The winners of the 2006 NSW Premier’s History Awards were announced in Newcastle last week. The annual awards were instituted in 1997, with the intention... Read more
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Thorpe-Bowker publisher Andrew Wilkins has again been on the spot at the Frankfurt Book Fair, reporting each day not only for WBN but also for the Fair’s... Read more
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Russian journalist and author Anna Politkovskaya has died. The passionate critic of the war in Chechnya and the Putin administration was shot dead in Moscow... Read more
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Internet search giant Google has issued subpoenas to a number of companies as part of its defence against a lawsuit bought by publishers over claims... Read more
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It’s been a big week in the world of crime fiction with new installments in the Alex Cross and Harry Bosch sagas from James Patterson... Read more
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As another Frankfurt Book Fair comes to a close, how has it gone from an Australian perspective? Having polled a large number of exhibitors in... Read more
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The Federal Education Minister Julie Bishop’s proposal to set up a national school curriculum board is a welcome one for many Australian educational publishers. ‘As... Read more
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A&R Whitcoulls Group (ARW Group), which operates the Angus & Robertson bookselling chain in Australia and Whitcoulls in New Zealand, has announced a partnership with... Read more
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Michelle Laforest, managing director of Harlequin Mills & Boon in Australia, has told WBN that the workforce cuts recently announced by Canadian-based parent company Torstar... Read more
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The Inheritance of Loss (Hamish Hamilton) by Indian-born writer Kiran Desai has won the 2006 Man Booker Prize, announced in the UK this morning. Desai,... Read more
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