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RiP Nina Bawden 

Tuesday, 11 September 2012
British author Nina Bawden, best known for the children’s novel Carrie’s War, has died aged 87. Bawden wrote more than 40 novels for adults and children including Eyes of Green...

The Press Christchurch Writers’ Festival returns 

Tuesday, 11 September 2012
The Press Christchurch Writers’ Festival was held in Christchurch from 30 August to 2 September, returning after a four-year wait. The previous two attempts to stage the festival—in 2010 and...

Booksellers NZ discontinues Premier Bestsellers program 

Tuesday, 11 September 2012
Booksellers NZ has announced it has discontinued a program established to label books that achieved a certain level in sales. The Premier Bestsellers program has been discontinued following discussions within...

Wheeler Centre announces new Hot Desk fellows 

Tuesday, 11 September 2012
The Wheeler Centre has welcomed its second round of Hot Desk fellowships. With funding from the Readings Foundation, the fellowships provide a $1000 stipend and workspace in the Wheeler Centre...

In Brief 

Tuesday, 11 September 2012
Free ‘Little Library’ at Melbourne Central The operators of Melbourne Central shopping centre have established a free ‘Little Library’ on the second level of the centre, reports the Age. The...

New owners for Dymocks Newmarket

Monday, 10 September 2012
The Dymocks store in Newmarket, New Zealand, has been sold to new owners, reports Beattie’s Book Blog. According to Publishers Association of New Zealand president Kevin Chapman, publishers were informed...

New Kobo devices available next month 

Monday, 10 September 2012
Three new Kobo devices will be available from Australian and New Zealand retailers starting next month. The new devices—branded the ‘Kobo Family’ along with the Kobo Touch—include the front-lit Kobo...

New Kobo devices available in October

Friday, 7 September 2012
Kobo has unveiled three new ereading devices which will be available in Australia and New Zealand before the end of the year. The new devices—branded the ‘Kobo Family’ along with...

HarperCollins launches digital-native first

Friday, 7 September 2012
HarperCollins has launched its first Australian-authored digital-native enhanced ebook—a title conceived as a digital product and created using Apple’s free iBooks Author software—which is unlikely ever to appear in printed...

No local release date for new Kindle devices

Friday, 7 September 2012
Amazon unveiled an updated range of Kindle ereading devices on 6 September which includes a new line of Kindle Fire tablets and a new front-lit device called the Kindle Paperwhite....

Readings becomes tour operator

Thursday, 6 September 2012
Readings is expanding its offering to customers beyond books and music, by hosting a tour to the Jaipur Literature Festival in India in January next year. Readings event coordinator Chris...

Queensland Literary Awards 2012 winners announced

Wednesday, 5 September 2012
The winners of the inaugural Queensland Literary Awards (QLA) were announced on 4 September on the eve of the Brisbane Writers Festival. The winners in each category are: Fiction book award...

BWF kicks off

Wednesday, 5 September 2012
The Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) kicks off today, following the presentation of the Queensland Literary Awards last night. The festival runs from 5 to 9 September and includes and ‘all...

Indigenous Literacy Day today

Wednesday, 5 September 2012
Booksellers, publishers and the book community celebrate Indigenous Literacy Day today. Last year the event contributed to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) raising $550,000. The ILF hopes to achieve $600,000...

Bloomsbury Harry Potter bookshop competition 

Wednesday, 5 September 2012
Bloomsbury ran a competition to drive Harry Potter fans to physical bookstores in celebration of the 15th anniversary of the publication of the first book in the series. As previously...

International library news 

Wednesday, 5 September 2012
EIFL-PLIP recognises libraries contributing to community economic wellbeing The Electronic Information for Libraries Public Library Innovation Program (EIFL-PLIP) has announced the winners of this year’s Innovation Award for libraries contributing...

Allara leaves Dymocks 

Wednesday, 5 September 2012
Michael Allara has finished in his role as general manager of ecommerce for Dymocks. Allara left the company in August to pursue other opportunities and Robert Kaldor is now overseeing...

B&N announces additional UK retail partners 

Wednesday, 5 September 2012
Following the announcement that it will partner with department store chain John Lewis to sell Nook devices in the UK from October, Barnes & Noble has announced that UK retailers...

Tesco buys Mobcast for £4.5 million 

Wednesday, 5 September 2012
UK supermarket chain Tesco has acquired ebook platform Mobcast for £4.5 million (A$6.9 million), reports the Bookseller. Mobcast was established in 2007 and currently offers 130,000 ebooks. The acquisition follows...

‘Guardian’ First Book Award 2012 longlist announced 

Wednesday, 5 September 2012
The longlist for this year’s Guardian First Book Award has been announced. This year’s longlist features 11 titles: seven fiction titles and four nonfiction titles. The winner of this year’s...

 

 

 

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