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WA library destroyed in fire The public library and town hall in Onslow in north west Western Australia has been destroyed in a fire that has also damaged the town’s...
Book Bonding to open second store in regional Victoria
Independent Melbourne bookstore Book Bonding will open a second store in Gisborne in regional Victoria next month. Natasha Boyd, who owns the Book Bonding business in Niddrie in Melbourne’s north...
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Ruffy joins Boroondara Library Service Jenny Ruffy joined the City of Boroondara Library Service in Melbourne in November in the role of library, arts and cultural services manager. Ruffy, who...
Melbournalia pop-up store returns for second year
The Melbournalia pop-up store has returned to Melbourne’s CBD for a second year, with a single store located at the Queen Victoria Markets. Melbournalia, the brainchild of Dale Campisi and Michael Brady...
New Melbournalia pop-up store launches with books, events
A pop-up retail store selling books and gifts about Melbourne has returned to the city’s CBD. Melbournalia is the brainchild of Dale Campisi and Michael Brady from boutique publisher Arcade...
New office for Affirm Press
Melbourne-based publisher Affirm Press will move from its current premises in Mulgrave to a new office at 28 Thistlethwaite Street in South Melbourne this month. The publisher’s phone numbers will...
Melbourne’s Westgarth Books closes
Westgarth Books in Northcote, Melbourne, has closed, and its retail space is available for lease. The bookstore closed soon after holding a large ‘garage sale’ in September. Situated close to Westgarth Cinema, the...
Authors and publishers make ‘Top 100’ people lists in Melbourne, Sydney magazines
Fairfax newspapers featured a number of publishing industry professionals in its ‘Top 100’ influential and inspirational people lists in its Sydney and Melbourne magazines published in December. In the Age...
Lonely Planet Melbourne headquarters for sale
The owners of the Melbourne property that houses Lonely Planet are advertising to sell the property. Colliers International, on behalf of Trilogy Capital Group, is currently seeking expressions of interest for...
Birch wins Melbourne Prize for Literature Civic Choice Award
Tony Birch has won this year’s Melbourne Prize for Literature Civic Choice Award for his novel Blood (UQP). Birch was named as the recipient of the $5000 award on 23...
Melbourne booksellers, library launch ‘Readers’ Walk’ project
Reader’s Feast Bookstore, antiquarian bookseller Kay Craddock and the Melbourne Athenaeum Library have joined forces to launch a new initiative in Collins Street, Melbourne, called the Readers’ Walk. Described as ‘an...
Matilda’s Books to close
Matilda’s Books in Mount Waverley, Victoria, is due to close in a few months time, after 22 years. Julie McInnes, who has owned the bookstore for five years, announced the...
Changes at Avenue Bookstore
Independent Melbourne bookshop Avenue Bookstore has made some changes to its book buying team following the departure of head book buyer Gina Collis in August. At the Avenue Bookstore in...
Miller wins $60,000 Melbourne Prize for Literature; Sherborne takes out Best Writing Prize
Alex Miller has won the 2012 Melbourne Prize for Literature, presented every three years to a Victorian author ‘whose body of published or produced work has made an outstanding contribution...
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New Williamstown Library open A new library in Williamstown in Melbourne’s west was officially opened in September. The $8.1 million facility was funded by the Hobsons Bay City Council and...
New QBD store opens in Melbourne
A new QBD bookstore opened in Highpoint shopping centre in Melbourne’s west on 18 October. The new QBD outlet joins discount bookseller Last Page and an ABC Shop as the only dedicated...
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Judge dismisses Authors Guild lawsuit against HathiTrust In the US, federal judge Harold Baer has dismissed the Authors Guild lawsuit against digital repository HathiTrust, ruling that HathiTrust’s book scanning project...
Rubbo running for Melbourne City Council
Readings managing director Mark Rubbo is running for a position as councillor in the Melbourne City Council (MCC) election on Saturday 27 October. Rubbo spoke about his vision for the city on...
OPUS Group to close McPherson’s Printing facility in Melbourne
OPUS Group, parent company of McPherson’s Printing Group (MPG), has confirmed to Bookseller+Publisher that it will close the MPG facility in Mulgrave in Melbourne’s south east next year. A spokesperson...
New owner for Continental Bookshop and Soundbooks; business moves online
Specialist Melbourne bookstore Continental Bookshop and Soundbooks has been sold and is now operating as an online-only business. Chris Raynor, who operated the business with his wife Marian, told Bookseller+Publisher...