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Shearer’s nominated for small business award 

Tuesday, 20 March 2012
Shearer’s Bookshop in Leichhardt, NSW, is a finalist in the Australian Small Business Champion Awards for 2012. The winners of this year’s awards will be announced on 21 April at...

Overland poetry prize winner announced 

Tuesday, 20 March 2012
Overland literary journal has announced that Joel Ephraims has won the 2011 Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize for new and emerging poets. Ephraims won the $6000 prize for his poem...

2011 Aurealis Awards finalists announced 

Tuesday, 20 March 2012
The finalists for the 2011 Aurealis Awards have been announced. More than 700 entries were received for the awards, which are presented for works of speculative fiction written by Australian...

Little Bookroom launches online store 

Tuesday, 20 March 2012
Melbourne children’s bookseller the Little Bookroom has launched an online store, powered by ecommerce platform shopify. Store owner Leesa Lambert told Bookseller+Publisher that the online store currently has around 300...

HarperCollins NZ recalls ‘Place Names of New Zealand’ 

Tuesday, 20 March 2012
HarperCollins New Zealand has recalled Place Names of New Zealand by John Lockyer because of ‘copyright concerns’, reports Booksellers New Zealand. A statement from the publisher advised bookstores to remove...

Tan nominated for US Children’s Choice Book Awards 

Tuesday, 20 March 2012
Among the finalists for the fifth annual US Children’s Choice Book Awards is Australian author Shaun Tan. Tan’s book Lost & Found (Hachette Australia) is nominated in the category Fifth...

New literary festival for Airey’s Inlet 

Tuesday, 20 March 2012
A new literary event will be hosted by Great Escape Books in Airey’s Inlet, Victoria, following on from the successful Women on the Road literary weekend in February 2011. The...