Alex has spent her whole life seeing someone else—the other Alex—looking back at her from the mirror. But now things have changed. A new school,... Read more
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The Wheeler Centre has announced its next round of ‘hot desk’ fellowships, sponsored by Readings. The successful applications for intake one, which will run from... Read more
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The dates for the 2013 Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF), held annually in the Bali village of Ubud, have been changed to 11-15 October to... Read more
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Angela Bennetts, Alice Fenton, Mitchell Oakley Smith and former Random House publicist Antonia Hayes have been appointed as the creative co-directors for the 2013 and... Read more
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The former Collins Booksellers store in Beechworth, Victoria, is now operating as an independent bookstore under the name Beechworth Books. The store left the Collins group in 2012... Read more
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Screen Australia has announced that a film adaptation of Craig Silvey’s novella The Amber Amulet (A&U) will premiere at Berlinale, the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival, which runs... Read more
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The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award has launched reading guides for 12 works by 10 previous recipients, including reading guides for The Ghost’s Child by Sonya... Read more
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Macleay Bookshop in Potts Point, NSW, is up for sale. The bookstore, established in 1954 as Clay’s Bookshop, sells new release and second-hand titles. During 2012,... Read more
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OverDrive reports ‘record traffic’ for 2012 Ebook provider OverDrive has released user statistics from 2012, reporting significant increases in the number of registered visits to... Read more
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ProQuest has announced plans to acquire Ebook Library (EBL) and combine it with its ebrary business to form a single ebook platform for libraries. ... Read more
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Craig Anderson has been awarded a fellowship by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) for his ‘exceptional leadership and support for professional collaboration throughout... Read more
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Manly Library attracts attention over Armstrong notice Manly Library in Sydney has been the subject of numerous media reports this week after a tongue-in-cheek sign... Read more
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Loss of 300 UK libraries predicted for 2013 In the UK, library campaigners are predicting the closure of 300 libraries in the year ahead, reports... Read more
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The Newcastle Region Library has more than doubled its ebook collection, after signing with Ebook Library (EBL). The Newcastle Herald reports that the library has... Read more
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With Margaret Atwood, China Miéville and Kevin Powers on the line-up for next month’s Perth Writers Festival, you can expect to hear a lot more... Read more
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Following the departure of Simon Milne in November 2012, George Papadopoulos has been appointed general manager of the Leading Edge Books group, adding to his... Read more
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Jose Borghino, manager of industry representation at the Australian Publishers Association (APA), has been appointed policy director of the International Publishers Association (IPA), beginning on... Read more
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Angela Bennetts, Alice Fenton, Mitchell Oakley Smith and former Random House publicist Antonia Hayes have been appointed as the creative co-directors for the 2013 and... Read more
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Jane McCredie has joined the New South Wales Writers’ Centre in the role of executive director. McCredie, who has worked as a publisher for NewSouth... Read more
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Zora Sanders has been appointed as editor of Melbourne-based literary journal Meanjin. Sanders, who is currently deputy editor at the journal, will take over the... Read more
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Michelle Bansen, currently member services officer at the Australian Booksellers Association, will join HarperCollins as local sales and marketing manager for Victoria at the end... Read more
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Robert Watkins, previously marketing manager for Hachette Australia imprints Hodder and Headline, will return to the publisher this month in the newly created role of... Read more
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Shaun Symonds, head of Nielsen BookScan, has been promoted to general manager of Nielsen Book Australia, with responsibility for the BookScan and BookData businesses. Rae... Read more
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Society of Editors (NSW) Inc. will hold a workshop on editing scientific, technical and medical documents with presenter Dr Greg Heard. This workshop is for... Read more
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The Society of Editors (NSW) Inc. will hold a presentation with speaker Zoe Rodriguez from Copyright Agency Limited (CAL). Zoë Rodriguez is a lawyer at... Read more
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APA professional development: first workshops for 2013 are open for booking. Metadata Magic: The Essentials with Gavin King Sydney: Tuesday 26 February; Melbourne: To be confirmed... Read more
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The Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers (ANZSI), Vic Branch will be conducting basic level indexing workshops in Melbourne on 18-19 February 2013. Attend for either... Read more
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The closing date for submissions for the 2013 Ampersand Project has been extended to midnight on Friday 22 February, due to overwhelming requests from novelists planning to submit. For more information, please go to our website, or follow us on twitter @AmpersandYA and Facebook.
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One of Sydney’s most loved bookshops, the ‘beautiful’, ‘iconic’ Macleay Bookshop in Potts Point, is for sale. Established in 1954 as Clay’s Bookshop, the store has been celebrated in poetry and prose, and has a deserved reputation for great service and depth of stock. Owner Richard Stern is retiring from full time work and seeks a buyer who can carry on the store’s great tradition.
For more information contact Richard Stern on his mobile, 0415-258-465. See also www.macleaybookshop.com.au and Facebook/MacleayBookshop.
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BA Press are the Australian cycling book specialist. We publish and distribute the Where to Ride series. Recently published titles include How to Ride: Your Complete Guide to Bikes & Cycling, Where to Ride Melbourne Mountain Biking and Where to Ride South East Queensland 3rd Edition.
We are also exclusive agents for Velopress (USA) and Van der Plas (USA).
Free shipping for orders over $75. We offer a sale or return policy of 3-12 months. SAN is 903 1227 for orders via PacStream.
We have also appointed the following agents to represent us throughout Australia: QLD: Tartan Books Matt Nagle 0417-633-668 matt@tartanbooks.com.au NSW: Jeff Higgins Joscelyn Kevan 0400-500-858 jeff.higgins.dja@gmail.com josk@optusnet.com.au VIC: Book Marketing Services John Dennithorne 0411-062-011 johnd@dennithorne.com TAS: Hopwood Enterprises Andrew Hopwood 0419-970-400 ahopwood@bigpond.net.au SA: Julie Williams 0407-398-655 juliette.williams@bigpond.com WA: Wilmot Book Agencies Jenny Gillam 0400-920-440 jgillam@iinet.net.au Contact Details: BA Press Fyona Latz Phone: (02) 4274-4884 Fax: (02) 4274-0988 Email: fyona@bicyclingaustralia.com www.bapress.com.au
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