John Ajvide Lindqvist, the Swedish master of horror, has rewritten the lore on vampires and zombies. Now in his third novel Harbour he redefines the ‘ghost’... Read more |
The winners of the 2010 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards were announced last night at a presentation dinner at Zinc in Federation Square, Melbourne. Traditionally held at the close... Read more |
The Australian Financial Review reported last week that copyright laws in Australia will be reviewed in the near future. The AFR reported that the federal... Read more |
Ingram has announced it will establish ‘a full-scale Lightning Source print-on-demand book manufacturing operation in Australia’. A company spokesperson told the Weekly Book Newsletter that... Read more |
Candida Baker has replaced Jeni Caffin as Director of the Northern Rivers Writers’ Centre and the Byron Bay Writers’ Festival. Caffin, who programmed the Byron... Read more |
Varuna, the Writers’ House, has announced that creative director Peter Bishop has stepped down from his position after 17 years with the writers’ centre. Bishop... Read more |
Educational publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Australia has discontinued selling International Editions (IE) of 33 of its titles in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) in order... Read more |
Random House Australia has announced that it is recalling the book Evil in the Suburbs by Cindy Wockner and Michael Porta for legal reasons. The... Read more |
Anita Heiss has won the 2010 Deadly award for Outstanding Achievement in Literature for her novel Manhattan Dreaming (Random House). Heiss told the Weekly Book... Read more |
Baker & Taylor has announced it has made available its long-anticipated ereading application Blio. The application, which is available for free download at http://www.blio.com/ features... Read more |
The shortlisted titles for this year’s Colin Roderick Award have been announced. The shortlisted titles are: The Water Dreamers (Michael Cathcart, Text Publishing) Piano Lessons... Read more |
The second annual REDGroup Retail conference was held on the Gold Coast last week. The conference, held at the RACV Royal Pines Resort, was attended... Read more |
The Little Bookroom in Melbourne will celebrate its 50th anniversary on the 13 October. The children’s bookstore first opened its doors in the Melbourne CBD... Read more |
Readings bookstore in St Kilda, Melbourne, will officially launch its new look this weekend with two days of celebrations. The Acland Street store recently closed... Read more |
Simon & Schuster Australia has moved offices to Cammeray over the weekend. The publisher, previously located at Pymble, made the move to be closer to... Read more |
NewsCorp, parent company of HarperCollins Australia has reported an increase in its book publishing sector’s operating income. HarperCollins globally reported full-year segment operating income of... Read more |
The winners of the 2010 Whitley Awards were announced in a ceremony at the Australia Museum last week. The Whitley Medal was awarded to George... Read more |
The Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) has announced that it will host a festival in Sydney for the first time this year. The one-day mini festival... Read more |
New Zealand’s Ministry of Education has announced that it will cease production of its TUPU series of Pacific Island materials from December this year. Education... Read more |
Osmond on exchange to Random House UKRandom House Australia marketing and publicity director and head of digital Brett Osmond is on a three-month secondment to Random... Read more |
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: Amazon announces new Kindle service B&N founder maintains... Read more |
On Fancy Goods this week, Deborah Crabtree reviews Paul Kelly’s How to Make Gravy (Hamish Hamilton), Charlotte Harper rounds up the discussion at the recent... Read more |
In rights news this week: SalesChildren’s—Scholastic has sold Portuguese rights within Portugal to Gabrielle Lord’s 12 book ‘Conspiracy 365′ and Chinese complex character rights to... Read more |
Elif Batuman, Text (The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them) Christine Bongers, Random House (Henry Hoey Hobson)Steph Bowe, Text (Girl... Read more |
‘From a consumer’s point of view, you cannot go to an independent bookshop’s website and buy an ebook, because they don’t have them in stock–regardless... Read more |
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There has been no movement at the top of the bestsellers chart this week, with The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest and The Girl... Read more |
Lisa Lang’s Utopian Man (A&U) received the most mentions this week. Set in 1880s Melbourne, before the Depression of the 1890s, it features eccentric entrepreneur... Read more |
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: PEN’s 76th International Congress: 25 September – 1 October Australian... Read more |
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Kaye Keck, director of the Dromkeen Gallery, died this month. She was 64 years of age. Keck’s brother John Oldmeadow writes: ‘Kaye Keck absorbed so... Read more |
Petros Demetriou, who was the CCO at DA Information Services, has died. DA Information Services writes:‘DA Information Services sadly announces that Petros Demetriou, our CCO,... Read more |
Jim Atkinson, who was the national president of the Printing Industries Association of Australia, has died. Atkinson spent more than 40 years working in the... Read more |
The Australian Booksellers Association writes: ‘Harry was involved in bookshops and books for a majority of his life and was a very talented gentleman. ‘A man... Read more |
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