Australian authors M J Hyland (pictured) and Deborah Robertson have been named on the longlist for this year’s Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction. Hyland’s Carry... Read more
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Mister Pip by New Zealand author Lloyd Jones (Text) has won the best book award in the South East Asia and South Pacific section of... Read more
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The eight novels selected for the Miles Franklin Literary Award 2007 Longlist were announced last week. They are: Beyond the Break (Sandra Hall, Fourth Estate)... Read more
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The Fremantle Arts Centre Press (FACP) is to receive a once-off grant and loan from the Western Australian state government ?to ensure the future viability’... Read more
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Registrations for the 2007 ABA conference have now opened. Delegates to this year’s conference, to be held in Melbourne from June 17 to 19, can... Read more
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Jenni Caffin, director of the Byron Bay Writers Festival, has announced some of the guests confirmed to appear at this year’s festival, which runs from... Read more
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AbeBooks, the international internet bookselling ‘marketplace’ for new, used and antiquarian books, has announced the appointment of Philip Israel of Leura Books in the Blue... Read more
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The Venezuelan non-profit institution Banco del Libro is the winner of this year’s Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award–the world’s largest prize for children’s and young people’s... Read more
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Anne Hunt, an assistant professor at the Australian Catholic University (ACU) and the rector of its Ballarat Campus, has won this year’s Australian Theological Forum... Read more
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Department store Myer is to take over four stores from its competitor Harris Scarfe, following a takeover of the troubled South Australian-based retail chain. The... Read more
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Quarto, the London-based parent company of Australian book packager Global Book Publishing, has published its earnings for 2006, reporting a drop in total revenue of... Read more
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Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor has been announced as the recipient of the £800,000 (A$1.85 million) 2007 Templeton Prize. Known for his 45 years of philosophical... Read more
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Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: the Salon du Livre in Paris, which runs from 23-27... Read more
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It’s not often that a self-help title makes it into the top 10 bestsellers list, so this week we thought we’d take a closer look... Read more
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Among the stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: Harry Potter sets another record Random audio ‘widget’ OJ book may... Read more
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The Five Mile Press writes: ‘It is with great sadness that David Horgan and The Five Mile Press report the passing of Brian Mitchell on... Read more
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