Sound of the times: The rise of audio
Monday, 17 July 2017
From audiobooks to podcasts, Brad Jefferies investigates the rising popularity of audio formats. The widespread take-up of smartphones has enabled the growth of the audiobook market at the same time...
Stocking up: 2017 Christmas highlights
Monday, 17 July 2017
Andrea Hanke, Brad Jefferies and Sarah Farquharson round up this year’s Christmas releases. Festive fiction Literary fiction fans will be spoiled for choice this Christmas with new novels from many...
Digital driver: Joel Naoum shares his career journey
Monday, 17 July 2017
Joel Naoum was the publisher at Pan Macmillan’s digital imprint Momentum for five years before starting up the publishing consultancy Critical Mass. He shares his career journey. I’ve always been...
In the picture: Exploring the illustrated books market
Monday, 17 July 2017
The illustrated books market is thriving thanks to a growth in aspirational lifestyle titles and a reappreciation of books as beautiful objects, reports Andrea Hanke. In mid-2015, Penguin Random House...
Read centre: Bookselling in the Alice with Red Kangaroo Books
Monday, 17 July 2017
Alice Springs’ Red Kangaroo Books is likely the only bricks-and-mortar bookshop between Port Augusta, Darwin, Broome and Broken Hill, and serves a community of academics, health professionals and artists. Manager...
Editor’s picks: Forthcoming Spring highlights
Monday, 17 July 2017
Jackie Tang shares her gift-giving guide for Christmas. Illustrious company The lead-up to Christmas is always an exciting time for children’s picture books, as publishers bring out particularly lush and...
Your store: A round-up of retailing news, tips and titbits
Monday, 17 July 2017
National Bookshop Day rebranded The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has rebranded its annual National Bookshop Day as Love Your Bookshop Day (LYBD). This year, on 12 August, Australian booksellers are...
Shelf talk: Category round-ups of forthcoming titles by those in the know
Monday, 17 July 2017
Collected works Helen Garner fans have been spoilt in recent years with a new essay collection Everywhere I Look and Bernadette Brennan’s excellent study of Garner’s work A Writing Life...
Between the lines: Observations on the trade by Gladys Bembo
Monday, 17 July 2017
Foot in mouth, part the first. Every writers’ festival needs a little frisson of controversy, and at this year’s Sydney shindig it was ABC Books and Arts host Michael Cathcart...
Yule rush in: Children’s Christmas highlights
Monday, 17 July 2017
Andrea Hanke seeks out the highlights from publishers’ Christmas lists. Picture books Australian comedian and composer Tim Minchin’s bittersweet song ‘When I Grow Up’ from the musical Matilda has been...
Rippin’ good yarns: Sally Rippin on her new imprint at Bonnier
Monday, 17 July 2017
Jackie Tang talks to Sally Rippin about setting up the new ‘Sally Rippin Presents’ junior fiction list at Bonnier Publishing Australia and what direction she wants to take it. Sally...
Science in fiction: Hooking younger readers on science
Monday, 17 July 2017
Heather Zubek explores how children’s authors are making science engaging for readers. For many years, stories based on historical events have inspired young readers to explore the past. Now, it’s...
Book bites: A taste of books to come
Monday, 17 July 2017
Picture perfect A Thousand Hugs from Daddy by Anna Pignataro (Scholastic, August) and Funniest Dad in the World by Ed Allen and Louis Shea (Scholastic, August) are prime Father’s Day...
UK book sales steady in first-half of 2017 despite absence of blockbuster
Monday, 17 July 2017
In the UK, print sales were up 1.2% to £652.7m (A$1.1b) in the first half of this year compared to the same period in 2016 according to Nielsen BookScan, reports...
First authors announced for Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 2017
Monday, 17 July 2017
The first authors have been announced for this year’s Ubud Writers & Readers Festival, which runs from 25-29 October in Ubud, Bali. Among the international guests are Scottish crime writer...
