Thanks to Murdoch Books and Rialto Distribution the Weekly Book Newsletter is giving you a chance to see The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, based... Read more
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The April issue of Bookseller+Publisher magazine reached subscribers last week. As well as reviews of 45 as-yet-unpublished Australian and New Zealand titles, the latest news... Read more
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Current Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) CEO Malcolm Neil is to take up the role of group communications manager at REDgroup Retail. ‘The [ABA] Board would... Read more
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Allen & Unwin won this year’s publisher of year crown at the Leading Edge Books conference last weekend in Hobart. Also recognised at the conference... Read more
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An interactive draft of the national curriculum has been released online by the Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), covering kindergarten to year 10... Read more
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Apple has confirmed that its new iPad device will be available in Australia in late April. The iPad will be available in wifi and wifi+3G... Read more
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More than 90 people, including writers JM Coetzee, Tom Keneally, Christos Tsiolkas and Tim Flannery, have signed a letter organised by authors Charlotte Wood and... Read more
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HarperCollins Australia has launched a Print on Demand (PoD) program. The publisher launched with a list of 140 books on 8 March, with more to... Read more
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The publication of a highly critical essay by Louis Nowra on Germaine Greer and her classic book The Female Eunuch has provoked strong criticism from... Read more
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Arts Minister Peter Garrett has announced the 10 new author ambassadors for the renamed Books Alive campaign ‘Get Reading’. ‘Alex Miller, Christos Tsiolkas, Craig Silvey,... Read more
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The Australian Society of Authors has announced the 2010 shortlist for the Barbara Jefferis Award. The award, valued at $35,000, honours Australian novels with high... Read more
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The Australian Horror Writers Association (AHWA) has announced the 13 finalists for the 2010 Australian Shadows Award. The award, ‘the highest honour for horror, dark... Read more
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The finalists in the 2010 New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards have been announced: Picture book Cowshed Christmas (Gavin Bishop & Joy Cowley, Random House... Read more
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HarperCollins Publishers has announced it will ‘branch out into custom publishing’, with the appointment of Suzanne Monks as custom publisher. ‘As custom publisher, Suzanne will broaden... Read more
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Author and Indigenous Literacy Day ambassador Tara June Winch has launched a new project to support women’s literacy. The One Thousand project (http://www.onethousand.org/) was launched... Read more
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Australian development house Inventive Labs has created a ‘new way to embed a "book" on any webpage with two lines of code’. Monocle is free... Read more
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The 82nd Academy Awards honoured many films adapted from books, in the annual ceremony presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on... Read more
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Australian, New Zealand titles in running for international cookbook awardsThe International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) has announced the finalists in its Cookbook Awards. Stephanie... Read more
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Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: Canadian Booksellers Association lobbies to prevent Amazon expansion... Read more
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This week on Bookseller+Publisher’s Fancy Goods blog you can find out what Gleebooks bookseller David Gaunt and SBS newsreader Anton Enus are reading, read Matthia... Read more
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In rights news this week: AcquisitionRandom House reports it has acquired the rights to former British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s memoirs Tony Blair: The Journey,... Read more
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Authors on tour in March include: Patrick Ness, Walker Books (Monsters of Men)Xinran, Random House NZ (Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother) NZ onlyDavid Finkel,... Read more
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‘Whatever the great ebook definition is, it’s necessary as it ensures that we go from physical books to electronic books. Otherwise we’re going to end up with electronic... Read more
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Stieg Larsson continues to dominate the Bestseller charts with his three ‘Millennium’ trilogy books nabbing the top three spots. Belinda Alexandra’s Tuscan Rose comes in... Read more
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Ever since Melina Marchetta wowed young adults with her book Looking for Alibrandi, she’s been a favourite author among teenagers. Her new book The Piper’s... Read more
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Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: New Zealand Post Writers and Readers Week, 9-14 March Emirates... Read more
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