WBN has begun its annual pre-Christmas survey of booksellers to find out how the industry is faring during its peak selling period. We are in... Read more
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Next week’s WBN (Wednesday 10 December) will be the last for 2008. The first WBN for 2009 will be published on Wednesday 7 January. In... Read more
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The Printing Industries Association of Australia (PIAA) has criticised the Issues Paper released by the Productivity Commission as part of its study into Australia’s parallel... Read more
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Derek Dryden, owner of the Better Read Than Dead (BRTD) bookshop in Sydney’s Newtown, has announced the appointment of Sally Chilvers to the newly created... Read more
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Borders will open a new concept store in the refurbished Westfield shopping centre in Melbourne’s Doncaster tomorrow. ‘The opening of the new Borders concept store... Read more
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Hachette Livre Australia has announced it is changing its name to Hachette Australia. ‘Alongside this name change, we are also pleased to announce the launch... Read more
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CEO of the University Co-operative Bookshop Simon Milne has announced his resignation. ‘There have been many significant successes over the last seven years,’ he said... Read more
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Don Watson’s American Journeys (Knopf) has been awarded the 2008 Walkley Award for Best Nonfiction Book. The annual awards for excellence in journalism were presented... Read more
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The shortlist for the inaugural Territory Read Literature Award, celebrating Northern Territory literature, has been announced. The shortlist consists of: Alone on the Soaks (Alec... Read more
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A PricewaterhouseCoopers report undertaken for the Australian Copyright Council has found that Australia’s copyright industries generated $97.7 billion in economic activity in 2007. The report,... Read more
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A total of $250,000 has been dedicated to literature projects in the Victorian Government’s latest round of arts grants. This includes $50,000 to longstanding literary... Read more
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Unless otherwise indicated, businesses listed are not open on weekends or public holidays. Company Last day of business First day of business Allen & Unwin... Read more
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The Summer issue of Bookseller+Publisher is now online here, featuring author interviews with Peter Singer, Ross Gibson, Kate De Goldi and John A Flanagan, 42... Read more
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ILP auction raises $8000 The recent auction broadcast on 702 ABC Sydney raised $8000 for the Indigenous Literacy Project. The winning bidder will receive a... Read more
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Among the many stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: the ethics of pirated e-books book on religious tolerance wins... Read more
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‘Referring this subject to the Productivity Commission is like asking duck-hunters what they’d like to shoot’–Scribe publisher Henry Rosenbloom responding to the Productivity Commission’s study... Read more
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Cookbooks, sports books, Bryce Courtenay and a Clive Cussler title topping the charts this week? Must be Christmas! Donna Hay’s No Time to Cook is... Read more
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Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Guadalajara International Book Fair, Mexico, 29 November-7 December Australian Poetry... Read more
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