Boarding call for Bologna
Friday, 16 March 2018
Last year, Australian publisher Allen & Unwin and Australian children’s literature promoters Books Illustrated announced they would combine their stands at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair. The newly created collective...
Bestsellers this week
Tuesday, 13 March 2018
A new 64-page ‘Treehouse’ book published to raise funds for children’s literacy charities has debuted in the top 10 chart this week. Retailing for two dollars, with all proceeds going...
Introducing Brow Books
Thursday, 8 March 2018
Sam Cooney is publisher at literary magazine The Lifted Brow and its recently established books imprint, Brow Books, as well as being a writer, literary critic, teacher, host, prize judge...
Historical fiction debut tops the chart
Thursday, 8 March 2018
The Tattooist of Auschwitz tops the fiction list for February. The novel is based on the true story of Lale Sokolov—the tattooist of the title—and his future wife, Gita Fuhrmannova, whom...
Indigenous author Bruce Pascoe receives Lifetime Achievement in Literature award
Thursday, 8 March 2018
Bunurong writer Bruce Pascoe has won the Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature. The award ‘acknowledges the achievements of eminent literary writers over the age of 60 who have...
Text sells North American rights to ‘The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted’
Thursday, 8 March 2018
Text Publishing has sold North American rights to Robert Hillman’s novel The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted to Putnam and Penguin Canada ‘for a significant sum’. Hillman’s book, which follows the lives...
Women lead Australian book-to-film adaptations
Thursday, 8 March 2018
On International Women’s Day it is heartening to share the news that Australia’s key film funding body, Screen Australia, has announced that its most recent round of funding, which includes...
Final diary of Miles Franklin to be donated to SLNSW
Wednesday, 7 March 2018
The final diary of author Miles Franklin will be donated to the State Library of NSW, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. The small, red pocket diary records the final year...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 5 March 2018
James Patterson’s 17th Suspect (Century) and Jordan B Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life (Allen Lane) have climbed their way into fifth and seventh spots respectively in this week’s top 10 bestsellers chart,...
February and March reviews unlocked
Thursday, 1 March 2018
Reviews of children’s and YA new releases published in February and March are now free to view on the Books+Publishing website. They include: Picture books A Boat of Stars: New...
The new normal: Adam Cece on ‘The Extremely Weird Thing That Happened in Huggabie Falls’
Thursday, 1 March 2018
Adam Cece won the 2017 Text Prize for The Extremely Weird Thing That Happened in Huggabie Falls (Text, April). Reviewer Holly Harper describes it as ‘a funny read full of...
Small Spaces (Sarah Epstein, Walker Books)
Thursday, 1 March 2018
As a child, Tash Carmody witnessed the kidnapping of Mallory Fisher. Yet nobody would believe her account of the event—that Mallory was abducted by Tash’s imaginary friend Sparrow. Nine years...
Amelia Westlake (Erin Gough, Hardie Grant Egmont)
Thursday, 1 March 2018
After her Ampersand Prize-winning debut The Flywheel, Erin Gough’s second novel has been eagerly anticipated. Amelia Westlake has been worth the wait. This is a brilliant social satire with a...
The Poppa Platoon in World War Chew (Danny Katz, illus by Mitch Vane, Scholastic)
Thursday, 1 March 2018
‘Little Lunch’ creators Danny Katz and Mitch Vane have teamed up again in ‘The Poppa Platoon’ series, beginning with The Poppa Platoon in World War Chew. The ‘chew’ in the...
The Long Class Goodnight (Sammy J, Five Mile)
Thursday, 1 March 2018
Comedian Sammy J is a natural storyteller, and his debut children’s novel is a testament to his ability to craft an entertaining tale. This first title in a planned series...
How to Win a Nobel Prize (Barry Marshall & Lorna Hendry, illus by Bernard Caleo, Piccolo Nero)
Thursday, 1 March 2018
Ten-year-old Mary loves science, and dreams of one day winning a Nobel Prize. When her mother arranges for her to meet the Australian Nobel laureate Barry Marshall, Mary stumbles on...
