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Magabala Books honoured at regional community awardsIndigenous publisher Magabala Books was recently honoured at the 2011 Western Australian Regional and Community Achievement Awards. The publisher was presented with the Department...
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New pop-up stores from Arcade teamDale Campisi and Michael Brady from Arcade Publications have launched a new retail venture and postal service in Melbourne, called Melbournalia. The Melbournalia stores, which will...
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NZ country of honour website launchedA website for New Zealand's Frankfurt country of honour project has been launched. The NZ At Frankfurt site includes information about the Frankfurt Book Fair,...
Attendance doubles at Big Sky Readers and Writers Festival
Attendance figures at this year's Big Sky Readers and Writers Festival in regional Western Australia were double those recorded at last year's festival. Approximately 1400 people attended the event, held...
2010 WA Premier’s Book Awards winners announced
The winners of the 2010 Western Australian Premier's Book Awards were announced on Friday 30 September. Miles Franklin-winner Kim Scott was awarded the $25,000 Premier's Prize, which is presented to...
2010 WA Premier’s Book Awards winners announced
The winners of the 2010 Western Australian Premier's Book Awards were announced on Friday 30 September. Miles Franklin-winner Kim Scott was awarded the $25,000 Premier's Prize, which is presented to...
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WA heARTlines festival underwayThe 2011 heARTlines festival for children's literature and illustration in Mundaring, Western Australia, was officially launched on Friday 2 September. The biennial festival, which will run until...
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WA regional writers' festivalsAuthors Alan Carter and Judy Nunn were among the special guests at the 2011 Kimberley Writers Festival, which took place between 29 and 31 July. The festival,...
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CAL celebrates 20,000 membersCopyright Agency Limited (CAL) has celebrated a new membership record this week, with 20,000 authors, publishers, photographers and visual artists now members of the organisation. This milestone...
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New name for ABR poetry prize The Australian Book Review (ABR) has announced its Poetry Prize has been renamed the Peter Porter Poetry Prize in memory of the late Australian...
WA Govt to introduce changes to Sunday trading rules
The Western Australian Government has announced plans to introduce changes to the state's retail trading regulations which will allow more stores to trade on Sundays. Commerce and Small Business Minister...
2010 WA Prem’s Awards shortlists announced
The shortlists for the 2010 Western Australian Premier's Book Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles are:NonfictionA Three-Cornered Life: The Historian W K Hanock (Jim Davidson, UNSW Press)Breaking News: The...
2010 WA Prem?s Awards shortlists announced
The shortlists for the 2010 Western Australian Premier's Book Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles are:NonfictionA Three-Cornered Life: The Historian W K Hanock (Jim Davidson, UNSW Press)Breaking News: The...
WA writer wins poetry, nature-writing prizes
Western Australian writer Annamaria Weldon is the recipient of the 2010 Tom Collins Poetry Prize and the 2011 Nature Conservancy Prize for Nature Writing. Weldon was awarded first place in...
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NZ playwright awarded writers' residency New Zealand playwright Michelanne Forster is the recipient of this year's University of Auckland / Creative New Zealand writing residency at the Michael King Writer's...
Broome bookstore for sale
The Kimberley Bookshop in Broome, Western Australia, is for sale. Bookstore owner Paul Adair told the Weekly Book Newsletter that he is selling the business, located on Napier Terrace in...
2011 Perth Writers Festival program launched
The program for the 2011 Perth Writers Festival was launched last week. The festival, which will be held between Friday 4 March and Monday 7 March in the grounds of...
Wright wins 2010 T.A.G. Hungerford Award
Broome-based author Jacqueline Wright has been announced as the winner of the 2010 T.A.G. Hungerford Award. Wright received the award, which includes a $12,000 cash prize and a publishing contract...
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WAYRBA reading lists released The reading lists for this year's West Australian Young Readers' Book Award (WAYRBA) have been released. The lists for the younger readers, older readers and picture...
New independent bookstore opens in Perth
Alan Sheardown, former manager of Planet Books, has opened Crow Books, a new independent bookstore in Perth. Sheardown told the Weekly Book Newsletter that the new store, located at 900...