Allen & Unwin has announced the appointment of former Random House executive publisher Jane Palfreyman as publisher. ‘I have always been a huge admirer of... Read more
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Funtastic has been approached by a potential takeover bidder, believed to be a private equity group. Funtastic ‘has only just commenced considering the proposal’ from... Read more
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The finalists in the 55th Australian Book Design Awards have been announced. See below for a full list of nominated titles (cover/internal designer and publisher listed in brackets). The winners... Read more
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Scorching temperatures in Melbourne did not keep the city’s booklovers away from this year’s Writers at Como festival, held from 16 to 18 February at... Read more
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The 2007 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize best book and best first book awards regional shortlists have been announced. The following books have been shortlisted for the... Read more
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The 2007 Perth Writers’ Week, part of the Perth International Arts Festival, begins on Thursday 22 February. Offering ‘a full week of insightful conversation and... Read more
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The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced the launch of a specially tailored Certificate in Retail Operations for booksellers. The certificates (II and III) have been... Read more
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Reed Elsevier has announced it is looking for a buyer for Harcourt Education, which has operations in Australia and New Zealand as well as in... Read more
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Australia and New Zealand both have new, dedicated online bookselling sites with the launch of TheNile.com.au and TheNile.co.nz. ‘The Nile aims to provide Australian and... Read more
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Publisher and distributor Herron Books and remainder wholesaler Wiltshire Books are set to merge on 1 March. ‘Both businesses have a strong background in value... Read more
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The independent press Hybrid Publishers, established in 1998, is to launch a new imprint, Ford Street Publishing, with the release in June of Before the... Read more
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The Berkelouw family, which operates three Berkelouw Booksellers stores in New South Wales, will open a fourth store in the Melbourne suburb of Armadale in... Read more
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A number of recent surveys into the retail sector and consumer trends have produced conflicting results. The Australian Bureau of Statistics retail trade figures for... Read more
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Two Australian writers have been nominated for the Bram Stoker Awards, a key international prize for horror authors presented by the US-based Horror Writers’ Association.... Read more
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McGraw-Hill Education (MHE), which has operations through Asia, Europe the US and South America, as well as in Australia and New Zealand, reported a drop... Read more
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Among the stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: IPA, PEN and AAP condemn Turkish penal code Disney loses Winnie... Read more
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Penguin brings a little romance to the charts this week with two new titles in the top 10 bestsellers. Plum Lovin’ is a between-the-numbers novel in... Read more
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Literary agent Jenny Darling writes: ‘It is with much sadness I am writing to let you know that Elizabeth Jolley passed away last week. ‘I... Read more
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