Editor’s picks: Summer reading
Monday, 23 October 2017
Jackie Tang rounds up her nonfiction highlights for the coming months. F*ck, sh*t … the compulsion to plop a naughty word with an attention-grabbing asterisk on the cover seems to...
Your store: A round-up of retailing news, tips and titbits
Monday, 23 October 2017
Analogue marketing At the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) conference in June, The Constant Reader’s Jay Lansdowne hosted a panel on analogue (ie in-store) marketing with Fiona Stager (Avid Reader), Jane...
Summer bestsellers: A look at the post-Christmas charts
Monday, 23 October 2017
When the Christmas frenzy has died down, what sells during the rest of the summer? Brad Jefferies explores the trends behind the post-Christmas bestsellers. (more…)
The millennial market: Publishing for a new generation
Monday, 23 October 2017
They’re a generation more talked about than listened to, but the collective spending power of millennials is set to grow. Sarah Farquharson investigates how publishers are tapping into the millennial...
Natural appreciation: Lex Hirst’s career journey
Monday, 23 October 2017
‘In all my roles I search for talented people with fascinating work and find them new audiences,’ writes Penguin Random House commissioning editor, festival director and arts programmer Lex Hirst....
Talkback: Authors and booksellers on stocking self-published books
Monday, 23 October 2017
With a number of traditionally published authors moving into self-publishing, there’s never been a greater demand for bricks-and-mortar bookstores to stock self-published titles. Andrea Hanke asked hybrid author Ellie Marney...
The reinvention of lit mags
Monday, 23 October 2017
In recent years, Australian literary journals have expanded into public events, unpublished manuscript prizes and even traditional book publishing, and are increasingly being seen as places that nurture vibrant literary...
Soaring twenties: 20 years of Hardie Grant
Monday, 23 October 2017
Hardie Grant Publishing celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. Books+Publishing looks back over the publisher’s many highlights. When Hardie Grant Publishing was established in 1997, the company had two clear...
Warm welcome: Kyneton’s Squishy Minnie
Monday, 23 October 2017
When children’s bookstore Squishy Minnie opened in the Victorian town of Kyneton, it filled an important gap in the regional community. Owner and manager Kristen Proud shares her bookseller’s diary....
What next for school libraries?
Monday, 23 October 2017
Jackie Tang explores the changing nature of school libraries in Australia. In September 2017, Australian children’s laureate Leigh Hobbs voiced his concern that Australian school libraries and librarians are ‘disappearing’,...
A league of their own: Junior fiction about girls and sport
Monday, 23 October 2017
Following the success of the inaugural AFL women’s league, Meg Whelan explores the recent spate of junior-fiction books about girls and sport. TV and radio presenter and now children’s book...
From the heart: Shivaun Plozza on ‘Tin Heart’
Monday, 23 October 2017
In her second YA novel Tin Heart (Penguin, March), Shivaun Plozza tells the story of a teenage girl who undergoes an organ transplant. The book ‘cements Plozza as a writer with...
Book bites: a round-up of forthcoming children’s and YA books
Monday, 23 October 2017
Children’s bookseller and Three Four Knock on the Door owner L J Lacey offers a taste of books to come. Picture this My Sister by Joanna Young (New Frontier, March)...
Reading ahead: 2018 children’s and YA preview
Monday, 23 October 2017
2018 sees the release of a new YA series from Jay Kristoff and a middle-grade series from Amie Kaufman; the re-release of a 10-year-old series from Liane Moriarty; and the...
Pearson apologises for ‘inappropriate’ textbook content
Monday, 23 October 2017
In the UK, Pearson has apologised for publishing ‘inappropriate content’ in its textbook Nursing: A Concept-Based Approach to Learning after being criticised on social media, reports the BBC. A Facebook...
Baker appointed MD of OUP
Monday, 23 October 2017
Oxford University Press (OUP) Australia and New Zealand has appointed Arthur Baker as its new MD, covering Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. Baker replaces Peter van Noorden, who...
artsACT announces 2018 project funding recipients
Monday, 23 October 2017
A number of writers and literary organisations are among the recipients of the 2018 ACT Arts Project Fund, delivered by artsACT. Writers to receive funding are: Jo Clay ($8250) to...
SLNSW announces 2018 fellows
Monday, 23 October 2017
The recipients of the State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW) 2018 fellowships have been announced. Author and historian Grace Karskens is the recipient of the $75,000 Coral Thomas Fellowship for her research...
Books+Publishing magazine Issue 4 2017
Friday, 20 October 2017
Issue 4 of Books+Publishing magazine is out now! Reviews: Of the 17 adult books reviewed in this issue, the two most highly rated are forthcoming novels: Michael Mohammed Ahmad’s The...
Vida count 2016: male writers comprise about two thirds of authors, reviewers
Friday, 20 October 2017
In the US, Vida, the organisation for Women in Literary Arts, found that about two thirds of the authors featured in literary journals and periodicals across US and international literary...
Walkley Book Award 2017 longlist announced
Friday, 20 October 2017
The Walkley Book Award longlist for 2017 has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Unmaking a Murder: The Mysterious Death of Anna-Jane Cheney (Graham Archer, Ebury) Victoria: The Queen (Julia...
Most Underrated Book Award 2017 shortlist announced
Friday, 20 October 2017
The Small Press Network (SPN) has announced the shortlist for the 2017 Most Underrated Book Award. The shortlisted titles are: The Island Will Sink (Briohny Doyle, Brow Books) The Invisible...
ARC funding for project exploring authorship and copyright
Friday, 20 October 2017
Monash University legal academic Rebecca Giblin and a team of researchers have received Australian Research Council funding for the project ‘Reclaiming copyright’s lost value for authors and the public’. The...
Writers among the recipients of the 2017 New Zealand Arts Awards
Friday, 20 October 2017
A number of writers and illustrators are among the 11 recipients of the 2017 New Zealand Arts Awards, presented by the New Zealand Arts Foundation. Poet Hera Lindsay Bird was...
Rushdie to headline Melbourne’s Global Atheist Convention in 2018
Friday, 20 October 2017
UK author Salman Rushdie will headline the 2018 Global Atheist Convention, which runs from 9-11 February at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. International guests also include UK author Richard...
Imlah promoted to Picador publisher
Thursday, 19 October 2017
Pan Macmillan commissioning editor Mathilda Imlah has been promoted to publisher of the company’s Picador imprint. Publishing director Cate Paterson told Books+Publishing that former publisher Geordie Williamson has moved to...
Authors announced for NZ Festival
Thursday, 19 October 2017
The New Zealand Festival in Wellington has announced the authors appearing at its Writers and Readers stream, which runs from 8-11 March 2018. Among the international guests are US sci-fi...
New Frontier to launch baby and early years imprint
Thursday, 19 October 2017
Children’s publisher New Frontier will launch a new baby, pre-school and early years imprint called Bright Star in July 2018. Publisher Sophia Whitfield told Books+Publishing that the imprint will include...
‘The Shortest History of Europe’ sells over 300,000 copies in China
Wednesday, 18 October 2017
Sales for the Chinese edition of Australian historian John Hirst’s The Shortest History of Europe (Black Inc.) have hit over 300,000 units in China. While Black Inc. originally sold simplified...
ALIA trend report: more jobs for librarians by 2022
Wednesday, 18 October 2017
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has published its fourth annual Education, Skills and Employment Trend Report, which forecasts a modest increase in the number of qualified positions available...
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