Bestsellers this week
Monday, 28 May 2018
This week's overall bestsellers charts includes several Australian and international crime fiction titles: book 14 in the 'Private' series, Private Princess (James Patterson, Century) is in fourth spot; book four in...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 21 May 2018
This week's overall bestsellers chart is dominated by a mix of Australian and international adult fiction. Debuting in the number 10 spot is James Patterson's Private Princess (Century), book 14 in...
Noni takes three in Australian YA April charts
Thursday, 17 May 2018
The first book in Lynette Noni's 'Medoran Chronicles', Akarnae, has taken out top spot in the Australian YA bestsellers chart for April, with the second and third books in the...
Introducing Ford Street Publishing
Thursday, 17 May 2018
Paul Collins is the publisher at Ford Street Publishing, an industry stalwart and the author of ‘around 140’ books himself. Ford Street Publishing is a micro-press that releases all manner...
Random House acquires Elliot Perlman’s first kids’ book
Thursday, 17 May 2018
Random House Children’s Books has acquired the first children’s book by award-winning novelist Elliot Perlman (pictured). The Adventures of Catvinkle centres on the unlikely friendship between pampered house cat Catvinkle and Ula...
Australian ‘Own Voices’ snapped up
Wednesday, 16 May 2018
‘The last few years has seen an increased focus in the US and UK on diversity in children’s publishing, with the emphasis more and more being placed on Own Voices,’...
‘Nevermoor’ continues award-winning run
Wednesday, 16 May 2018
Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend (Lothian) continues its award-winning streak, earning the author three awards at the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) announced earlier this month. Nevermoor won the awards for...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 14 May 2018
Debuting in the number two spot in the top 10 bestsellers chart is this week's highest new entry, A Court of Frost and Starlight (Sarah J Maas, Bloomsbury), the latest...
Australian bestsellers in April: Winton, Pape hold on to top spots
Friday, 11 May 2018
Tim Winton’s new novel The Shepherd’s Hut was the bestselling Australian fiction book in April, claiming top spot in the Australian fiction bestseller chart for the second month in a row. Winton...
Introducing Wild Dingo Press
Thursday, 10 May 2018
Wild Dingo Press launched its list with a commissioned biography by a refugee from Afghanistan, which went on to become an Australian bestseller. Last year the press took a chance...
‘The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree’ sells in US and UK
Wednesday, 9 May 2018
Wild Dingo Press has sold North American and UK rights to Shokoofeh Azar’s Stella Prize-shortlisted The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree. US and UK rights were sold to Europa Editions, in...
‘The Shepherd’s Hut’ and ‘The Barefoot Investor’ top Australian charts
Wednesday, 9 May 2018
There's no change at the top of the bestseller lists this month, with Scott Pape continuing his seemingly endless barefoot reign in the nonfiction category and Tim Winton’s new novel The...
Australia’s ‘Next Chapter’ in diverse publishing
Wednesday, 9 May 2018
What stops publishers publishing more diversely? The reported ‘trends’ at Bologna included a continuing focus on diverse voices in children’s literature, but what about in adult titles? A new initiative...
‘Taboo’ and ‘The Book of Dirt’ dominate NSW Premier’s Literary Awards
Wednesday, 9 May 2018
Two works of fiction that draw on and draw attention to horrifying historical events events have dominated Australia’s New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards, announced on 30 April. Book of...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 7 May 2018
Debuting in the number two spot in the overall top 10 bestsellers chart—and also this week's highest new entry—is The Fallen by David Baldacci (Macmillan), book four in the 'Amos Decker'...
Girltopia (Hilary Rogers, Scholastic)
Friday, 4 May 2018
Twelve-year-old Clara wakes up one day to a city where all the men and boys are afflicted by a mystery illness that leaves them unconscious and unresponsive but thankfully still...
Mercy Point (Anna Snoekstra, HarperCollins)
Friday, 4 May 2018
Five teenagers living in a small town become anonymous online friends, without realising they hate each other in real life. The common thread they share is that they all believe...
A quiet place: Katrina Lehman on ‘Wren’
Friday, 4 May 2018
Katrina Lehman’s picture book Wren (illus by Sophie Beer, Scribble, July) is filled with ‘fluid, rhythmic prose’ that ‘rolls off the tongue’, alongside ‘gloriously colourful’ illustrations, writes reviewer Bronte Coates....
Hive (A J Betts, Pan)
Friday, 4 May 2018
Hayley is a beekeeper, content with her place in her small, rigid, underwater world ruled over by a shadowy council. But while her friend Celia dreams of marrying a ‘netter...
Wren (Katrina Lehman, illus by Sophie Beer, Scribble)
Friday, 4 May 2018
Wren longs for peace and quiet but, alas, his rambunctious family create havoc as naturally as they breathe. When a noisy baby sister joins the clan, Wren puts his foot...
Cicada (Shaun Tan, Lothian)
Friday, 4 May 2018
Shaun Tan has done it again. Cicada is excellent. Although more distinctly a narrative picture book than some of his others, Cicada’s darkness breeds a rich subtext that will serve...
Ottilie Colter and the Narroway Hunt (Rhiannon Williams, Hardie Grant Egmont)
Friday, 4 May 2018
The Colter siblings have learned to look after each other in the dangerous Brakkerswamp, so when Ottilie’s brother Gully is kidnapped under mysterious circumstances, it falls to her to save...
Duck! (Meg McKinlay, illus by Nathaniel Eckstrom, Walker Books)
Friday, 4 May 2018
Duck!, from award-winning writer Meg McKinlay, is perhaps the most delightful picture book to feature a drawn-out play on a single word. The clues, laid out expertly in Nathaniel Eckstrom’s...
Meet the ABIA Rising Stars: Lex Hirst
Wednesday, 2 May 2018
In recognition of the Australian Book Industry Awards’ (ABIA) inaugural Rising Star of the Year Award, Books+Publishing spoke to each of the five shortlisted nominees ahead of the winner’s announcement...
Meet the ABIA Rising Stars: Shalini Kunahlan
Tuesday, 1 May 2018
In recognition of the Australian Book Industry Awards’ (ABIA) inaugural Rising Star of the Year Award, Books+Publishing spoke to each of the five shortlisted nominees ahead of the winner’s announcement...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 30 April 2018
Last week's highest new entry—and the fifth book in James Patterson's latest thriller series—NYPD Red 5 (Century) climbs to fifth spot in this week's bestsellers chart, while Andy Griffith and Terry...
Meet the ABIA Rising Stars: Cate Blake
Monday, 30 April 2018
In recognition of the Australian Book Industry Awards' (ABIA) inaugural Rising Star of the Year Award, Books+Publishing spoke to each of the five shortlisted nominees ahead of the winner's announcement...
Come out swinging: Christian White on ‘The Nowhere Child’
Friday, 27 April 2018
Christian White’s The Nowhere Child (Affirm, July) tells the story of a Melbourne woman caught up in the investigation of a decades-old kidnapping in Kentucky. Reviewer Deborah Crabtree spoke to...
The Geography of Friendship (Sally Piper, UQP)
Friday, 27 April 2018
The romantic notion that female friendships are made of irrevocable bonds that can sustain all manner of hardships and joy is at the centre of Sally Piper’s The Geography of...
The Peacock Summer (Hannah Richell, Hachette)
Friday, 27 April 2018
Hannah Richell’s third novel, The Peacock Summer, is a vivid tale stretching across 50 years. It tells the story of Lillian and her granddaughter Maggie, set against the intimidating backdrop...
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