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HarperCollins to publish Pink Ribbon Day editions
16 August, 2008 HarperCollins has announced it is supporting Pink Ribbon Day 2008 with the release of four Pink Ribbon Day special editions
The Australian Family Therapists' Award for Children's Literature announced
15 August, 2008 The annual Australian Family Therapists' Award for Children's Literature is awarded by the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT).
What's hot in the media - 11 August 2008
11 August, 2008 Anita Heiss' new book scored a number of mentions in the media this week.
Victorian Prem's awards shortlist announced
11 August, 2008 The shortlist for the 2008 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards was announced on Friday, 8 August, by Arts Minister Lynne Kosky at the State Library of Victoria.
Bestsellers this week
7 August, 2008 Penguin’s Little Library (board books for children) is top of the Bestsellers chart this week, and Odd Hours by Dean Koontz reigns supreme in the Highest New Entries chart. 
7 August, 2008 The longlist for second annual Inkys--Teen Choice Book Awards, was announced on 1 August at the State Library of Victoria. 
7 August, 2008 The shortlist for this year's Age Book of the Year awards has been announced. 
7 August, 2008 Books by Australian authors have taken five of the top 10 spots in the financial year's bestsellers, according to Nielsen BookScan. 
7 August, 2008 The shortlisted titles for the inaugural Prime Minister's Literary Awards have been announced.
What's hot in the media - 4 August 2008
4 August, 2008 Jim Sharman, international director of film, theatre and musicals, has put pen to paper to tell his life story, entitled Blood and Tinsel: A Memoir.
31 July, 2008 All those folks who have been waiting for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows to come out in paperback have rocketed said book to the top 
31 July, 2008 The shortlist for the 2008 Ned Kelly Awards for crime writing have been announced.
Victorian Community History Awards
31 July, 2008 The winners of the Victorian Community History Awards 2008 have been announced at Parliament House on Saturday, 31 May 2008.
Byron Writers Festival - success after day one washout
31 July, 2008 The first day of this year's Byron Bay Writers' Festival, held over the weekend at the Byron Bay Beach Resort, was cancelled due to flooding and mud on the festival site. 
31 July, 2008 The Lost Dog by Michelle de Kretser (A&U) and A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz (Hamish Hamilton) are among the titles longlisted for this year's Man Booker Prize. 
31 July, 2008 The 2008 Books Alive campaign started last Sunday, 27 July, with the public release of the 50 Books You Can't Put down booklet and this year's free book, Michael Robotham's Bombproof. 
28 July, 2008 Tobias Wolff, author of seven previous books and editor of The Vintage Book of American Short Stories, has scored the most mentions this week
Robotham book free with 2008 Books Alive campaign
27 July, 2008 The 2008 Books Alive campaign has launched with the theme '50 books you can't put down'. Customers that purchase any of the 50 books on the list will receive a free copy of Bombproof by Michael Robotham. The book has been written by Robotham, this year's Books Alive ambassador, especially for the Books Alive campaign.
Books Alive - The Full List
27 July, 2008 The 2008 Books Alive ‘50 Books You Can't Put Down' List will be released to the public in News Limited newspapers around the country this Sunday 27 July. 
25 July, 2008 Harry Potter on the top of the charts again?! Hold onto your hats, it's not a new one from J K Rowling but her most recent--Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Samuel Johnson Prize 2008 announced
25 July, 2008 The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: or The Murder at Road Hill House by Kate Summerscale (Bloomsbury) has won the 10th Anniversary BBC FOUR Samuel Johnson Prize for Nonfiction.
Man Asia Literary Prize longlist announced
25 July, 2008 The longlist for the 2008 Man Asia Literary Prize was announced on Tuesday.
Montana Award winners
25 July, 2008 The Booksellers NZ annual conference concluded on Monday night with the presentation of New Zealand's premier book prizes, the Montana Awards.
Kevin wins inaugural Eureka Street/Reader's Feast award
25 July, 2008 The inaugural Eureka Street/Reader's Feast Awards for Social Justice/Human Rights Writing were presented at the inaugural Crime & Justice Festival on Friday night. |
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