South Sudanese refugee Majok Tulba’s brutal, poetic debut views the monstrousness of war through the innocent eyes of a young boy. Beneath the Darkening Sky... Read more |
Fishing for Tigers is Emily Maguire’s fourth novel, and a departure from the darkness of the most recent Smoke in the Room. Maguire’s exploration of... Read more |
The Wheeler Centre has announced the first intake of writers for this year’s Hot Desk Fellowships, supported by the Readings Foundation. Among the first intake... Read more |
The Melbourne Prize for Literature has removed the age limit from its Best Writing Award for 2012. In past years an age limit of 40... Read more |
Arts Minister Simon Crean has announced that Rubert Myer will replace James Strong as chair of the Australia Council, with Robyn Archer appointed deputy chair.... Read more |
Independent Canberra bookstore Smiths Alternative Bookshop is for sale. Owner Peter Strong told Bookseller+Publisher that he has advertised the business this week in the Canberra... Read more |
The Australian Society of Authors has announced that Dimitra Harvey has been awarded the 2012 Ray Koppe Young Writers’ Residency, entitling the author to a... Read more |
The Ubud Writers & Readers Festival has announced that Miles Franklin winner Anna Funder will appear as a headline author at this year’s festival. ‘I... Read more |
The full program of this year’s Byron Bay Writers Festival has been released. Local authors attending the event include Michael Kirby, Thomas Keneally, Anna Rose,... Read more |
The 2012 recipients of the State Library of Victoria creative fellowships have been announced. Among the recipients selected for funding are several with book-related projects.... Read more |
The finalists for this year’s Valerie Parv Award, presented by the Romance Writers of Australia (RWA) for an unpublished manuscript, have been announced. This year’s... Read more |
Two new prizes will be presented as part of this year’s Scarlet Stiletto Awards for crime writing. Melbourne’s Athenaeum Library will present a new prize... Read more |
Andy Griffiths, Sulari Gentill, B Michael Radburn, Karly Lane and Tania McCartney will be among the guests at the inaugural Griffith Readers’ Festival in September.... Read more |
The Australian Book Review (ABR) has announced the recipients of its fourth and fifth Patron’s Fellowships. Jennifer Lindsay is the recipient of the ABR Copyright... Read more |
The New South Wales state budget has been announced and includes funding to establish ‘experts and resources in the Office of the Small Business Commissioner... Read more |
Online bookseller Booktopia has been shortlisted for the New South Wales Telstra Business Awards in the medium-sized category for the second year running. Booktopia is... Read more |
ReadCloud has announced that it has signed with Random House, and more than 10,000 Random House ebooks will soon be available through ReadCloud-powered ebookstores. ReadCloud... Read more |
Browser-based ebook reader OverDrive Read will be offered to schools, libraries and organisations in Australia and the UK by Softlink, as part of its distribution agreement... Read more |
Ryan Stokes, son of businessman Kerry Stokes, has been appointed chair of the National Library of Australia Council. Stokes’ three-year appointment, which begins in July... Read more |
Several funding announcements have been made in the past week as part of the second round of funding for the Victorian Government’s Living Libraries Infrastructure... Read more |
The Federal Government has formally responded to recommendations made by the Book Industry Strategy Group (BISG) last year, including recommendations relating to ebook lending rights.... Read more |
Penguin has launched a pilot program in the US to lend its ebooks through libraries, reports Publishers Weekly. Penguin has partnered with US technology company... Read more |
The recipients of the 2012 State Library of Victoria creative fellowships have been announced. Recipients of $12,500 for three months’ study are: Angela Cavalieri, who... Read more |
The State Library of NSW has received $15.2 million in funding for the next financial year, announced in the NSW State budget on 12 June.... Read more |
Australia’s first 24-hour library is one of the City of Sydney’s ‘priority projects’ as part of its efforts to boost the city’s night-time economy. The... Read more |
The Gascoyne Revitalisation Plan has allocated over $5 million in funding to establish the Carnarvon Library and Arts Centre in Western Australia. The new centre,... Read more |
Several German, Italian and Estonian community newspapers, published in Australia, are now available online through the National Library of Australia’s Trove discovery service. Under the... Read more |
Some of our favourite titles this year are Pete Evans’ Pizza; Footy Flavours, a collection of recipes from Australia’s rugby league players; Ben Robertson’s Hear... Read more |
‘Unfortunately many of the opinions from the book industry that get currency and profile talk directly against what the consumer perceives as their interest.’ Kobo’s... Read more |
Ryan Stokes has been appointed chair of the National Library of Australia Council. Stokes, who replaces outgoing chair James Spiegelman, will begin his three year... Read more |
Rubert Myer has been appointed as the new chair of the Australia Council for the Arts, replacing James Strong, who will finish in the position... Read more |
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Michelle Broun has been appointed the new CEO of Magabala Books, replacing Suzie Haslehurst who has recently left the company. (See news).
