In The Happiness Show, Australian comedian and writer Catherine Deveny turns her hand to fiction for the first time. The result is a lively, if... Read more
|
The Big Issue has announced the full line-up of authors whose stories will appear in its annual fiction edition. Stories by David Cohen, Andy Murdoch,... Read more
|
This year’s Maribyrnong Library Literary Festival in Melbourne’s west will run between 31 August and 9 September. The festival will open on Friday 31 August... Read more
|
Penguin Australia has announced it will publish a new list of children’s classics. The Penguin Australian Children’s Classics ‘is a celebration of our country’s most... Read more
|
Australian author Lisa L Hannett has been nominated in the ‘best collection’ category for this year’s World Fantasy Awards for her debut collection Bluegrass Symphony... Read more
|
Writing Australia has announced the first recipients of its regional residency program, Writing Australia Places. Melanie Joosten from Victoria will spend four weeks in Orange,... Read more
|
Liz Steele and Rosemary Noble, who currently serve as co-presidents of Editors Victoria, have been awarded Honorary Life Membership of Editors Victoria for services to the... Read more
|
A biannual magazine of international writing has been launched in Sydney. Contrappasso, which means ‘counter-step’ or ‘counter-blow’ in Italian, contains fiction, nonfiction, interviews and poetry,... Read more
|
ALA report outlines ebook business models for public libraries The American Library Association (ALA) has released a new report outlining the various ebook business models... Read more
|
SLV team named Innovator of the Month The Learning Services team at the State Library of Victoria (SLV) has been named ‘Innovator of the Month’... Read more
|
A number of Australian libraries have been shortlisted for the 2012 Museums Australia Multimedia & Publication Design Awards. The annual awards recognise excellence in design... Read more
|
Mount Gamier Library in regional South Australia has won this year’s Jim Crawford Award for Innovation in Libraries. The biennial Jim Crawford Award, worth $10,000, is... Read more
|
‘If you’re supposed to spend 80% of your time creating a marketing whirlwind and only 20% writing, plus spending 80% your marketing time being generally... Read more
|
Outgoing director of the Emerging Writers’ Festival Lisa Dempster has been appointed director of the Melbourne Writers Festival. (See news.)
|
Lucie Pepeyan will finish in her position as national franchise manager at Collins Booksellers at the end of August. (See news).
|
Thursday 30 August Melbourne 4.30pm – 6pm at Wheeler Centre Friday 7 September Sydney 4.30pm – 6pm at Allen & Unwin Terrace Room Don’t Stet:... Read more
|
‘futurEDUCATION: Learning in a Digital Age’ When: 6 September 2012; 11am to 5pm Where: BMW Edge Building in Federation Square, Melbourne Speakers will include... Read more
|
If you are buying or selling rights, please spend a few minutes completing the annual Think Australian rights survey.
If you have not yet received an email from Think Australian, please ask for a link to the rights survey by contacting: bookseller.publisher@thorpe.com.au.
Think Australian is Bookseller+Publisher’s Frankfurt Book Fair supplement. The more responses we receive for the survey, the more accurate and comprehensive the survey results will be. We will also be sharing the completed survey results (completely anonymously, of course) with the Australia Council to assist future funding efforts for the sector. Read last year’s survey in the 2011 edition of Think Australian here.
The survey takes approximately five minutes and responses are due by COB on Friday 17 August.
|
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. Website details upcoming events in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, and Adelaide. www.reluctantrescuers.com
|
Scholastic Australia is excited to be releasing a new book in the worldwide bestselling Captain Underpants series by award-winning author Dav Pilkey. The ninth epic adventure, Captain Underpants and the Terrifying Return of Tippy Tinkletrousers (ISBN 9780545175340) will be released worldwide on 29 August 2012, with an English language first printing of one million copies. Worldwide sales of the series now exceed 50 million copies.
Scholastic Australia would like to remind everyone of the strict embargo on the sale of this book until its release on 29 August.
|
Scholastic Australia is excited to announce the upcoming release of Infinity Ring, a thrilling new multi-author, multi-platform time-travel adventure series. The fast-paced series combines books, interactive map and a fully immersive online game using the latest in gaming technology, where readers travel back in time to ‘fix’ history.
Infinity Ring Book1: A Mutiny in Time (ISBN 9780545386968) by New York Times bestselling author James Dashner is launching world-wide simultaneously on 29 August.
Scholastic Australia would like to remind everyone of the strict embargo on the sale of this book until its release on 29 August.
|
Effective immediately, Capricorn Link have been appointed distributors for Templar Publishing UK. ISBN Prefixes 978184011 and 978184877. For a comprehensive listing, please visit our website. Contact: Maurice Peters, Sales Manager Phone: 0400-559-255 Fax: (02) 4577-5288 Email:sales@capricornlink.com.au url: www.capricornlink.com.au
|
|
|
|