Message in a Sock (Kaye Baillie, illus by Narelda Joy, MidnightSun)
Thursday, 1 March 2018
Message in a Sock is a delightful picture book based on a true exchange between an Australian soldier and a young girl in World War I. Tammy and her mother...
Bouncing Back: An Eastern Barred Bandicoot Story (Rohan Cleave & Coral Tulloch, CSIRO Publishing)
Thursday, 1 March 2018
Best known for their conservation-focused picture book Phasmid, Rohan Cleave and Coral Tulloch have now turned their attention to the endangered Eastern Barred Bandicoot in Bouncing Back. The story makes...
The Last Peach (Gus Gordon, Viking)
Thursday, 1 March 2018
Gus Gordon delights and entertains with his newest picture book, a fable about two bugs who come across the most beautiful peach they’ve ever seen. In the beginning they’re overjoyed...
The Extremely Weird Thing that Happened in Huggabie Falls (Adam Cece, illus by Andrew Weldon, Text)
Wednesday, 28 February 2018
Welcome to Huggabie Falls, where, on a normal day, you might encounter mad scientists, vegetarian piranhas and a spell-slinging schoolteacher with a penchant for turning students into hippopotamuses. In a...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 26 February 2018
This week’s top 10 bestsellers chart is led by two personal development titles: The Barefoot Investor (Scott Pape, Wiley) in top spot for the eighth consecutive week and Mark Manson’s...
January and February reviews unlocked
Thursday, 22 February 2018
Eleven reviews of January and February 2018 new releases are now free to view on the Books+Publishing website: Fiction The Cage (Lloyd Jones, Text) Cake at Midnight (Jessie L Star,...
Floral communication: Holly Ringland on ‘The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart’
Thursday, 22 February 2018
Holly Ringland’s The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (HarperCollins, April) is ‘a lush, powerful contemporary novel' about female survival in Australia’s Red Centre. Reviewer Claire West spoke to the author....
Pink Mountain on Locust Island (Jamie Marina Lau, Brow Books)
Thursday, 22 February 2018
Set in a Chinatown in an unnamed city, Jamie Marina Lau’s first book is a neon sucker-punch of a coming-of-age story. A short, literary novel in the vein of Jenny...
The Death of Noah Glass (Gail Jones, Text)
Thursday, 22 February 2018
In her seventh novel, The Death of Noah Glass, Gail Jones returns to familiar territory with a narrative grounded in its sense of place and character. Art historian Noah Glass...
The Unexpected Education of Emily Dean (Mira Robertson, Black Inc.)
Thursday, 22 February 2018
It is 1944 and 14-year-old Emily Dean, the novel’s narrator, has been sent from her home in Melbourne to stay on the family farm in rural Victoria. A reluctant visitor,...
Out There: A Survival Guide for Dating in Midlife (Kerri Sackville, Echo)
Thursday, 22 February 2018
‘This is not a guide to finding a new soulmate,’ writes Kerri Sackville as she introduces the premise of Out There. The objective of this ostensible dating guide is to...
Growing up Aboriginal in Australia (ed by Anita Heiss, Black Inc.)
Thursday, 22 February 2018
Growing up Aboriginal in Australia is a new anthology compiled by Anita Heiss that asks Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander contributors to share what ‘Growing up Aboriginal’ means to them....
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (Holly Ringland, Fourth Estate)
Thursday, 22 February 2018
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart is a lush, powerful contemporary novel from debut author Holly Ringland. It revolves around Alice, who we first meet as an isolated young girl...
The Lace Weaver (Lauren Chater, S&S)
Thursday, 22 February 2018
Lauren Chater’s debut novel, The Lace Weaver, is a sweeping historical story set in Estonia and Russia during the tumultuous year of 1941. Stalin’s Red Army has descended on Estonia,...
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