The August issue of Bookseller+Publisher contains more than 40 reviews. Among our reviewers’ top picks were Chris Womersley’s Bereft (Scribe, September), Like Being a Wife... Read more
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Craig Silvey has won another award for his novel Jasper Jones (A&U), this time taking out the 2010 Nielsen BookData Booksellers Choice Award, for the... Read more
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As reported in a Weekly Book Newsletter special bulletin last Wednesday night, the 2010 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) were announced on Wednesday 30 June... Read more
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The Sydney Writers Festival (SWF) chair Sandra Yates has announced that Wendy Were will not be returning to the festival after her extended maternity leave. Were,... Read more
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Text Publishing has announced the shortlist for its 2010 prize for YA and children’s writing. The titles shortlisted for the prize for an unpublished manuscript are:... Read more
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Atlas Monographs by Australian photographer Max Pam (T&G Publishing) has won the 2010 ‘Best Photography Book Prize (International Category)’ at the PHotoEspaña photography festival in... Read more
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Fremantle Press has launched an ebook section on its website. The publisher, which has made ebooks available for some time through ebooks.com, added a new... Read more
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Lonely Planet has ‘moved from a loss of £(3.2)million [$A5.7 million] last year to a profit of £1.9million [A$3.4 million] ‘, according to the 2009/10... Read more
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Stephanie Alexander OAM, author of bestselling cookbook Stephanie Alexander’s Kitchen Garden Companion (Lantern), has been named Victorian of the Year. The award was presented in... Read more
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Collins Booksellers Warrnambool has reopened under new ownership. ‘Collins Booksellers is pleased to announce Collins Warrnambool has recently been purchased by Lyle, Tracey and Rowan... Read more
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Author Philip McLaren has launched the new publishing business Cockatoo Books. A family company run by McLaren and his partner Roslyn and their son and... Read more
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if:book Australia launches new site and seminar seriesif:book Australia has launched a new website at www.futureofthebook.org.au and kicks off a new series of seminars tonight... Read more
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Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: Amazon offers small publishers 70% royalty rate Ringle... Read more
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On the blog this week, we spoke to Fullers Bookshop owner Clive Tilsley about his current reading choices, we celebrate the arrival of the August... Read more
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In rights news this week: Fiction—Allen & Unwin has sold Chinese complex character rights for One Foot Wrong (Sofie Laguna); French rights for Lovesong (Alex... Read more
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July Ayaan Hirsi Ali, HarperCollins (Nomad: A Personal Journey through the Clash of Civilizations) Blanche d’Alpuget, MUP (Robert J. Hawke)Joe Bennett, S&S (Hello Dubai)Isobelle Carmody,... Read more
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‘Readings–like many of the other booksellers present tonight–enjoys tremendous relationships with you, our suppliers, but let’s face it, we all together have to continue to... Read more
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Sizzling Sixteen (Janet Evanovich, Hachette) is the latest romance-mystery-thriller from the series featuring bounty hunter Stephanie Plum. Sizzling Sixteen is number one on the highest... Read more
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The Passage (Justin Cronin, Orion) certainly came with some compelling publicity–movie rights picked up by Ridley Scott before the book was even finished–but it wasn’t... Read more
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Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Redmond Barry Lecture: 7 July Association for the Study of... Read more
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UK writer and publisher Russell Ash has died aged of 64. Ash worked at Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Pavilion and his own company Ash & Grant,... Read more
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Dame Beryl Margaret Bainbridge DBE, author of Master Georgie and An Awfully Big Adventure, has died, aged 75. Bainbridge was shortlisted for the Booker Prize... Read more
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