Melbourne City of Lit meets Dunedin’s University Book Shop Archive
Wednesday, 17 November 2021
In this series, run in partnership with the Melbourne City of Literature Office, we get to know some of the bookstores in the UNESCO Cities of Literature network. Meet Dunedin's...
Kate Gordon recommends Archive
Wednesday, 17 November 2021
I have been an enormous fan of Steven Herrick since childhood, so when a new book of his is released it’s an event in my house. I was so excited to...
Kate Gordon on ‘Xavier in the Meantime’ Archive
Tuesday, 16 November 2021
Kate Gordon's latest book is a companion novel to her CBCA award–winning Aster's Good, Right Things. Xavier in the Meantime (Riveted Press, February) is a 'sensitive but unflinching' story of...
Get to know the SPN Book of the Year shortlist Archive
Monday, 15 November 2021
The winner of the 2021 Small Press Network (SPN) Book of the Year Award will be announced on 26 November during the annual SPN Independent Publishing Conference. Each Monday, in the...
Books in the media this weekend, 13–14 November Archive
Friday, 12 November 2021
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper The Dogs (John Hughes, Upswell) Fiona Foley Provocateur: An art life...
Reality bites: 2022 nonfiction preview Archive
Wednesday, 10 November 2021
New books by Hannah Gadsby, Tom Tilley, Osman Faruqi and Kim Mahood are among next year’s most anticipated nonfiction releases. Here's a look at Australian publisher’s 2022 nonfiction titles. Memoir and...
Career path: Johannes Jakob Archive
Tuesday, 9 November 2021
Johannes Jakob began his publishing career as an editor at Express Media's Voiceworks magazine. He is now an editor at Penguin Random House Australia, and won the 2021 IPEd Rosie...
Get to know the SPN Book of the Year shortlist Archive
Monday, 8 November 2021
The winner of the 2021 Small Press Network (SPN) Book of the Year Award will be announced on 26 November during the annual SPN Independent Publishing Conference. Each Monday, in...
Stories we tell: 2022 fiction preview Archive
Thursday, 4 November 2021
New novels from literary heavyweights Alexis Wright, Geraldine Brooks and Dervla McTiernan are among the Australian books releasing next year. Books+Publishing shares a sneak peek at Australian publishers’ 2022 fiction...
Melbourne City of Lit meets Bucheon’s Yong Books Archive
Wednesday, 3 November 2021
In this series, run in partnership with the Melbourne City of Literature Office, we get to know some of the bookstores in the UNESCO Cities of Literature network. Today we...
Books in the media this weekend Archive
Friday, 29 October 2021
This week’s round-up will be updated as data is available. National The Saturday Paper How to End a Story (Helen Garner, Text) The Magpie Wing (Max Easton, Giramondo) Wild Abandon...
The road not taken: One year on from the 2020 Beatrice Davis Fellowship report Archive
Wednesday, 27 October 2021
Following her 2020 Beatrice Davis Fellowship report 'It’s hard to be what you can’t see: Diversity Within Australian Publishing', Radhiah Chowdhury reflects on the experiences of those in the First...
Josh Pyke & Ronojoy Ghosh on ‘Family Tree’ Archive
Tuesday, 26 October 2021
Singer–songwriter and children's book author Josh Pyke celebrates Australia's diverse and multicultural society in his latest picture book Family Tree (Scholastic, January) with illustrations by Ronojoy Ghosh. Reviewer Romi Sharp said...
Melbourne City of Lit meets Norwich’s The Book Hive Archive
Wednesday, 20 October 2021
In this series, run in partnership with the Melbourne City of Literature Office, we get to know some of the bookstores in the UNESCO Cities of Literature network. Today we...
Shankari Chandran recommends Archive
Wednesday, 20 October 2021
After Story by Larissa Behrendt (UQP). Now that my local bookstore is open, I’m ordering copies for my friends and then I’m going to pretend I haven’t read it so...
