‘Emily Perkins, acclaimed author of Novel about My Wife, chronicles a person’s life with depth, poignancy and passion. She manages to find the right, often... Read more
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‘Randa Abdel-Fattah’s first adult novel … the cleverly named No Sex in the City is unadulterated Aussie chick-lit with a twist: lead character Esma is... Read more
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A new Book Grocer store has opened in Albury, New South Wales. The store opened in April and is located on Olive Street in the... Read more
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The shortlist for the Monash University Undergraduate Prize for Creative Writing has been announced. Judges shorlisted 15 authors from almost 300 entries. See the list of authors here. ‘Creating... Read more
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Allen & Unwin has announced it will launch a new ebook list of out-of-print Australian titles. The House of Books list will launch in June... Read more
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Literature Lane will be Melbourne’s newest laneway. An unnamed bluestone-paved lane off Little La Trobe Street, between Elizabeth and Swanston Street, will be named Literature... Read more
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Approximately 17,000 people visited Clunes in central Victoria on the weekend for the annual Clunes Booktown Festival, up from approximately 14,000 in 2011. Linda Newitt,... Read more
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The Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) has launched a new online portal for rights clearances. RightsPortal is designed to provide transactional rights clearance for users to... Read more
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For one week, Text Publishing is running a social media promotion: for every new ‘like’ or follow they receive on Facebook or Twitter, Text will... Read more
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Dapto Library, part of Wollongong City Libraries is hoping to attract a younger generation of readers via a 20-somethings book club. The library has put... Read more
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The literature program for the 2012 Noosa Long Weekend Festival has been announced. The Noosa Festival, now in its 11th year, will run from 15-17... Read more
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The Society of Editors (Vic) has changed its name to Editors Victoria. Editors Victoria established a Facebook page on 3 March and has launched a new website:... Read more
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The annual Norman Lindsay Festival took place on Sunday 25 March at the Norman Lindsay Gallery in Faulconbridge, New South Wales. Named in honour of... Read more
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Magabala Books has announced a new partnership with the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival in Bali, Indonesia, which will involve a Magabala author participating in... Read more
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The increased funding for the National Library of Australia announced as part of the Federal Budget is part of an overall boost of $64.1 million over four years... Read more
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The government has increased its funding to the National Library of Australia (NLA) in the federal budget announced last night. The NLA will receive an... Read more
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A network of solar panels has been installed onto the rooftop of Bega library, effectively making the library self-sufficient in terms of electricity consumption. Forming... Read more
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Harvard University, one of the world’s richest academic institutions, has announced it can no longer afford academic journal subscriptions, advising staff to support open-access publishing... Read more
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City of Sydney’s first ever month-long book amnesty has resulted in thousands of borrowers returning their books, renewing library cards or signing up as new... Read more
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The ABC’s First Tuesday Book Club is calling for people to vote for their favourite Australian books to create an ultimate reading list. To coincide... Read more
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The National Library of Australia has acquired two pairs of rare floor globes from a New York gallery. The two pairs of terrestrial and celestial... Read more
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The National Library of Australia is joining other major libraries across the world in adopting a new standard for cataloguing in the first quarter of... Read more
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‘We’re looking at Pinterest as a static archive of curated links rather than a gallery of images. We want to give people a better idea... Read more
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Momentum publisher Joel Naoum packed his bags for London last year to investigate experiments in digital publishing among UK trade publishers. His report includes case... Read more
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At Lonely Planet, Chris Zeiher has been promoted from Australia and New Zealand sales and marketing director to the newly created role of Asia Pacific... Read more
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Madman will move from its Collingwood offices in Melbourne to new premises in Richmond from 22 May. The new address is Building 1, Level 1,... Read more
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The Melbourne Writers Festival has announced that festival director and CEO Steve Grimwade will finish in his role following the 2012 festival. (See News).
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Nestor Candado has replaced Michael Goonan as editorial director at Catholic publisher St Pauls Publications. (See News).
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At Currency Press, sales and marketing manager Deborah Franco has stepped into the role of publisher following the resignation of Victoria Chance. (See News).
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OPUS Group has announced that executive director Richard Celarc has been appointed to the newly created position of general manger of publishing. Celarc will take... Read more
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HarperCollins Australia and New Zealand has announced that CEO Michael Moynahan will retire from his position at the end of this month. James Kellow, currently... Read more
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Melbourne University Publishing CEO Louise Adler has been elected president of the Australian Publishers Association (APA), replacing Stephen May. Several other positions on the APA... Read more
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The submissions deadline for The Queensland Literary Awards has been extended to 20 May 2012. The Awards, established in response to the Queensland Premier’s decision to... Read more
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APA Professional Development: SWF Design Discussion panel and Bookings now for June/July Friday 18 May at Wharf Two from 10–11am. The annual free Book Design... Read more
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The ‘The Nib’: Waverley Library Award for Literature, recognising excellence in literary research, is open for nominations. The national award provides a winner’s prize of... Read more
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Aboriginal Studies Press would like to congratulate Fiona Paisley on the release of her much-anticipated biography, The Lone Protestor: AM Fernando in Australia and Europe (Aboriginal Studies Press, May 2012, 9781922059055, RRP $34.95, distributed by NewSouth Books). Events at Avid Reader in late May, Bishopsgate Institute in London in early June, the State Library of NSW in late June, and Adelaide and Canberra in July, as well as keen media interest including radio programs, will ensure this landmark publication is well publicised.
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HarperCollins Publishers Australia is thrilled to congratulate our authors shortlisted for the Ditmar Best Novel award. Congratulations to Tansy Rayner Roberts for The Shattered City (9780732289447) and Kim Westwood for The Courier’s New Bicycle (9780732289881). To order, contact your HarperCollins Account Manager or Commercial Services on 1300-551-721.
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Hachette Australia congratulates the brilliant Favel Parrett on her debut novel Past the Shallows being short-listed for the 2012 Miles Franklin Literary Award. Favel’s manuscript was discovered as part of our QWC/Hachette Australia manuscript development program and rights have been sold to John Murray in the UK and German publisher Hoffmann & Campe. ‘From the moment we all read Favel’s manuscript we knew this was a very special book. Publishing such a powerful and moving story has been a delight and it is wonderful that so many readers and the Miles Franklin judges have also fallen in love with it,’ said Hachette Publishing Director Fiona Hazard. To order copies of Past the Shallows (ISBN: 9780733626579) please contact Alliance Distribution Services customer service on toll-free fax 1800-664-477 or tel (02) 4390-1300.
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As you may be already aware, Melbourne University Bookshop is closing for trading at EOB on 17 May 2012.
The University Coop Bookshop will be opening its doors and trading from the two existing premises (Baillieu and SPP) from 21 May 2012.
The Coop will honour all MUB orders placed after 1/1/2012 so please cancel any orders that remain in your system which predate the 1/1/2012.
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HarperCollins Publishers Australia is delighted to congratulate our Norma K Hemming shortlisted authors. Congratulations to A.A. Bell for Hindsight (9780732291372), Sara Douglass for Devil’s Diadem (9780732291730), Kim Falconer for Road to the Soul (9780732291402), Alison Goodman for Eona (9780732284947), and Tansy Rayner Roberts for The Shattered City (9780732289447).
To order, contact your HarperCollins Account Manager or Commercial Services on 1300-551-721.
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PacStream is pleased to announce that electronic invoices are now available from Herron Books. If you are a Herron Books customer and would like to receive electronic invoices via PacStream please contact PacStream support at support@pacstream.com.au.
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