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From the Weekly Book Newsletter3rd Feb 2010, No. 1917 Archives
Hardie Grant Egmont acquires Little Hare Books
Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) has announced it has agreed to purchase children's publisher Little Hare Books (LHB). ‘We have always been fans of Little Hare, we like what they publish and we l...
Published: 05/02/2010
'Van Diemen's Land' giveaway
Thanks to Madman Entertainment the Weekly Book Newsletter is giving away five copies of Van Diemen's Land on DVD. Van Diemen's Land is the true story of Australia's most notorious convict, Alexa...
Published: 02/02/2010
Authors on tour
February Patrick Ness, Walker Books (Monsters of Men)Katherine Howell, Macmillan (Cold Justice)Michael Goldfarb, Scribe (Emancipation: How Liberating Europe's Jews from the Ghetto led to Revolution an...
Published: 01/02/2010
Giveaway--five signed copies of 'Van Diemen's Land'
Thanks to Madman Entertainment, the Weekly Book Newsletter is giving away five copies of Van Diemen's Land on DVD, signed by director Jonathan auf der Heide. Van Diemen's Land is the true st...
Published: 03/02/2010
Inside the latest issue: Wendy James on sisters
Did you know Rebecca James, author of the highly anticipated debut Beautiful Malice, is the sister of author Wendy James? Read what Wendy has to say about siblings and her latest book Where Have ...
Published: 03/02/2010
White, Hazzard in running for 'Lost' Man Booker Prize
Novels by Australian authors Patrick White and Shirley Hazzard are among those in the running for a new Man Booker Prize. The Lost Man Booker Prize, announced on 1 February, is a one-off prize to...
Published: 03/02/2010
CAL Scribe Fiction Prize
The shortlist for the inaugural CAL Scribe Fiction Prize has been announced by judges Kerryn Goldsworthy, Mark Rubbo and Aviva Tuffield. The shortlisted manuscripts, chosen from 534 entries...
Published: 03/02/2010
Moorhouse to boycott China tour
Australian author Frank Moorhouse has announced he will boycott a writers' tour of China in protest against the imprisonment of Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo. The tour, which has been funded by...
Published: 03/02/2010
Commissioning Editor/Associate Publisher, Pymble, NSW
Commissioning Editor/Associate Publisher HarperCollins Publishers is seeking an experienced commissioning editor or associate publisher to join its highly successful nonfiction team. ...
Sponsoring Media Editor, Frenchs Forest, Sydney
Educating millions of people worldwide, Pearson is the global leader in integrated publishing, with such renowned brands as Prentice Hall, NCS Pearson, Financial Times, Penguin, DK and many ...
Marketing & Events Assistant, Carlton, VIC
We are seeking to appoint a new marketing assistant. Reporting to our marketing manager, and based out of our Elgin Street offices in Carlton, this full time position offers competitive remuneration a...
Harlequin Enterprises - confirmation of bookstore distribution change
Harlequin Enterprises and Harper Entertainment Distribution Services (HEDS) would like to confirm that, effective from 1 March 2010, HEDS will commence distribution of all Harlequin titles to book-tra...
A picture sells a thousand words
Would you buy a product over the internet without first seeing what it looks like? Publishers, if you want your books to sell to retailers, libraries and consumers globally, it is vital you submit qua...
Cengage Learning Fast Track order service for TAFE and Campus Booksellers
Cengage Learning Australia will be offering a Fast Track order service for TAFE and Campus booksellers top up orders. The service is available from Monday 8 February 2010 to Friday 26 March 2010...
Amanda Lucas joins HarperCollins
Amanda Lucas has joined HarperCollins as associate publisher. She starts on 8 February and reports to head of nonfiction Sandy Weir (see Classified). ...
Michael Moynahan joins HarperCollins India board
Michael Moynahan, chief executive officer of HarperCollins Australia and New Zealand, will join the Board of Directors of HarperCollins India (see Classified)....
Registrations open--86th ABA Conference & Trade Exhibition: Connecting the Industry
11-13 July, 2010Hilton Brisbane Year on year the ABA Conference and trade exhibition delivers a program of informative and insightful sessions with industry leaders from across Australia and aro...
Victorian Writers Centre workshop
Hook a Publisher with a Great Proposal--masterclass with Sheila Hollingworth Weekend Masterclass: Getting your book published requires more than great writing - you also need to know how the pub...
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Week ending Sat. 30 Jan 2010
- 1 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- Stieg Larsson,
Quercus
$24.95, ISBN 9781847245458 - 2 The Girl Who Played with Fire
- Stieg Larsson,
Quercus
$24.95, ISBN 9781906694180 - 3 The Lost Symbol
- Dan Brown,
Bantam
$49.95, ISBN 9780593054277 - 4 The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest
- Stieg Larsson,
Maclehose
$32.95, ISBN 9781906694173 - 5 Underbelly:The Golden Mile
- John Silvester & Andrew Rule,
Floradale Press
$24.99, ISBN 9780980697100 - 6 Worst Case
- James Patterson,
Century
$32.95, ISBN 9781846054716 - 7 Breaking Dawn (Red-Edged)
- Stephenie Meyer,
Hachette
$22.99, ISBN 9781905654307 - 8 The Lovely Bones (Film Tie In)
- Alice Sebold,
Picador
$22.99, ISBN 9780330457729 - 9 Committed
- Elizabeth Gilbert,
Bloomsbury
$32.99, ISBN 9781408805763 - 10 Eclipse (Red-Edged)
- Stephenie Meyer,
Hachette
$22.99, ISBN 9781904233916
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