Friday, 7 February 2014
As the centenary of World War I approaches, Brad Jefferies reports on the market for military histories. The audience for military history books can be divided into two broad categories: general...

Friday, 7 February 2014
Demand for graphic novels continues to grow, but how are booksellers, publishers and librarians responding? Portia Lindsay reports.At last year’s Reading Matters conference in Melbourne, Raina Telgemeier’s graphic novels sold...

Friday, 7 February 2014
From its first store in Frankston’s Central Carpark to its forthcoming outlet in the Emporium Melbourne shopping complex, Robinsons Bookshop has come a long way. Owner Susanne Horman shares her...

Friday, 7 February 2014
Should the book industry drop the C-format paperback? Books+Publishing asked five booksellers.Mary Dalmau, general manager, Reader’s Feast Bookstore Nicole, our fiction buyer, and I see no reason to dispense with the C-format paperback. While...

Friday, 7 February 2014
There’s more than one way to publish and sell books. Andrea Hanke and Eloise Keating spoke to several publishers that have recently changed their business models. Simon & Schuster relaunches local...

Wednesday, 5 February 2014
In this age of fast-paced technological change, readers are faced with more choice than ever as to how and where to acquire their reading material. No longer is buying a...

Tuesday, 4 February 2014
What would you put on a shelf-talker for your book? Want to get your kids reading? Try these books (they’re funny too).What are you reading right now?Difficult Men by Brett Martin...

Wednesday, 22 January 2014
Why should authors have to wait up to nine months to be paid royalties? Julietta Jameson spoke to Text publisher Michael Heyward, literary agents Selwa Anthony and Lyn Tranter, and...

Wednesday, 22 January 2014
Sally Piper’s novel Grace’s Table (UQP, April) uses the device of a meal—preparation, serving, eating and aftermath—to tell the life story of a 70-year-old woman. She spoke to reviewer Max...

Wednesday, 22 January 2014
The Weaver Fish (Fremantle Press, March) is a fiendishly clever puzzle of a book, writes reviewer Tim Coronel. (Read the review here.) He spoke to Robert Edeson. This book is...

Wednesday, 8 January 2014
The launch of Chris Andrews’ latest book of poetry, Lime Green Chair, in February was delightful. It was a full house upstairs at Gleebooks in Sydney. I bought a copy...

Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Charlotte Harper, founder of digital-first publisher Editia, has written an essay for if:book Australia’s N00bz series reflecting on the publisher’s first print book releases. Editia and if:book will jointly publish the collected essays...

Tuesday, 3 December 2013
Earlier this year at the Hardie Grant office I noticed a group of people crowding around a computer. My curiosity got the better of me and I got closer. ‘Does...

Wednesday, 13 November 2013
In a blog post for the Wheeler Centre, Annabel Smith shares some sobering figures on authors’ earnings.  Nowadays, a multitude of blog posts, webinars and online courses tout the idea...

Wednesday, 16 October 2013
Do book reviews in local and national newspapers make a difference to your sales? Bookseller+Publisher asked three booksellers. I’ve spent the past 12 years cutting out the reviews in the...

Monday, 14 October 2013
In his review of Will Elliott’s Inside Out (HarperVoyager, February), Stefen Brazulaitis describes the novel as ‘postmodern without being pretentious and meta without being contrived’. He spoke to the author....

Monday, 7 October 2013
Psychotherapist, author and editor Gary Greenberg is visiting Australia in October. His latest book, The Book of Woe (Scribe), challenges many facets of established psychiatric practice. What would you put...

Monday, 7 October 2013
Amra Pajalic and Demet Divaroren are the editors of Coming of Age (A&U, February), a YA anthology that examines what it’s like to grow up Muslim in Australia. They spoke...

Monday, 7 October 2013
In November, New Frontier will publish a ‘cerebral palsy edition’ of Peter Carnavas’ picture book Jessica’s Box. Eloise Florence spoke to publisher Peter Whitfield about the project.  For New Frontier...

Monday, 7 October 2013
In the breakout superhero hit of the year, Hawkeye, Volume 1 (Matt Fraction, illus by David Aja et al, Marvel, December), Clint Barton fights for justice ... and good rooftop...

Monday, 7 October 2013
Tis the season for anthologies, and this year there are several to choose from. Summer Lovin’ (Fremantle Press, December) is a collection of 14 stories about love (lost, found, first,...