White elected president of ABA management committee
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) announced a number of changes to its management committee following its annual general meeting in Canberra on 29 May. Books for Cooks owner Tim White,...
Speakers announced for ABA, LEB conferences
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) and Leading Edge Books (LEB) have announced the keynote speakers for their 2016 conferences, which will be held in Canberra in May. US bookseller and...
Carroll to present Miles Franklin Award Oration
Author Steven Carroll will present the Miles Franklin Literary Award Oration at the State Library of Victoria on 18 May.As previously reported by Books+Publishing, the Australian Bookseller’s Association (ABA) will...
ABA Nielsen BookData Booksellers Choice Award 2015 shortlist announced
The shortlist for this year’s Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) Nielsen BookData Booksellers Choice Award has been announced.The shortlisted titles are: Pig the Pug (Aaron Blabey, Scholastic) Lost & Found (Brooke...
ABA announces 2015 conference program, partnership with Miles Franklin Award
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced the program for this year’s conference, to be held at the State Library of Victoria (SLV) on 17-18 May. Hiroshi Sogo, director of...
Rannard, Drury win NSW Rep of the Year Awards
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced the winners of its NSW Rep of the Year Awards for 2014.Simon Rannard from Penguin was named City Rep of the Year and...
Earp wins ABA Vic Rep of the Year
Michael Earp from Walker Books has won the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) Victorian Rep of the Year Award, narrowly beating runner-up Anthony Pizzinga from Random House by just one vote.The...
ABA and Leading Edge to hold ‘tandem’ conferences again in 2015
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) and Leading Edge Books have confirmed they will hold their annual conferences ‘in tandem’ for a third year. The organisations announced they would hold their conferences...
Seaton and Herft join ABA management committee
Jane Seaton from Beaufort Street Books in Perth and Laura Herft from Dillons Norwood Bookshop in Adelaide have joined the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) management committee.‘I believe both Jane and...
‘Buy it now’ buttons planned for libraries
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) and Public Library Services South Australia (PLS SA) have announced plans to trial ‘buy it now’ buttons for library...
National Bookshop Day attracts national media coverage, ‘bookshop selfies’
The fourth National Bookshop Day on Saturday 9 August attracted national media coverage and trended on twitter, particularly with ‘bookshop selfies’, Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) CEO Joel Becker told Books+Publishing. ...
‘Possum Magic’ tops Australia’s favourite kids’ books poll
Possum Magic by Mem Fox and Julie Vivas (Scholastic) has been named Australia’s favourite kids’ book in a poll conducted by the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA). The ABA released the...
Government should establish first class mail rate, says ABA
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has called on the federal government to establish a first class mail rate in Australia to increase postage costs for overseas retailers sending parcels to...
ABA launches new website and ‘Australia’s 50 Favourite Kids’ Books’ promotion
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has launched a new website and a new promotion for National Bookshop Day.The new website is more directly targeted at the general public, with a tool...
ABA forms data and supply chain committee
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has formed a new committee to work through data and supply chain issues.Members of the committee are: Jon Page (chair, Pages & Pages and Boomerang),...
Kaplan, Micallef inform and entertain at 2014 ABA conference
More than 400 booksellers, suppliers and trade exhibitors attended this year’s Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) conference, which was held in Melbourne from 18-19 May. ABA CEO Joel Becker described this...
‘Burial Rites’ book of the year at 2014 ABA awards, bookseller awards announced
The winners of the 2014 Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) Booksellers of the Year awards have been announced. Jenny Barry from Books Plus in Bathurst, NSW, won the Text Publishing Bookseller...
ABA Booksellers of the Year 2014 finalists announced
The finalists for the 2014 Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) Booksellers of the Year awards have been announced.The finalists for the Text Publishing Bookseller of the Year award are: Jenny Barry,...
Pages & Pages, Boomerang now selling ebooks through Kobo; ABA-Kobo partnership ‘fully functional’
Sydney independent bookseller Pages & Pages and online bookseller Boomerang Books are now selling ebooks through the Australian Booksellers Association’s (ABA) partnership with Kobo.Jon Page, owner of Pages & Pages...
ABA Nielsen BookData Booksellers Choice Award 2014 shortlist announced
The shortlist for this year’s Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) Nielsen BookData Booksellers Choice Award has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Burial Rites (Hannah Kent, Picador) Eyrie (Tim Winton, Hamish...