Weekly Book Newsletter (end March 2022)
15 August 2012

Catherine Deveny's 'The Happiness Show' x

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’ announces fiction edition line-up x

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
 

Maribyrnong Library Literary Festival kicks off this month x

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 to launch children's classics list x

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
 

Hannett nominated for a World Fantasy Award x

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 regional residencies announced x

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
 

Steele and Noble awarded Life Membership of Editors Victoria x

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
 

New Sydney literary magazine launched x

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
 

International library news x

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
 

In brief x

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
 

Libraries shortlisted for Museums Australia design awards x

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
 

Mt Gambier Library wins 2012 Jim Crawford innovation award x

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
 

Nick Earls on striking a balance in social media x

‘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
 

Dempster appointed director of MWF x

Outgoing director of the Emerging Writers’ Festival Lisa Dempster has been appointed director of the Melbourne Writers Festival. (See news.)
 

Pepeyan to leave Collins x

Lucie Pepeyan will finish in her position as national franchise manager at Collins Booksellers at the end of August. (See news).
 

APA Professional Development: Upcoming calendar including Excellent eBooks – the second round x

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

APA education symposium - ‘futurEDUCATION: Learning in a Digital Age’ x

‘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

Publishers, rights managers, agents: please complete the 'Think Australian' rights survey x

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.

 

‘Reluctant Rescuers’ by Tony Kevin x

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

 

Hold on to Your Underpants—The Captain is back! x

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.

 

Infinity and Beyond! Scholastic Australia announces embargoed release of Infinity Ring series x

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.

 

Capricorn Link appointed distributors for Templar Publishing UK x

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

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

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