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Emma Rafferty has been promoted from senior editor to the position of managing editor at Pan Macmillan. Rafferty will begin in the role on 9... Read more |
Author Jennifer Mills has joined Overland literary journal in the role of fiction editor. Mills will work with outgoing fiction editor Jane Gleeson-White, who is... Read more |
Marketers, Publicists, Publishers – from small or large publishing houses: APA Professional Development Industry Seminar filling fast for 5 July Defining the New Marketing Mix... Read more |
Grammar Essentials Presented by Pam Peters Emeritus Professor of Linguistics, Macquarie University When: Friday, 13 July 2012, 9.30 am to 4pm Venue: City Tattersalls Club,... Read more |
Editing Your Own Work Course with Jo Case When: Thursdays, 12 to 4pm – 5 July, 2 August, 6 September and 4 October Learn the... Read more |
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 Bookshops interested in stocking Tony Kevin’s new book Reluctant Rescuers, RRP $24.95, are invited to contact him on 0414-822-171 or (02) 6236-3732 or tonykevin@grapevine.com.au or PO Box 3216, Manuka PO, Canberra ACT 2603. Publicity posters and cards available. Author will travel interstate for signing events.
www.reluctantrescuers.com
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Penguin Group (Australia) is withdrawing all copies of Belinda Jeffery’s Collected Recipes (9781921382604) made available for sale from 22 February 2012.
Owing to a production issue in the first printing of this book, we regret that a few typographic errors were introduced. These errors are currently being corrected and a revised edition of Belinda Jeffery’s Collected Recipes will be available in December 2012.
What to Do – Customers
Customers are asked to return all existing stock for a full credit. Should a consumer return this title to a bookseller, the bookseller should credit the consumer in full and return the book to UBD in the usual way for a full credit. Should customers have any queries regarding this title, they are advised to contact their Penguin Sales representative or United Book Distributors Customer Service line on 1800-331-015 or aftersales@unitedbookdistributors.com.au.
The team at Penguin sincerely apologises for the inconvenience caused.
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On 2 July Woodslane will be moving to a new premises.
On 2 July and 3 July, Woodslane will be closed to facilitate this move. We expect to re-open on Wednesday, 4 July.
This is an exciting move as it will give us significantly more warehouse space & enable the business to be more productive & efficient.
Address (for all returns & deliveries):
10 Apollo St
Warriewood
NSW 2102
Our PO Box Address is:
PO BOX 935
Mona Vale
NSW 1660
We have new phone & fax numbers (which are working now so you can change your records immediately):
Ph: (02) 8445-2300
Fax: (02) 9997-5850
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Does anyone have contact details for Ann Davis (former buyer for A&R)? A boat I built is named the “Annie D” (for Ann) and is being launched in July and I would like to let her know. If so, please contact Warren Broom on (03) 9833-3470 or winkingbilly@optusnet.com.au.
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