Please note that, due to the Melbourne Cup public holiday in Victoria next Tuesday, the Weekly Book Newsletter will be published on Thursday 3 November.... Read more
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In times of war two centuries apart, two distinct worlds are linked by a single family and the house in which they live. Based on... Read more
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Digital publishing is challenging business models, the relationships between publishers and authors–and the contracts that govern them. In the November issue of Bookseller+Publisher magazine Andrea... Read more
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Google has confirmed that Louise Sherwin-Stark, formerly Hodder sales and marketing director at Hachette, has been appointed to the position of ebookstore merchandiser for Australia.... Read more
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Scribe Publications has announced that it will publish most of its trade paperbacks in B+ format instead of C format from January 2012, in a... Read more
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Kobo ereading devices are now available from JB HiFi. The retailer is selling the Kobo Wireless Ereader for $138, and the new Kobo Touch Ereader... Read more
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The Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas in Melbourne has announced that Jenny Niven has been appointed to the newly created position of associate... Read more
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Worst of Days: Inside the Black Saturday Firestorm by Karen Kissane (Hachette) has won this year’s Colin Roderick Award. Kissane will be presented with the... Read more
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Margaret Wild is the recipient of the 2011 Lady Cutler Award. South-African born Wild, who moved to Australia in the early 1970s, has written more... Read more
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Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) has announced that Deena Shiff, group managing director of Telstra Applications and Ventures Group, will replace Sandra Yates AO, as chair of... Read more
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The program for the 2012 Adelaide Festival, to be held between 2 and 18 March 2012, was launched on 19 October. Among the international authors... Read more
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The winners of the 2011 Inky Awards were announced on Tuesday 25 October. The Gold Inky (Australian books) was awarded to James Moloney for Silvermay... Read more
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The Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) event in Brisbane in October attracted an audience of 200, with organisers describing the event as going ‘remarkably well’. EWF... Read more
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The Australian Publishers Association (APA) and the Literature Board of Australia Council for the Arts have announced details about the 2012 Residential Editorial Program (REP),... Read more
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Screen Australia funding for book adaptationsScreen Australia has approved funding for the development of a number of feature films based on Australian books in its... Read more
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Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: Javier Moro wins 600,000 Euro Planeta Prize Apple... Read more
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‘Something has to give. We can’t keep pumping out books at prices that seem high by international standards, and that consumers aren’t prepared to pay…... Read more
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On Fancy Goods this week, Andrea Hanke reviews On Shakespeare (John Bell, A&U), Heath Graham interviews Miles Franklin winner Andrew McGahan on his first YA novel The... Read more
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In rights news this week: AcquisitionsHarperCollins Australia and UK have acquired The Shining Girls (Lauren Beukes) in a two-book deal including serial and audio rights, from Oliver... Read more
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October Belinda Alexandra, HarperCollins (Golden Earrings) NSW, Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia. Peter Corris, NewSouth (Mad Dog) Sydney and Melbourne. John Edward, Sterling Publishing (What... Read more
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Jeffrey Eugenides’ The Marriage Plot (HarperCollins), the third novel from the Pulitzer prize-winning author of Middlesex, is about a love triangle between three Ivy League undergraduates... Read more
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Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Australian Copyright Council 2011 Seminars – Melbourne: 24-28 Oct 2011... Read more
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