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New ‘Books+Publishing’ reviews out now

Friday, 1 September 2017
Books+Publishing’s latest Reviews newsletter contains 11 reviews of books publishing in October and November. Gabriella Coslovich’s investigation of an alleged art fraud in Australia, Whiteley on Trial (MUP, October), received...

Myer to stock Amazon Kindle

Friday, 1 September 2017
Myer will stock Amazon Kindle devices and accessories in its stores and online as part of a new partnership, reports Inside Retail. ‘We are thrilled to announce our program with...

Page wins 2017 ACU Poetry Prize

Friday, 1 September 2017
Poet Geoff Page has won the 2017 ACU Poetry Prize, worth $10,000, for his poem ‘Charles S. Ryan to Alice E. Sumner’.  Judge Chris Wallace-Crabbe said Page’s winning poem, which...

A fine art: Gabriella Coslovich on ‘Whiteley on Trial’

Thursday, 31 August 2017
Arts journalist Gabriella Coslovich’s Whiteley on Trial (MUP, October) investigates the twists and turns in the biggest case of alleged art fraud the Australian criminal justice system has seen. ‘The...

Avid Reader launches ‘Avid Kitchen + Garden’

Thursday, 31 August 2017
Brisbane bookstore Avid Reader is relaunching its café and courtyard space under the new name Avid Kitchen + Garden. The West End bookstore has hired new management to take over...

Whiteley on Trial (Gabriella Coslovich, MUP)

Wednesday, 30 August 2017
From the dramatis personae of the opening pages—the Suspect Paintings, the Authentic Painting and the Individuals—I was taken by this story of true crime and courtroom drama. Who would want...

Rights round-up

Wednesday, 30 August 2017
Sales Fiction—Allen & Unwin has sold Czech rights to the ‘Phryne Fisher’ books Cocaine Blues and Flying Too High (Kerry Greenwood) to Charleston Media. Text has sold ANZ audio rights...

Readings donation funds new library at Ballarat school

Wednesday, 30 August 2017
A donation from independent bookselling chain Readings has contributed to a new library at Berry Street School in Ballarat, Victoria, reports the Courier. The Readings Foundation donated $17,900 to the school...

Australian Centre Literary Awards 2017 winners announced

Wednesday, 30 August 2017
The winners of the University of Melbourne’s Australian Centre Literary Awards were announced at the Melbourne Writers Festival on 26 August. Wesley Michel Wright Prize The Wesley Michel Wright Prize...

YA authors to run book club on a train

Wednesday, 30 August 2017
Contributors to the #LoveOzYA anthology Begin, End, Begin (HarperCollins) will be running a book club discussion on a Melbourne train on 14 September as part of Australian Reading Hour. Authors...

MidnightSun sells Swedish rights for ‘A Cardboard Palace’

Wednesday, 30 August 2017
MidnightSun Publishing has sold Swedish rights for Allayne L Webster’s middle-grade novel A Cardboard Palace to B. Wahlströms Bokförlag. This is the publisher’s first middle-grade book to sell overseas. Publishing...

Black Inc. acquires Dovey book on Coetzee

Wednesday, 30 August 2017
Black Inc. has signed Ceridwen Dovey to contribute to its ‘Writers on Writers’ series with a book on Nobel Prize-winning South African and Australian author J M Coetzee. Dovey’s book...

Watson joins Wavesound

Wednesday, 30 August 2017
Alison Watson joins Wavesound, an RBmedia Company, from 1 September as Operations Manager. Alison, formerly at Zenith, will streamline operations workflows, implement new cataloguing services for libraries to enhance patron...

Book blogger spotlight: Romancing the Social Sciences

Wednesday, 30 August 2017
Dani St Clair brings her unique perspective as a social and political scientist to her blog, Romancing the Social Sciences. ‘I was inadvertently analysing everything I read recreationally, and my...

Recall: ‘Which Cult Should I Join’

Wednesday, 30 August 2017
Smith Street Books has announced that it is recalling all copies of the book Which Cult Should I Join ISBN 9781925418354 due to the threat of legal action. The book...

CBCA Crichton Award—new illustrators

Wednesday, 30 August 2017
This award recognises and encourages new talent in the field of Australian children’s book illustration. This national award is administered by the Victorian Branch of the CBCA. Entries are now...

‘Tom Ford’ rights return to Hardie Grant

Wednesday, 30 August 2017
Hardie Grant is now the distributor for the bestselling volume Tom Ford (9780847826698) from Rizzoli. Stock is available from September, contact your sales representative for more information and to order.

Richell Prize 2017 longlist announced

Tuesday, 29 August 2017
Hachette Australia and the Emerging Writers’ Festival have announced the longlist for the 2017 Richell Prize for emerging writers. The  longlisted writers and their works are: Michelle Barraclough for ‘As...

Hamilton appointed CEO of Express Media

Tuesday, 29 August 2017
Lucy Hamilton has been appointed general manager/CEO of Express Media, replacing Pippa Bainbridge in the position. Hamilton was previously partnerships coordinator for Regional Arts Victoria. Express Media chair Tracy O’Shaughnessy...

 

 

 

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