Australia Post to offer permanent Saturday delivery for Express Post parcels
Thursday, 4 December 2014
Australia Post will offer permanent Saturday delivery for Express Post parcels to ‘specific delivery areas’ from 9 January 2015, the organisation announced in a statement.The service is optional and will...
‘Capital’ magazine and ACT Writers Centre launch short fiction series
Thursday, 4 December 2014
Canberra-based lifestyle magazine Capital has announced a new publishing project with the ACT Writers Centre called ‘Capital Stories’. The project will ‘regularly publish’ short stories by writers from the Canberra region...
Melbourne extends Christmas trading hours
Wednesday, 3 December 2014
Melbourne retailers are allowed to trade for extended hours in the lead-up to Christmas, reports Inside Retail.The Strand Melbourne, Melbourne Central, Emporium Melbourne, QV Melbourne, H&M at Melbourne’s GPO, and department...
Goodreads Choice Awards 2014 winners announced
Wednesday, 3 December 2014
The winners of the Goodreads Choice Awards Best Books of 2014 have been announced. The winners include Landline by Rainbow Rowell (Orion) in the Best Fiction category and The Opposite...
World Book Night 2015 UK and Ireland titles announced
Wednesday, 3 December 2014
The titles selected for next year’s World Book Night in the UK and Ireland have been announced. Special editions of 20 books will be handed out by volunteers on 23...
ABC’s ‘The Book Club’ announces Classic Beach Books list
Wednesday, 3 December 2014
The ABC’s The Book Club announced the results of its Classic Beach Books poll on 2 December.The top 10 book are: The Thorn Birds (Colleen McCullough, HarperCollins) The Girl with...
Penguin Hotline to offer gift book recommendations
Wednesday, 3 December 2014
In the UK, Penguin has created a Penguin Hotline to offer gift book recommendations, reports Shelf Awareness. The hotline, staffed by more than 300 Penguin employees, was inspired by the Butterball Turkey...
Ruffino appointed MD of S&S
Wednesday, 3 December 2014
Dan Ruffino has been appointed managing director of Simon & Schuster Australia, replacing Lou Johnson, who announced her resignation in September.Ruffino has worked in the publishing industry in Australia and...
‘Inside Retail’ launches New Zealand newsletter
Wednesday, 3 December 2014
Retail industry news source Inside Retail has launched a sister site Inside Retail New Zealand. In a statement, Inside Retail said the site is ‘a news source for New Zealand...
Wevers wins Royal Society of New Zealand Pou Aronui Award
Wednesday, 3 December 2014
Lydia Wevers has been awarded the 2014 Pou Aronui Award by the Royal Society of New Zealand for being ‘a tireless and effective champion of New Zealand’s literature, history, arts...
Meyer joins Five Mile Press
Wednesday, 3 December 2014
Author, editor and Literary Minded blogger Angela Meyer has been appointed commissioning editor at the Five Mile Press.Meyer will be working on the publisher’s adult list, focussing on nonfiction and...
Marshall and Ihimaera to share NZ writers’ residency
Wednesday, 3 December 2014
New Zealand authors Owen Marshall and Witi Ihimaera have been chosen as the 2015 Randell Cottage Writers in Residence. The selection panel chair Vincent O’Sullivan described the move as an...
Please complete our pre-Christmas survey
Wednesday, 3 December 2014
Books+Publishing is currently conducting its annual pre-Christmas survey of booksellers and publishers.Please take a few minutes to complete the survey online.BooksellersIf you are a bookseller, please complete the survey here.Publishers/distributorsIf...
Final ‘Weekly Book Newsletter’ for 2014 next week
Wednesday, 3 December 2014
Next week’s Weekly Book Newsletter on 10 December will be the last for 2014.The first Weekly Book Newsletter for 2015 will be published on 7 January.Any news or advertisements for...
