Thanks to Madman Entertainment, WBN is giving away three DVD box sets, each valued at $70, containing all eight original Asterix animated films. Asterix books... Read more
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As reported in a WBN special bulletin on Thursday, the Australian Labor Party (ALP) will establish a working group to ‘consider the matters raised in... Read more
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Members of the Australian Horror Writers Association (AHWA) and Romance Writers of Australia (RWA) have joined in protest against the Productivity Commission’s recommendation to remove... Read more
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Booksellers New Zealand is preparing draft changes to its constitution, which would enable a restructure of membership to include retailers only. The changes were proposed... Read more
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Victory Books is a new commercial imprint being launched in September by Melbourne University Publishing (MUP). Victory Books is ‘proudly commercial’, according to MUP CEO and publisher-in-chief... Read more
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The program for the Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF), which runs from 9 to 13 September, has been announced. The theme of this year’s festival is... Read more
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Retail sales in Australia in June 2009 were 7.9% up on June 2008, said Inside Retailing, citing figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics... Read more
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Author, journalist and filmmaker John Pilger has been awarded the 2009 Sydney Peace Prize. Pilger was awarded the prize for ‘enabling the voices of the powerless... Read more
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Australian authors Shaun Tan and Margo Lanagan have made the nomination list for the 2009 World Fantasy Award. Lanagan’s Tender Morsels (A&U) is nominated in... Read more
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Ligare, the Riverwood, NSW-based book printer, is celebrating 30 years in business. Ligare began as a small hand-binding company in Surry Hills, in 1979. By... Read more
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Following the announcement of regular meetings to be held by the Victorian branch, the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced plans to organise regular state... Read more
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Among the stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: US ebook prices fall to under US$10 ‘The perfect bookstore’: but... Read more
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In rights news this week: FictionHachette Australia reports that Blood Ties by Pamela Freeman has sold to Portugal and the ‘Death Works’ trilogy by Trent... Read more
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‘The ISBN standard united the industry from author royalty statement to store shelf and, while I emphasise the ISBN is far from dead, there are... Read more
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Authors on tour from August to November: August Gareth Morgan, Scribe (Poles Apart: Beyond the Shouting, Who’s Right About Climate Change?) Rupert Isaacson, Text Publishing... Read more
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Jodi Picoult’s My Sister’s Keeper is top of the Fastest Mover chart this week–which may have something to do with the recent release of the... Read more
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Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: ‘Literary Subscriptions’ at the State Library of Victoria, 6 August... Read more
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American author, editor and translator Simon Karlinsky has died, aged 84.
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