New premises for ‘ABR’
The Australian Book Review has moved to new premises at the City of Melbourne’s Southbank cultural precinct Boyd. The new address is 207-229 City Road, Southbank, Vic, 3006.
ABR offers film/tv/media fellowship
The Australian Book Review (ABR) has announced that it will offer an ABR Patron's Fellowship for ‘a major article with a film/television/media focus’ this year. The fellowship is sponsored by...
Baillieu appointed ‘ABR’ deputy editor
Amy Baillieu has been appointed deputy editor of the Australian Book Review, replacing Mark Gomes who is joining the National Gallery of Victoria as an editor. (See news).
Baillieu appointed ‘ABR’ deputy editor
The Australian Book Review (ABR) has announced that Amy Baillieu has been appointed as the magazine’s new deputy editor. Baillieu, who is currently ABR philanthropy manager and has previously worked...
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Fairfax publishes long-form journalism ebookFairfax Media has published its first long-form journalism ebook, Framed by Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) journalist Hamish McDonald, through Amazon, reports uBookish. SMH tablet editor Stephen...
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Text to launch $12.95 Australian classics listText Publishing will publish a list of low-price classics similar to Penguin's Popular Penguin series and Random House's $12.95 classics. The list will launch...
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ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize winners announcedCarrie Tiffany and Gregory Day are the joint winners of the 2011 Australian Book Review (ABR) Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize. Tiffany was...
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2011 Get Reading! campaign launchedThis year's Get Reading! campaign, which will run until 30 September, was officially launched this week. A new website for the campaign has been launched and features an...
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New name for ABR poetry prize The Australian Book Review (ABR) has announced its Poetry Prize has been renamed the Peter Porter Poetry Prize in memory of the late Australian...
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2011 Calibre Prize winners announcedThe Australian Book Review (ABR) and the Copyright Agency Limited have announced that the 2011 Calibre Prize will be shared by essayists Dean Biron ('The Death...
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New Collins store for SA Collins Booksellers has announced that a new Collins bookstore will open in the Adelaide suburb of Kilkenny this month. The store will be located in...
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Non-SPUNC titles available through Readings ebookstore Murdoch Books and Port Campbell Press are among the first non-SPUNC (Small Press Underground Networking Community) publishers to make titles available through the Readings ebookstore. Port...
ABR to offer online editions
The Australian Book Review has announced that it will offer readers complete online editions of the magazine from early April. ABR deputy editor Mark Gomes told the Weekly Book Newsletter...
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WAYRBA reading lists released The reading lists for this year's West Australian Young Readers' Book Award (WAYRBA) have been released. The lists for the younger readers, older readers and picture...
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Whitcoulls to sponsor new book awardWhitcoulls has announced that it will sponsor a new annual book award from next year. Entries are now open for the 2011 Whitcoulls Pictorial Travel...
‘ABR’ planning electronic version
The Australian Book Review (ABR) has announced it is developing a digital edition of the magazine to be released in 2011, in celebration of the magazine's 50th birthday. Deputy editor...
ABR announces $5000 fellowship program
The Australian Book Review (ABR) has announced the creation of a new ABR Patrons’ Fellowship program.The publication’s editor Peter Rose told the Weekly Book Newsletter that ABR hoped to offer...
‘ABR’ will not award a Young Calibre Prize winner
The Australian Book Review (ABR) has confirmed it will not award a winner in its inaugural Young Calibre Prize. ‘We reached this decision very reluctantly,' ABR editor Peter Rose told...
Lawrence wins ABR Poetry Prize; Hallahan, Hansen, jointly awarded Calibre Prize
Anthony Lawrence, author of Bark (UQP), has won the Australian Book Review (ABR) Poetry Prize of $4000 for his poem 'Domestic Emergencies'. Five shortlisted poems were choosen from a field...
New website brings together top Australian literary magazines
An initiative of the Australia Council, the newly launched website www.litmags.com.au brings together details about 10 Australian literary magazines. The titles featured on the website, which was launched today, are...