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Order ‘Daddy Who?’ for Father’s Day

Wednesday, 22 August 2018
Daddy Who?: The inside story of the rise and demise of Australia’s greatest rock band, by Craig Horne, Melbourne Books: www.melbournebooks.com.au This is the brilliant, authorised memoir of Daddy Cool,...

For sale: Boomerang Books online business

Wednesday, 22 August 2018
Well-known online bookstore with $1m+ revenue for sale. Modern, fully-integrated, automated website platform with over 5 million titles. Established consumer and school clientele. Low risk acquisition for an established book...

RWA awards 2018 winners announced

Wednesday, 22 August 2018
The winners of the 2018 Romance Writers of Australia (RWA) Romantic Book of the Year awards, known as the ‘RUBYs’, were announced on 18 August at the RWA conference in...

Vogel winner ‘The Yellow House’ optioned for film

Wednesday, 22 August 2018
Emily O’Grady’s debut crime novel The Yellow House (Allen & Unwin) has been optioned for film by independent producers Lucy Hayes and John Tummino. Hayes, who is currently developing the...

Lonely Planet returns reminder

Wednesday, 22 August 2018
A reminder for stores holding Lonely Planet returns with a Lonely Planet Return Authorisation to ensure they’re returned to Bentleigh Warehouse by Thursday August 30. From the September 3, all...

Black Inc. to distribute Melbourne Books titles

Wednesday, 22 August 2018
Black Inc. is delighted to be the new distributor for Melbourne Books following the closure of Dennis Jones & Associates. Melbourne Books new release and key backlist titles are available...

Change for Melbourne Books

Wednesday, 22 August 2018
Publisher: Melbourne Books ISBN prefix: 9781925556 Old distributor: Dennis Jones & Associates New distributor: Black Inc Changeover date: 22 August 2018

Exisle/EK Books to distribute Little Pink Dog Books globally

Wednesday, 22 August 2018
Exisle Publishing, who have a well-established global presence in the children’s publishing market, with their award-winning picture book imprint, EK Books, will distribute Little Pink Dog Books effective 1 September....

Hugo Awards 2018 winners announced

Tuesday, 21 August 2018
For the third year running, N K Jemisin has won the best novel category at the Hugo Awards for science-fiction and fantasy titles. Jemisin picked up the award for her...

Harlequin launches website to promote romance titles

Monday, 20 August 2018
Harlequin has launched the website romance.com.au to promote romance titles to readers. The website features 23,000 titles from Harlequin imprints including Avon, Escape, Mira, and Mills & Boon, across a range of...

Brown, Williams win 2018 James Tait Black Prizes

James Tait Black prize logo. Monday, 20 August 2018
The winners of the James Tait Black Prizes for fiction and biography—the UK’s oldest literary awards—have been announced. Craig Brown’s Ma'am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret (HarperCollins) has won the...

CBCA Awards 2018 winners announced

Friday, 17 August 2018
The winners of this year’s Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The winning titles in each of the categories are: Older readers...

Adelaide to host Jaipur Literature Festival

Friday, 17 August 2018
Adelaide's OzAsia Festival has announced it has partnered with the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) to host JLF Adelaide, which will run a number of events from 9-11 November. More than...

SAGE acquires Talis

Friday, 17 August 2018
In the UK, journal publishing company SAGE Publishing has acquired education-technology company Talis, along with its course list management system Talis Aspire, for an undisclosed sum, reports the Bookseller. Used...

ABC to close online store, ABC Centres

Thursday, 16 August 2018
The ABC has proposed closing its online store and discontinuing any ABC Centres still hosted by third-party booksellers, reports Mumbrella. The move will see the broadcaster’s direct retail operations shut...

UK working class writers’ festival planned for 2020

Thursday, 16 August 2018
In the UK, authors, publishers and trade professionals will launch a working class writers’ festival, reports the Bookseller. Author Natasha Carthew initially tweeted to her followers in July: ‘Comrades! This is a call...

Finch Publishing to close; S&S acquires Biddulph

Wednesday, 15 August 2018
Finch Publishing has announced it will cease publishing in late December this year and owner Rex Finch will retire. The publisher, which is best known for its parenting books, celebrated its...

End of distribution of Finch titles

Wednesday, 15 August 2018
Publisher: Finch Publishing (except Steve Biddulph titles) Old distributor: Harper Entertainment Distribution Services New distributor: none Returns request cut-off: 3 December Returns cut-off: 17 December (See classified.)

RiP V S Naipaul

Wednesday, 15 August 2018
Trinidad-born British writer V S Naipaul has died in London, aged 85. Naipaul was the author of over 30 books, beginning with the novel The Mystic Masseur in 1957. His breakout autobiographical...

Finch Publishing return of stock

Wednesday, 15 August 2018
HEDS advises the deadline for returns requests is 3 December. The deadline for return of stock is 17 December for all Finch stock except the Biddulph titles. For inquiries about...

 

 

 

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