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Free film tickets to see ‘A Single Man’ 

Monday, 22 February 2010
Thanks to Random House Australia the Weekly Book Newsletter is giving you a chance to see A Single Man, Tom Ford?s directorial debut starring Julianne Moore and Colin Firth. In...

Giveaway for subscribers: free film tickets! 

Monday, 22 February 2010
Thanks to Random House Australia, the Weekly Book Newsletter is giving you a chance to see A Single Man, Tom Ford's directorial debut starring Julianne Moore and Colin Firth. In...

Authors on tour 

Monday, 22 February 2010
Authors on tour in February include: Patrick Ness, Walker Books (Monsters of Men)Katherine Howell, Macmillan (Cold Justice)Michael Goldfarb, Scribe (Emancipation: How Liberating Europe's Jews from the Ghetto led to Revolution...

On tour 

Monday, 22 February 2010
Authors on tour in February include: Patrick Ness, Walker Books (Monsters of Men)Katherine Howell, Macmillan (Cold Justice)Michael Goldfarb, Scribe (Emancipation: How Liberating Europe's Jews from the Ghetto led to Revolution...

Most mentioned: this week in ‘Media Extra’ 

Monday, 22 February 2010
The top five books in our Most Mentioned chart all received the same number of mentions this weekend. This included two bushfire-related titles. Jane O'Connor's Without Warning: One Woman's Story...

Forthcoming events 

Monday, 22 February 2010
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: O'Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing conference, New York, 22-24 FebruaryClosing date for the PANZ...

Media Extra: What’s Hot? 

Sunday, 21 February 2010
The top five books in our Most Mentioned chart all received the same amount of mentions this weekend. This included two bushfire-related titles. Jane O'Connor's Without Warning: One Woman's Story of Surviving Black...

RiP Alfred Gregory 

Tuesday, 16 February 2010
Penguin Australia writes: ‘Photographer Alfred Gregory passed away last week just before his 97th birthday. "Greg" as he was known to his friends, was the official photographer for the 1953...

Blake Dawson Prize for Business Literature shortlist announced 

Tuesday, 16 February 2010
The titles shortlisted for the 2009 Blake Dawson Prize for Business Literature have been announced. The four titles are:Gordon Barton: Australia's Maverick Entrepreneur (Sam Everingham, A&U)Wired Brown Land? Telstra's Battle...

RiP Dick Francis 

Tuesday, 16 February 2010
Penguin Australia writes: ‘A regular visitor to our shores during his writing career, Dick had a special relationship with Australian readers and the Australian horse racing industry and will be...

Macquarie Dictionary reader giveaway! 

Tuesday, 16 February 2010
To celebrate the announcement of Macquarie Dictionary's Word of the Year 2009, the Weekly Book Newsletter is giving away five six-month subscriptions to the Macquarie Dictionary online! Each year, the clever...

Authors on tour 

Tuesday, 16 February 2010
February Patrick Ness, Walker Books (Monsters of Men)Katherine Howell, Macmillan (Cold Justice)Michael Goldfarb, Scribe (Emancipation: How Liberating Europe's Jews from the Ghetto led to Revolution and Renaissance)David Carlin, Scribe (Our...

On tour 

Tuesday, 16 February 2010
Authors on tour in February include: Patrick Ness, Walker Books (Monsters of Men)Katherine Howell, Macmillan (Cold Justice)Michael Goldfarb, Scribe (Emancipation: How Liberating Europe's Jews from the Ghetto led to Revolution...

Macquarie Dictionary giveaway 

Tuesday, 16 February 2010
To celebrate the announcement of Macquarie Dictionary's Word of the Year 2009, the Weekly Book Newsletter is giving away five six-month subscriptions to the Macquarie Dictionary online! To be in the...

Most mentioned: this week in ‘Media Extra’ 

Tuesday, 16 February 2010
Author Xinran captured the attention of many a reader with her bestselling book The Good Women of China about Chinese mothers who had lost, or had to abandon their daughters....

Forthcoming events 

Tuesday, 16 February 2010
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: APA Digital Publishing Seminar in Australia, Sydney 17 FebruaryRoom to Read--annual wine gala, Sydney, 19...

Bestsellers this week 

Tuesday, 16 February 2010
It's a Stieg Larsson trifecta in the Bestsellers this week with all the ‘Millennium' trilogy books appearing in the top three spots. Erica Spindler's Blood Vines is number one in...

Writers at the Convent 

Tuesday, 16 February 2010
Writers at the Convent, held at Melbourne's Abbotsford convent from 12 to 14 February, increased its audience numbers this year. ‘This year's festival proved what enormous potential it has for...

In brief 

Tuesday, 16 February 2010
Wheeler Centre opens; first event raises $20,000 for Indigenous Literacy ProjectThe Wheeler Centre officially opened on Friday night, with the Centre's first event, A Gala Night of Storytelling, raising $20,000...

Inside the current issue: reviewers’ top picks 

Tuesday, 16 February 2010
The March issue of Bookseller+Publisher reached subscribers last week.Among the top picks in the reviews pages this issue were: Below the Styx (Michael Meehan, A&U); The River: A Journey through...

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Tuesday, 16 February 2010
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Tuesday, 16 February 2010
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Quote of the week 

Tuesday, 16 February 2010
Actually, it's more like phrases of the week this time. From Monday's digital publishing symposium in Melbourne, we couldn't help but notice the following terms: 'hairy people in the basement...

Digital publishing symposium: special report 

Tuesday, 16 February 2010
Readers will pay more than they currently do for ebooks, but not much more; ebook publishing and digital marketing are not so scary once you get started; digital rights and...