Collins offers 20% off books reviewed in the ‘Weekend Australian’
Collins Booksellers has partnered with the Australian newspaper to offer its customers 20% off the price of books reviewed in the Weekend Australian each week. The promotion, which started on...
No Vogel Award to be presented in 2013
Allen & Unwin has announced that the judges of the Australian/Vogel’s Literary Award have decided not to present the award this year. This is the second time in the award’s...
Publishers make the Arts Top 50 in the ‘Australian’
Griffith REVIEW founding editor Julianne Schultz, Melbourne University Publishing CEO Louise Adler, Text publisher Michael Heyward, Lonely Planet founders Maureen and Tony Wheeler and Black Inc. owner Morry Schwartz have...
Publishers make the Arts Top 50 in the ‘Australian’
Griffith REVIEW founding editor Julianne Schultz, Melbourne University Publishing (MUP) CEO Louise Adler, Text publisher Michael Heyward, Lonely Planet founders Maureen and Tony Wheeler and Black Inc. owner Morry Schwartz have...
Collins, Kobo, HarperCollins and the ‘Australian’ launch ‘Australian Selection’ ebook giveaway
In a two-week long coordinated promotion, readers of the Australian newspaper will be given the opportunity to download 12 HarperCollins ebooks titles for free through Kobo and Collins Booksellers. The...
Stella Prize to fund places for women at Varuna workshop
The Stella Prize Committee has announced that it will fund three places for women at a workshop on literary criticism run by the Australian chief literary critic Geordie Williamson at...
Booktrade unfazed by newspaper’s attack on boy soldier memoir
Continuing efforts by the Australian newspaper to discredit former boy soldier Ishmael Beah appear to have fallen flat, with customers continuing to purchase his memoir, A Long Way Gone (HarperCollins).While acknowledging that Beah...
‘Australian’ focuses on book industry
The Australian newspaper is showing a great deal of interest in the book industry of late.The week before last, it caused a minor storm of its own by submitting a...