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Text to launch $12.95 Australian classics listText Publishing will publish a list of low-price classics similar to Penguin's Popular Penguin series and Random House's $12.95 classics. The list will la...
Wheelers acquire Canongate's shares in Text Publishing
Text Publishing has announced that Lonely Planet founders Tony and Maureen Wheeler have acquired Scottish publisher Canongate's shareholding in Text Publishing for an undisclosed sum. Text publisher a...
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New Brisbane bookstoreA new bookstore opened in Brisbane's South Bank in August. Scrumptious Reads is a temporary installation shop that sells food and drink titles as well as homewares. The owners of...
Colin Roderick Award shortlist announced
The shortlist for this year's Colin Roderick Award has been announced. The shortlisted titles are:Singing Saltwater Country: Journey to the Songlines of Carpentaria (John Bradley & Yanyuwa Fa...
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Dymocks wins online retail awardDymocks has won the Online Retail (Media & Entertainment) category at the 2011 Amber Awards, presented for excellence in online services in Australia and New Zealan...
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Kobo to release 'Touch Edition' ereaderThe Weekly Book Newsletter understands Kobo is likely to release its new Touch Edition ereader locally in September. The new edition features a touch s...
'The Relic' wins 2011 Text Prize
Melbourne-based writer Myke Bartlett has won this year's Text Prize for Young Adult and Children's Writing for his manuscript The Relic. Bartlett's novel was chosen from a shortlist of five titles, an...
2011 Text prize shortlist announced
Text Publishing has announced the shortlist for the 2011 Text Prize for Young Adult and Children's Writing, presented to an unpublished manuscript by an Australian or New Zealand writer. The shortlist...
Assange memoir in doubt
The publication of Julian Assange's memoirs is now in doubt following indications from the WikiLeaks founder that he no longer wishes to write the kind of book that was envisaged when he signed the bo...
2011 PM's Lit Awards winners announced
As reported in a Weekly Book Newsletter special bulletin, the winners of this year's Prime Minister's Literary Awards were announced at the National Library in Canberra on Friday 8 July. The...
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