Due to the Easter Monday holiday, next week’s Weekly Book Newsletter will be published on Thursday 8 April. The deadline for classified and job... Read more
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Thanks to Madman, we have a box of assorted DVDs and manga to give away to some lucky Weekly Book Newsletter subscribers. If you’d like... Read more
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‘Book futurist’ Richard Nash will be a guest speaker at this year’s Australian Booksellers Association national conference in July. He told Bookseller+Publisher: ‘Publishing 3.0... Read more
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Lonely Planet has confirmed it has made some changes to its print and digital teams. ‘We have been very open saying we are moving... Read more
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Pan Macmillan Australia has added an ebooks page to its website, listing all the publisher’s titles available in ebook format. ‘We’ve had these titles available... Read more
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John Wiley & Sons has confirmed three positions in its Melbourne office have been made redundant. The redundancies are the result of a plan... Read more
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As reported in a Weekly Book Newsletter Special Bulletin yesterday, the shortlist for the 2010 Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year... Read more
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The Bologna Children’s Book Fair, which ran from 23 to 26 March, was reportedly a much busier event this year than in 2009. ‘The... Read more
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The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has launched the program for its 2010 national conference. The 86th ABA Conference & Trade Exhibition will be held... Read more
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A group of 15 bookselling and library supply representatives met in Sydney yesterday to ‘discuss and come to agreement on the major issues facing booksellers’.... Read more
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Entries for this year’s Prime Minister’s Literary Awards have been announced, with confirmation that two new categories–children’s and YA–have been added to the awards. ... Read more
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Kobo, the ebook platform provider developed by Indigo in Canada that REDgroup retail has become an investor in, has announced its previously flagged Kobo ereader is... Read more
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Grand Obsessions: The Life and Work of Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin, written by Alasdair McGregor and edited by Nicola Young (Lantern), has... Read more
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White, Hazzard make ‘Lost’ Booker shortlistVivisector by Patrick White and The Bay of Noon by Shirley Hazzard are among the titles shortlisted for the ‘Lost’... Read more
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Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: Alexis wins PEN/Faulkner award Atwood, Ghosh share US$1... Read more
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New on the Fancy Goods blog this week: Q+A with Australian Booksellers Association conference speaker Richard Nash on ‘Publishing 3.0′; author interview with Maggie Joel... Read more
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Authors on tour in April and May include: April Nicole Alexander, Random House (The Bark Cutters) Julie Goodwin, Random House (Our Family Table) Carole Wilkinson,... Read more
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‘I’m pretty convinced that it will work, it’s just the time it will take everyone to either have the content ready on the publisher side... Read more
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There’s a storm brewing in South Dakota and also on this weeks bestseller charts as Lee Child’s thriller 61 Hours (Bantam) blasts in to number... Read more
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The 50-year anniversary of architect Robin Boyd’s first publication The Australian Ugliness (Text) has arrived, along with an anniversary edition to commemorate it. Boyd was... Read more
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Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Nominations close for the Nan Chauncy Award, 31 March Entries... Read more
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Children’s writer Patricia Wrightson OBE, has died aged 88. She was awarded the Dromkeen Medal in 1984 and the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1986.... Read more
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Publisher and editor Anne Bower Ingram OAM, has died aged 72. She won the Lady Cutler Award in 1984 and the Dromkeen medal in 1985.... Read more
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