Coming to cinemas on 8 July is The Hedgehog, freely inspired by Muriel Barbery’s bestselling novel The Elegance of the Hedgehog (Gallic). With thanks to... Read more
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In the July issue of Bookseller+Publisher, digital marketing expert Mitch Joel answers some questions ahead of his appearance at the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) national... Read more
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As reported in a Weekly Book Newsletter special bulletin last night, Truth by Peter Temple (Text) is the winner of the 2010 Miles Franklin Literary... Read more
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Geoff Walker, publishing director at Penguin New Zealand, has announced he is leaving the position to ‘pursue other opportunities’. A statement from Penguin New Zealand... Read more
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Amazon has reduced the price of its Kindle ereader from US$279 (A$320) to US$189 (A$215). The reduced price, which applies to Australian purchases, brings the... Read more
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Amsterdam-based Australian translator David Colmer is the co-winner of this year’s International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for his translation of The Twin by Gerband Bakker... Read more
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Collins Booksellers has confirmed that its Book City stores in Orange, Wagga Wagga, Griffith and Echuca recently commenced trading as Collins Booksellers. ‘An additional four... Read more
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The two-day conference Imagine This! Imagine That! held on 18 and 19 of June in Sydney, by the NSW branch of the Children’s Book Council... Read more
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The recipients of the 2010 State Library of Victoria Creative Fellowships have been announced. The recipients were: Luke Beesley, who is researching a manuscript of... Read more
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Wyld wins Betty Trask award for ‘After the Fire, A Still Small Voice’London-based Australian author Evie Wyld has won a £7,000 (A$11,800) Betty Trask award... Read more
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Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the last week: are Kindle ebook prices edging up? Apple sells... Read more
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On the Fancy Goods blog this week Barbara Cullen reviews Rodney Hall’s Popeye Never Told You (Pier 9); Blair Mahoney reviews The Thousand Autumns of... Read more
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For a round-up of rights sales over the past month, see the July issue of Bookseller+Publisher magazine, now with subscribers. In subsequent recent rights sales:... Read more
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June Benjamin Law, Black Inc. (The Family Law)Jeff Goodell, Scribe, (How to Cool the Planet: Geoengineering and the Audacious Quest to Fix Earth’s Climate)Loani Prior,... Read more
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‘Hand-sell this book until your hands bleed’–Peter Temple on what booksellers should do with his 2010 Miles Franklin Literary Award-winning novel Truth (he also thanked... Read more
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Bookshop customers continue to have the taste for blood as vampire books disappear from shelves and creep to the top of the bestseller chart. The... Read more
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It’s now been 50 years since Harper Lee’s classic To Kill a Mockingbird (various imprints) was published. The hype in America surrounding this literary anniversary... Read more
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Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Australian Book Industry Awards: 30 June Walkley Book Award first-round... Read more
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José Saramago, Portuguese writer and winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize for Literature, has died aged 87.
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