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Winton wins inaugural 'Indie' award
Independent booksellers of Australia have voted Tim Winton's Breath (Hamish Hamilton) their inaugural ‘Indie' Award winner for 2008. The author of the ‘Best Australian Book' receives...
Published: 08/10/2008
Four Book City stores close; several to open
Book City Glendale and Book City Lake Macquarie have closed. Both were run by franchisee Jean-Marc Biram. Book City Mackay has also closed. Book City Horsham ceased trading as a Book City franch...
Published: 08/10/2008
Learning Media staff face job cuts; chief executive to step down
Learning Media, the New Zealand company responsible for the publication, production, marking and sale of educational materials ‘particularly to the Ministry of Education', anticipates some...
Published: 08/10/2008
Happy 90th birthday to Michael Zifcak
Family, friends and many colleagues from the book trade joined Michael Zifcak (pictured with his wife Ludmila) in Melborune last week to celebrate his 90th birthday. The former Collins Boo...
Published: 08/10/2008
ABR announces details of John Button readers' award
The Australian Book Review (ABR) has announced the details of a new prize to commemorate John Button. The most popular article published in ABR in the previous year will be awarded with $1000 in a new...
Published: 08/10/2008
Tibet objections force atlas to print in Hong Kong
Earth, the new out-sized atlas from Millennium House, has been printed in Hong Kong to avoid a possible embargo by China, Millennium House managing director Gordon Cheers told WBN. Cheers said he coul...
Published: 08/10/2008
'Introduction to bookselling' ABA course a success
In its second year the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) Introduction to Bookselling course, staged in Melbourne last weekend, attracted 25 participants from Western Australia, Queensland, New ...
Published: 08/10/2008
Jones, Oliver and Smither win NZ PM's awards
The winners of this year's New Zealand Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement have been announced. Receiving $60,000 each for their contribution to New Zealand Literature were Lloyd Jo...
Published: 08/10/2008
In brief
Donoughue enters the blogospherePeter Donoughue, former managing director of John Wiley and Sons in Australia, has created a new blog Pub Date Critical (click here). In his first posts the former...
Published: 08/10/2008
Around the world
Among the stories added to our Around the World blog this week: The iPhone is beating the Kindle as a popular e-book readerFirst pictures of the new KindleSony launches the new version of its eReaderJ...
Published: 08/10/2008
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