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RiP Michael Zifcak  Archive

Friday, 3 July 2015
Michael Zifcak, former chairman of Collins Booksellers and Hill of Content Publishing, has died, aged 96.Zifcak was the chairman of Collins Booksellers and its publishing division Hill of Content, which he...

Mad Hatters Bookshop opens in Brisbane  Archive

Friday, 3 July 2015
The Mad Hatters Bookshop has opened in the Brisbane bayside suburb of Manly. The new store is run by Anne-Marie Finn and Kaylene Hobson, who purchased TLC Books from Tanya Cauce in...

Robotham shortlisted for CWA Gold Dagger  Archive

Thursday, 2 July 2015
Life or Death by Australian author Michael Robotham (Sphere) has been shortlisted for the 2015 Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Gold Dagger award for best crime novel in the UK.Life or...

CSIRO launches children’s publishing program  Archive

Wednesday, 1 July 2015
CSIRO Publishing has launched a children’s book publishing program and will release its first title in September.The press, which has been publishing science and technology books for more than 20 years, is...

Black to leave Aboriginal Studies Press  Archive

Wednesday, 1 July 2015
Rhonda Black has retired as publisher at Aboriginal Studies Press (ASP) after 12 years in the role. Black was instrumental in developing many resources at ASP, including the publisher’s information...

Quote of the week  Archive

Wednesday, 1 July 2015
‘While total NZ-published sales increased, NZ Fiction decreased by just over 50% in both volume and value—no titles have replaced the impact that The Luminaries had on NZ Fiction sales’—Nielsen...

Rights round-up  Archive

Wednesday, 1 July 2015
SalesFiction—A&U has sold US and UK & Commonwealth (ex ANZ) rights to To Name Those Lost (Rohan Wilson) to Europa Editions US and UK, respectively; Norwegian and Swedish rights to...

New websites for A&U, Murdoch Books  Archive

Tuesday, 30 June 2015
Allen & Unwin (A&U) and Murdoch Books have recently launched new websites.A&U’s website has been redeveloped with a responsive design, and similar websites have been created for A&U New Zealand...

Lonely Planet launches cookbook series  Archive

Tuesday, 30 June 2015
Lonely Planet has launched a series of ‘destination’ cookbooks called ‘From the Source’.The publisher will release the first two cookbooks in August—From the Source: Italy and From the Source: Thailand—and...

Bestsellers this week  Archive

Monday, 29 June 2015
Following reports of its record-breaking sales overseas, E L James’ Grey (Arrow), a retelling of Fifty Shades of Grey (Arrow) from the character Christian Grey’s perspective, has debuted at number...

PRH launches first local digital serial  Archive

Monday, 29 June 2015
Penguin Random House (PRH) Australia will launch its first local digital serial in July.Lethal in Love, a six-part serialised suspense romance by Australian author Michelle Somers, is ‘the first of...

NZ book sales up in 2015  Archive

Monday, 29 June 2015
New Zealand’s book sales are up in volume and value in the first half of 2015, according to new figures released by Nielsen Book. New Zealand’s total market for the...

New ‘Books+Publishing’ reviews out now  Archive

Friday, 26 June 2015
Books+Publishing’s latest Reviews newsletter contains 13 reviews of books publishing in August and September.Included is a five-star review of Fever of Animals by Miles Allinson (Scribe, September), winner of the...

S&S UK signs debut Australian author  Archive

Thursday, 25 June 2015
Simon & Schuster UK has purchased UK, Commonwealth and ANZ rights for a novel by Australian author Aoife Clifford.All These Perfect Strangers is the first novel from Clifford, who was...

Laville-Moore elected PANZ president  Archive

Thursday, 25 June 2015
Allen & Unwin NZ director Melanie Laville-Moore has been elected president of the Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) at the organisation’s recent AGM.Laville-Moore, who was previously vice-president, replaces Auckland...

Tuffield joins Black Inc.  Archive

Thursday, 25 June 2015
Aviva Tuffield has been appointed publisher at Black Inc.Tuffield will specialise in fiction but will also acquire nonfiction titles. She will work part-time, continuing her role as executive director of...

Site-blocking legislation passes senate  Archive

Wednesday, 24 June 2015
The federal senate has passed legislation that allows Australian publishers to apply to have sites hosting pirated content, including ebooks, films and TV series, blocked by internet service providers (ISPs).The...

Quote of the week  Archive

Wednesday, 24 June 2015
‘I’ve heard before that writers or artists, without being really conscious of it, we are really reflecting back to society the issues of the day’—Sofie Laguna on the growing public...

 

 

 

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