Following last week’s shock announcement by Borders that its Australian and New Zealand stores were up for sale, speculation on likely suitors has begun. Don Grover,... Read more
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The line-up for this year’s Visiting International Publishers (VIP) Program has been announced. Senior publishers, editors and agents visiting Australia and the Sydney Writers’ Festvial as part... Read more
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RMIT University’s Graduate Diploma in Editing and Publishing, the first tertiary publishing course accredited by the Australian Publishers Association (APA) in 2005, has been re-accredited... Read more
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The ninth annual Leading Edge Books conference took place from 16 to 19 March at the Novotel Pacific Bay Resort, Coffs Harbour. ‘The conference has... Read more
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Registrations for the 2007 ABA conference are now open. The ABA reports that support for this year’s conference has been overwhelming and places are filling... Read more
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Earnings paid to the family of convicted drug courier Schapelle Corby from the sale of her autobiography My Story (Pan Macmillan) have been frozen by... Read more
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MUP has announced a recall of The Education of a Young Liberal by John Hyde Page. The recall follows the recent ruling by a judge in... Read more
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Jacob Rosenberg has been awarded the National Biography Award for his memoir East of Time (Brandl & Schlesinger). ‘This beautifully crafted book holds extraordinary humanity,’... Read more
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Random House has reported a 6.5% increase in revenue to €1.9 billion (A$2.95 billion) for 2006. In what CEO Peter Olson described as ‘a sluggish... Read more
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Coles has confirmed that it is considering breaking up the retail chain and selling Target and Officeworks separately to its supermarket and Kmart division. The... Read more
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Frank Moorhouse has been named as the recipient of the biennial PEN Keneally Award. The award, named in honour of author Tom Keneally, recognises ‘an... Read more
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The Arrival by Shaun Tan (Lothian) has received a special mention in this year’s Bologna Ragazzi Awards, announced by the Bologna Children’s Book Fair. ‘The... Read more
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Australian author Tom Keneally has been named as the recipient of the 2007 Peggy V Helmerich Distinguished Author Award. The US prize, worth US$40,000 (A$48,000)... Read more
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Proposals for a new privacy law by the NSW Law Reform Commission could disrupt Australia’s now uniform defamation laws. The proposals, due to be made... Read more
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This year’s Perth Writers’ Week, part of the Perth International Arts Festival, offered ‘a full week of insightful conversation and the opportunity to connect with... Read more
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Dutch-based international professional publisher Wolters Kluwer, the parent company of CCH Australia, has announced the sale of its European educational division to UK investment fund... Read more
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The 16th Abu Dhabi International Book Fair will be held from 31 March-7 April. This year will mark the beginning of a collaboration with the... Read more
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The Digital Object Identifier (DOI) system has been established as a standard for ‘interoperably identifying and exchanging intellectual property in the digital environment.’ (Think of... Read more
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Among the stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: Pearson shares rise again on renewed takeover speculation Name-change for Warner... Read more
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On TV, the popular reality show ‘The Biggest Loser’ has become one of Channel 10’s biggest winners. In bookstores, it’s a similar story for Hardie... Read more
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Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: the Bangkok International Book Fair, which runs from 28 March... Read more
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