ABA Booksellers of the Year finalists announced

Thursday, 13 June 2013 Books+Publishing

The finalists for the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) Booksellers of the Year awards have been announced.

The finalists for the Text Publishing Bookseller of the Year are:

Karen Ferris, Berkelouw Books, Sydney
Meera Govil, Eltham Bookshop, Melbourne
Martin Shaw, Readings, Melbourne
Catherine Schulz, Fullers Bookshop Hobart
Sue Cole and Kerry McIlroy, Mary Who? Bookshop, Townsville
Karen Wade, Dymocks Adelaide.

The finalists for the Random House Young Bookseller of the Year Award are:

David McLaughlin, Gleebooks, Sydney
Tarran Jones, Collins Booksellers Edwardstown, South Australia
Amelia Lush, Better Read Than Dead, Sydney
Thomas Saras, Better Read Than Dead, Sydney
Louise Fay, Dymocks Adelaide.

The winners will be announced during this year’s ABA Conference on 16 June in Adelaide, along with the recipient of the Elizabeth Riley Scholarship for Children’s Bookselling and the Nielsen BookData Booksellers Choice Award.

In 2012, Meera Govil from Eltham Bookshop won the Text Publishing Bookseller of the Year Award and Megan O’Brien from Shearer’s Bookshop in Sydney won the Random House Young Bookseller of the Year Award.

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