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Bestsellers this week

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:29:38 UT

It's great to see a book from a relatively small publisher get top spot in the charts.

Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children's Literature 2009 announced

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:16:43 UT

True Green Kids: 100 Things You Can Do to Save the Planet (Kim McKay and Jenny Bonnin, ABC Books) and Tuart Dwellers (Jan Ramage, illus. Ellen Hickman, WA Dept of Environment and Conservation) have been announced as joint winners of the 2009 Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children's Literature.

Tags: jan ramage, jenny bonnin, kim mckay

What's Hot in the Media 30th June 2009

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:10:44 UT

In the face of work pressure and family commitments, sleep is usually the first aspect of adult life to suffer.

Tags: hilary mantel, m j hyland, maggie gee, mark seal, michael mcgirr

Bestsellers this week

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:57:51 UT

What is it about people these days and their obsession with vampires?

Tags: chris mckimmie, claudia gray, robert muchamore

Beattie to film John Marsden's 'Tomorrow' series

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:47:27 UT

Stuart Beattie, co-writer of the epic Australia, will make his directorial debut with John Marsden’s Tomorrow, When the War Began, first published by Pan in 1994 and aimed at young adults.

Tags: john marsden

The Slap' wins booksellers' choice award

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:40:06 UT

Christos Tsiolkas was announced on Monday night as the winner of the Nielsen BookData 2009 Booksellers' Choice Award for his multiple prize-winning novel The Slap (A&U).

Tags: christos tsiolkas, helen oxenbury, kate morton, kaz cooke, mem fox, nam le, shaun tan, tim winton

2009 ABIA Awards announced

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:23:36 UT

The 2009 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) were presented last night, Tuesday 23 June, at a gala event at Sydney's Sofitel, hosted by Tara Moss.

Tags: chloe hooper, helen oxenbury, judith lucy, kate morton, melina marchetta, mem fox, nam le, shaun tan

What's Hot in the Media 23rd June 2009

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:37:20 UT

News of Tim Winton's Miles Franklin Award win for his novel Breath was strewn all over Australia's book pages and beyond at the weekend.

Tags: colm toibin, jeanette winterson, marina hyde, teri louise kelly, tim winton

Winton wins fourth Miles Franklin award with 'Breath'

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:32:38 UT

Tim Winton has won his fourth Miles Franklin Award with Breath (Penguin), which was tonight announced as the 2009 winner of the $42,000 prize.

Tags: christos tsiolkas, louis nowra, murray bail, richard flanagan, tim winton

Victorian Writers' Centre workshops

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:58:18 UT

Writing Romance with Anne Gracie Short Course: Romance is character-driven genre fiction and accounts for a huge chunk of the international fiction market, which is why romance writers can earn a living from their writing.

Tags: victorian writers' centre workshops

Bestsellers this week

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:51:38 UT

James Patterson and Michael Connolly duel with Stephenie Meyer this week on top of the Bestsellers chart.

Tags: james patterson, jane green’s, michael connolly, stephenie meyer

APA releases new price study

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:24:01 UT

The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has released a study which CEO Maree McCaskill said showed the Australian ‘domestic book market is in reality priced cheaper than the United Kingdom and right on the nose with the United States'.

Tags: apa releases new price study

What's Hot in the Media 15th June 2009

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:50:40 UT

Writer, lawyer and activist Noel Pearson has written a book about his own life called Up from the Mission: Selected Writings.

Tags: hilary mantel, kamila shamsie, monique roffey, noel pearson, peter fitzSimons

Parallel importation debate coverage

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:51:17 UT

Author Joshua Gans, whose book Parentonomics is published by New South, has written a piece on the parallel importation debate in Melbourne's Age newspaper, arguing for the ‘complete relaxation of restrictions'.

Tags: joshua gans

Brisbane Writers' Festival ‘Word Play' kids' program launched

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:46:30 UT

The Brisbane Writers' Festival program for young readers, writers and illustrators ‘Word Play' has been announced.

Tags: andy griffiths, brian falkner, brisbane writers festival, jack heath, jackie french, tempany deckert