‘The Strays’ shortlisted for UK historical fiction prize
Monday, 17 July 2017
The Strays by Emily Bitto (Affirm) is one of six titles shortlisted for the 2017 Goldsboro Crown for Historical Debut Fiction, presented by Goldsboro Books and the Historical Writers Association...
Canadian licensing agency wins court course against university over copyright
Friday, 14 July 2017
A Canadian federal court has ruled in favour of national licensing agency Access Copyright in its legal dispute with York University, finding that the tertiary institution’s intellectual property guidelines were...
Australian bestsellers in June: women authors dominate fiction chart; Pape leads nonfiction
Friday, 14 July 2017
The 10 bestselling Australian fiction titles in June were by women authors, with half of the top 10 titles—including the top three—by Liane Moriarty. The combined sales of the regular...
Sydney Jewish Writers Festival 2017 program announced
Friday, 14 July 2017
The program has been announced for the 2017 Sydney Jewish Writers Festival, which runs from 26-27 August. The festival will be headlined by British novelist Rachel Seiffert, who will appear...
HGE acquires local rights to Neil Patrick Harris’ ‘The Magic Misfits’ children’s series
Friday, 14 July 2017
Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) will publish the first book in US actor and director Neil Patrick Harris’s debut children’s series, The Magic Misfits, as part of a worldwide release on...
‘Books+Publishing’ launches ‘Think Australian’ newsletter
Thursday, 13 July 2017
Books+Publishing has launched a free monthly newsletter about the Australian book industry aimed at an international audience of publishers, rights managers, scouts, literary agents, and film and TV agents. The...
US print sales continue to grow in first half of 2017
Thursday, 13 July 2017
US print sales in the first half of 2017 have increase 3% in volume compared to the first six months of 2016, despite the lack of a breakout print title,...
Post-apocalyptic YA trilogy optioned for screen
Thursday, 13 July 2017
Melbourne-based author Justin Woolley’s YA trilogy ‘The Territory’ has been optioned for screen by Australian director Dana-Lee Mierowsky Bennett following negotiation by Alex Adsett Publishing Services. ‘The Territory’ is a...
RWA announces finalists for 2017 Valerie Parv Award
Thursday, 13 July 2017
The Romance Writers of Australia (RWA) has announced the finalists for its 2017 Valerie Parv Award for an unpublished manuscript. The finalists are: Kali Anthony Fiona Marsden Emily Michel Miranda...
MWF announces ‘digital storytellers’ for 2017 festival
Wednesday, 12 July 2017
Melbourne Writers Festival will engage six ‘digital storytellers’ for its 2017 festival, running from 25 August to 3 September. The six bloggers and writers will report on the festival’s sessions,...
Archivists criticise push to make WA State Records Office part of WA State Library
Wednesday, 12 July 2017
The Australian Society of Archivists (ASA) has warned the WA state government’s push to make the State Records Office part of the State Library of WA (SLWA) threatens good accountable...
ALA launches Book Club Central
Wednesday, 12 July 2017
In the US, the American Library Association (ALA) has launched Book Club Central, a new online platform of reading resources for book clubs. Resources include book recommendations, expert book lists...
Book blogger spotlight: Lillytales
Wednesday, 12 July 2017
Kate Lloyd started reviewing books on Instagram as a way to connect with like-minded readers. Her blog Lillytales now spans YouTube, Twitter, Goodreads and Litsy, but Instagram remains her favourite...
Morrison wins ALS Gold Medal
Wednesday, 12 July 2017
Zoe Morrison has won the 2017 Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal for her debut novel Music and Freedom (Vintage). Morrison’s novel was chosen from a shortlist of six and a longlist of...
Pearson to sell a 22% stake in PRH to Bertelsmann
Wednesday, 12 July 2017
Pearson will sell a 22% stake in Penguin Random House (PRH) to co-shareholder Bertelsmann, whose share of the company will increase to 75%, reports the Bookseller. Pearson will retain a...
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