Australian publishers intend to battle any changes to the country’s parallel importation legislation, after the government said it intended to review the law. Australian fantasy writer Garth Nix has also leapt to its defence describing a likely “open” market as a “surrendered” market.
According to Bookseller + Publisher, the Australian Publishers Association (APA) and Australian Society of Authors (ASA) propose to run a media and grassroots crusade to combat any changes to the legislation. The legislation, which allows Australian publishers exclusive rights to publish books in their own territory providing they do so inside 30 days of overseas publication, is in danger after the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) said it planned to look at the law.
In a letter to the Australian book trade newspaper, Nix warned than an open market would downgrade Australian publishers to distributors. However, although feelings are strong, some Australian booksellers have welcomed the review.
Last year, the Australian Booksellers Association’s conference accepted a resolution to “investigate the impact of an open market and report back to members”, and the ABA’s stance is that it supports the exclusion of parallel importation restrictions, with ABA c.e.o. Malcolm Neil saying that the current legislation does not reflect today’s market.
Garth Nix has announced that there are to be a further two titles in the Abhorsen series due out in 2010 and 2011 respectively. First will be Clariel: The Lost Abhorsen, set some three centuries before Sabriel it tells the story of a young women who eventually becomes known as Chlorr of the Mask. The second book will be a sequel to Abhorsen and will be set several years after then end of events in that book.
If you can’t wait that long for a new Garth Nix fix then breath easy, Nix has promised us the last two titles in the Keys To The Kingdom series - Superior Saturday and Lord Sunday to be released before the new Abhorsen books, and a new novel called Confusion of Princes to be released in 2009.
Garth Nix is in the process of co-writing the screen play of his first book in the Abhorsen Trilogy in order to pitch to a number of Studios in America later this month. Rumours are that the Director will be Anand Tucker (Shopgirl) and the film will be produced by Brad Pitt’s company, Plan B.
We await confirmation that this project is up and running with baited breath!!
The final book in The Abhorsen Trilogy has been read and reviewed. Awarded 8.3 out of 10, placing it in 42nd place in the list of the top 100 fantasy books of all time.
“Very readable and perfect for the bedside table, if you don’t spook easily!”
For the full review, simply follow the link below.
“There are some wonderful new characters and equally some wonderful old ones that each play their part in this multifaceted tale of death.”
Lirael is the sequel to Garth Nix’s Sabriel and improves upon it’s predecessor with a rating of 8.5 out of 10 that currently places the fantasy novel at #37 in the list of the top 100 fantasy books of all time.
Read the full review of Lirael by following the link below
Garth Nix’s tale of dark secrets and dangerous magic has been reviewed and added to the list of the top 100 fantasy books of all time. Sabriel was rated of 8.2 out of 10 and this places it at #44 in the list.
Here is a snippet from the review “So is this a book of two halves? Well, it has obviously not been written that way and as this winner of many awards some (many?) would argue it doesn’t read that way, but I can only give my personal opinion as to my reading experience of this book.”
Read the full review by clicking on the following link http://www.fantasybookreview.co.uk/Garth-Nix/Sabriel.html
Garth Nix, the Australian fantasy author of the well-known Abhorsen Trilogy and the soon to be released Seventh Tower has been added to FantasyBookReview.co.uk. His biography and bibliography can be read by clicking on the following link
Garth Nix biography, bibliography and interviews
This is still a work in progress as there is still more information to be added. The Abhorsen Trilogy is due to be read and reviewed in the following weeks so please keep checking back for updates.
I have read great things about the Garth Nix and his Abhorsen Trilogy so have ordered them and they are due for delivery soon.
A Garth Nix biography and reviews of the Abhorsen Trilogy will be added to FantasyBookReview.co.uk shortly …