A special event held yesterday at the Lodge–the Prime Minister’s Canberra residence–has garnered widespread mainstream media coverage for the Indigenous Literacy Project in last night’s... Read more
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Joan Mackenzie, group book specialist, and Justin Boyes, group marketing manager, are stepping down from their roles at A&R Whitcoulls. WBN understands that this is... Read more
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Federal Arts Minister Peter Garrett has announced that the winners of the inaugural Prime Minister’s Literary Awards for Fiction and Nonfiction will be revealed on... Read more
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The titles shortlisted for the inaugural Indie Award have been announced. The titles shortlisted for the $19,000 award are: Debut fiction: Addition (Toni Jordan, Text... Read more
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The winners of the 35th Age Book of the Year Awards were announced on Friday 22 August at the opening night of the Melbourne Writers’... Read more
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The Melbourne Writers’ Festival got off to a very successful start over the weekend, with many sell-out sessions and crowds buying books and lining up... Read more
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This year’s Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Children’s Book Week wound up on Friday 22 August, having run from 16 August. This year’s Book... Read more
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The Tasmanian Book Fair was held on Sunday August 24 from 10am to 4pm in Hobart as part of the Tasmanian Living Writers’ Week. Shannon... Read more
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Announced at the beginning of Book Week, the Crichton Award for New Illustrators went to Anna Walker for Santa’s Aussie Holiday (text by Maria Farrer,... Read more
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The winners of this year’s Speech Pathology Australia awards have been announced. The three titles to receive a book of the year award, having been... Read more
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New South Wales poet Angela Malone is the winner of the 2008 Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize. The prize, which was announced at the Tasmanian Book... Read more
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The winners of the LIANZA (Library and Information Association New Zealand Aotearoa) awards for 2008 have been announced. The Russell Clarke Award for distinguished contribution... Read more
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The winners of the Romance Writers of Australia Romantic Book of the Year 2008 were announced on the weekend. The long category winner was Kimberley... Read more
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Lanagan, Jones appointed to Literature BoardFederal Arts Minister Peter Garrett has announced the appointment of two authors to the Australia Council Literature Board. Margo Lanagan,... Read more
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Among the many new stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: Amazon aims Kindle at textbook market Lonely Planet gets... Read more
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The Bestseller charts are much the same as last week in that Stephenie Meyer has taken over, with four of her titles gracing the top... Read more
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Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: ‘Age’ Melbourne Writers’ Festival, 22-31 August Judith Pugh and Robert... Read more
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