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Readings Port Melbourne to close

Readings has announced that its Port Melbourne store will close. Readings managing director Mark Rubbo said in a statement that Readings had been 'unable to come to an arrangement with the landlord' r...

Fullers launches ebookstore

Fullers Bookshop in Tasmania has launched its ebookstore on the Booki.sh platform. The Fullers ebookstore, on its new-look website, features recommendations from individual booksellers at the chain's&...

Dymocks major sponsor, official bookseller for 2011 MWF

The Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) has announced a new partnership with Dymocks, with the bookselling chain becoming a major sponsor of the event. The Dymocks franchise at 234 Collins Street will be...

In Brief

2011 Calibre Prize winners announcedThe Australian Book Review (ABR) and the Copyright Agency Limited have announced that the 2011 Calibre Prize will be shared by essayists Dean Biron ('The Death of t...

Publishers use Booki.sh to provide 'complimentary copies' for review

Australian publishers signed with the Booki.sh program can make ebook proofs available to booksellers and reviewers.  Allen & Unwin has announced it will be making e-proofs available using th...

'The Roving Party' wins 2011 Vogel Award

The 2011 winner of The Australian/Vogel Literary Award for an unpublished manuscript by a writer under the age of 35 is The Roving Party by Rohan Wilson. Wilson was announced as the winner at a specia...

In brief

Non-SPUNC titles available through Readings ebookstore Murdoch Books and Port Campbell Press are among the first non-SPUNC (Small Press Underground Networking Community) publishers to make t...

UQP joins SPUNC

The Small Press Underground Networking Community (SPUNC) announced last week that University of Queensland Press (UQP) has joined the organisation. UQP is the latest medium-size publisher to join the ...

Calligaro appointed digital manager at Text

Text Publishing has announced the appointment of Michelle Calligaro to the newly created position of digital manager. Text managing director and publisher Michael Heyward told the Weekly Book Newslett...

Independent Melbourne bookstores hit by flood waters

At least two independent Melbourne bookstores were hit by the dramatic flash floods in the Victorian capital city last Friday. The St Kilda Readings store, located on Acland Street, was forced to...
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