Thanks to Madman Entertainment the Weekly Book Newsletter is giving away five copies of The September Issue on DVD. ‘Anna Wintour, the legendary editor-in-chief of... Read more
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Please note that due to the Australia Day public holiday on Tuesday 26 January, the Weekly Book Newsletter will be published a day late next... Read more
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The Wheeler Centre for Books Writing and Ideas in Melbourne announces its inaugural program today. Bookseller+Publisher magazine spoke to the Centre’s head of programming, Michael... Read more
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As reported in our Weekly Book Newsletter special bulletin on Friday, this year’s post-Christmas survey of booksellers and publishers revealed the trade experienced a quiet December,... Read more
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Simon & Schuster Inc. has announced that Lou Johnson has been appointed as the managing director of Simon & Schuster Australia (SSA), effective immediately. Johnson,... Read more
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Leading Edge Group has appointed Simon Milne as general manager of Leading Edge Books. Milne, former CEO of the Co-op Bookshops, replaces Jayne Wasmuth, who... Read more
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Angelo Loukakis, writer, publisher and editor of Australian Author, has been appointed executive director of the Australian Society of Authors. Loukakis, whose works include The... Read more
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New bookstore Westgarth Books opened just before Christmas in the Melbourne suburb of Northcote. Award-winning author Christos Tsiolkas spoke at the shop’s grand opening, which included... Read more
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Newbery and Caldecott award winners for 2010 were announced at the American Library Association’s midwinter conference in Boston. The Newbery Medal goes to When You... Read more
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HarperCollins has announced the recall of Baby’s First Book (Boys) (ISBN 9780746087930), due to ‘inconsistent build quality in foreign-language of one batch’. HarperCollins states that... Read more
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Writers at the Convent full program releasedThe full program for the Writers at the Convent program has been released. The program for the writers festival,... Read more
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Among the international book trade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: consumers punish publishers over Kindle delays with 1-star... Read more
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A bumper week for children’s rights sales this week, including The Arrival (Shaun Tan, Hachette) to Sweden and Fighting Ruben Wolfe (Markus Zusak, Scholastic) to... Read more
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Authors on tour in January include: JanuaryHarvey Milkman, Footprint Books (Craving for Ecstasy and Natural Highs: A Positive Approach to Mood Alteration)Paul Miller, Footprint... Read more
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‘Short-sighted marketing practices have resulted in another lost sale. The deliberate delay of the Kindle version will *not* force me to buy the paper version... Read more
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Elizabeth Gilbert, bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love, has topped the charts again in the Highest New Entries this week at any rate–with Committed: A... Read more
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Jasper Fforde’s Shades of Grey got the most mentions this week. Shannon Bennett’s food guidebook Shannon Bennett’s Paris, including his favourite three-star restaurants, bistros, bars... Read more
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Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Google Book Settlement–free seminar held by CAL, Sydney, 22 January... Read more
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Poet and painter Patricia Kathleen (P K) Page has died, aged 93. Her most recent release was a children’s book called The Sky Tree (Oolichan... Read more
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Georges Anglade and his wife Mireille Neptune have died in Haiti’s earthquake. Anglade was the founding President of PEN Haïti and a member of the... Read more
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American author William J Lederer who co-wrote The Ugly American with Eugene Burdick has died, aged 97.
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