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PM's Prize for Australian History winners announced

The 2010-11 Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History has been jointly awarded to A Three-Cornered Life: The Historian W K Hancock by Jim Davidson (UNSW Press) and Bad Characters: S-x, Crime, Muti...

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...

2011 Ernest Scott Prize winners announced

A Merciless Place: The Lost Story of Britain's Convict Disaster in Africa and how it led to the Settlement of Australia by Emma Christopher (A&U) and A Three-Cornered Life: The Historian...

'Indelible Ink' wins Age Book of the Year

The winners of the 2011 Age Book of the Year awards were announced on 25 August at the opening keynote address of the Melbourne Writers Festival.  Indelible Ink (Fiona McGregor, Scribe)...

2011 John Button Prize shortlist announced

The shortlist for this year's John Button Prize for writing on public policy has been announced. The shortlisted titles are:Quarterly Essay 40: Trivial Pursuit: Leadership and the End of the Reform Er...

UNSW Press rebrands publishing division

University of New South Wales (UNSW) Press has rebranded its publishing division.  The publishing division of UNSW Press will now be known as NewSouth Publishing and all new titles from July...

Bail to replace Derricourt at UNSW Press

UNSW Press has announced the appointment of Kathy Bail as chief executive, replacing Robin Derricourt.  Bail, who has been editor of the Australian Financial Review Magazine since 2006, was a boa...

Derricourt to retire from UNSW Press

UNSW Press managing director Robin Derricourt has announced he will stand down from the position in February 2010.  Derricourt, who has completed 13 years in the role, told WBN he had given the U...

Thomson acquires Redfern Legal Centre list

Thomson Reuters has announced that it has acquired the Redfern Legal Centre Publishing imprint and will be publishing the new edition of The Law Handbook and The Family Law Handbook; as well as distri...

Joint winners for Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History

Tom Griffiths and Robert Kenny have jointly been awarded the 2008 Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History, for their books Slicing the Silence: Voyaging to Antarctica (New South) and The Lamb En...
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