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ABC denies plan to close shops

The ABC has flatly denied a report in the Sydney Morning Herald that it would be closing its 43 stores around Australia.  The report in the SMH and the Age on 11 May said the shops would close an...

Neal to leave ABC Books; O'Brien new manager

Stuart Neal, ABC Books' long-serving commissioning editor, and its publisher since 2002, is leaving the ABC ‘for personal reasons'.  Neal began his 28-year career at the ABC as a purchase-or...

In brief

Miles Franklin winner to tour Queensland and NT Alexis Wright, the winner of this year's Miles Franklin Award for Carpentaria (Giramondo), will tour rural Queensland and the Northern Territory in...

'First Tuesday Book Club', September titles

The books for the September episode of First Tuesday Book Club, to be announced on the program screening on ABC TV on 7 August, are: The Broken Shore (Peter Temple, Text)The Memory of Running (Ron McL...

A&U to publish 'Jonestown'

Allen & Unwin has announced that it will publish Jonestown: The Magic and The Myth of Alan Jones by Chris Masters.‘I am pleased to be able to work with a publisher of the courage, character ...

ABC fiction prize winner

The winner of this year's ABC Fiction Award is Adelaide-based high-school teacher Kain Massin for his novel God for the Killing.  God for the Killing follows the story of heroine Judith, who...

ASA warns on digital rights

The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has expressed ‘serious concerns' over rights and contractual issues caused by the increasing delivery of digitised content. The ASA's concerns have b...

ABC Enterprises and Vision Australia announce partnership

Following its announcement earlier this year that ABC Enterprises would cease audio book production, the ABC's commercial arm has announced a partnership with Vision Australia which promises continued...

ABC Retail conference and awards

ABC Enterprises hosted the 2006 ABC Retail Conference over three days in Sydney last week. The conference was attended by 170 delegates--ABC Shop managers, staff of ABC Centres, and head-office manage...

The first ‘First Tuesday Book Club’

The inaugural episode of ABC TV's new book show, The First Tuesday Book Club, will screen next Tuesday night, 1 August, at 10pm.The show will be hosted by Jennifer Byrne and each episode will feature ...
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