Unleash Books & Education outlets close
Independent bookselling chain Unleash Books & Education closed its four stores in Westfield shopping centres in Sydney in March. A spokesperson for Westfield confirmed to Books+Publishing that the Unleash Books...
Booksellers to participate in Westfield ‘Super Saturday’ promotion
Booksellers located within Westfield shopping centres across the country will be among the retailers offering special deals to shoppers on Saturday 1 December as part of the Westfield ‘Super Saturday’...
New bookstores open; bookstores change names, locations
New bookstores have recently opened in New South Wales, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory and New Zealand. Independent bookselling chain Unleash Books opened two new stores in Sydney at the...
Bookstores close after NZ tornado
A number of New Zealand bookstores are currently closed following the tornado which hit Auckland on 3 May. Whitcoulls has advised that the Whitcoulls store located in the Westfield shopping...
Borders no longer part of Westfield online
Westfield has confirmed that Borders is no longer part of the Westfield online shopping mall which launched late last year. A spokesperson for Westfield told the Weekly Book Newsletter that...
In Brief
The Nile offers free shipping in Oz, NZOnline bookseller The Nile announced this week that it is offering free shipping in Australia on all orders under $50 for a limited time. The...
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Flynn appointed ‘ABR' fiction editor Chris Flynn has been appointed the first fiction editor of the Australian Book Review (ABR). Flynn is also co-judge, with the magazine's editor Peter Rose,...
Angus & Robertson Pitt Street closes
Angus and Robertson (A&R) in Pitt Street Mall, Sydney, closed on Sunday due to major redevelopment of several properties in the mall being undertaken by the Westfield group. National operations...
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Author threatenedBen Hills, the Australian author of the controversial book Princess Masako: Prisoner of the Chrysanthemum Throne, has received threatening emails just before the Japanese translation was due for publication....
Westfield outlines Stage 2 for Sydney CBD redevelopment
The Westfield Group has lodged its Stage 2 Development Application with the City of Sydney, for the redevelopment of its Centrepoint, Imperial Arcade and Skygarden properties in Sydney's CBD. The...