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ARW gets NZ go-ahead for Borders bid
The New Zealand Commerce Commission has cleared Angus & Robertson/Whitcoull's Group Holdings (ARW) to acquire 100% of the shares in Borders NZ. Commission chair Paula Rebstock said the Commis...
New Zealand Book Month winds up
The second New Zealand Book Month, which ran this year from 3 to 30 September, has drawn strong interest from New Zealand readers. The Six Pack Two, an anthology of new New Zealand writing publi...
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Miles Franklin and NSW Prem's shortlists next weekThe shortlists for both the Miles Franklin Award and the NSW Premier's Literary Awards will be announced next week--the Prem's prize shortlist on Wedn...
New Zealand YA novel shines at Bologna
Bernard Beckett's YA sci-fi epic Genesis is one of the big hits of this year's Bologna Children's Book Fair, selling to Quercus for £100,000 (A$202,500), the largest sum ever paid for a New...
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Max Ell's Bazaar Books closesMax Ell's Bazaar Books, located in Sydney's Roselands, has closed after more than 30 years of trading. The store, founded by the late Max Ell, ceased trading on 31 Ja...
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German prize for de KretserThe LiBeraturpreis 2007 Prize has been awarded to Michelle de Kretser for her novel The Hamilton Case (Vintage). The author of three novels, de Kretser also worked as a...
Forthcoming events
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Frankfurt Book Fair 10 - 14 OctoberCAL's Publishers' Career Development grants deadline 12 OctoberRedact Workshop 1...
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Scott, Manhire and Farrell win NZ Prime Minister's literary awards Historian Dick Scott, poet Bill Manhire and novelist Fiona Farrell are the 2007 winners of the New Zealand Prime Minister's Awards fo...
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