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Over 300 booksellers, exhibitors and guest speakers attended this year’s Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) conference, which was held in Melbourne from 18-19 June. ABA chief... Read more |
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The shortlist for the 2017 Miles Franklin Literary Award was announced at the Australian Booksellers Association’s gala dinner in Melbourne on 18 June. The shortlisted... Read more |
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Melissa Ashley’s The Birdman’s Wife (Affirm) has won the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) Booksellers Choice Award at the 2017 ABA conference awards night, held in... Read more |
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The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has rebranded its annual National Bookshop Day as Love Your Bookshop Day (LYBD). This year, on 12 August, Australian booksellers... Read more |
A Bill amending the Copyright Act 1968 to simplify the use of copyright materials for libraries, educational institutions, archives and people with disabilities passed Federal... Read more |
The federal government has delayed its plan to repeal the $1000 GST-free threshold for online purchases from overseas retailers from 1 July this year to... Read more |
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Broome-based publisher Magabala Books is celebrating its 30th birthday this year. Magabala CEO Anna Moulton told Books+Publishing the anniversary is an opportunity to ‘celebrate the... Read more |
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The Wheeler Centre and Behind the Wire’s co-produced podcast The Messenger won a Grand Award at the New York Festivals International Radio Program Awards on... Read more |
The Mudgee Readers’ Festival has released its 2017 program. The event, which runs from 10-13 August in regional NSW, will feature Melanie Joosten, Holly Throsby,... Read more |
The full program has been announced for the Institute of Professional Editors’ (IPEd) National Editors Conference, which runs from 13-15 September at the Brisbane Convention... Read more |
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Allen & Unwin will distribute eight new books and 34 backlist books by Wilbur Smith in the ANZ market, after UK agency partner Bonnier Zaffre... Read more |
Lip magazine’s 2017 Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction has been presented to Alexandra Philp for her story ‘Pools 2007’. The award is open to all... Read more |
The 2017 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards have been announced. A number of Australian titles were among the winners and runners-up. Special Awards Prestige Awards Joint... Read more |
‘If we keep doing what we do well, always looking for ways to do it better, we provide an experience that cannot be replicated by... Read more |
Sales Fiction—HarperCollins has sold world Spanish rights to Kingpin (Lili St German) to Ediciones B Mexico SA de CV. Hachette has sold rights to Stars... Read more |
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After creeping up the ranks in previous weeks, Michael Mosley’s healthy eating guide The Clever Guts Diet (S&S) has taken the top spot in this... Read more |
Two US children’s book creators have won the 2017 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals, presented by the UK Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals... Read more |
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Sebastian Barry has won the 2017 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for his novel Days Without End (Faber). This is the second time Barry... Read more |
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In the UK, John Bew has won the the £3000 (A$5547) Orwell Prize for Books for Citizen Clem (Quercus), a biography of former UK Prime... Read more |
Tracey K Smith has been named the 22nd poet laureate of the United States, reports Publishers Weekly. Smith is the author of three books of... Read more |
The European International Booksellers Federation (EIBF) has launched a petition asking the European Council (EC) not to force booksellers to sell ebooks in different countries,... Read more |
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) announced the winners of its inaugural Library Design Awards, which aim to showcase the best in contemporary library... Read more |
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has celebrated a Bill amending the Copyright Act 1968 to simplify the use of copyright materials for libraries,... Read more |
John Mutter, editor-in-chief of US bookselling publication Shelf Awareness, and James Daunt, MD of UK bookstore chain Waterstones and founder of Daunt Books, delivered the... Read more |
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‘This excellent biography will appeal to general readers, students and anyone interested in historical biography’ … read Chris Harrington’s full review here.
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Working Title Press (WTP) and HarperCollins Publishers Australia (HCP) announce that from 1st July 2017, distribution of WTP titles in Australia and New Zealand will... Read more |
Title: Once Upon A Hume Author: Stephen Gard Publisher: BlueDawe Books Price: 25 ISBN: 9780992475116 Distributor: www.stephengard.com.au Once Upon A Hume takes the reader on... Read more |
Following a hugely successful tour by author Dr Michael Mosely, The Clever Guts Diet is the number one bestselling title in Australia! A rush reprint... Read more |
Black Inc. congratulates Ryan O’Neill on the shortlisting of Their Brilliant Careers for the 2017 Miles Franklin Literary Award. A reprint of Their Brilliant Careers... Read more |
NewSouth Books would like to congratulate UWA Publishing and Josephine Wilson on the shortlisting of Extinctions for this year’s Miles Franklin award. To order copies... Read more |
Dennis Jones & Associates would like to congratulate Philip Salmon on his short listing for the 2017 Miles Franklin Award for Waiting, ISBN 9781922186836, $29.95... Read more |
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