The Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) has released a revised third edition of An Introduction to New Zealand Publishing (published with Whitireia Publishing). The... Read more |
The eighth annual Big Sky Readers and Writers Festival will be held in Geraldton, Western Australia on 14-16 September. The festival will include workshops, readings,... Read more |
The Wheeler Centre has partnered with Zoos Victoria to create the Wheeler Centre Zoo Fellowships. Estelle Tang, Cate Kennedy, Sally Rippin and Judy Horacek will... Read more |
ACP Magazines, owner of ACP Books, has been acquired by the Bauer Media Group, which purchased the company from private equity-owned Nine Entertainment Co. for... Read more |
Readings is expanding its offering to customers beyond books and music, by hosting a tour to the Jaipur Literature Festival in India in January next... Read more |
Amazon unveiled an updated range of Kindle ereading devices on 6 September which includes a new line of Kindle Fire tablets and a new front-lit... Read more |
The Wheeler Centre has welcomed its second round of Hot Desk fellowships. With funding from the Readings Foundation, the fellowships provide a $1000 stipend and... Read more |
The producer and writer of a film to be based on The Second Coming (Andrew Masterson, HarperCollins), have launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise money... Read more |
Booksellers NZ has announced it has discontinued a program established to label books that achieved a certain level in sales. The Premier Bestsellers program has... Read more |
The Press Christchurch Writers’ Festival was held in Christchurch from 30 August to 2 September, returning after a four-year wait. The previous two attempts to... Read more |
Three new Kobo devices will be available from Australian and New Zealand retailers starting next month. The new devices—branded the ‘Kobo Family’ along with the... Read more |
Michael Allara has finished in his role as general manager of ecommerce for Dymocks. Allara left the company in August to pursue other opportunities and... Read more |
Booksellers, publishers and the book community celebrate Indigenous Literacy Day today. Last year the event contributed to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) raising $550,000. The... Read more |
The Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) kicks off today, following the presentation of the Queensland Literary Awards last night. The festival runs from 5 to 9... Read more |
The State Library of Victoria (SLV) has announced the appointment of Anna Burkey as reader development and offsite programs manager. Burkey, who takes up the... Read more |
Bilbary inserts referral links for ebook sales on US library sites In the US, Bilbary has built a series of links on library websites that... Read more |
The eSmart Libraries program will be piloted in Western Australian regional libraries, reports the ABC. A spokesperson for the Alannah and Madeline Foundation told Bookseller+Publisher... Read more |
The overall budget for the State Library of Queensland (SLQ) has been increased in the state’s 2012-2013 budget, the first budget to be delivered by... Read more |
Free ‘Little Library’ at Melbourne Central The operators of Melbourne Central shopping centre have established a free ‘Little Library’ on the second level of the... Read more |
EIFL-PLIP recognises libraries contributing to community economic wellbeing The Electronic Information for Libraries Public Library Innovation Program (EIFL-PLIP) has announced the winners of this year’s... Read more |
The National Library of Australia (NLA) will receive $152,966 from the Federal Government to develop and tour three of its exhibitions. The NLA will receive... Read more |
It’s got videos, audio and interactive galleries and it won’t be printed, but ‘it is definitely a book to us, albeit one with more than... Read more |
Readings’ Mark Rubbo believes a global price on books is necessary to give local booksellers a fighting chance. He writes: ‘One might say $40 for J... Read more |
Anna Burkey will join the State Library of Victoria as reader development and offsite programs manager this month. Burkey has relocated to Melbourne from Edinburgh,... Read more |
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Estelle Tang has resigned from the position of online editor of Kill Your Darlings literary journal after three years.
