‘Surrender’ wins NZSA-Pindar Publishing Prize, exclusive REDgroup deal criticised
Surrender by Donna Malane is the inaugural winner of the NZSA (New Zealand Society of Authors)-Pindar Publishing Prize. Malane's manuscript, chosen as the winner from 508 submissions, was described by...
Christchurch Writers Festival cancelled as booksellers recover from earthquake
The Christchurch Writers Festival, which was due to take place from 9 to 12 September, has been cancelled due to the Christchurch earthquake and its aftershocks.The biennial event had been...
Christchurch Writers Festival cancelled as booksellers recover from quake
The Christchurch Writers Festival, which was due to take place from 9 to 12 September, has been cancelled due to the Christchurch earthquake and its aftershocks.The biennial event had been...
Sony launches two new ereaders, announces REDgroup partnership
Sony has announced the release of two new e-ink ereader devices, due to come to Australia and New Zealand next week, and has also revealed it will partner with REDgroup...
Sony launches two new ereaders, announces REDgroup partnership
Sony has announced the release of two new e-ink ereader devices, due to come to Australia and New Zealand within days, and has also revealed it will partner with REDgroup...
Browne to replace Walker at REDgroup
REDgroup Retail, owner of Borders, Angus & Robertson and Whitcoulls, has announced Rod Walker will step down from his role as executive chairman.The announcement comes as the group confirms it...
Browne to replace Walker at REDgroup
REDgroup Retail, owner of Borders, Angus & Robertson and Whitcoulls, has announced Rod Walker will step down from his role as executive chairman.The announcement comes as the group confirms it...
REDgroup reports it is likely to breach banking covenants
REDgroup retail, owners of Borders, Angus & Robertson and Whitcoulls, has reported that it is ‘likely to breach two out of three of its banking covenants when they are tested...
REDgroup reports it is likely to breach banking covenants
REDgroup retail, owners of Borders, Angus & Robertson and Whitcoulls, has reported that it is ‘likely to breach two out of three of its banking covenants when they are tested...
Kobo sells out for Whitcoulls in NZ
Just over a month after its NZ launch, Whitcoulls has sold out of two shipments of the Kobo ereader and is taking pre-orders on a third batch due in mid-July....
REDgroup launches Kobo in Whitcoulls stores; A&R launch ‘imminent’
REDgroup Retail launched its Kobo ebook platform in its New Zealand Whitcoulls stores on Thursday 27 May and an Angus & Robertson launch in Australia is ‘imminent', according to REDgroup's...
Excuse us while we take a moment…
We’re pretty snowed under here at Bookseller+Publisher headquarters, putting the finishing touches on the July issue after getting out this week’s bumper issue of the Weekly Book Newsletter. Last week,...
REDgroup launches Kobo ebook platform and $199 ereader
REDgroup retail has launched its Kobo ereader and ebooks platform at an event in Sydney this morning. The ereader, now available from the group's Borders website, is priced at $199...
REDgroup announces reconfigured executive team, reports first half profit increase of $8.8 million
REDgroup Retail, which owns Borders, Whitcoulls and Angus & Robertson in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore, has announced a reconfiguration of its executive team, including a number of new appointments....
‘Under the Huang Jiao Tree’ wins Whitcoulls travel book of the year award
Under the Huang Jiao Tree (Jane Carswell, Transit Lounge) has won this year's Whitcoulls Travcom Travel Book of the Year. The award, presented at a gala dinner at the Heritage...
REDgroup to sell ebooks online by May 2010
As reported in a WBN special bulletin in December, REDgroup Retail has announced it will make ebooks available from its Borders, Angus & Robertson and Whitcoulls websites by May 2010,...
REDgroup to sell ebooks online by May 2010
REDgroup Retail has announced it will make ebooks available from its Borders, Angus & Robertson and Whitcoulls websites by May 2010, following an agreement with 'new global ereading service' Kobo...
REDgroup to sell ebooks online by May 2010
REDgroup Retail has announced it will make ebooks available from its Borders, Angus & Robertson and Whitcoulls websites by May 2010, following an agreement with 'new global ereading service' Kobo...
REDGroup to launch new ‘A&R Extra’ store concept
REDGroup Retail, the owner of Angus & Robertson (A&R), Borders Asia-Pacific and Whitcoulls (NZ), has announced it will launch a new ‘A&R Extra' concept store in Sydney in early 2010. REDGroup managing...
Is REDGroup considering a stock-market float?
Speculation is growing in the financial press that PEP, the private-equity owners of REDgroup, which in turn owns Angus & Robertson, Whitcoulls in NZ and Borders Asia-Pacific, will float the business...