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Era Publications launches children’s reader series in China

Thursday, 21 September 2017
Era Publications, a family owned educational publisher with a focus on English-language teaching, has partnered with Chinese publisher New Century Publishing to publish 1.7 million copies of its ‘WINGS’ children’s...

Book blogger spotlight: The Unlikely Bookworm

Wednesday, 20 September 2017
Londoner-turned-Sydneysider Lucy Pearson blogs about books and travel at The Unlikely Bookworm. Pearson reviews and recommends a range of fiction and nonfiction, and will soon be launching a series of...

Bestsellers this week 

Monday, 18 September 2017
New books by Sarah J Maas, David Lagercrantz and J D Robb have all entered the top 10 bestsellers this week. Maas’ latest instalment in the ‘Throne of Glass’ series,...

Australian publishers prepare for Frankfurt

Thursday, 14 September 2017
Each year, Australian publishers big and small travel to the Frankfurt Book Fair to meet face to face with their international counterparts. To find out which Australian publishers will be...

Introducing Henry Rosenbloom

Thursday, 14 September 2017
Henry Rosenbloom is the founder and publisher of Melbourne’s Scribe Publications, which specialises in ‘narrative and literary nonfiction on important topics, and the best of local, international and translated fiction’....

‘Extinctions’ wins prestigious Miles Franklin Literary Award

Thursday, 14 September 2017
Josephine Wilson has won Australia’s most prestigious literary prize, the Miles Franklin Literary Award, for her novel Extinctions, published by Western Australia–based small press UWA Publishing. The judging panel described...

Book blogger spotlight: Libretto Reviews

Wednesday, 13 September 2017
Italian expat Erica Puggioni now lives in Brisbane, where she blogs about crime, literary fiction and fantasy at Libretto Reviews. ‘I am bilingual and so is my blog,’ says Puggioni....

Bestsellers this week 

Monday, 11 September 2017
Two sports memoirs have climbed into the top 10 bestsellers this week, with Billy Slater’s Autobiography (Ebury) reaching fifth spot and AFL player and coach Paul Roos’ Here It Is...

Blast off: Sha’an d’Anthes on ‘Zoom’ 

Thursday, 7 September 2017
Sha’an d’Anthes is the first-time author and illustrator of Zoom (Lothian, November), a picture book about a young boy’s adventures in space. Reviewer Bronte Coates spoke to d’Anthes about visual...

Zoom (Sha’an d’Anthes, Lothian) 

Wednesday, 6 September 2017
Intrepid explorer Scout and Scout’s trusty red space shuttle Beattie rocket through space in this jubilant adventure. Each planet they pass on their journey is depicted as an adorable astrological...

Swan Lake (Anne Spudvilas, A&U) 

Wednesday, 6 September 2017
In her introduction to this book, which is a retelling of the iconic ballet by Tchaikovsky, illustrator Anne Spudvilas says she wanted to create a version of the ballet in...

This Mortal Coil (Emily Suvada, Puffin) 

Wednesday, 6 September 2017
Catarina has survived a genetic apocalypse, a disease that has ravaged humanity, turning some into the walking dead, doomed to explode in a toxic, highly contagious cloud. The daughter of...

Hello, Melbourne! (Megan McKean, Thames & Hudson) 

Wednesday, 6 September 2017
Megan McKean, the designer and illustrator who produced Hello, Sydney!, is back with a book celebrating the wonders of Melbourne. In this delightful look-and-find story, six magpies take the reader...

Book blogger spotlight: Children’s Books Daily

Tuesday, 5 September 2017
Queensland-based blogger and teacher-librarian Megan Daley has a longstanding involvement with children’s and YA literature, which gives her blog a unique viewpoint. ‘I feel like I’ve been wandering around the...

Bestsellers this week 

Monday, 4 September 2017
Perennial bestseller Jamie Oliver has debuted in third place in the overall bestsellers chart and first place in the highest new entries chart with his latest cookbook 5 Ingredients: Quick...

Laughing matters: Tony Martin on ‘Deadly Kerfuffle’ 

Thursday, 31 August 2017
Writer and comedian Tony Martin’s debut novel Deadly Kerfuffle (Affirm, November) is a ‘rip-roaring ride through suburban Australia, its anxieties, obsessions and weird imaginings’, writes reviewer Chris Saliba. He spoke...

A fine art: Gabriella Coslovich on ‘Whiteley on Trial’

Thursday, 31 August 2017
Arts journalist Gabriella Coslovich’s Whiteley on Trial (MUP, October) investigates the twists and turns in the biggest case of alleged art fraud the Australian criminal justice system has seen. ‘The...

Domestic Interior (Fiona Wright, Giramondo) 

Wednesday, 30 August 2017
Fiona Wright’s second book Small Acts of Disappearance won the Kibble Literary Award for Australian women writers, and her debut Knuckled won the Mary Gilmore Award for poetry. In this new...

Homecamp (Doron and Stephanie Francis, Hardie Grant) 

Wednesday, 30 August 2017
Homecamp is 250 pages of pure escapism. Compiled by Doron and Stephanie Francis, creators of the popular Homecamp blog and stylish outdoor lifestyle brand, this unusual coffee-table book features short...

Whiteley on Trial (Gabriella Coslovich, MUP)

Wednesday, 30 August 2017
From the dramatis personae of the opening pages—the Suspect Paintings, the Authentic Painting and the Individuals—I was taken by this story of true crime and courtroom drama. Who would want...

 

 

 

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