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Society of Editors (NSW): Guides to style guides 

Wednesday, 29 April 2015
The Society of Editors (NSW) Inc. is presenting a collaborative conversation on the importance of style guides in editing on Tuesday, 5 May. Editors Robin Appleton, John Carrick and Shannon...

Promote Your Title at BEA 

Tuesday, 28 April 2015
Have you thought about promoting your title to a global audience? Book Expo America (27-29 May 2015) is one of the biggest global trade fairs.Promote your book without the expense...

Exciting New Partnership: Bloomsbury Australia and Pantera Press 

Tuesday, 28 April 2015
Leading international independent publisher Bloomsbury and innovative Australian independent publisher Pantera Press today announce their new partnership.From June 1, Bloomsbury Australia and Pantera Press will be working closely together to...

Two-Book Deal for Kelly Doust 

Tuesday, 28 April 2015
HarperCollins is thrilled to announce that we have acquired Kelly Doust’s debut novel in a two-book deal for ANZ rights via Gregory and Company, UK.  Precious Things, to be published...

Tolley to leave Wakefield Press 

Tuesday, 28 April 2015
Wakefield Press publicity director Angela Tolley is leaving the publisher at the end of April. Tolley, who has worked at Wakefield Press for 13 years, is taking up a position at Neil Ward Publicity. Ayesha...

Shaw to leave Readings 

Wednesday, 22 April 2015
Readings’ books division manager Martin Shaw is leaving the Melbourne bookseller in early July. (See news.)

HarperCollins Congratulates Anthony Doerr 

Tuesday, 21 April 2015
HarperCollins congratulates Anthony Doerr on winning the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, with his novel, All the Light We Cannot See.The judges have called All the Light we Cannot See: ‘an...

‘Kim Kardashian Selfish’—Global Embargo Date 

Tuesday, 21 April 2015
This May, Hardie Grant is bringing you the first ever book of selfies from one of the world’s biggest celebrities—Kim Kardashian Selfish (Rizzoli, $29.95, 9780789329202). The global On Sale Date...

Huge Adult Colouring Book Range from Hardie Grant Books 

Tuesday, 21 April 2015
Don’t miss out on the latest book trend—adult colouring books are best-sellers all over the world. Hardie Grant Books has a huge range including the international best-sellers Creative Colour Therapy...

HarperCollins Children’s Books Congratulates … 

Tuesday, 21 April 2015
Our congratulations to Judith Rossell on her most recent shortlistings—in both the CBCA Awards and the ABIAs—for the magnificent Withering-by-Sea (9780733333002, ABC Books). This exciting news comes on the back...

2015 NSW Premier’s History Awards: Call for Entries 

Tuesday, 21 April 2015
Entries are sought for the following categories: Australian History Prize ($15,000) Australian First World War History Prize (commemorative medallion) General History Prize ($15,000) New South Wales Community and Regional History Prize ($15,000) Young People’s History Prize ($15,000) Multimedia History Prize ($15,000) The...

Availability of Allen & Unwin CBCA Shortlisted Titles 

Tuesday, 21 April 2015
Congratulations to the Allen & Unwin authors and illustrators whose books have been shortlisted in the Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards.Our shortlisted titles are currently...