Roberta ‘Bertie’ Lightfoot suffers from polio as a child, and is helped through it by her tough-minded mother, along with the paper and pencils given... Read more
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Indochine by Vietnamese-Australian chef Luke Nguyen (Murdoch) has been shortlisted in the Food and Travel Reader Awards, run by the UK’s Food and Travel magazine.... Read more
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Fiona Skyring has won the 2012 Margaret Medcalf Award, presented by the West Australian government, for her book Justice: A History of the Aboriginal Legal... Read more
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US library takes anti-counterfeit measures At all 42 libraries in the Houston Public Library service, librarians are now examining notes larger than $20 using a... Read more
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The Great Lakes Council’s Library Service has received yet another round of funding from the State Library of NSW, reports the Great Lakes Advocate. Library... Read more
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Several Australian library professionals were among those recognised in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours. Arts philanthropist and author Barbara Blackman, who has been an oral... Read more
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Melbourne Library Service’s newest library, the Southbank Library, will open on 2 July. The site on 207-229 City Road, previously the JH Boyd Girls High... Read more
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A Whitlam Prime Ministerial Library will be established on the grounds of the University of Western Sydney’s Parramatta campus, with a $7 million grant from... Read more
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Burke and Wills collection to travel to Mansfield The State Library of Victoria will bring original collection items from the Burke and Wills expedition to Mansfield... Read more
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‘Know what you are talking about, have a digital strategy, cultivate and cherish your customers, engage with publishers, celebrate the physical space and please don’t... Read more
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Chris Halbert has announced that she is retiring from the role of managing director of Human Kinetics Australia and New Zealand. Wendy Simpson has been... Read more
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Australian partner manager for Google Books Mark Tanner will move to New York at the end of June to join the Google Books team in the US... Read more
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Carolyn Condon has joined John Reed Books in the newly created role of marketing manager. Condon has previously worked in events management and public relations.
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HarperCollins Australia has announced that Darren Kelly, previously head of trade sales, has been promoted to the position of sales director, and Robyn Fritchley, previously... Read more
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The Brisbane Writers Festival has announced that Kate Eltham will join the festival as director in October. Eltham, who is currently CEO of the Queensland... Read more
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July Defining the New Marketing Mix – Sydney 5 July and Melbourne 10 July. What are the challenges facing publishers when it comes to marketing... Read more
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10 thrillers in one book!
Follow Detective Anderson as he moves from a small town cop to the owner of the biggest private eye agency in Miami!
"This book is a must for crime fans…" Bookshelf Reviews Available through most wholesale outlets.
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As of 1 July 2012 the distribution of Manson Science products in Australia and New Zealand will be handled by Woodslane P/L. Since October 2010 Woodslane has been exclusively promoting, and distributing, Manson Medical and Manson Veterinary titles in Australia and New Zealand. This now places all Manson UK titles under the Woodslane umbrella.
One title, ISBN 9780643095700 – Bowes : Plant Structure 2nd Edition, will remain with CSIRO Publishing until 31 Dec 2012.
Woodslane will not accept returns on invoices from the previous distributor, CSIRO Publishing, and will start promoting Manson Science from 1 July.
For any further questions, please contact:- Derek Hall Academic Manager Woodslane P/L 7/5 Vuko Place Warriewood 2102 NSW
(02) 8445-2305 derekha@woodslane.com.au
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Darren Kelly is promoted to the position of Sales Director and holds responsibility for the entire sales operation, incorporating divisional sales, local sales and marketing, DDS merchandising, and business development.
Robyn Fritchley is promoted to the position of Publishing Operations Director and will hold responsibility for the entire design and production process across publishing services, inventory, production, type-setting, pre-press and design.
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HarperCollins Publishers Australia is delighted to announce that Anita Bell and the late Sara Douglass were joint winners of the Norma K Hemming Award for their novels Hindsight (9780732291372) and The Devil’s Diadem (9780732291747). To order, contact your HarperCollins Account Manager or Commercial Services on 1300-551-721.
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HarperCollins Publishers Australia congratulates Kim Westwood HarperCollins Publishers Australia is thrilled to congratulate Kim Westwood on winning the Ditmar Award for Best Novel for The Courier’s New Bicycle (9780732289881). It’s another wonderful win for this fantastic novel that was also named Best Science Fiction Novel at the Aurealis Awards. To order, contact your HarperCollins Account Manager or Commercial Services on 1300-551-721.
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Carlos Ruiz Zafón’s much-anticipated new novel The Prisoner of Heaven will be released worldwide next Thursday 21 June.
To celebrate its release, Text Publishing is offering booksellers–or their customers–the chance to win one of three prize packs. Each pack includes a copy of The Prisoner of Heaven personally inscribed to you by Carlos, Spanish chocolate from San Churro and a DVD of the Spanish indie blockbuster Pan’s Labyrinth.
To enter the draw, or to create a window display with beautiful glossy A3 posters, please email madeleine.smith@textpublishing.com.au. We also have a fantastic Prisoner of Heaven trailer available for you to host on your website. View the trailer at http://textpublishing.com.au/books-and-authors/book/the-prisoner-of-heaven/.
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NewSouth Books is pleased to congratulate Grahame Bond on being appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to the performing arts as an actor, writer and composer, and as a supporter of aspiring artists. Grahame’s recent memoir: Jack of All Trades: Mistress of None (9781742233123) is available through:
NewSouth Booksc/o T L Distribution Phone: (02) 8778-9999 Fax: (02) 8778-9944 Email: orders@tldistribution.com.au
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