Tidbits

News bites: Dennis Jones appoints liquidator

2018-08-17T14:33:24+10:00Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , |

News bites
Industry stalwart Dennis Jones & Associates has appointed a liquidator. As the leading independent distributor for small publishers and self-publishers, the news will comes as a shock to many. If Australian Society of Authors members who are creditors would like the ASA to act on their behalf, they can fill out a form on the ASA website. The ASA also has a press release on its site.

Kids & YA fest ankle bites the footy in Twitter league

2018-07-15T13:23:55+10:00Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

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There was more bookish news than you could poke a stick at this week, and we have expanded the section to include international news. Writing NSW’s biennial Kids & YA Festival leads this week's line-up because the event was the fourth-highest trender on Twitter, edged out by the football and a major political event (thanks to some frantic tweeting by attendees), and it feels like an absolute triumph whenever books are mentioned in the same breath as football in Australia’s media.