Avid Reader opens children’s bookshop
Brisbane’s Avid Reader has opened its specialist children’s, YA and giftware bookstore, Where the Wild Things Are Bookshop, located next to its West End store.Owner Fiona Stager told Books+Publishing that the new store,...
Avid Reader to open children’s bookshop
Brisbane’s Avid Reader Bookshop has announced plans to open a dedicated children’s bookshop next to its West End store.The new store, to be called Where the Wild Things Are Books...
Avid Reader offers free books to G20 leaders
Avid Reader Bookshop is offering world leaders attending the G20 Summit in Brisbane in November a collection of free books with the proviso that they must pick the books up from...
Currie returns to Avid Reader
Chris Currie has returned to Brisbane’s Avid Reader in the newly created role of social media manager.Currie was previously the buyer for the store but resigned in mid-2013 after receiving...
Currie leaves Avid Reader
Chris Currie has left his role as buyer at Avid Reader in Brisbane. His position will be filled by Sarah Deasy, who previously managed the store’s special orders service. (See...
Currie leaves Avid Reader
Chris Currie has left his role as buyer at Brisbane’s Avid Reader to live in Germany for a year, where he will research and write a novel. Currie said he...
Stager wins Local Legends Award
Fiona Stager, co-owner of Brisbane bookstore Avid Reader, has won a Creativity Award as part of the Local Legends Awards. Organised by Queensland Government Member for South Brisbane Jackie Trad and Brisbane...
Booksellers share Christmas picks
Booksellers from Embiggen Books, Readings, The Sun Bookshop, Avid Reader and Avenue Bookstore have shared their most-anticipated Christmas titles on the Wheeler Centre’s website. Nominated titles include Barbara Kingsolver’s Flight...
Fuller’s Catherine Schulz on selecting the ‘Summer Reading Guide’
Catherine Schulz, manager of Fullers Bookshop Hobart, is one of the group of independent booksellers around Australia who meet once a year for an intense caffeine-fuelled few days to decide...
Queensland Literary Awards 2012 shortlists announced
The titles shortlisted for the Queensland Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Fiction book award The Chemistry of Tears (Peter Carey, Penguin) All That...
Stella Prize bookshop events to celebrate International Women’s Day
Are men better writers than women? To answer this question and to celebrate International Women's Day (IWD) on 8 March, the Stella Prize and independent booksellers across the country will be...
Mary Ryan’s, Avid Reader sign with Booki.sh
Ebook platform provider Booki.sh has announced that the Mary Ryan's bookselling chain and the Avid Reader bookshop in Brisbane have signed with the company to sell ebooks, and have launched ebookstores....
200 attend EWF in Brisbane
The Emerging Writers' Festival (EWF) event in Brisbane in October attracted an audience of 200, with organisers describing the event as going 'remarkably well'. EWF director Lisa Dempster told the...
Literary community joins forces to support QLD
As the residents of South-East Queensland begin the enormous task of cleaning and rebuilding their homes and businesses following last week's floods, the Australian literary community is coming together to raise funds...
Qld booksellers survive floods; Victorian situation worsens
Further to the Weekly Book Newsletter report QLD bookstores close in face of rising flood waters; QWC, SLQ and UQP also closed, the majority of bookstores in Queensland have survived...