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CBCA: Night of the Notables—Melbourne 

Thursday, 31 March 2016
The CBCA Victoria branch is hosting an event to celebrate the announcement of the 2016 CBCA Book of the Year Notables list with guest speaker Will Kostakis. Meet some of...

Walker Books Australia Congratulates Meg McKinlay 

Thursday, 31 March 2016
Walker Books Australia congratulates Meg McKinlay on A Single Stone winning the Aurealis Award for Best Children’s Fiction. To order copies (ISBN 9781925126471) call Harper Entertainment Distribution Services on 1300...

Staff changes at Thames & Hudson

Wednesday, 23 March 2016
Thames & Hudson has appointed former Penguin Random House associate publisher Kirsten Abbott as associate publisher. Publishing manager Paulina de Laveaux has been promoted to associate publisher and Publishing coordinator Tahlia Anderson...

Wichtendahl replaces Knock as Co-op CEO 

Wednesday, 23 March 2016
The Co-op has appointed COO Thorsten Wichtendahl as its new CEO, replacing Peter Knock, who has stepped down for family reasons. (See news.)

Stuart Macintyre Shortlisted for the 2016 Ernest Scott Prize 

Wednesday, 23 March 2016
We’re excited to announce that Stuart Macintyre’s ‘Australia’s Boldest Experiment: War and Reconstruction in the 1940s’ has been shortlisted for this year’s Ernest Scott Prize. ‘Australia’s Boldest Experiment’ investigates the...

Nero to Publish Peter Moody Book 

Wednesday, 23 March 2016
Nero Books is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of MOODS: The Peter Moody Story. The book will be released in November 2016, with the manuscript under strict embargo until...

2016 ABIA Innovation Award nominations open 

Thursday, 17 March 2016
The 2016 ABIA Innovation Award recognises achievement in business innovation in the Australian publishing and bookselling industry. Rewarding originality and progressive thinking, the Innovation Award celebrates creative new ways in...

ABA: 2016 Bookseller Awards nominations open 

Thursday, 17 March 2016
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) is calling for nominations for Bookseller of the Year, Young Bookseller of the Year, and the Elizabeth Riley Children’s Bookseller Fellowship. Each award prize pool...

Congratulations to Fiona Wright Stella Prize Shortlistee 

Thursday, 17 March 2016
Giramondo congratulates Fiona Wright on being shortlisted for The Stella Prize for her outstanding collection, Small Acts of Disappearance: Essays on Hunger (ISBN: 978-1-922146-93-9; RRP: $24.95). Due to demand, the title is...

New Romance Fiction 9780957967540 

Wednesday, 9 March 2016
Shallow Love, is an enticing new romance, by compelling author Georgia Mantis that will awaken your spirit and touch your heart. Place your orders, quoting the ISBN in the heading...