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Christine Farmer will finish in her role as publicity and communications director for HarperCollins Australia and New Zealand this month, following an amalgamation of the... Read more |
Stirling Wright has joined Hinkler Books as NSW Trade Sales Representative. Wright has previously worked for Seekmedia, Next Chapter Books and as NSW Trade Representative... Read more |
Louise Sherwin-Stark will join Bloomsbury Australia as managing director in November. Sherwin-Stark, currently ebook merchandiser for Google Australia, replaces Kathleen Farrar, who is relocating to... Read more |
Hachette Australia has announced that CEO Malcolm Edwards will retire at the end of 2013. Edwards will retire from his roles in a number of... Read more |
Former Byron Bay Writers’ Festival (BBWF) director Jeni Caffin will return to the festival as director in November. Caffin, who has spend the past two... Read more |
Foreign language book distributor Intext Book Company has moved from its location on Lynch Street in Hawthorn, Melbourne, to new premises on Station Street, Kew.... Read more |
The Society of Editors (NSW) Inc is running a workshop on InDesign for Editors (CS6), presented by Alpha Computer Consultants on Friday 19 October, from... Read more |
Editing Indigenous content and working with Indigenous authors is the subject of a newly developed workshop supported by the Literature Board, Australia Council for the... Read more |
Editors have until Friday, 14 September to register for the 2012 accreditation exam. The exam will be held in all state capitals and in Canberra... Read more |
The Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers (ANZSI), Vic Branch will be conducting introductory level indexing workshops in Melbourne, 1-2 October, 2012. Attend for... Read more |
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation will be holding a fundraising trivia night on Wednesday November 14 at Souths on Chalmers, Redfern. There will be special guests,... Read more |
Following the visit of Michelle Bansen to Perth in August, ABA chief executive Joel Becker will be in Perth on Monday, 17th September, and invites... Read more |
Fourth Estate/HarperCollins Publishers Australia would like to congratulate Hilary Mantel for being shortlisted for the 2012 Man Booker Prize for her novel, Bring up the Bodies. HarperCollins Publishing Director Shona Martyn says: “Hilary Mantel’s Bring up the Bodies is another tour de force from the author of 2009 winner Wolf Hall. Let us hope that Thomas Cromwell, the focus of the book, can triumph a second time in the awards as he did so many times in life.”
To order copies of Bring up the Bodies (ISBN: 9780007353583 (TPB) / 9780007315093 (HC)), 2009 Man Booker winner, Wolf Hall (ISBN: 9780007230204) and Hilary’s backlist titles, please contact Harper Entertainment Distribution customer service on 1300-551-721.
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Allen & Unwin is thrilled at the news that Jeet Thayil’s Narcopolis, Deborah Levy’s Swimming Home and Will Self’s Umbrella have been shortlisted for the 2012 Man Booker Prize for Fiction.
Narcopolis Jeet Thayil 9780571275762 (Faber & Faber) $29.99
Swimming Home Deborah Levy 9780571299607 (Faber & Faber/And Other Stories) $19.99 B paperback original
Umbrella Will Self 9781408832097 (Bloomsbury) $27.99
Jeet Thayil was in Australia this month at the Brisbane Writers Festival where his rich and hallucinatory novel Narcopolis was celebrated by fellow writers, journalists and the public.
Deborah Levy’s Swimming Home was recently announced by Faber as a co-publication with small independent publisher And Other Stories, following its longlisting:
‘Deborah Levy’s storytelling is allusive, elliptical and disturbing. Her touch is gentle, often funny and always acute. This amazing novel is a haunting exploration of loss and longing. She is also strong on suspense, leading the reader to a hugely surprising end…. It has an epic quality. This is a prizewinner.’ The Independent
Warm congratulations to Jeet Thayil and Deborah Levy and Faber & Faber and to Will Self and Bloomsbury from everyone at Allen & Unwin.
Stock of all three shortlisted books will be available by 25 September.
To order please contact your Allen & Unwin account manager or UBD 1800-338-836
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NewSouth Books congratulates Rob Brooks, author of Sex, Genes, and Rock ‘n’ Roll on winning the Science Writer Award at the inaugural Queensland Literary Awards. And congratulations also to Rob Brander, author of The Essential Beach Book, for his recently awarded Eureka Prize.
For orders, contact:
NewSouth Books
c/o T L Distribution
Phone: (02) 8778-9999
Fax: (02) 8778-9944
Email: orders@tldistribution.com.au
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Christine Farmer is leaving HarperCollins and wants to thank everyone for their kind words. Her personal email is christinefarmer01@gmail.com or her usual mobile 0407-402-890. (See news.)
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