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Treading Air (Ariella Van Luyn, Affirm Press) 

Treading Air cover Friday, 29 April 2016
Confined to a locked Brisbane hospital in 1945, Lizzie O’Dea is thinking about the imminent release from gaol of her husband Joe. He’s served 20 years and she’s not sure...

Nevernight (Jay Kristoff, HarperVoyager) 

Nevernight cover Friday, 29 April 2016
This is an unusual new fantasy novel. Told in a mixture of third- and second-person narrative, it’s the story of a young woman who goes from noblewoman to outcast before...

Troppo (Madelaine Dickie, Fremantle Press) 

Troppo cover Friday, 29 April 2016
In Madelaine Dickie’s debut novel Troppo, which won the 2014 TAG Hungerford Award for an unpublished manuscript by a WA writer, we meet Penny, a young, directionless woman who finds...

The polyphonic read: Rajith Savanadasa on ‘Ruins’ 

Rajith Savandasa photo credit Craig Peihopa Friday, 29 April 2016
Told from the perspectives of five characters, Rajith Savanadasa’s Ruins is ‘a riveting debut that examines the intricacies of class, racial and generational divides in contemporary Sri Lanka’, writes reviewer...

The Sound (Sarah Drummond, Fremantle Press) 

The Sound cover Friday, 29 April 2016
From the first pages of Sarah Drummond’s debut novel—with its descriptively realistic prose—you can tell the author has spent time at sea. In fact, Drummond, who has a PhD in...

Wood Green (Sean Rabin, Giramondo) 

Wood Green cover Friday, 29 April 2016
Sean Rabin’s debut novel Wood Green begins as a quiet, small-town Australian drama and ends, spectacularly, as a bizarre metafictional parable on literary influence that a young David Cronenberg would...

Small publisher spotlight: Ford Street Publishing 

Thursday, 28 April 2016
Melbourne-based Ford Street Publishing specialises in children’s and YA books, and released its first titles in 2007. Founder Paul Collins spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘small publisher spotlight’ series: Describe...

Bestsellers this week

Life as I know It cover Tuesday, 26 April 2016
Two new releases have entered this week’s top 10 bestsellers: Nora Roberts’ The Obsession (Hachette) is this week’s overall bestseller, while Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michelle Payne’s autobiography Life As I...

Small publisher spotlight: Vine Leaves Press

Wednesday, 20 April 2016
Established in 2014, Melbourne-based Vine Leaves Press specialises in book-length vignette, poetry and short-story collections, among other things. Co-founder Jessica Bell spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘small publisher spotlight’ series:...

Reminder: Stella Prize announced tonight

Tuesday, 19 April 2016
The winner of this year’s Stella Prize will be announced tonight at an event in Sydney. The shortlisted titles are: Six Bedrooms (Tegan Bennett Daylight, Vintage) Hope Farm (Peggy Frew,...

Bestsellers this week

Sylvia Day - One with You cover Monday, 18 April 2016
One with You (Penguin), Sylvia Day's fifth and final book in her erotic romance series ‘Crossfire’,  has debuted as the overall bestseller and highest new entry in this week’s charts. Rounding...

Small publisher spotlight: Rockpool Publishing

Wednesday, 13 April 2016
Sydney-based Rockpool Publishing was established in 2006 and specialises in health, recreation and family titles. Publishing director Lisa Hanrahan spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘small publisher spotlight’ series: Describe your...

Bestsellers this week

Monday, 11 April 2016
The Treehouse Fun Book by Jill Griffiths, Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton (Pan) has climbed from fifth to first place in this week’s top 10 bestsellers chart—also making it this...

Mrs Whitlam (Bruce Pascoe, Magabala) 

Mrs Whitlam cover Wednesday, 6 April 2016
As I child I would devour any book that had a horse in it, no matter the story, and this new book by Bruce Pascoe (Fox a Dog, Sea Horse)...

Threader (Rebekah Turner, Harlequin Teen) 

Threader cover Wednesday, 6 April 2016
Josie Ryder has been warned by the uncle who raised her to keep her telepathic and telekinetic talents a secret, especially from the powerful corporations who recruit talented people like...

On tour: Liz Pichon

Liz Pichon author photo Wednesday, 6 April 2016
UK writer and illustrator Liz Pichon is the author of the ‘Tom Gates’ books for young readers, including the forthcoming Super Good Skills (Almost) (Scholastic, June). Pichon will visit the...

Small publisher spotlight: Berbay Publishing

Wednesday, 6 April 2016
Melbourne-based children’s publisher Berbay was established in 2009 by Alexandra Yatomi-Clarke. She spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘small publisher spotlight’ series: Describe your company in under 50 words. Berbay is...

Bestsellers this week

Monday, 4 April 2016
The Road to Ruin (Niki Savva, Scribe) has claimed the top spot in this week’s top 10 bestsellers chart. Savva’s account of former Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s political downfall has...

Black British (Hebe de Souza, Ventura Press) 

Black British Friday, 1 April 2016
Hebe de Souza’s debut novel explores identity and belonging in post-colonial India. Lucy has returned to Goa 21 years after her family was forced to leave their home as the...

The Healing Party (Micheline Lee, Black Inc.) 

The Healing Party cover Friday, 1 April 2016
This debut family drama centres on Natasha Chan, who, having sought exile in Darwin away from her devout Christian family, returns home to nurse her ailing mother, who is dying...

Out of the Ice (Ann Turner, S&S) 

Out of the Ice cover Friday, 1 April 2016
Out of the Ice is the second novel by screenwriter Ann Turner (The Lost Swimmer). Its narrator is a scientist who has just over-wintered in Antarctica, and is sent to do...

Error Australis (Ben Pobjie, Affirm) 

Error Australis cover Friday, 1 April 2016
Ben Pobjie sets the tone for his book Error Australis by comparing history to reality TV; both are filled with drama, suspense, love, hatred, loyalty, deception and horses—and we may...

 

 

 

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