To Know My Crime (Fiona Capp, Fourth Estate)
Thursday, 2 February 2017
The cover blurb on Fiona Capp’s To Know My Name asks the reader, ‘how far would you go, for the ones you love?’. It’s a fair summary of this compelling...
Peak: Reinventing Middle Age (Patricia & Don Edgar, Text)
Thursday, 2 February 2017
I opened this book expecting ‘middle age’ to cover approximately the ages 45-65 but noted social policy experts Patricia and Don Edgar believe that extended life expectancies—an added 25 years...
The Restorer (Michael Sala, Text)
Thursday, 2 February 2017
In Newcastle author Michael Sala’s second novel, set in his hometown in 1989, a young family of four arrives from Sydney under strained circumstances. The coastal house Roy has bought...
An Uncertain Grace (Krissy Kneen, Text)
Thursday, 2 February 2017
An Uncertain Grace is a powerful story told in five parts through the eyes of five characters from the present day to a post-climate-change world that is 100 years in...
On tour: Ken Liu
Thursday, 2 February 2017
Writer and translator Ken Liu is at the forefront of bringing Chinese science-fiction to an English-language market, having translated the Hugo Award-winning The Three Body Problem (Liu Cixin) and edited...
On tour: Madeleine Thien
Thursday, 2 February 2017
Canadian author Madeleine Thien’s latest book Do Not Say We Have Nothing (Granta) chronicles the lives of a group of musicians in 20th-century China. It was shortlisted for the Man Booker...
Bestsellers this week
Tuesday, 31 January 2017
Harry Potter is back in the bestseller charts, with two new illustrated editions of The Tales of Beedle the Bard and Quidditch through the Ages (J K Rowling, Bloomsbury) sitting in...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 23 January 2017
No new titles have climbed into this week’s top 10 bestsellers chart, with Scott Pape’s investment guide The Barefoot Investor (Scott Pape, Wrightbooks) maintaining its position as the top-selling title...
On tour: Sebastian Barry
Friday, 20 January 2017
Irish author Sebastian Barry is a novelist, playwright and poet. His latest novel Days Without End (Faber), which won the Costa Novel of the Year, is the story of two American...
One Little Goat (Ursula Dubosarsky, illus by Andrew Joyner, Little Hare)
Wednesday, 18 January 2017
Goats are the new ducks, it would seem, as the successful team of Ursula Dubosarsky and Andrew Joyner (The Terrible Plop, Too Many Elephants) reunite for another round of inventive...
On tour: Peadar Ó Guilin
Monday, 16 January 2017
Peadar Ó Guilin (pronounced ‘Padder Oh Gilleen’, according to the author) is an Irish writer, playwright and former stand-up comedian. His latest YA book The Call (David Fickling) is a teenage survival...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 16 January 2017
The Barefoot Investor (Scott Pape, Wrightbooks) has spent its first week in top spot on the overall bestsellers chart. Pape’s personal finance guide, which is also this week’s fastest mover,...
Ida (Alison Evans, Echo Publishing)
Tuesday, 10 January 2017
Ida Wagner can travel backwards in time, but is clueless about how to move forwards with her life. She thinks her biggest problem is figuring out what to do now...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 9 January 2017
Fiction and children’s fiction series are performing strongly on this week’s charts, with the latest ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ title, Double Down (Jeff Kinney, Puffin), reclaiming top spot on...
Bestsellers this week
Tuesday, 13 December 2016
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (J K Rowling, Hachette) continues its run as the top-selling title in Australia for a third consecutive week, ahead of Double Down: Diary...
Small publisher spotlight: Rag and Bone Man Press
Wednesday, 7 December 2016
Founded in 2011, Rag and Bone Man Press is a Melbourne-based not-for-profit publisher whose aim is to ‘track down, gather and publish unique collections of stories in community-related book projects’....
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 5 December 2016
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (J K Rowling, Hachette) holds on to the top spot in this week’s top 10 bestsellers, followed by Australian investment advisor and media...
Small publisher spotlight: Subterranean Ink
Wednesday, 30 November 2016
Melbourne-based writers’ collective Subterranean Ink is made up of four Australian authors whose work shares ‘common themes’. ‘By coming together, we create not only a stronger presence to help drive...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 28 November 2016
The original screenplay of J K Rowling’s latest ‘Harry Potter’ outing, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Little Brown) has debuted at the top of this week’s top 10...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 21 November 2016
This week’s two highest new entries, Lee Child’s Night School (Bantam) and David Walliams’ The Midnight Gang (HarperCollins), have debuted in second and third spots respectively in the top 10...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 14 November 2016
This week’s top 10 bestsellers has a new number one. Jeff Kinney’s Double Down: Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Puffin) has debuted in first place, with Matthew Reilly’s The Four...
Choose your own adventures: 2017 children’s and YA preview
Wednesday, 9 November 2016
Next year will see the launch of Affirm Press’ children’s list, starting with A Walk in the Bush (Gwyn Perkins, March), ‘a joyful story about enjoying nature and seeing the funny side of...
Small publisher spotlight: About Kids Books
Wednesday, 9 November 2016
About Kids Books was launched in 2015 in Wollongong, NSW, and specialises in novels for middle-grade readers. Founder (and author and teacher) Di Bates spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘small...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 7 November 2016
This week’s five highest new entries have all debuted in the top 15 on the overall bestsellers chart, with the top four—led by John Grisham’s The Whistler (Hachette)—all in the...
Small publisher spotlight: Busybird Publishing
Thursday, 3 November 2016
Launched in Melbourne in 2009, Busybird Publishing is a ‘boutique micropublisher’ that combines traditional and fee-for-service publishing. ‘But we also do lots of other things,’ says publications manager Les Zigomanis....
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 31 October 2016
Matthew Reilly’s The Four Legendary Kingdoms (Macmillan) has debuted in top spot and as the highest new entry on the Australian bestsellers chart this week. The fourth instalment in Reilly’s ‘Jack...
On tour: Kate Summerscale
Thursday, 27 October 2016
UK author Kate Summerscale’s latest book The Wicked Boy (Bloomsbury) is the true story of a Victorian-era juvenile murder case that echoes the ‘outrageous plots’ of a penny dreadful novel. She...
Booking ahead: 2017 fiction preview
Thursday, 27 October 2016
In August, Black Inc. will publish Ruby J Murray’s second novel The Biographer’s Lover, which tells the dual stories of a biographer and her subject, an Australian artist. Murray’s exploration...
Booking ahead: 2017 nonfiction preview
Thursday, 27 October 2016
‘Following in the footsteps of Jack Kerouac, sober’ is the tantalising subtitle of Lennox Nicholson’s travel tale On the Wagon, which will be published by Affirm Press in February. Nicholson,...
Small publisher spotlight: Threekookaburras
Wednesday, 26 October 2016
Launched in Melbourne in 2013, Threekookaburras has a ‘low-cost, profit-sharing model that slots between self-publishers and the bigger, independent presses’. Founder Annie Hall spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘small publisher...
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