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In this section, you'll find all the latest (and the oldest) news relating to our books and authors, and to our Melbourne and London offices.
Awards, acquisitions, author tours, reprints, a bit of gossip, and the occasional job listing — it's all here.
So if it's your secret dream to work at Scribe, or you just like knowing what's happening in the world of publishing, then read on.
And then get back to reading a good book.
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Three Scribe titles on the State Library’s Summer Read list
26 November 2007Scribe is delighted to have three of their titles selected for the…
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What’s Hot
22 November 2007Following his electrifying tour, Joe Bageant’s Deer Hunting With Jesus…
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RIP Peter Andren
3 November 2007We wish to extend our condolences to the family and friends of Peter…
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Chasing Bohemia’s Sydney launch
22 October 2007Chasing Bohemia by Carmen Michael was launched by Malcolm Knox at Ariel…
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Scribe news round-up
14 September 2007There's a lot going on at the moment. Here's a selection of…
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Buying and Selling
22 August 2007Here's a burst of overseas-related developments.
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Asbestos House Does It Again
4 June 2007Asbestos House: the secret history of James Hardie Industries by Gideon…
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Asbestos House Wins the Blake Dawson Waldron Prize for Business Literature
27 April 2007Asbestos House: the secret history of James Hardie Industries by Gideon…
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Scribe’s sales & distribution moves to Penguin/UBD
22 March 2007Booksellers should note that, from 2 July this year, Scribe moved from…
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Shadowboxing voted one of Victoria’s favourites
27 February 2007The top five novels in the State Library’s Reading Victoria campaign…
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Asbestos House Wins the 2006 Westfield/Waverley Library Award for Literature
9 November 2006Congratulations once again to Gideon Haigh, whose book Asbestos House…
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RIP Wendy Lowenstein
30 October 2006Wendy Lowenstein, one of Scribe’s first authors, died recently. We…
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2006 Walkley non-fiction book of the year award
22 October 2006Congratulations to two of Scribe’s authors, both of whose recent books…
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Recent acquisitions
27 September 2006We’re very pleased to have acquired the following titles recently:
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