The inaugural episode of ABC TV’s new book show, The First Tuesday Book Club, will screen next Tuesday night, 1 August, at 10pm. The show... Read more |
The future of the Ned Kelly awards, Australia’s awards for crime writing, has been assisted with a sponsorship plan supported by a number of publishers.... Read more |
Jillan Ewart of Booksellers NZ reports:‘The Sky’s the Limit’ was the theme for the Booksellers New Zealand conference held on 23 and 24 July in... Read more |
Maurice Gee’s novel Blindsight (Penguin) has been announced as the winner of the Deutz Medal, the top prize of the annual Montana New Zealand Book... Read more |
New Zealand’s book trade awards were presented as part of the Booksellers NZ annual conference. The awards are all sponsored by Thorpe-Bowker. Bookseller Awards Independent... Read more |
The winner of the Nielsen BookData New Zealand Booksellers Choice Award for 2006 is He’ll be OK: Growing Gorgeous Boys into Good Men (Celia Lashlie,... Read more |
This week’s top 10 bestsellers look an awful lot like last week’s: same titles, different order. But it won’t be long before Pirateology breaks through–surely. Hovering at number 11,... Read more |
Finding the online resources you need to do your job can be time-consuming. And then, of course, you’ve got to remember to bookmark all those... Read more |
In news from overseas this week Waterstone’s parent company HMV confirms Simon Fox as its new CEO, Amazon moves into the world of online infotainment... Read more |
Australia Post’s decision to scrap its international economy air service, effective 4 September, has surprised and angered booksellers. ‘There was no warning, and absolutely no consultation,’ Barbara Cullen,... Read more |
Good Night, Me by Andrew Daddo, with illustrations by Emma Quay (Hachette) has been chosen as the book for this year’s National Simultaneous Storytime. National... Read more |
J C Burke has been awarded the annual Australian Family Therapists’ Award for Children’s Literature for The Story of Tom Brennan (Random House). Mother’s Day... Read more |
The Australian newspaper is showing a great deal of interest in the book industry of late. The week before last, it caused a minor storm... Read more |
Peter Field, chief executive of Pearson Australia Group, has been appointed to the position of chief executive of Penguin UK. Field, who has been with... Read more |
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