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Macmillan dictionaries online-only from 2013 

Thursday, 8 November 2012
Macmillan Dictionaries will only be available online from the new year, reports the Bookseller, which said Macmillan Education was currently printing the final ever physical copies of the reference works....

‘419’ wins Scotiabank Giller Prize 

Thursday, 8 November 2012
The novel 419 by Will Ferguson (Penguin) has won the C$50,000 (A$48,000) Scotiabank Giller Prize. Ferguson’s novel was chosen by judges Roddy Doyle, Gary Shteyngart and Anna Porter from a...

Quote of the week 

Thursday, 8 November 2012
‘Global English-language rights will become more and more prevalent, as will simultaneous worldwide publishing. Where this leaves author tours, writers festivals and associated marketing, which until now has been staggered...

Bertelsmann to acquire 100% of Random House Mondadori 

Thursday, 8 November 2012
Random House parent company Bertelsmann has announced it has agreed to purchase all shares in Random House Mondadori, its trade book publisher in Spain and Latin America. Random House Mondadori was...

Plans to launch Canadian women’s literary award 

Thursday, 8 November 2012
In Canada, Thomas Allen editorial director Janice Zawerbny has begun taking steps to develop a literary award that will recognise fiction written by Canadian women. For now, the prize is...

Firefox allows new ‘send to Kindle’ button 

Thursday, 8 November 2012
Internet browser Mozilla Firefox has added a feature that allows content publishers to add a button enabling readers to send web content to their Kindle. ‘Online publishers can add the...

In brief 

Thursday, 8 November 2012
NSW Library Council calls for more public library funding The Library Council of New South Wales has used the Local Government Association of NSW conference in Dubbo this month to...

S&S Australia celebrates 25 years 

Thursday, 8 November 2012
Simon & Schuster Australia is celebrating its 25th anniversary next Tuesday with an ‘intimate party’ in Sydney as well as a visit from S&S UK chief executive and managing director...

RHA to use NetGalley for electronic ARCs 

Thursday, 8 November 2012
Random House Australia has announced that it will be using the NetGalley platform ‘as a way of providing electronic advanced reading copies’. The publisher’s sister companies in the US and...

2012 YABBA winners announced

Thursday, 8 November 2012
The winners of the 2012 Young Australian’s Best Book Awards (YABBAs) have been announced. The winning titles are: Fiction Years 7-9: Phoenix Files: Arrival (Chris Morphew, HGE) Fiction Older Readers:...

International Library News 

Thursday, 8 November 2012
UK report says all those involved in libraries ‘need to work harder’ In the UK, the Culture, Media and Sport select committee report into library closures has said that all...

Walkley Book Award Shortlist 2012 

Thursday, 8 November 2012
The Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance has announced the shortlist for the Walkley Book Award. The shortlisted titles are: Mine-Field: The Dark Side of Australia's Resources Rush (Paul Cleary, Black Inc.)...

‘Strong attendance’ at first GenreCon 

Thursday, 8 November 2012
Approximately 135 writers, editors and agents attended the inaugural GenreCon in Sydney over the weekend. The conference for Australian genre writers, run by the Queensland Writers Centre, was held at...

Interview with Steve Biddulph on ‘Raising Girls’ 

Thursday, 8 November 2012
Best known for his book Raising Boys, psychologist Steve Biddulph has written a companion piece, Steve Biddulph’s Raising Girls (Finch Publishing, January). The author spoke to Thuy On. Read the...

O’Hanlon appointed CEO at Varuna

Wednesday, 7 November 2012
Varuna, the Writers’ House, has announced that Jansis O’Hanlon will join the writers’ centre in the role of chief executive officer. O’Hanlon, who will begin in the role at the...

Wood to launch long-form interview magazine 

Wednesday, 7 November 2012
Author Charlotte Wood is launching a soft-copy subscription magazine, to be produced as a PDF file sent to subscribers by email, called The Writer’s Room Interviews. ‘Not long ago, I...

Next round of Wheeler Centre fellowships announced 

Wednesday, 7 November 2012
The Wheeler Centre has announced its next round of ‘hot desk’ fellowships, sponsored by Readings. The successful applicants in this round are Oliver Mol, who will work on his debut...

Dymocks launches podcasts 

Wednesday, 7 November 2012
Dymocks has begun producing podcasts, launching with a discussion of J K Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy and thus far including interviews with Pamela Stephenson and Richard Gill. Dymocks ecommerce manager...

Booktopia ranked 96 on ‘BRW’ Fast 100 list 

Wednesday, 7 November 2012
Online bookseller Booktopia was ranked 96th on this year’s BRW (Business Review Weekly) Fast 100 list. The rankings were revealed at an event in Sydney at the end of October....

New ASA website 

Wednesday, 7 November 2012
The Australian Society of Authors has relaunched its website at www.asaauthors.org. The new site includes a dedicated news section, as well as an events calendar, resources and information on the...

Program for 2012 Crime and Justice Festival launched 

Wednesday, 7 November 2012
Reader’s Feast bookshop in Melbourne has announced the program for its annual Crime and Justice Festival. This year’s festival will run from 16 to 18 November, with events taking place at...

NZ librarian wins Betty Gilderdale Award 

Wednesday, 7 November 2012
Hamilton-based librarian and children’s literature specialist Gerri Judkins is the recipient of this year’s Storylines Betty Gilderdale Award. Judkins, who is currently the school librarian at Southwell School in Hamilton, will be...

Bestsellers this week 

Tuesday, 6 November 2012
Jamie Oliver’s latest time-saving cookbook, Jamie’s 15-Minute Meals (Michael Joseph) has risen to the top of the bestsellers chart and sits in second place on the fastest movers chart this...

Quinlan appointed Stella Prize manager

Monday, 5 November 2012
The Stella Prize has announced that Megan Quinlan has been appointed to the role of prize manager. The Stella Prize team said in a statement that Quinlan has ‘many years of...

Ewing wins 2012 Lady Cutler Award 

Monday, 5 November 2012
Robyn Ewing of Sydney University has been named the recipient of this year’s Lady Cutler Award for Distinguished Services to Children’s Literature. The award, which is sponsored by Peribo and...

 

 

 

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