The HR Manager of Jerusalem’s largest bakery is in trouble. He’s separated from his wife, distanced from his daughter and stuck in a job he... Read more |
Changes to the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards announced by Premier Ted Baillieu on 21 April, mean the awards are now the most valuable literary awards in Australia. The... Read more |
Collins Booksellers has announced it has acquired online bookseller Seek Media and its franchise stores will likely have the ability to sell ebooks in ‘eight... Read more |
The 2011 winner of The Australian/Vogel Literary Award for an unpublished manuscript by a writer under the age of 35 is The Roving Party by... Read more |
Murdoch Books has announced that Deborah Brash will join the publisher’s design team at the beginning of May. Brash, former art director at Penguin Australia,... Read more |
Australian publishers signed with the Booki.sh program can make ebook proofs available to booksellers and reviewers. Allen & Unwin has announced it will be making... Read more |
Westfield has confirmed that Borders is no longer part of the Westfield online shopping mall which launched late last year. A spokesperson for Westfield told... Read more |
Australia could have an equivalent of the Orange Prize by as early as 2012. Sophie Cunningham, former Meanjin editor and spokesperson for the as yet... Read more |
Science fiction and fantasy fans attended the 36th Western Australian Science Fiction & Fantasy Convention (Swancon36) and the 50th National Science Fiction & Fantasy Convention... Read more |
BISG membership to maintain ‘retailing perspective’ following Cain’s departureAn official from the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research has told the Weekly Book Newsletter... Read more |
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: will Waterstone’s be sold to Russian billionaire? Hugo... Read more |
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On Fancy Goods this week Portia Lindsay reviews Caleb’s Crossing (Geraldine Brooks, Fourth Estate) and Heather Dyer reviews Past the Shallows (Favel Parrett, Hachette).
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April Tricia Brennan, Rockpool Publishing (The Map of the Soul) Sydney, Melbourne and the Sunshine Coast. Cristy Burne, Walker Books (Takeshita Demons) Perth and WA.... Read more |
‘Two market segments for the future of publishing: mass market ebooks and stuff for your shelf’–Caroline Hamilton (aka @goodthinking99) summing up one of the most... Read more |
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Chasing Fire (Hachette), Nora Roberts’ standalone novel about fictional firefighter Rowan Tripp, is top of the highest new entries chart followed by The Twilight Saga:... Read more |
It’s no surprise that war-related titles dominated book pages over the Anzac Day holiday. Receiving the most mentions was Crack Hardy: From Gallipoli to Flanders... Read more |
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: ABA Conference and Trade Exhibition – Super Early Bird registration... Read more |
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Welsh writer Craig Thomas has died, aged 68. The author of 18 bestselling espionage thrillers and two works of philosophical and political theory, Thomas was... Read more |
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