Text Publishing recently released two titles examining the effects of war: The Pacific and Zero Hour. Now the publisher is giving Weekly Book Newsletter readers... Read more
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Inside the May/June combined issue of Bookseller+Publisher magazine readers will find 75 reviews of forthcoming Australian and New Zealand titles, including such highly anticipated books... Read more
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HarperCollins has announced that ‘over 100 books by Australian authors are available to the international market through the HarperCollins eBook program’. ‘Ebooks present a wonderful... Read more
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REDgroup Retail, which owns Borders, Whitcoulls and Angus & Robertson in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore, has announced a reconfiguration of its executive team, including... Read more
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Random House Australia managing director Margie Seale will take on additional responsibilities for identifying business opportunities for the publisher in Southeast and Northern Asia. Seale... Read more
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Small Australian publishers appear to be moving on ebooks, with Black Dog Books and Exisle Publishing both confirming they have entered the market. Exisle Publishing... Read more
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Literary blogger and former Bookseller+Publisher acting editor Angela Meyer and ‘author, blogger and tweeter’ John Birmingham will appear at this year’s Australian Booksellers Association (ABA)... Read more
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The shortlist for the ALS Gold Medal has been announced. The titles in the running for the annual award, presented by the Association for the... Read more
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The shortlists for this year’s Kibble and Dobbie awards were announced on Tuesday 27 April. The titles in the running for this year’s $30,000 Nita... Read more
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Allen & Unwin has announced the appointment of former Pan Macmillan children’s book publisher Anna McFarlane as ‘publisher, books for children and teenagers’. ‘I’m thrilled... Read more
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HarperCollins Australia has announced the appointment of former Random House senior publisher Jeanne Ryckmans as ‘consulting publisher’. Ryckmans will work on both the nonfiction and... Read more
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The Big Fella: The Rise and Rise of BHP Billiton (Peter Thompson & Robert Macklin, Random House) is the winner of this year’s Blake Dawson... Read more
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Winners of the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) Cookbook Awards were announced at the IACP conference in Portland, Oregon. Several Australian and New Zealand... Read more
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HarperCollins New Zealand has announced the resignation of New Zealand publishing manager Lorain Day. ‘During her ten years with the company Lorain has built a... Read more
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The Western Australian state government has announced increased funding for books for libraries in the state. Culture and Arts minister John Day said council-run libraries... Read more
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Nam Le wins PEN/Malamud AwardNam Le has added the PEN/Malamud Award to his impressive list of prizes awarded for his debut publication, The Boat (Penguin).... Read more
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Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: Figes admits to negative Amazon reviews Bologna visitor... Read more
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On our Fancy Goods blog this week: Matthia Dempsey attends the launch of the program for this year’s Emerging Writers Festival; in the light of... Read more
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May John Connolly, S&S (The Whisperers) Bob Franklin, Affirm (Under Stones)Julie Goodwin, Random House (Our Family Table) David Levithan, Text (Will Grayson, Will Grayson)Bill McKibben,... Read more
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‘Some independent publishers are way out in front, some less so. Just as some big publishers are more advanced than others. It’s a mixed bag’–Black... Read more
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Last week’s three top bestsellers: Our Family Table (Julie Goodwin, Random House), House Rules (Jodi Picoult, A&U), and 9th Judgement (James Patterson, Century) remain in... Read more
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As the nation stopped to honour our Anzac soldiers this weekend, the book world was abuzz with new Anzac titles. The most mentioned chart usually... Read more
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Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Williamstown Literary Festival: 26 April-2 May Australian Publishers Association AGM:... Read more
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Deirdre O’Donnell (née Hill), Australian Society of Authors (ASA) executive secretary from 1971-1981, has died aged 84. Robert Pullan, ASA chair writes: ‘With one phone... Read more
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Brisbane-born poet Peter Porter (OAM) has died in London, aged 81. Picador publisher Rod Morrison writes: ‘Picador would like to pay tribute to one of... Read more
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Psychoanalyst and author Alice Miller has died, aged 87. Miller caused a sensation in 1981 with the publication of The Drama of the Gifted Child,... Read more
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UK author Alan Sillitoe has died, aged 82. His novels included Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, both... Read more
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