The shortlists for the Aurealis Awards, Australia’s premier awards for speculative fiction, have been announced. With 12 categories covering science fiction, fantasy and horror novels... Read more
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Fiona Henderson has been appointed as a publisher at Hachette Livre Australia. ‘Fiona’s appointment, along with Vanessa Radnidge’s recent promotion to publisher, effectively doubles Hachette’s... Read more
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Hardie Grant Books MD Julie Pinkham has announced a number of recent appointments and promotions. Fran Berry has been promoted to publishing director. ‘Fran will... Read more
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Mark Scott has been formally appointed as general manager of Funtastic’s publishing division. Scott has been acting in the role for the last four months,... Read more
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Woolworths has lodged an application with New Zealand regulators asking for clearance to acquire up to 100% of discount retailer The Warehouse. Woolworths already has... Read more
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The winners of the Newbery and Caldecott Medals have been announced at the American Library Association’s midwinter conference in Seattle. The Newbery winner is Susan... Read more
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The big Christmas sellers continue to wield their influence on the bestsellers charts this week; looks like all those people who weren’t lucky enough to... Read more
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The Perseus Books Group has made a formal offer for all of the distribution contracts of US distributor Publishers Group West (PGW), which has been... Read more
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The International Publishers Association (IPA) has condemned the murder of prominent Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink in Istanbul last week. IPA spokesperson Bjorn Smith-Simondsen said in... Read more
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Among a bumper crop of overseas news in our Around the World blog this week: Da Vinci Code copyright appeal opens Are literary prize nominations... Read more
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Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include the International Book Fair in Cairo, which runs from 23... Read more
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Children’s book author and editor Ann Philippa Pearce has died of a stroke at the age of 86. Pearce produced more than 30 children’s books... Read more
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