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Hardie Grant Egmont acquires Little Hare Books

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:02:36 -0500

Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) has announced it has agreed to purchase children's publisher Little Hare Books (LHB). ‘We have always been fans of Little Hare, we like what they publish and we l...

'Van Diemen's Land' giveaway

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:02:56 -0500

Thanks to Madman Entertainment the Weekly Book Newsletter is giving away five copies of Van Diemen's Land on DVD. Van Diemen's Land is the true story of Australia's most notorious convict, Alexa...

Authors on tour

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:02:11 -0500

February Patrick Ness, Walker Books (Monsters of Men)Katherine Howell, Macmillan (Cold Justice)Michael Goldfarb, Scribe (Emancipation: How Liberating Europe's Jews from the Ghetto led to Revolution an...

Giveaway--five signed copies of 'Van Diemen's Land'

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:02:15 -0500

Thanks to Madman Entertainment, the Weekly Book Newsletter is giving away five copies of Van Diemen's Land on DVD, signed by director Jonathan auf der Heide. Van Diemen's Land is the true st...

Inside the latest issue: Wendy James on sisters

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:02:18 -0500

Did you know Rebecca James, author of the highly anticipated debut Beautiful Malice, is the sister of author Wendy James? Read what Wendy has to say about siblings and her latest book Where Have ...

White, Hazzard in running for 'Lost' Man Booker Prize

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:02:47 -0500

Novels by Australian authors Patrick White and Shirley Hazzard are among those in the running for a new Man Booker Prize. The Lost Man Booker Prize, announced on 1 February, is a one-off prize to...

CAL Scribe Fiction Prize

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:02:08 -0500

The shortlist for the inaugural CAL Scribe Fiction Prize has been announced by judges Kerryn Goldsworthy, Mark Rubbo and Aviva Tuffield. The shortlisted manuscripts, chosen from 534 entries...

Moorhouse to boycott China tour

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:02:36 -0500

Australian author Frank Moorhouse has announced he will boycott a writers' tour of China in protest against the imprisonment of Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo. The tour, which has been funded by...

Moynahan appointed to board of directors, HarperCollins India

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:02:27 -0500

HarperCollins UK and International CEO Victoria Barnsley has announced the appointment of HarperCollins Australia and New Zealand CEO Michael Moynahan to the Board of Directors of HarperCollins India....

'Cloudstreet' tops 'ABR' Favourite Australian Novels poll

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:02:32 -0500

Cloudstreet by Tim Winton has been voted the winner of the Australian Book Review's Favorite Australian Novels poll. ‘A perennial favourite since its publication in 1991, [Cloudstree...

Dymocks Castle Hill, South Melbourne close

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:02:03 -0500

Dymocks South Melbourne, in Victoria, and Dymocks Castle Hill, in New South Wales, have closed. Dymocks CEO Don Grover told the Weekly Book Newsletter the closures of both stores were ‘circumsta...

Bennett launches Show & Tell Publishing

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:02:19 -0500

Former Children's Book Council of Australia national president Bronwen Bennett has entered the publishing world with the launch of the new children's publisher Show & Tell Publishing. &n...

Jaipur Literature Festival: Australian authors wanted for 2011 program

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:02:25 -0500

The Jaipur Literature Festival, which ran from 21 to 25 January, attracted more than 20,000 people and more than 200 speakers. Among the speakers was Lonely Planet founder Tony Wheeler, who spoke to f...

In brief

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:02:37 -0500

Phaidon creates Wallpaper City Guide iPhone appPhaidon has made its Wallpaper City Guides series available to iPhone users by creating iPhone apps based on the guides. The apps are available to Austra...

Around the world

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:02:50 -0500

Among the international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:Amazon vs Macmillan: ebook price war breaks outApple demands Stanza changesStanford University re-signs wi...

Rights round-up

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:02:00 -0500

In rights news this week: SalesNonfiction--Hardie Grant has sold French rights to Meet Me at Mike's (Pip Lincolne) to Hachette Livre. Children's--Scholastic has licensed Canadian...

On tour

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:02:05 -0500

Authors on tour in February include: Patrick Ness, Walker Books (Monsters of Men)Katherine Howell, Macmillan (Cold Justice)Michael Goldfarb, Scribe (Emancipation: How Liberating Europe's Jews fr...

Quote of the week

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:02:26 -0500

‘Just because a book is out of print doesn't mean it belongs to Google. It belongs to me. And if I want to sell my rights to anybody, why the hell should I have to go and ask Google first?...

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Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:02:17 -0500

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Bestsellers this week

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:02:10 -0500

John Silvester and Andrew Rule are household names these days, so it's no surprise that their latest book Underbelly: The Golden Mile is proving to be popular with the true-crime fans. It comes in at ...

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Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:02:03 -0500

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Most mentioned: this week in 'Media Extra'

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:02:38 -0500

The death of writer J D Salinger dominated the book news pages this past weekend as the book world mourned a classic author. Salinger's most famous work, The Catcher in the Rye, received the most ment...

RiP J D Salinger

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:02:44 -0500

American author J D Salinger has died, aged 91. His novel The Catcher in the Rye is an enduring modern classic. His other works include Franny and Zooey and Nine Stories. ...

RiP Howard Zinn

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:02:18 -0500

American historian and activist Howard Zinn has died, aged 87. He published A People's History of the United States, which sold more than one million copies.

RiP Erich Segal

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:02:42 -0500

American author and professor Erich Segal has died, aged 72. Love Story was his most famous work, he also co-wrote the screenplay for Yellow Submarine.

RiP Louis Auchincloss

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:02:12 -0500

American author Louis Auchincloss has died, aged 92. He wrote Sybil, A Law for the Lion and The Rector of Justin among other titles.