First, the navel-gazing: Book Bizzo will now be coming out weekly. The posts will be shorter, but I think that probably works out better for everyone. Also, if you prefer monthly updates on what’s new at Book Thingo, I’ll be posting monthly summaries on our Facebook page.

Book launches, events, and authors

The ARRC has launched a guest blog for authors attending the convention.

I was sent a link to Second Chance for Romance, an online secondhand bookseller. Check out their catalogue on the website, and you can also e-mail them your wishlist. Secondhand stores for lazy people. I love the Internet.

Nalini Singh confirms the release date for Angel’s Pawn: February 24. (more)

Book Bizzo is a fortnightly omnibus of news items, events, and other interesting tidbits related to books, and especially the Australian romance book industry. You can find past Book Bizzo posts here.

A quick bit of navel gazing first. Book Thingo now has a Facebook page. If you “become a fan”, you’ll receive (ir)regular updates and news, plus we’ll post monthly summaries of blog posts for those of you who prefer monthly digests rather than feeds. Feel free to post on our Wall and introduce yourself, give us book recommendations, or tell us what you’d like to see more of on the blog.

We’re also on Twitter. I’m playing around with different ways we can liveblog the Australian Romance Readers Convention in February (more)

Photo by circulating (via Flickr)

Every fortnight we’ll be posting a collection of news items, events, and other interesting tidbits related to books, and especially the Australian book industry. This first issue is bursting at the seams because it includes stuff from last year that I’ve been meaning to post. After this issue, we’ll be aiming to post current news and events as we hear about them. Click here for a list of Book Bizzo posts.

Book launches, events, and authors

Tempt the Devil by Anna Campbell was released last week, and there’s an interview of Campbell at Down Under Desirabelles. I WANT this book!

Bronwyn Parry’s second book–I assume it’s the loosely connected sequel to As Darkness Falls–will be out in September. A mass market paperback version of As Darkness Falls will be available in April. (more)

Kathleen O'Reilly books

One of my favourite authors read some comments I made at Dear Author bemoaning–nay, whingeing–about my inability to find some of her books and when would her latest series ever get here, poor me, oh, my, oh, my, etc.

And she asked what books I was after and offered to send them to me.

And I was sneaky and said I was after her entire backlist (the ones I didn’t already have) although, ahem, I wouldn’t expect her to send me ALL of them. Ahem.

And then I got this in the post. (more)