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Lonely Planet confirms staff changes 

Tuesday, 30 March 2010
Lonely Planet has confirmed it has made some changes to its print and digital teams.   ‘We have been very open saying we are moving from traditional book publishing to...

Burley Griffin biography wins national editing award 

Tuesday, 30 March 2010
Grand Obsessions: The Life and Work of Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin, written by Alasdair McGregor and edited by Nicola Young (Lantern), has won the national Barbara Ramsden...

PM’s awards: entries open, new categories confirmed 

Tuesday, 30 March 2010
Entries for this year's Prime Minister's Literary Awards have been announced, with confirmation that two new categories--children's and YA--have been added to the awards.   Arts Minister Peter Garrett said...

In brief 

Tuesday, 30 March 2010
White, Hazzard make ‘Lost' Booker shortlistVivisector by Patrick White and The Bay of Noon by Shirley Hazzard are among the titles shortlisted for the ‘Lost' Man Booker Prize, a one-off...

Fancy Goods 

Tuesday, 30 March 2010
New on the Fancy Goods blog this week: Q+A with Australian Booksellers Association conference speaker Richard Nash on ‘Publishing 3.0'; author interview with Maggie Joel on her new novel The...

On tour 

Tuesday, 30 March 2010
Authors on tour in April and May include: April Nicole Alexander, Random House (The Bark Cutters) Julie Goodwin, Random House (Our Family Table) Carole Wilkinson, Black Dog Books, ('Dragonkeeper' and...

Media Extra: What’s Hot? 

Tuesday, 30 March 2010
The 50-year anniversary of architect Robin Boyd's first publication The Australian Ugliness (Text) has arrived, along with an anniversary edition to commemorate it. Boyd was a fierce critic of Australian...

Forthcoming events 

Tuesday, 30 March 2010
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include:Nominations close for the Nan Chauncy Award, 31 MarchEntries close for Australian Family Therapists' Award for...

Bestsellers this week 

Tuesday, 30 March 2010
There’s a storm brewing in South Dakota and also on this weeks bestseller charts as Lee Child’s thriller 61 Hours (Bantam) blasts in to number one ahead of Stieg Larsson's...

Pan Macmillan launches beta ebook site 

Tuesday, 30 March 2010
Pan Macmillan Australia has added an ebooks page to its website, listing all the publisher's titles available in ebook format. 'We've had these titles available since 2007 but with no...

Booksellers summit ‘a very constructive exercise’ 

Tuesday, 30 March 2010
A group of 15 bookselling and library supply representatives met in Sydney yesterday to 'discuss and come to agreement on the major issues facing booksellers'.The meeting included representatives from all...

CBCA awards shortlist 

Tuesday, 30 March 2010
As reported in a Weekly Book Newsletter Special Bulletin yesterday, the shortlist for the 2010 Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards has been announced.‘With the nation's...

Giveaway: Madman DVDs and manga 

Tuesday, 30 March 2010
Thanks to Madman, we have a box of assorted DVDs and manga to give away to some lucky Weekly Book Newsletter subscribers. If you'd like to be in the running...

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Tuesday, 30 March 2010
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Tuesday, 30 March 2010
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Quote of the week 

Tuesday, 30 March 2010
'I'm pretty convinced that it will work, it's just the time it will take everyone to either have the content ready on the publisher side or on the bookseller side...

New NZ educational publishing award 

Tuesday, 23 March 2010
The Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) has announced a new award to recognise excellence in New Zealand educational publishing. The award will be administered by PANZ and sponsored by...

Blacklock, Glover appointed to OzCo Lit Board 

Tuesday, 23 March 2010
Dyan Blacklock and Stuart Glover have been appointed to the Literature Board of the Australia Council for the Arts. Blacklock is an author and publisher (at Omnibus Books) and a...

Gillard launches school library inquiry 

Tuesday, 23 March 2010
Education Minister Julia Gillard has asked the parliament's House Standing Committee on Education and Training to launch an inquiry into and to report on ‘the role, adequacy and resourcing of...

Inside the current issue: Reviewers’ top picks 

Tuesday, 23 March 2010
Among our reviewers' top picks of forthcomg titles reviewed in the April issue of Bookseller+Publisher magazine are: The Second-last Woman in England (Maggie Joel, Pier 9); Sunday's Kitchen: Food and...

Got news? 

Tuesday, 23 March 2010
If you've got news you think would be of interest to Weekly Book Newsletter readers, let us know by emailing bookseller.publisher@thorpe.com.au.

Stay in touch 

Tuesday, 23 March 2010
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Quote of the week 

Tuesday, 23 March 2010
‘This book is loathsome in its pretence that there is enough material to justify its existence'--former Weekly Book News editor Lorien Kaye isn't shy about saying what she thinks of Susan...

Storm damage hits REDgroup in three states 

Tuesday, 23 March 2010
Recent wild weather across three states has caused damage to a number of bookshops in the REDgroup retail chains. 'We've had no luck lately,' REDgroup Retail Australia GM Jerome Gauder told...

Asialink 2010 residencies announced 

Tuesday, 23 March 2010
Asialink has announced the recipients of its 2010 residencies. The recipients, the countries they will visit and the projects they will work on are: Kalinda Ashton, Cambodia: At the Nou...

RIP Meg Field 

Tuesday, 23 March 2010
Former owner of Boat Books in Sydney and Brisbane, Meg Field has died after a long battle with cancer. She held the position of Secretary and Treasurer of ABA Queensland...