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if:book launches ‘N00bz’ challenge 

Tuesday, 16 April 2013
If:book Australia has asked 12 writers to participate in its ‘N00bz challenge’ and digital publisher Editia will publish the writers’ experiences as a collection of essays.   The organisation has asked writers to become a N00b—slang for ‘newbie’ or...

Plum launches new website 

Tuesday, 16 April 2013
Pan Macmillan’s food and lifestyle imprint Plum has launched a dedicated website. The new website favours striking imagery and minimal text, with links to the Pan Macmillan website for more...

In brief 

Tuesday, 16 April 2013
NLA to redevelop Trove newspaper service The National Library of Australia (NLA) has announced that it will redevelop the newspaper service offered through its Trove digital repository. Mark Raadgever from...

Hinkler to represent Ripley’s titles in Australia, NZ 

Monday, 15 April 2013
Hinkler Books has announced an agreement with Ripley Entertainment to handle all sales, distribution and fulfillment of Ripley’s titles in Australia and New Zealand, effective from 4 April. Ripley’s titles...

Bookworld launches next-day delivery offer 

Monday, 15 April 2013
Online bookseller Bookworld has launched a next-day delivery offer, guaranteeing next-day delivery for orders for books that are in stock in its Melbourne warehouse to all Australian capital cities. The...

Bestsellers this week 

Monday, 15 April 2013
When a family-owned furniture firm in New York explodes into flames in the middle of the night, destroying a museum containing priceless antiques along with it, a dark secret from the family’s...

IACP Cookbook Awards announced 

Friday, 12 April 2013
In the US, the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) has announced its list of 2013 award winners, including the winners of its Cookbook Awards. Twenty-one cookbooks were honoured in...

SWF 2013 program launched 

Friday, 12 April 2013
The 2013 Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) program has been launched and is now available on the website. Tickets went on sale on Saturday 13 April, and the program was published as a liftout...

Kibble and Dobbie Awards longlists announced

Thursday, 11 April 2013
The longlists for this year’s Kibble and Dobbie Literary Awards have been announced—the first time in the history of the awards that the judges have revealed the longlisted titles. The...

ACU launches new literature prize 

Thursday, 11 April 2013
The Australian Catholic University (ACU) has launched a new literature prize, the ACU Prize for Literature. The ACU said in a statement that the newly established prize ‘aims to support writers and to...

B&N to relaunch self-publishing platform as Nook Press 

Thursday, 11 April 2013
Barnes & Noble is relaunching its self-publishing platform as Nook Press, reports Publishers Weekly. Nook Press will replace B&N’s current self-publishing service PubIt!, with the retailer reportedly planning to phase...

PANZ to manage NZ VIP program; guests announced 

Thursday, 11 April 2013
The Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) has been contracted to manage New Zealand’s visiting international publisher program, Te Manu Ka Tau: Flying Friends (TMKT), at this year’s Auckland Writers &...

Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature winner announced 

Thursday, 11 April 2013
Francesca Segal has won the US$100,000 (A$95,000) Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature for 2013 for her debut novel The Innocents (Chatto & Windus), reports the Jewish Book Council. The council also named Ben Lerner as the runner-up and recipient...

Maiden shortlisted for Canada’s richest poetry prize 

Thursday, 11 April 2013
Australian poet Jennifer Maiden has been shortlisted for the international Griffin Poetry Prize for her collection Liquid Nitrogen (Giramondo Publishing). The Griffin Poetry Prize, which is awarded annually to one...

NSW Premier’s Literary Awards shortlists announced

Thursday, 11 April 2013
The shortlists for this year’s New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles for the book-related categories are: Christina Stead Prize for Fiction ($40,000) and nominees...

ABC launches new educational website 

Wednesday, 10 April 2013
The ABC has launched a new educational website aimed at providing online educational material to children, teachers and parents. The website, called Splash, is funded by the Federal Department of Broadband, Communication...

Margaret Gee’s launches digital press release service 

Wednesday, 10 April 2013
Australian media database service Margaret Gee’s has launched an online press release centre called ConnectWeb, which allows subscribers to create and send press releases to the Australian media through the...

Quote of the week 

Wednesday, 10 April 2013
‘Every time Australia Post raises their postage rates it makes it harder to compete against overseas book retailers’—General manager of Pages & Pages Booksellers and Australian Booksellers Association president Jon...

UQP launches ebook bundles for library lending 

Wednesday, 10 April 2013
University of Queensland Press (UQP) is now offering ebook bundles of its titles for library lending. The UQP eBook Collections are available to local libraries through James Bennett, with other...

 

 

 

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