Gleebooks owner and chair of the Indigenous Literacy Project (ILP) David Gaunt was among those recognised in this year’s Australia Day Honours. Gaunt received the... Read more
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Independent Melbourne bookseller Readings launched an ebookstore this week, becoming the first independent bookseller in the country to offer locally published ebooks. The Readings ebookstore... Read more
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The shortlisted titles for this year’s Indie Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Fiction: Bereft (Chris Womersley, Scribe) Indelible Ink... Read more
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Jenny Macmillan has finished in her role as publicity manager for Hardie Grant Books. A spokesperson for Hardie Grant told the Weekly Book Newsletter that... Read more
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Ice Water Press has announced that Janet Rowe will join the company in the role of publisher at the end of the month. Rowe, who... Read more
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The Indigenous Literacy Project (ILP) has announced its 2010 fundraising results. The Project, which aims to improve literacy rates in remote Indigenous communities in partnership... Read more
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ABC Books, which is published by HarperCollins, launched its ebook program this week with 27 titles from a range of authors including Sally Wise, Steve... Read more
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NewSouth Books announced last week that a selected number of NewSouth Publishing titles are now available through the Apple iBookstore. Director of NewSouth Books Nella... Read more
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The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is planning to open four new retail stores this year. The Weekly Book Newsletter understands that there are currently plans... Read more
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The guest list and daily program for this year’s Writers at the Convent event have been released. The 2011 event, which will be held at... Read more
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The Ridley Melbourne Bookshop has announced that it will close its doors in March. The theological bookshop, which is part of Ridley residential College in... Read more
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The first recipients of funding from Creative New Zealand’s Translation Grant Scheme have been announced. Norwegian publishing house Cappelen Damm will receive funds to translate... Read more
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University of Queensland Press (UQP) has announced that John Hunter has been appointed to the position of publisher for the next 12 months. Hunter will... Read more
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WAYRBA reading lists released The reading lists for this year’s West Australian Young Readers’ Book Award (WAYRBA) have been released. The lists for the younger... Read more
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Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: ebooks and territorial rights debated at DBW DRM... Read more
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On the Fancy Goods blog this week, we revisit some of the books shortlisted for this year’s Indie Award, with new review posts of Rocks... Read more
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In rights news this week: SalesNonfiction–Black Inc. has sold North American rights to The Well at the World’s End (AJ Mackinnon). Random House has sold... Read more
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January Katrina Beikoff, Finch Publishing (No Chopsticks Required) Sydney, Brisbane and Gold Coast.Immodesty Blaize, Random House (Ambition) Sydney and Melbourne.Alison Booth, Random House (The Indigo... Read more
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‘When I began HEAT I thought that the community of readers to which it appealed would also ensure its financial success. The community would grow... Read more
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Secrets to the Grave (Tami Hoag, Hachette), the second book in the ‘Deeper than the Dead’ crime fiction series, tops the highest new entries chart followed... Read more
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Lucy Jarrett returns home to upstate New York from Japan, only to find herself haunted by her father’s unresolved death a decade ago in Kim... Read more
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Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Midsumma 2011 Literature & Spoken Word, Melbourne: 16 January –... Read more
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British photojournalist and Walkley award winner, Penny Tweedie, has died aged 70. Tweedie produced the 1998 book, Spirit of Arnhem Land, in which she captured... Read more
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