The results of WBN‘s pre-Christmas survey of booksellers will be published in a WBN special bulletin tomorrow. If your store has not yet participated either... Read more
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ARW Group, which includes the Angus & Robertson, Borders and Whitcoulls book chains, has changed its name to REDgroup Retail. ‘The new brand offers an... Read more
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Random House Australia (RHA) has announced the promotion of Nikki Christer to the role of publishing director, adult publishing. ‘I am delighted to promote Nikki... Read more
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Leading Edge Books members who attended the three information sessions hosted by the buying group in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, have come to a ‘unanimous... Read more
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The 23rd annual Commonwealth Writers’ Prize (CWP) is to be announced at the Auckland Writers’ and Readers’ Festival (AWRF), New Zealand, in May 2009, coinciding... Read more
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A new Dymocks store will be opening right in time for Christmas on 15 December in Albany, Western Australia. The new franchise owners, Albany locals... Read more
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In 2009 the Australian Society or Authors (ASA) will be responsible for administering the Australia Council’s support for emerging writers under a new partnership. The... Read more
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The University of Melbourne Book Industry study, being undertaken in partnership with the Australian Publishers Association and Thorpe-Bowker, has found more than half of respondents... Read more
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The global financial crisis has begun to make its influence felt on the publishing world, as many large international publishers, particularly those with substantial operations... Read more
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The Indigenous Literacy Project (ILP) has raised $238,000 to date for 2008, with further pledges expected to be received in coming weeks. ‘The recent ABC... Read more
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Productivity Commission chair Gary Banks has responded to industry concerns about the appointment of commissioner Louise Sylvan to the commission’s study of parallel importation laws,... Read more
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The Australian Children’s Literature Alliance (ACLA) was established on 19 November. The group consists of representatives from the Australian Booksellers Association, Australian Publishers Association, Australian... Read more
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New Zealand’s booksellers association, society of authors and copyright agency have formed a new digital publishing initiative, the Digital Publishing Forum. Formed last week, the... Read more
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Emma Neale is the winner of the inaugural Janet Frame Memorial Award. The biennial award, worth NZ$3000 (A$2470), is for ‘an author of literary or... Read more
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The shortlist for the 2008 Aurealis Awards has been announced. It consists of 56 Australian writers of speculative fiction, including science-fiction, fantasy and horror, shortlisted... Read more
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins has announced that long-standing staff member George Ciofuli will retire at the end of the year. Ciofuli, who has spent more... Read more
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In addition to last week’s Christmas closing list the following organisations have advised us of their closing dates: Book and Music Market (Gold Coast) Last day:... Read more
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Penguin 2.0 coming to Australia in 2009Penguin Group USA has announced a new program called Penguin 2.0, described by CEO David Shanks as ‘the next... Read more
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Among the stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: Rubin and Applebaum lose roles in Random US restructuring fiction in... Read more
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Did he really mean to say that? John Coote at the opening of Borders Doncaster, quoted in Inside Retailing: ‘We haven’t had a great book... Read more
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No surprises in the charts this week as Christmas book-buying gets underway with gusto. Bryce Courtenay’s Fishing for Stars is number one in the Bestsellers,... Read more
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Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Esther and Jerry Hicks tour, 7-14 December Closing date for... Read more
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Agent Jenny Darling writes: ‘Dorothy Porter died in Melbourne this morning from complications due to cancer. She was 54. ‘A writer at the height of... Read more
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