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Monday, 22 August 2011
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On tour 

Monday, 22 August 2011
AugustRobert Adamson, UQP (Surface to Air) Sydney and Melbourne.Steve Bedwell, Rockpool (Baby Owner’s Manual) Sydney and Melbourne.Joseph Braude, Scribe (The Honoured Dead) Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney. Paul Daley and Mike...

Media Extra: What’s hot? 

Sunday, 21 August 2011
In Tom Campbell's Fold (Bloomsbury), five friends, each in their 40s, meet monthly in each other's houses for a 'friendly' game of poker. Nick Earls' new book The Fix (Random...

2011 QLD Prem?s Lit Awards shortlists announced 

Sunday, 21 August 2011
The shortlists for this year's Queensland Premier's Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in the book-related categories are:Fiction Book AwardCaleb's Crossing (Geraldine Brooks, Fourth Estate)Reading Madame Bovary (Amanda...

2011 CBCA Book of the Year Awards winners announced 

Thursday, 18 August 2011
The winners of this year's Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards were announced today. The winners and honour books in each of the categories are:Older...

2011 CBCA book of the year award winners announced 

Thursday, 18 August 2011
The winners of this year's Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards were announced today. The winners and honour books in each of the categories are:Older...

2011 Asher Literary Award shortlist announced 

Wednesday, 17 August 2011
The shortlist for this year's Asher Literary Award, presented to a female writer whose work carries an anti-war theme, has been announced. The shortlisted titles are:Swamplands (Van Badham, play)Tales from...

Pan Mac launches digital-only imprint Momentum 

Wednesday, 17 August 2011
Pan Macmillan Australia has announced today the launch of its first digital-only imprint, Momentum. The imprint, which will operate separately to Pan Macmillan, will be run by Pan Macmillan director...

‘Meanjin’ to make all content free online 

Tuesday, 16 August 2011
The literary journal Meanjin has confirmed it will be publishing all content free online. Deputy editor Zora Sanders told the Weekly Book Newsletter that 'the idea is to expand what...

Collins Booksellers acquires 20 former A&R stores 

Tuesday, 16 August 2011
Collins Booksellers has confirmed to the Weekly Book Newsletter that 18 former Angus & Robertson (A&R) franchise stores and two former A&R company-owned stores have joined the Collins network. Collins...

Quote of the week 

Tuesday, 16 August 2011
'In "streamlining" entry arrangements for low-value imports, Australia Post is playing a key facilitative role in the growth of foreign online retailers at the expense of Australian online and Australian...

Inside the current issue: Christmas preview 

Tuesday, 16 August 2011
In the September issue of Bookseller+Publisher magazine, Andrea Hanke rounds up the best of the Christmas titles on offer from Australian and New Zealand publishers. From When Parents Text: So...

Rights round-up 

Tuesday, 16 August 2011
In rights news this week: SalesChildren's--Scholastic Australia has sold German translation rights to You (Stephen Michael King) and Chinese translation rights to The Pocket Dogs (Margaret Wild).Send your rights news...

APA accreditation for Uni of Sydney publishing course 

Tuesday, 16 August 2011
The Masters of Publishing course at the University of Sydney has received accreditation from the Australian Publishers Association (APA), making it the third tertiary publishing program in the country to...

Bestsellers this week 

Tuesday, 16 August 2011
James Patterson's action thriller Now You See Her (Century) has made its way to the top of both the bestsellers chart and fastest movers chart this week. A Clash of Kings...

Around the world 

Tuesday, 16 August 2011
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:Evanovich and Stockett join the 'Kindle million club'Quarto buys Frances LincolnAmazon bypasses Apple rules...

Lines joins Murdoch Books 

Tuesday, 16 August 2011
Murdoch Books has announced that Tracy Lines will join the company in the role of lifestyle publisher in October. Lines replaces former lifestyle publisher Lynn Lewis, who recently left Murdoch...

On Fancy Goods 

Tuesday, 16 August 2011
On Bookseller+Publisher's Fancy Goods blog this week, Jarrah Moore reviews RPM (Noel Mengel, UQP); Margaret Hamilton reviews For All Creatures (Glenda Millard, illus by Rebecca Cool, Walker Books); and Kate...

Forthcoming events 

Monday, 15 August 2011
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Edinburgh International Book Festival: 13-29 AugNational Bookshop day: 20 AugAustralian Children's Book Week: 20-26 AugMelbourne...

Most mentioned: this week in Media Extra 

Monday, 15 August 2011
Sophie Cunningham's Melbourne (NewSouth) appears on the most mentioned chart for a second week. Cunningham delves into Melbourne's culture in her analysis of the city, and along the way she...

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Monday, 15 August 2011
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Got news? 

Monday, 15 August 2011
If you've got news you think would be of interest to Weekly Book Newsletter readers, let us know by emailing bookseller.publisher@thorpe.com.au.

On tour 

Monday, 15 August 2011
AugustRobert Adamson, UQP (Surface to Air) Sydney and Melbourne.Joseph Braude, Scribe (The Honoured Dead) Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney. Paul Daley and Mike Bowers, MUP (Armageddon) Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra.Aleesah...