Shankari Chandran on ‘Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens’ Archive
Wednesday, 20 October 2021
Shankari Chandran's third novel Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens (Ultimo, January) centres on the Cinnamon Gardens Nursing Home and the community fostered by the Tamil family who run it. Set...
Books in the media this weekend Archive
Friday, 15 October 2021
This week’s round-up will be updated as data is available. National The Saturday Paper Cop (Valentin Gendrot, trans by Frank Wynne, Scribe) Currowan (Bronwyn Adcock, Black Inc.) Scary Monsters (Michelle...
Booksellers celebrate LYBD in and out of lockdown Archive
Wednesday, 13 October 2021
This year’s Love Your Bookshop Day (LYBD) took place on Saturday, 9 October, with official celebrations by the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) taking place online due to the ongoing lockdown...
Amplify Bookstore’s Christmas picks Archive
Wednesday, 13 October 2021
Amplify Bookstore, an independent online bookseller specialising in books by Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) authors, shares the shop's top picks in anticipation of the gift-giving season. This...
Books in the media this weekend Archive
Friday, 8 October 2021
This week’s round-up will be updated as data is available. National The Saturday Paper Bodies of Light (Jennifer Down, Text) Love & Virtue (Diana Reid, Ultimo) Philosophy for Spiders: On the low theory...
Stephanie Parkyn on ‘The Freedom of Birds’ Archive
Wednesday, 6 October 2021
The Freedom of Birds (A&U, December) is Stephanie Parkyn's third novel, completing the loose historical trilogy that began with Into the World and Josephine's Garden (A&U). As the French Empire...
November reviews round-up Archive
Wednesday, 6 October 2021
Come November two highly anticipated essay collections from two prominent Australian scholars will be hitting bookshelves: Another Day in the Colony (Chelsea Watego, UQP) and Doing Politics: Writing on public...
Books in the media this weekend Archive
Friday, 1 October 2021
This week's round-up will be updated as data is available. National The Saturday Paper Bewilderment (Richard Powers, William Heinemann) Permafrost (S J Norman, UQP) Signs and Wonders (Delia Falconer, S&S)...
Career path: Cate Blake Archive
Wednesday, 29 September 2021
Cate Blake began her publishing career at Penguin Random House Australia as an editorial assistant. In 2018 she was nominated for the inaugural ABIA Rising Star Award for her role...
Books in the media this weekend Archive
Friday, 24 September 2021
In a new weekly feature for booksellers, Books+Publishing rounds up the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Believe in Me (Lucy Neave,...
Freya Blackwood on ‘The Boy and the Elephant’ Archive
Tuesday, 21 September 2021
Freya Blackwood is a Greenaway Medallist and seven-time CBCA winner whose picture books are beloved for her warm and perceptive drawings. Her latest book, The Boy and the Elephant (HarperCollins, November) is a tender, wordless picture book...
Exploring the natural world: Australian environment-themed children’s books Archive
Wednesday, 15 September 2021
The forthcoming final edition for 2021 of Books+Publishing’s sister publication Think Australian is shining a light on Australian titles ahead of the Frankfurt Book Fair. In this sneak peek, Think Australian rounds...
Books in the media this weekend Archive
Friday, 10 September 2021
In a new weekly feature for booksellers, Books+Publishing rounds up the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. The Saturday Paper, 11 September Beautiful World, Where...
Monica McInerney recommends Archive
Wednesday, 8 September 2021
I’ve been reading so many brilliant books by Australian authors in the past 18 months, but I’d like to shine a spotlight on two debut novelists I worked with through the Australian...
#BookTok 101: Your guide to a major new force in publishing Archive
Wednesday, 8 September 2021
TikTok's #BookTok hashtag recently saw backlist titles It Ends With Us (Colleen Hoover, S&S) and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Taylor Jenkins Reid, S&S) make their way into the...
