Brush up on your knowledge of the Father’s Day titles on offer this year. From page 20 of the August issue, Andrew Wrathall rounds up... Read more |
As reported in a Weekly Book Newsletter special bulletin, the winners of this year’s Prime Minister’s Literary Awards were announced at the National Library in Canberra on... Read more |
Collins Booksellers has announced that it has secured agreement with REDgroup administrators Ferrier Hodgson to acquire an undisclosed number of Angus & Robertson (A&R) franchise stores.... Read more |
ReadCloud has announced that it has 27 independent Australian bookstores signed to use its ebook platform. ReadCloud co-founder and CEO Jeremy LeBard told the Weekly... Read more |
BBC Worldwide has revealed a £33.8 million (approximately A$50.6 million) write down of Lonely Planet in its latest financial results. In its annual report for the... Read more |
As reported in a Weekly Book Newsletter special bulletin, the finalists for this year’s Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) have been announced. The winners of the... Read more |
NewSouth Books has announced the formation of a new division of its distribution business this week. The new division, which will be called TowerToo, will... Read more |
Absolutely Books in Darwin and Seagulls Bookshop in Melbourne will close within the next three months. Absolutely Books, which is located in Larrakeyah in Darwin’s west, will... Read more |
The publication of Julian Assange’s memoirs is now in doubt following indications from the WikiLeaks founder that he no longer wishes to write the kind... Read more |
Lea McInerney has been announced as the winner of this year’s Eureka Street/Reader’s Feast Award. The award, worth $5000, is supported by Reader’s Feast general... Read more |
Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) has announced that international authors Jonathan Franzen, Ann Patchett, Eva Gabrielsson and Simone Felice will appear at the 2011 festival, which... Read more |
Independent New Zealand publisher Gecko Press has announced a new partnership with Lerner Publishing Services, the book distribution division of Lerner Publishing Group, which will... Read more |
The Printing Industries Association of Australia and national retailing organisations have expressed concerns about the carbon price announced by the Federal Government on the weekend.... Read more |
CAL celebrates 20,000 membersCopyright Agency Limited (CAL) has celebrated a new membership record this week, with 20,000 authors, publishers, photographers and visual artists now members... Read more |
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: Hachette acquires 25% stake in Russian publisher should... Read more |
‘We’re certainly hoping the parallel importation restrictions will be removed and removed quickly so we can bring cheaper prices to books in this country... Read more |
On Fancy Goods this week, we take a look inside the August issue of Bookseller+Publisher, Max Oliver reviews Rome: A Personal, Visual and Cultural History... Read more |
In rights news this week: SalesChildren’s—Fremantle Press has sold simplified Chinese language rights in a four-book deal to 21st Century Publishing House, through Andrew Nurnberg... Read more |
July Tristan Bancks, Random House (My Life and Other Stories I Made Up) Sunshine Coast, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. Peter Bernhard, Footprint Books (Rose’s Kiss)... Read more |
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Lauren Kate’s Passion (Doubleday) retains first place on the bestsellers chart for the third week in a row, while Jamie’s 30-minute Meals (Jamie Oliver, Michael... Read more |
The winning titles of the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards were among this week’s most mentioned. Traitor (Stephen Daisley, Text), which took the fiction prize, is... Read more |
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Mildura Writers Festival: 14-17 July Booksellers NZ 90th Annual Conference:... Read more |
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