A fascinating glimpse into the dark corridors of political power, Fair Game is a riveting drama based on the autobiography of real-life undercover CIA officer... Read more
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The summer issue of Bookseller+Publisher, the final isuue for the year, is out now. Inside, you’ll find a round-up of titles that publishers are particularly... Read more
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Malcolm Neil, communications manger at REDgroup Retail, will leave the business to take up the position of director of vendor relations for Australia and New Zealand... Read more
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REDGroup Retail has confirmed that a number of employees have been made redundant. A spokesperson from FD Third Person, which provides communication services for REDGroup Retail,... Read more
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Peter Kocan AM is the recipient of this year’s Australia Council for the Arts’ Writers’ Emeritus Award. Chair of the Australia Council Literature Board, Dennis Haskell,... Read more
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The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced today that it has requested meetings with government ministers to discuss the GST threshold on imported goods and its impact on... Read more
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Former NSW politician Andrew Tink is the recipient of this year’s CAL Waverley Award for Literature for his biography William Charles Wentworth: Australia’s Greatest Native... Read more
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Christos Tsiolkas’ novel The Slap (A&U) has been nominated for this year’s Bad S-x in Fiction Award. Christos’ publisher Jane Palfreyman told the Weekly Book... Read more
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The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced that it will conduct an economic benchmarking survey of its member stores. ABA members will be sent a request today... Read more
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The winners of the inaugural New Zealand Copyright Licensing Ltd Educational Publishing Awards have been announced. The winning titles are: Best Book or Series in... Read more
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An application by the National Retailers Association to allow non-exempt retail stores to open on 27 and 28 December 2010 and 3 January 2011 in... Read more
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The Federal Government and the Franchise Council of Australia have welcomed a decision by the Western Australian Liberal Party to allow a parliamentary committee to... Read more
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The winning titles in the 2010 Canberra’s Own Outstanding List (COOL) and Kids Reading Oz Choice (KROC) Awards have been announced. The winning titles in the COOL... Read more
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Flynn appointed ‘ABR’ fiction editor Chris Flynn has been appointed the first fiction editor of the Australian Book Review (ABR). Flynn is also co-judge, with... Read more
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Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: Hachette France and Google sign scanning deal Jaimy... Read more
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On Fancy Goods this week, Andrea Hanke reviews First Dog on the Moon’s The Story of the Christmas Story (Andrew Marlton, Text); Paul Landymore interviews... Read more
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In rights news this week: SalesChildren’s–On behalf of New Frontier Publishing, Australian Licensing Corporation has sold Italian language rights to Last Tree in the City... Read more
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NovemberMarianne Delacourt, Allen & Unwin (Sharp Turn) Stacey Demarco, Rock Pool Publishing (2011 Lunar Diary)Anh Do, Allen & Unwin (The Happiest Refugee)Elizabeth Donaldson, Exisle Publishing... Read more
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‘How good to see the WBN isn’t afraid of tackling the big issues facing our industry! Christos joins me in finding this nomination hilarious, nearly... Read more
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Jeff Kinney has monopolised the charts this week with his ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ series (Puffin) blitzing the competition and taking the number one... Read more
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For every innocent man sent to prison, there is a guilty one left on the outside. This is the idea behind John Grisham’s latest novel... Read more
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Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: 15th annual conference of the Australian Association of Writing Programs... Read more
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Children’s books author Eleanor Coerr has died, aged 88. Coerr’s works include Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes, Mieko and the Fifth Treasure, and The... Read more
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