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Category: News

  • More Changes to the Publishing World – HarperCollins CEO Resigns

    “Victoria Barnsley, one of the most powerful figures in British publishing, has unexpectedly announced that she is leaving the company at the end of this week” – Jon Stock, The…


  • A Publishing Merger for the Books

    Many throughout the publishing industry were shocked to find that today, the merging of two major players became official. Penguin and Random House united under one roof today, now dominating…


  • A Visual Masterpiece for the Modern Audience

    It’s taken a while, but our verdicts are finally in on Lurman’s Gatsby. With its pumping Jay-Z-meets-The Charleston soundtrack and its visual feast of dazzling costuming, sky scraper fly overs…


  • Another Shriver Novel to Gobble Up?

    “In Lionel Shriver’s novel Big Brother, a woman puts her marriage on the line to help a drastically obese sibling lose weight.” Admittedly, the topic of Lionel Shriver’s new novel surprised…


  • Alice Munro’s Final Sentence

    In the week before her 82nd birthday, short story writer Alice Munro has revealed “I’m probably not going to write any more” to a newspaper interviewer. For those of us…


  • Miles Franklin Winner – Questions of Travel

    There’s been a hell of a lot of buzz about this year’s Miles Franklin award, particularly due to the all-female shortlist. Well, the winner has finally been announced – Questions…


  • Awards Season for APA

    It’s a glamourous time of year for us readers and writers with the Australian Book Industry Award winners having just been announced. A couple of highlights: Taking out the categories:…


  • All-Female Miles Franklin 2013 Shortlist

    With the announcement of the Miles Franklin Award Winner coming up in less than a month’s time, attention has turned to the all-female short-list. For the first time in the…


  • Fan Fiction to Sell on Amazon?

    The latest from e-commerce giant, Amazon.


  • Book Clubs to Determine the Next Bestsellers?

    Are book club members as qualified as trained editors when it comes to assessing an unpublished, unedited manuscript?


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