up for the 2014 New Zealand Festival Writers Week, which will be held in Wellington between 7 and 12 March, has been announced. Among the international writers who will...

‘Killing Fairfax’ wins 2013 Walkley Book Award 

Friday, 29 November 2013
Pamela Williams has won this year’s Walkley Book Award for Killing Fairfax (HarperCollins). Williams received the award during the Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism at Parliament House in Brisbane...

HarperCollins offers ebook rental to schools 

Friday, 29 November 2013
In the US, HarperCollins is offering short-term ebook rental to schools via the Curriculet digital reading platform, reports Publishers Weekly. Schools subcribing to the pilot program will have access to the Curriculet digital reading app, which allows teachers...

Decision on GST threshold pushed to March 2014 

Thursday, 28 November 2013
The decision to collect GST from overseas suppliers for online purchases below $1000 has been pushed back until March 2014, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. As previously reported by Books+Publishing,...

Costa Book Awards 2013 shortlists announced 

Thursday, 28 November 2013
In the UK, the shortlisted titles for the 2013 Costa Book Awards have been announced. You can view the titles shortlisted in each category—first novel, novel, biography, poetry and children’s—on...

Scribe announces shortlist for nonfiction prize 

Thursday, 28 November 2013
Scribe has announced the shortlist for its inaugural nonfiction prize for young writers, run in partnership with Express Media. The shortlisted pieces are: ‘A Year in Peru’ by Elizabeth Bryer...

Inky Awards 2013 winners announced 

Wednesday, 27 November 2013
The winners of the 2013 Inky Awards, presented by the Centre for Youth Literature, were announced at the State Library of Victoria on 26 November. Barry Jonsberg won the Gold...

Wildsmith and Burbidge win ABA Vic Rep of the Year 

Wednesday, 27 November 2013
Amanda Wildsmith from Hardie Grant and Gavin Burbidge from Penguin were named joint winners of the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) Victorian Rep of the Year Award at the ABA Victorian...

French named ACLA Children’s Laureate for 2014-2015

Wednesday, 27 November 2013
Children’s author Jackie French has been named the Australian Children’s Laureate for 2014-2015. Author, actor and director Rhys Muldoon presented French with the laureate’s Magpie Award at a ceremony at the...

Quote of the week 

Wednesday, 27 November 2013
‘It is absurd to send stock to the US or UK in the knowledge that you are doing so solely for it to come back to our shores via Amazon’—Keiran...

NSW, Vic Rep of the Year Awards 2013 announced 

Wednesday, 27 November 2013
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced the winners of its NSW and Victorian Rep of the Year Awards for 2013. Jane Kembrey from NewSouth Books won the NSW Rep...

In brief 

Wednesday, 27 November 2013
Wangaratta Library wins local business award The Wangaratta Library, a branch of the High Country Library in north-east Victoria, has won a local business award. The library was named the...

Pages & Pages offers ebooks from Kobo 

Wednesday, 27 November 2013
Sydney independent bookseller Pages & Pages Booksellers is offering Kobo ebooks to customers via its website. The bookseller is the first member of the Australian Booksellers Association to become an...

 

 

 

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