Christmas closing list 2014
Wednesday, 3 December 2014
Last day of business in 2014 First day of business in 2015 Alliance Distribution Services Closed public holidays only Andrew McMeel Publishing Friday 19 December Monday 5 January Australian Booksellers...
Sydney’s first beach library launches in Coogee
Wednesday, 3 December 2014
More than 1000 books and magazines are available to beachgoers in Coogee through Sydney’s first free beach library, reports the Daily Telegraph.The Coogee Beach Library, which launched on 1 December,...
Grafton’s new library doubles visitor numbers in six months
Wednesday, 3 December 2014
Visitor numbers have doubled in six months following the opening of the new $8 million library in Grafton in NSW, reports Government News. According to Government News, the Sir Earle...
NSW Public Libraries Association proposes Day of Action to protest lack of funding
Wednesday, 3 December 2014
The NSW Public Libraries Association (NSWPLA) is planning a Day of Action for Friday 5 December to draw attention to the need for increased library funding. The Day of Action...
International library news
Wednesday, 3 December 2014
Arizona State Library launches ‘Reading Arizona’ ebook platformThe Arizona State Library has launched an ebook platform featuring over 500 books about the state of Arizona, reports the Ahwatukee Foothills News....
Smiddy joins Australian Book Designers Association
Wednesday, 3 December 2014
Claire Smiddy has been appointed manager of the Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA).Smiddy previously held positions at the Wheeler Centre, the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards and Yarra City Council. She...
Christmas closing list: Final chance to submit dates
Wednesday, 3 December 2014
Publishers and distributors have one more chance to advise the Weekly Book Newsletter of their Christmas closing dates by 5pm this Friday 5 December.If your business doesn’t appear on this week’s list, please submit...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 3 December 2014
‘The month-on-month double-digit growth in children’s books has been absolutely wonderful! A joy to think that children and their parents still value books and reading, even if a lot of...
‘The Miniaturist’ wins Waterstones Book of the Year
Tuesday, 2 December 2014
The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton (Picador) has been named as the Waterstones Book of the Year. Burton’s novel was chosen from a shortlist of eight that included Richard Flanagan’s The Narrow Road...
Readings Foundation awards $123,880 in grants for 2015
Tuesday, 2 December 2014
The Readings Foundation has announced nine Victorian organisations that will share $123,880 worth of grants. The grant recipients are: Somebody’s Daughter Theatre: $10,000 to ‘add a storytelling/writing program for the...
New Deaver thriller audiobook only
Tuesday, 2 December 2014
Jeffery Deaver’s most recent work The Starling Project will not be printed but ‘was conceived, written and produced as an original audio drama for Audible’, reports the New York Times....
James Daunt: Waterstones ‘close to breaking even’
Tuesday, 2 December 2014
In the UK, Waterstones managing director James Daunt has revealed in an interview with financial website This Is Money that the bookselling chain is ‘now close to breaking even’. The...
Bookworld introduces flat-rate postage fee
Tuesday, 2 December 2014
Bookworld has introduced a flat-rate delivery fee of $5.50 per order, as of 1 December 2014. The online retailer announced in an email to customers that it was introducing the...
Dunedin named a UNESCO City of Literature
Tuesday, 2 December 2014
Dunedin in New Zealand has been designated a UNESCO Creative City of Literature. The city is one of four newly designated Cities of Literature, the others being Granada, Spain; Heidleberg,...
Australia Council ‘new work’ grants announced
Tuesday, 2 December 2014
The Australia Council has announced the successful applicants in its ‘new work’ grant categories. Fiona McFarlane (The Night Guest, Penguin) and Courtney Collins (The Burial, A&U) are among the authors...
YA journal ‘Viewpoint’ to cease publication
Tuesday, 2 December 2014
The YA journal Viewpoint will cease publication in 2014 due to ‘changing circumstances’, the publication announced in its final edition. Viewpoint was established by Pam Macintyre and Stella Lees in 1992 as...
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