Shelf talk: Quirky tales
Monday, 21 March 2016
To talk about upcoming left-of-centre titles that I’m excited about and not start with Justin Cronin’s The City of Mirrors (Orion, June) would be ridiculous and punishable by … something...
Shelf talk: Women’s fiction
Monday, 21 March 2016
Booksellers looking to shore up their women’s fiction lists for Mother’s Day are spoilt for choice. Katie Rowney brings a fresh, contemporary voice to rural fiction with Front Page News...
Shelf talk: True to life
Monday, 21 March 2016
When investigative journalist Luke Williams started researching the world of crystal meth, he became addicted to the drug. Williams recounts the experience in The Ice Age (Scribe, May), combining reportage...
Shelf talk: Tasty titles
Monday, 21 March 2016
Pete Evans and Sally Obermeder both have new cookbooks out in April. Evan’s One Pot Favourites (Plum) features paleo recipes that can be made in one pot or wok, while...
Your store: Chris Currie’s guide to social media success
Monday, 21 March 2016
So you’ve set up your Facebook business page, Twitter and Instagram accounts and found someone willing to post on behalf of your business. So how do you get people to...
Shelf talk: Fantastic fiction
Monday, 21 March 2016
The second quarter of the year is a big one in sci-fi/fantasy circles. There are expos, conventions and the 50th annual Nebula awards all clamouring for attention. It’s also a...
Shelf talk: Craft corner
Monday, 21 March 2016
The following titles have an arty, crafty or inspirational appeal. Penguin—an abandoned, injured magpie chick—came into Sam Bloom’s life after a near-fatal fall left her paralysed. When Sam’s husband Cameron...
Working the crowd: The ins and outs of crowdfunding campaigns
Monday, 21 March 2016
Crowdfunding can be a smart way for small and self-publishers to raise cash and kickstart their marketing campaign, but the odds of success are slim, writes Brad Jefferies. Looking at...
Pearce and co: A history of the Hobart Bookshop
Monday, 21 March 2016
Christopher Pearce followed his father Cedric into bookselling, working first at Fullers and then the Papua New Guinea Bookshop before opening the Hobart Bookshop with his partner Janet, writes bookseller...
Colour by numbers: Shaun Symonds on 2015 and the year of the colouring book
Monday, 21 March 2016
This year Books+Publishing will publish a regular column from Nielsen Book Australia general manager Shaun Symonds on book data trends. In his first column, Symonds reflects on the year of...
Shelf life: Profile of Booktopia’s Christopher Cahill
Monday, 21 March 2016
‘Most people think I work in IT,’ writes Booktopia merchandiser Christopher Cahill. He shares his career journey. When I tell people I’m an online merchandiser nine times out of 10...
Terri-ann White: Is the book industry special?
Monday, 21 March 2016
UWA Publishing director Terri-ann White has written books, taught writing and literature, and owned a bookshop. She joins Books+Publishing in 2016 as a regular columnist examining the book industry and where...
A series of fortunate events: Australia’s first children’s publishing consultancy Stories Inc.
Monday, 21 March 2016
Australia’s first children’s publishing consultancy is helping publishers expand their children’s lists. Carody Culver spoke to Stories Inc. founders Susannah McFarlane and Louise Park. With Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton’s...
Talkback: Changes to penalty rates
Monday, 21 March 2016
Do you think penalty rates need to change for Australian retailers? Books+Publishing asked two booksellers. Given that penalty rates were established in 1947 to compensate people working outside ‘normal hours’, and that...
Inaugural ‘Overland’ Neilma Sidney Prize winners announced
Monday, 21 March 2016
The winner and runners-up for Overland’s inaugural Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize for travel-themed short fiction have been announced. Lauren Foley’s ‘K-K-K’, a ‘story about states of placenessness’ inspired by...
NGV releases program for second Art Book Fair
Monday, 21 March 2016
The National Gallery of Victoria will host the second annual Melbourne Art Book Fair from 29 April to 1 May. The program has expanded to include twice as many publishers...
Wichtendahl replaces Knock as Co-op CEO
Monday, 21 March 2016
The Co-op has appointed COO Thorsten Wichtendahl as its new CEO, replacing Peter Knock, who has stepped down for family reasons. Wichtendahl joined the Co-op in 2011 and oversaw the...
Michelle Payne autobiography to become a film
Monday, 21 March 2016
Actor Rachel Griffiths has acquired the film rights for Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michelle Payne’s forthcoming autobiography. Griffiths will produce and direct the film, which will begin shooting in 2017. Payne’s...
‘Too Naked for the Nazis’ wins Diagram Prize
Monday, 21 March 2016
Too Naked for the Nazis (Alan Stafford, Fantom Films) has won the Diagram Prize for the Oddest Book Title of the Year, presented by the Bookseller. Stafford’s book, about a...
PANZ challenges government on the extent of increased royalties under the TPP
Friday, 18 March 2016
The Publishers’ Association of New Zealand (PANZ) has written to the NZ government claiming it has vastly overestimated the projected increase to royalties under the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade...
Solomons wins 2016 Waterstones Children’s Book Prize
Friday, 18 March 2016
In the UK, David Solomons’ My Brother is a Superhero (Nosy Crow) has won the 2016 Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, reports the Bookseller. Waterstones children’s buyer Florentyna Martin described the...
Inky Awards 2016 longlists announced
Thursday, 17 March 2016
The longlists for the 2016 Inky Awards have been announced. The awards are presented by the Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria for local and international...
Brisbane libraries invite tender for radio frequency identification systems
Thursday, 17 March 2016
Brisbane City Council libraries are inviting suppliers of radio frequency identification (RFID) systems to fit out their libraries to track books, magazines and electronic media, reports the Australian Financial Review....
Clarence Valley councillors claim mobile library ‘not providing value for money’
Thursday, 17 March 2016
Councillors for the Clarence Valley in regional NSW have argued that the council’s $148,000 mobile library service is not providing value for money, reports the Daily Examiner. At a community...
New library for Sydney’s Darling Harbour
Thursday, 17 March 2016
The City of Sydney will open a new two-storey, 2225sqm library as part of the $3.4bn redevelopment of Darling Harbour, reports Business Insider. The library will take up two floors...
Storylines National Writers’ Awards 2016 shortlists announced
Thursday, 17 March 2016
The Storylines Children’s Literature Trust of New Zealand has announced the shortlists for its three national writers’ awards. The shortlists are: Joy Cowley Award for picture book text ‘The Boy...
ABA 2016 conference program announced
Thursday, 17 March 2016
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced the program for this year’s conference, to be held at the QT hotel in Canberra from 29-30 May. Author Stan Grant will give...
‘Four horsemen’ the focus of Digital Book World 2016
Thursday, 17 March 2016
This year’s Digital Book World conference was held in New York from 7-9 March. Books+Publishing’s Andrew Wrathall reports from the event: Digital Book World (DBW) organiser and The Idea Logical...
Shakespeare’s handwritten play script digitised for British Library
Thursday, 17 March 2016
The only surviving play script handwritten by William Shakespeare has been digitised by the British Library ahead of an exhibition, reports the Guardian. While Shakespeare was not the original author...
ABA welcomes government’s decision to introduce effects test
Thursday, 17 March 2016
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has welcomed the government’s decision to introduce legislation to protect small businesses against the misuse of market power by larger competitors. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull...
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