Fox, Griffiths and Marsden top Australian children’s bestsellers charts 2013-14
Tuesday, 21 October 2014
For the fourth year in a row, books by Mem Fox, Andy Griffiths and John Marsden have topped the Australian picture book, children’s fiction and YA bestsellers charts, according to...
Reilly, Ponting top Australian bestsellers charts 2013-14
Tuesday, 21 October 2014
Matthew Reilly’s The Tournament (Pan) and Ricky Ponting’s memoir Ponting: At the Close of Play (HarperSports) have topped the Australian adult fiction and nonfiction bestsellers chart for July 2013 to...
PM’s Literary Awards shortlists announced
Monday, 20 October 2014
The shortlists for this year’s Prime Minister’s Literary Awards have been announced.The shortlisted titles in each of the categories are:Fiction A World of Other People (Steven Carroll, Fourth Estate) The...
New owners for Fullers Launceston
Monday, 20 October 2014
Independent Tasmanian bookseller Fullers Bookshop Launceston has new owners. Business partners Michael French and Ash Campbell have purchased Fullers Launceston from previous owner Clive Tilsley, who put the store on...
Goldsworthy to join Affirm Press
Monday, 20 October 2014
Freelance editor Kate Goldsworthy will join the editorial team at Affirm Press.Publisher Martin Hughes told Books+Publishing that Goldsworthy has been appointed editor in a newly created position. ‘We think she’s...
IPA releases report on global publishing markets
Monday, 20 October 2014
The International Publishers Association (IPA) has released its annual report on global publishing markets. The survey of 42 countries has found mostly negative growth in the book markets of wealthier...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 20 October 2014
The Blood of Olympus: Heroes of Olympus (Rick Riordan, Puffin) is Percy Jackson’s final battle. It’s in first place on the bestsellers chart and the fastest movers chart this week....
Oz, NZ festival announces 2015 dates
Monday, 20 October 2014
The Australian and New Zealand Festival of Literature and Arts has announced the dates for its 2015 event. The London-based festival, which held its inaugural event in May 2014, will...
McSweeney’s to seek non-profit status
Friday, 17 October 2014
US publisher McSweeney’s will seek status as a non-profit organisation from next year, reports Publishers Lunch. In a statement on its website, McSweeney’s said: ‘A nonprofit structure, with a board and...
Sales down, profits up at WHSmith
Friday, 17 October 2014
UK book chain WHSmith has recorded a 9% year-to-year rise in pre-tax profits in its annual results for the year ending 31 August, reports the Bookseller. The chain’s travel stores had a ‘record...
Sexton appointed head of programming at the Wheeler Centre
Friday, 17 October 2014
The Wheeler Centre has announced the appointment of Emily Sexton as head of programming.Sexton has been creative producer and co-CEO of Melbourne’s contemporary art festival Next Wave for the past...
On tour: Meet the author Robin Hobb
Friday, 17 October 2014
What are you reading right now?I have a galley of The City Stained Red by Sam Sykes (Victor Gollancz). Each chapter rotates to a different character and slowly the crack...
Talkback: 14/14-day territorial copyright agreement
Friday, 17 October 2014
Is the 14/14-day territorial copyright agreement working for you? Books+Publishing asked two publishers and two booksellers.Henry Rosenbloom, publisher, ScribeIt’s a good example of something that sounds good on the surface...
Behind closed doors: Rose Michael on the acquisitions process
Friday, 17 October 2014
Ten years ago, as a lecturer in the publishing and communications program at the University of Melbourne, Rose Michael hosted a debate on the then-contentious topic of whether the marketing tail wagged...
Fit, fed & informed: Tim White on the trend for healthy lifestyle titles
Friday, 17 October 2014
One of the major trends in cookbooks in recent years has been the growth and success of ‘healthy lifestyle’ titles, writes Books for Cooks co-owner Tim White.‘Diet’, from the Greek/French...
Your store: Storytime yoga
Friday, 17 October 2014
The Little Bookroom in Melbourne has introduced storytime yoga classes for kids with local studio Yoga Sparks. Events coordinator Jess Speight said the Carlton North store was approached by the owner...
Your store: Cooking with books
Friday, 17 October 2014
There’s a waiting list of more than 10 people wanting to join Beaufort Street Books’ ‘Degustation’ cookbook club, which began in May. Jane Seaton, owner of the Perth bookstore, says it’s...
Shelf talk: Good sports
Friday, 17 October 2014
The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, and across the country people are preparing to spend the summer on the couch watching the cricket. As well as the usual...
Shelf talk: Quirky tales
Friday, 17 October 2014
The Christmas and New Year break is a perfect time for readers to try something a little different. The Strange Library (Harvill Secker, December), a new short story release from...
YA in the spotlight: Susannah Chambers on YA publishing
Friday, 17 October 2014
The rise and rise of the YA blockbuster (‘Twilight’, ‘The Hunger Games’, The Fault in Our Stars) has put YA publishing in the spotlight. But has it affected the way...
Doing the deed: Sex in YA literature
Friday, 17 October 2014
At a certain point in teenagers’ lives sex begins to loom large on the imaginative and experiential horizon, so it’s only natural that YA literature reflects this. However, the appearance...
Cooking the books: Hannah Koelmeyer shares her career journey
Friday, 17 October 2014
Hannah Koelmeyer is the online content editor for Cooked—a Netflix for cookbooks created by Hardie Grant Publishing. ‘My job is editor, designer, copywriter, marketer, social media manager,’ she writes. When asked...
Editor’s picks: Issue 4 2014
Friday, 17 October 2014
This month Andrea Hanke is looking forward to a ‘high-concept literary tour de force’; a collection of essays on war, peace and country music; and a ‘personal selection’ of Van...
Stella goes to school: The Stella Prize Schools Program
Friday, 17 October 2014
Nearly 70% of Victoria’s Year 12 English texts are by male authors. To inspire students to question this male-dominated culture and to read texts by female authors, the Stella Prize...
Cool for kids: Publishers’ top children’s and YA titles for 2015
Friday, 17 October 2014
Publishers tell Hilary Simmons about their top children’s and YA titles for 2015.A&U publisher Erica Wagner believes Maureen McCarthy’s forthcoming YA novel Stay with Me (May) is particularly timely given...
Radio NZ to broadcast reading of ‘The Life and Loves of Lena Gaunt’
Friday, 17 October 2014
Tracy Farr’s novel The Life and Loves of Lena Gaunt (Fremantle Press) will be broadcast as a 12-part reading on Radio New Zealand (RNZ), beginning on 29 October.Farr, who was...
New Walker Books website for teachers and librarians
Friday, 17 October 2014
Walker Books Australia has launched a new website for teachers and librarians. Walker Books Classroom features classroom ideas, book lists, interviews and other resources, which are organised by theme, title,...
A splendid assortment: Denise Tilley introduces Birchalls, Launceston
Friday, 17 October 2014
In 1844 Birchalls opened in Launceston, Tasmania, with an advertisement in the local paper promising a ‘splendid assortment of books, stationery, fancy goods, etc’. The store continues to stock an...
‘The Visitors’ wins 2014 Not the Booker Prize
Thursday, 16 October 2014
The Visitors by Simon Sylvester (Quercus) has won this year’s Not the Booker Prize. The award, which is run by the Guardian in the UK and voted on by the public, has...
National Book Award finalists announced
Thursday, 16 October 2014
In the US, the National Book Award has announced the finalists in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and young people’s literature. In fiction the finalists are: An Unnecessary Woman (Rabih...
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