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Booksellers NZ introduces electronic gift cards 

Wednesday, 9 October 2013
Booksellers NZ has introduced electronic gift cards. The gift cards, launched on 1 October, can be purchased and redeemed at bookshops that are members of Booksellers NZ, and can be...

Berkelouw Books Newtown to move 

Wednesday, 9 October 2013
The Berkelouw Books store in Newtown, Sydney, has announced that it is relocating to Hornsby. The store will begin accepting deliveries at its new location in Westfield Hornsby from 4...

New bookshop Fat Cat Books opens in Melbourne

Tuesday, 8 October 2013
A new bookshop called Fat Cat Books has opened in Dandenong Plaza in Melbourne. Fat Cat Books, which is located near the previous site of the Dandenong AllBooks4Less store, is...

Rights round-up 

Tuesday, 8 October 2013
Sales Fiction—Alex Adsett Publishing Services has signed a two book deal with Simon & Schuster for Chasing The Ace and Running The Red (Nicholas Johnson); has signed a three book...

In brief 

Tuesday, 8 October 2013
Victorian Chief Justice to deliver SLV Redmond Barry Lecture Victoria’s Chief Justice Marilyn Warren will deliver this year’s Redmond Barry Lecture at the State Library of Victoria (SLV). Warren will...

Collins Kawana to close 

Tuesday, 8 October 2013
Collins Booksellers in Kawana, Queensland, will close this month, reports the Sunshine Coast Daily. Owner Therese Appleby, who bought the Collins store at Kawana Shoppingworld three years ago, said she will...

RiP Tom Clancy 

Tuesday, 8 October 2013
Author Tom Clancy has died, aged 66. Clancy was the author of numerous novels including The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, The Cardinal of the Kremlin, Clear and Present...

Bryce to deliver 2013 Boyer Lectures 

Monday, 7 October 2013
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has announced that the Governor General of Australia Quentin Bryce will deliver the 2013 Boyer Lectures next month. The lectures will be broadcast on Radio National...

AllBooks4Less trademarks, assets purchased by SJC Books

Monday, 7 October 2013
Remainders outlet AllBooks4Less will be relaunched in coming weeks, following the acquisition of its trademarks and some of its assets by Victorian-based company SJC Books Pty Ltd. The acquisition comes after AllBooks4Less and its parent company,...

Bestsellers this week 

Monday, 7 October 2013
For the third consecutive week Jamie Oliver’s Save with Jamie (Michael Joseph) and Andy Griffiths’ The 39-Storey Treehouse (Pan) are first and second respectively on the bestsellers chart. They are followed...

On tour: Meet the author Gary Greenberg 

Monday, 7 October 2013
Psychotherapist, author and editor Gary Greenberg is visiting Australia in October. His latest book, The Book of Woe (Scribe), challenges many facets of established psychiatric practice. What would you put...

Game on: Catherine Jinks on ‘Saving Thanehaven’ 

Monday, 7 October 2013
Catherine Jinks’ YA novel Saving Thanehaven (A&U, March) delves into the secret lives of computer game characters, putting ‘a quirky twist on the classic quest tale’ in the words of...

Creative with kids: Sandra Nobes from Allen & Unwin 

Monday, 7 October 2013
Longtime freelancer Sandra Nobes was recently appointed in-house designer for children’s books at Allen & Unwin. She shares her career journey. This year I got my first ‘proper’ job in...

Shelf talk: Classic comics 

Monday, 7 October 2013
In the breakout superhero hit of the year, Hawkeye, Volume 1 (Matt Fraction, illus by David Aja et al, Marvel, December), Clint Barton fights for justice ... and good rooftop...

Shelf talk: Anthologise this 

Monday, 7 October 2013
Tis the season for anthologies, and this year there are several to choose from. Summer Lovin’ (Fremantle Press, December) is a collection of 14 stories about love (lost, found, first,...

Editor’s picks: Andrea Hanke’s summer reads 

Monday, 7 October 2013
Andrea Hanke shares her serious summer reads. While I enjoy a breezy rom-com as much as the next person, the prospect of several days of uninterrupted, beach umbrella-shaded reading time...

Book industry salary survey 2013 

Monday, 7 October 2013
This year, Books+Publishing surveyed members of the Australian book industry to find out exactly how much workers are getting paid. Andrea Hanke and Andrew Wrathall report on the results. It’s...