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Hodder & Stoughton to split into two publishing divisions 

Tuesday, 23 October 2012
British publisher Hodder & Stoughton is splitting into two distinct publishing divisions, reports Publishers Weekly. The publisher, which is owned by Hachette, will be divided into John Murray Press, which...

Booktopia expands office, distribution centre 

Tuesday, 23 October 2012
Online bookseller Booktopia has announced that it has added another 500sqm to its premises in Lane Cove in Sydney, bringing its office and distribution centre spaces to a combined total...

RiP Paul Kurtz 

Tuesday, 23 October 2012
Paul Kurtz, US philosopher and founder of Prometheus Books, has died aged 86. Kurtz wrote over 50 books and was publisher of the Skeptical Inquirer and Free Inquiry magazines. He edited two large...

Innovation award for NLA’s Trove repository 

Tuesday, 23 October 2012
The National Library of Australia’s (NLA) Trove digital repository has won the Innovation category in the 2012 Australia and New Zealand Internet Awards (ANZIAs). The awards are presented annually by...

Rights round-up 

Tuesday, 23 October 2012
Acquisitions Fiction—Viking has acquired world rights, excluding translation rights in France and Germany, to The Separation (Dinah Jefferies) through Caroline Hardman at Hardman Swainson. Simon & Schuster has acquired The...

Vision Australia audiobooks now available through Wavesound 

Tuesday, 23 October 2012
Audiobook titles previously published by Vision Australia are now available to Australian public libraries through audiobook publisher and distributor Wavesound. A spokesperson for Vision Australia told Bookseller+Publisher that Vision Australia...

2012 Australian Teacher Librarian of the Year announced 

Tuesday, 23 October 2012
The Australian School Library Association (ASLA) has awarded the 2012 Australian Teacher Librarian of the Year Award to Alinda Sheerman from Broughton Anglican College in Manangle Park, New South Wales....

Bestsellers this week 

Tuesday, 23 October 2012
In A Touch of Crimson (Sylvia Day, Hachette), Adrian Mitchell is an angel leading an elite Special Ops unit tasked with punishing the ‘Fallen’, while also living through his own...

New QBD store opens in Melbourne 

Tuesday, 23 October 2012
A new QBD bookstore opened in Highpoint shopping centre in Melbourne’s west on 18 October. The new QBD outlet joins discount bookseller Last Page and an ABC Shop as the only dedicated...

Walkley Book Award 2012 longlist announced

Friday, 19 October 2012
The longlist for the 2012 Walkley Book Award has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Broadcast Wars: The Money, the Ego, the Power Behind Your Remote Control (Michael Bodey, Hachette) Mine-Field: The...

UK Bridport Prize shortlist annnounced

Friday, 19 October 2012
The Bridport Prize, the UK writing competition open to all nationalities, has announced a shorlist. Australian and New Zealand writers appearing on the shorlist in each category are: Poetry shortlist Marg...

Coy promoted at Collins Booksellers

Friday, 19 October 2012
Collins Booksellers has announced that Alisa Coy has been promoted to the role of national franchise manager. Coy will begin in the role on 29 October and will report to...

Stella Prize to be awarded in 2013

Thursday, 18 October 2012
The Stella Prize, Australia’s equivalent of the UK’s Women’s Prize for Fiction, will be awarded for the first time in April 2013. Entries are now open for the $50,000 prize, which...

Most Underrated Book Award shortlist announced

Wednesday, 17 October 2012
The Small Press Network (SPUNC) has announced the shortlist for the inaugural Most Underrated Book Award, a prize that was established to showcase outstanding books published by small and independent...

NewSouth launches ‘QUICKeS’ ebook series 

Wednesday, 17 October 2012
NewSouth Publishing has launched a new series of ‘short, sharp essays you can read on any electric device’, says publicist Matt Howard. The series, called QUICKeS, ‘are shorter than a...

Receivers take control of freight forwarder Intramar 

Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Australian freight forwarding company Intramar is now in the control of receivers PPB Advisory. Receivers Nicholas Martin and Craig Crosbie said in a letter to suppliers that they were ‘assessing...

Rubbo running for Melbourne City Council 

Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Readings managing director Mark Rubbo is running for a position as councillor in the Melbourne City Council (MCC) election on Saturday 27 October. Rubbo spoke about his vision for the city on...

Booksellers share Christmas picks 

Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Booksellers from Embiggen Books, Readings, The Sun Bookshop, Avid Reader and Avenue Bookstore have shared their most-anticipated Christmas titles on the Wheeler Centre’s website. Nominated titles include Barbara Kingsolver’s Flight...

KOALA shortlist announced 

Wednesday, 17 October 2012
The shortlist for this year's Kids Own Australian Literature Awards (KOALAs), the children's choice book awards for New South Wales, has been announced. The list of titles is available on the website...

100 Story Building to launch 

Wednesday, 17 October 2012
A new centre for literacy called the 100 Story Building will be launched at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne on 30 October. The centre aims to give disadvantaged children the...

Macquarie Dictionary broadens definition of misogyny 

Wednesday, 17 October 2012
The Macquarie Dictionary has adjusted its definition of ‘misogyny’ to cover its current use as a synonym of ‘sexism’. While the original meaning of misogyny is ‘hatred of women’, dictionary editor Susan Butler said,...

Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 2012 

Wednesday, 17 October 2012
The Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF), which ran from 3-7 October in the mountain village of Ubud in Bali, Indonesia, has reported its ‘largest and most ambitious program yet’, with the...

 

 

 

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