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On tour: Meet the author Jane Smiley 

Tuesday, 14 May 2013
American author Jane Smiley will visit Australia in July to attend the Mildura Writers’ Festival. Smiley, a writer of novels and short stories for adults and children, won the 1992...

Writing Australia defunded 

Monday, 13 May 2013
Writing Australia, a national organisation that was launched in 2011 to support writers’ centres across Australia, has been ‘quietly defunded’, according to a report from artsHub. According to artsHub, the...

Monash University EWF prize shortlist announced 

Monday, 13 May 2013
Fifteen writers from eight universities have been shortlisted for the 2013 Monash University Undergraduate Prize for Creative Writing, which will be presented during the Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) in Melbourne this month. The first prize winner...

Bestsellers this week 

Monday, 13 May 2013
Hugh Mackay’s The Good Life: What Makes a Life Worth Living (Pan Macmillan) is not a book about ‘how to feel good, how to find happiness or how to reap...

Apple wins ‘iBooks’ trademark case 

Monday, 13 May 2013
In the US, a district court has ruled in favour of Apple in a legal dispute over the ‘iBooks’ trademark, reports Apple Insider. The plaintiff, publisher Black Tower Press, had argued that Apple infringed its...

Book discovery platform Riffle goes live 

Friday, 10 May 2013
In the US, book discovery platform Riffle has opened to the general public, reports Shelf Awareness. The platform, which was initially expected to launch during 2012, offers book recommendations to...

2013 kuril dhagun Indigenous Writing Fellowships announced

Friday, 10 May 2013
The black&write! Indigenous Writing and Editing Project at the State Library of Queensland (SLQ) has announced the winners of the 2013 kuril dhagun Indigenous Writing Fellowships. The winners are: Scott Prince...

‘Kill Your Darlings’ opens online store

Friday, 10 May 2013
Melbourne-based literary journal Kill Your Darlings (KYD) has opened an online store, which will sell editions of KYD as well as other books and stationery. The store, which can be...

ABIA Book of the Year shortlist announced

Thursday, 9 May 2013
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced the shortlist for this year’s Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) Book of the Year Award, which is sponsored by Booktopia. The shortlisted titles...

World Book Night in US boosts sales by 32% 

Thursday, 9 May 2013
World Book Night in the US, which was held for the second time on 23 April, has resulted in a 32% increase in year-to-date sales for the books included in...

Vale Gregory Rogers

Thursday, 9 May 2013
Children’s book illustrator, author and teacher Gregory Rogers has died, aged 55. Scholastic Australia writes: ‘Scholastic Australia wishes to note the passing of the much-loved and respected illustrator and author,...

New Writers Victoria fellowship announced 

Wednesday, 8 May 2013
Writers Victoria, in association with Templeberg Villa, has announced a new international fellowship for writers. The inaugural Templeberg Residential Writing Fellowship will give one writer the opportunity to work on...

Online sales bill passes US Senate 

Wednesday, 8 May 2013
The US Senate has approved a bill to allow states to collect taxes from high-earning online retailers, reports Publishers Weekly. In a vote of 69 to 27, the senate approved...

2013 NT Literary Awards finalists announced 

Wednesday, 8 May 2013
The finalists in this year’s Northern Territory Literary Awards have been announced. The finalists in the book-related categories are:   Short stories:     ‘Flag of Surrender’ (Kerry Taylor) ‘From Where I Thought...

Sony opens ebookstore in Australia

Wednesday, 8 May 2013
Sony has opened its Reader Store in Australia, offering a range of local and international ebooks. The Reader Store has previously been available in the US, UK, Canada, Germany, Austria and Japan....

Lilydale Books opens ebookstore on ReadCloud 

Wednesday, 8 May 2013
Victorian bookseller Lilydale Books has opened an ebookstore using ReadCloud, called Lilydale eBooks. The 25-year-old bookseller specialises in school books and educational supplies for primary and secondary schools. The retail...

Perpetual acquires The Trust Company 

Wednesday, 8 May 2013
Perpetual, manager of many private charitable and philanthropic foundations in Australia, including the Kibble and Dobbie Literary Awards, has acquired The Trust Company, which manages the Miles Franklin Literary Award, reports Business Spectator. Perpetual has entered an arrangement with...

Thames & Hudson distribution to move to ADS 

Wednesday, 8 May 2013
Thames & Hudson Australia has announced that distribution of its titles and those of its sales agencies will move from Macmillan Distribution Services (MDS) to Alliance Distribution Services (ADS) from...

QBD launches first local Copia-powered ebookstore 

Wednesday, 8 May 2013
Bookselling chain QBD has become the first Australian retailer to launch an ebookstore powered by Copia. The QBD ebookstore is now live and is integrated with the existing QBD website....

Thousands flock to Clunes for annual Booktown Festival 

Wednesday, 8 May 2013
Booksellers have reported strong sales and author events attracted record crowds at this year’s Clunes Booktown Festival, with up to 18,000 people visiting the central Victorian town for the event....

 

 

 

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