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Bestsellers this week 

Monday, 12 August 2013
Former Geelong footballer Matthew Scarlett is kicking goals on the highest new entries chart this week, with his autobiography Hold the Line (with Scott Gullan, Macmillan) in the top position. James...

Booktopia named Australia’s Favourite Bookshop

Monday, 12 August 2013
Online bookseller Booktopia has been named Australia’s Favourite Bookshop in a national competition administered by the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) in the lead-up to National Bookshop Day. Booktopia CEO Tony Nash...

The Mary Cunnane Agency to close this year 

Monday, 12 August 2013
Literary agency The Mary Cunnane Agency will close by the end of this year. Founder Mary Cunnane said in a statement this week that she is closing the agency, which...

QLA launches crowdfunding campaign

Friday, 9 August 2013
Organisers of the Queensland Literary Awards (QLA) have launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise money for this year’s awards and to ‘sustain the awards for the future’. The campaign, which is...

EWF to visit Tasmania

Friday, 9 August 2013
The Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) will visit Tasmania for the first time later this year for a three-day roadshow of writing workshops and performances. The roadshow will be held in Hobart from...

HMH prepares to go public with US$100 million IPO 

Friday, 9 August 2013
In the US, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) has filed preliminary documents with the US Securities and Exchange Commission in its plans for an initial public offering (IPO) of up to...

Kinokuniya to launch online stores in Southeast Asia 

Friday, 9 August 2013
The Japan-headquartered Kinokuniya bookstore chain is planning to launch online stores in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and other Asian countries in 2014 ahead of anticipated launches in the region by Amazon,...

White shortlisted for 2013 Bernard Schwartz Book Award

Friday, 9 August 2013
Australian author Hugh White has been shortlisted for the 2013 Asia Society Bernard Schwartz Book Award for his book The China Choice: Why America Should Share Power (Black Inc.). White’s...

Patricia Cornwell moves to HarperCollins 

Thursday, 8 August 2013
HarperCollins has acquired world English language rights to two new books from crime writer Patricia Cornwell. The author was previously published by Penguin in the US and Little, Brown in...

Write Around the Murray 2013 program announced 

Thursday, 8 August 2013
The program for this year’s Write Around the Murray Festival in Albury, New South Wales, has been announced. The festival, which runs from Wednesday 4 September to Sunday 8 September, has the...

Class act: Christos Tsiolkas on ‘Barracuda’ 

Thursday, 8 August 2013
Christos Tsiolkas’ new novel Barracuda (A&U, November) is his ‘most personal and heartfelt book to date’, writes reviewer Martin Shaw. He spoke to the author. In Barracuda we get to...

Davitt Awards 2013 shortlist announced

Wednesday, 7 August 2013
The shortlists for this year’s Davitt Awards, presented by Sisters in Crime Australia for the best crime and mystery books by Australian women in 2012, have been announced. The shortlisted titles...

Finalists announced for Jan Michalski Prize 

Wednesday, 7 August 2013
The finalists have been announced for the CHF50,000 (A$60,150) Jan Michalski Prize for Literature, a Swiss literary prize open to any work of fiction or nonfiction published anywhere in the world in any...

Keating joins Collins Booksellers head office 

Wednesday, 7 August 2013
Michelle Keating has joined the Collins Booksellers head office in the role of national franchise manager. Keating has worked for a number of Collins stores in Melbourne over the past 23...

Quote of the week 

Wednesday, 7 August 2013
‘It’s really no different from suggesting that because they’re so keen to see a game, fans should have the right to avoid ticket barriers at sports grounds or railway stations’—APA...

Staff changes at Black Inc. 

Wednesday, 7 August 2013
Black Inc. has announced a number of staff changes following a restructure of the publisher’s publicity and marketing team. Publicity and marketing manager Elisabeth Young has been promoted to the role...

International Library News 

Wednesday, 7 August 2013
UK to celebrate National Libraries Day in February 2014 In the UK, the next National Libraries Day will be held on 8 February 2014, reports the Bookseller. National Libraries Day,...

In brief 

Wednesday, 7 August 2013
Softlink to supply OverDrive ebooks and audiobooks to Sydney Catholic schools The Catholic Education Office (CEO) in Sydney has announced a partnership with library supplier Softlink, which will supply OverDrive ebooks and audiobooks...

Six authors selected for Creative Industries Career Fund 

Wednesday, 7 August 2013
Six authors have received funding in the latest round of the Creative Industries Career Fund, administered by the Copyright Agency (CAL). Children’s author and Random House associate publisher of children’s and...

Four Collins franchises placed into administration 

Wednesday, 7 August 2013
Four Collins Booksellers franchises in Victoria have closed after the stores’ parent company was placed into voluntary administration. The four stores are located in Bendigo and Kangaroo Flat in regional...

John Button Prize 2013 shortlist announced

Wednesday, 7 August 2013
The shortlist for the 2013 John Button Prize for writing on Australian politics and policy has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Reluctant Rescuers: An exploration of the Australian border...