Preparation underway to bring World Book Night to Australia in 2013
Canongate managing director Jamie Byng has met with industry members to discuss bringing World Book Night to Australia in 2013. Byng was a guest at this year’s Australian Booksellers Association...
ABA Conference round-up
The 2012 Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) conference was held on 17 and 18 June in Manly, bringing together around 280 members of the industry. More than 140 booksellers from across...
Changes to ABA management committee announced
A number of changes to the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) management committee were announced at this year’s annual conference, held in Manly, NSW, between 17 and 18 June. Former director...
ABA launches conference app; Valentine to replace Szubanski as gala dinner MC
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has developed an app for its 2012 conference, which contains the conference program, exhibitor list, speakers’ biographies, maps, alerts and more. To access the app, users...
Koval, Pyke special guests at ABA conference dinner
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced that Text Publishing author Ramona Koval and Indigenous Literacy Foundation ambassador and musician Josh Pyke will be among the special guests at the...
ABA Nielsen BookData Booksellers Choice Award shortlist announced
The books shortlisted for this year’s Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) Nielsen BookData Booksellers Choice Award have been announced. The award recognises Australian new-release titles that booksellers most enjoyed reading, marketing...
Byng to deliver keynote at ABA Conference
Jamie Byng, publisher and managing director of Canongate Books in the UK, will deliver the keynote address at this year's Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) national conference, to be held in...
New ABA award to honour Riley
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced the establishment of a new scholarship for children's booksellers to honour former ABA employee Elizabeth Riley, who died earlier this year. ABA CEO...
2012 ABA conference, National Bookshop Day dates confirmed
The 2012 Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) annual conference and trade exhibition will be held on 17 and 18 June 2012 in Sydney. ABA CEO Joel Becker told the Weekly Book Newsletter...