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New-look Books Alive announces 'Get Reading' ambassadors
Arts Minister Peter Garrett has announced the 10 new author ambassadors for the renamed Books Alive campaign ‘Get Reading'. ‘Alex Miller, Christos Tsiolkas, Craig Silvey, Nick Earls,...
Books Alive to become 'Get Reading'; Akle reappointed
The Books Alive campaign will be renamed ‘Get Reading' after wide industry consultation and the use of the phrase as a slogan during the 2009 campaign. The name change will be the first in...
Books Alive registrations 'up on last year'
Following the renewal of funding for the Books Alive campaign for another four years, announced in last week's federal budget, director Cheryl Akle reports the 2009 campaign is travelling well. &lsquo...
Budget 2009: ABA, APA welcome extended Books Alive funding
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) and Australian Publishers Association (APA) have both welcomed the extension of funding for the Books Alive campaign, included in last night's federal budg...
In brief
Webcke's book backShane Webcke's book Hard Road (Macmillan), which the author last week requested be pulped, will now be published as planned and will arrive in stores over the next few days, the publ...
Books Alive to run in September, supported by TV commercials
The government-funded Books Alive campaign will run in September rather than August this year and will feature a series of television commercials promoting the initiative. ‘Following a debrief s...
Books Alive kicks off
The 2008 Books Alive campaign started last Sunday, 27 July, with the public release of the 50 Books You Can't Put down booklet and this year's free book, Michael Robotham's Bombproof. The campai...
Books Alive 2008: the full list
The 2008 Books Alive ‘50 Books You Can't Put Down' List will be released to the public in News Limited newspapers around the country this Sunday 27 July. The Sunday Telegraph (NSW/ACT); Su...
Books Alive: this year's list
While the list cannot be published here until the campaign kicks off on 27 July, most booksellers should now be aware of the 50 books featured in this year's new-look Books Alive ‘50 b...
Big Book Club to run Books Alive author tours
The Big Book Club will be taking authors to ‘some places they wouldn't otherwise go' as part of this year's Books Alive campaign, says Big Book Club spokesperson Fiona Lange. Lange said th...
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