Bologna Prize shortlist: EK Books
Wednesday, 16 March 2022
Publisher Anouska Jones introduces health and wellbeing press Exisle Publishing's children's imprint EK Books. How and why did Exisle's children's imprint EK begin its life? Exisle Publishing began 30 years...
Bologna Prize shortlist: Magabala Books
Wednesday, 16 March 2022
Publisher Rachel Bin Salleh introduces Australia's leading First Nations press Magabala Books. How and why did Magabala's children's division begin its life? Magabala has been publishing children’s pictures books since...
Bologna Prize shortlist: Affirm Press
Wednesday, 16 March 2022
Children's publisher Tash Besliev intoduces Melbourne independent Affirm Press. How and why did the Affirm Press children's division begin its life? After successfully publishing across many other categories, Affirm Press...
Two Walker titles jointly win Prime Minister’s children’s literature prize
Wednesday, 16 March 2022
Two titles published by Walker Books Australia jointly won the children’s book category of the prestigious and valuable Prime Minister’s Literary Awards in 2021: middle-grade graphic novel Fly on the...
So much to share
Wednesday, 16 March 2022
Ahead of this year's Bologna Children's Book Fair, running 21–24 March, we are thrilled to share the latest children's and YA titles from Australian publishers in this issue of Think...
Australian children’s and YA bestsellers for 2022 YTD
Wednesday, 16 March 2022
After a bumper year of sales in 2020, in which the children's category was up 9.6% on 2019, the Australian children's book market fell ever so slightly in 2021 (-0.2%),...
Aus YA shows its range
Wednesday, 16 March 2022
From horror to fantasy with some wit and mystery along the way, Australian YA shows its range in several recent deals. Two recent acquisitions by Australian publishers present a similar...
Introducing Gabrielle Wang, Australia’s new Children’s Laureate
Wednesday, 16 March 2022
Australian children's author Gabrielle Wang is the new Australian Children’s Laureate for 2022–23. Wang is the award-winning author and illustrator of over 20 books, including The Lion Drummer (illus by...
Aus middle-grade golden age continues
Wednesday, 16 March 2022
Australia’s ‘golden age’ of middle-grade fiction doesn’t look it's ending any time soon, with several high-profile fiction acquisitions in the age bracket. Fans of Amelia Mellor around the world will...
Picture this
Wednesday, 16 March 2022
From a nonfiction book about how trees talk to a slam poetry adaptation, Australian publishers are pitching some picture books with a difference at Bologna this year. Jordan Collins’ debut...
In Bologna? Pop by the Australian stand
Wednesday, 16 March 2022
If you’re on the ground in Bologna for this year’s fair, pop by the Australian stand, Hall 25, Stand B78. The Australian Publishers Association stand will be managed by Rome-based...
Serious about series
Wednesday, 16 March 2022
Australian publishers will be pitching several new series at Bologna—from some well established names, as well as emerging authors. In middle-grade, Penguin Random House Australia has a ‘charming’ new series...
Four Hoover novels in top 10
Tuesday, 15 March 2022
Top 10 bestsellers Bluey: Easter (Puffin) It Ends With Us (Colleen Hoover, S&S) Again, Rachel (Marian Keyes, Michael Joseph) Verity (Colleen Hoover, Sphere) House of Sky and Breath (Sarah J...
Zadie Ma and the Dog Who Chased the Moon
Tuesday, 15 March 2022
By the new Australian Children’s Laureate, Gabrielle Wang. Meet Zadie Ma, a girl who writes magical stories that sometimes come true. Zadie’s dearest wish is to have a dog of...
Books in the media this weekend 12–13 March
Friday, 11 March 2022
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Burning Questions (Margaret Atwood, Chatto & Windus) Continuous Creation (Les Murray,...
Root & Branch (Eda Gunaydin, NewSouth)
Tuesday, 8 March 2022
Root & Branch is the debut essay collection from Eda Gunaydin, Turkish-Australian scholar and writer of academic and creative nonfiction. It examines with spectacular tenacity and wit the real-world impacts that...
Trending on TikTok ‘The Spanish Love Deception’ cracks top 10
Monday, 7 March 2022
Top 10 bestsellers House of Sky and Breath (Sarah J Maas, Bloomsbury) Again, Rachel (Marian Keyes, Michael Joseph) It Ends With Us (Colleen Hoover, S&S) Bluey: Easter (Puffin) Verity (Colleen...
Books in the media this weekend 5–6 March
Friday, 4 March 2022
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Diagnosis Normal (Emma A Jane, Ebury) Son of Sin (Omar Sakr,...
Upcoming change of distribution for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt titles
Tuesday, 1 March 2022
Following the purchase of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt by HarperCollins, HarperCollins will take over sales & distribution of all Houghton Mifflin Harcourt titles – to become Harvest, Mariner & Clarion, from...
Maas sequel debuts at number one
Monday, 28 February 2022
Top 10 bestsellers House of Sky and Breath (Sarah J Maas, Bloomsbury) Again, Rachel (Marian Keyes, Michael Joseph) It Ends With Us (Colleen Hoover, S&S) Verity (Colleen Hoover, Sphere)...
Books in the media this weekend 26–27 February
Friday, 25 February 2022
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper The Ethical Investor (Nicole Haddow, Black Inc.) The Keepers (Al Campbell,...
The Most Important Job in the World (Gina Rushton, Macmillan)
Tuesday, 22 February 2022
Gina Rushton begins her story in a place that so many women seem to arrive at too often, both literally and metaphorically, when it comes to fertility and the question...
Robb thriller ‘Abandoned in Death’ debuts at number five
Monday, 21 February 2022
Top 10 bestsellers It Ends With Us (Colleen Hoover, S&S) Verity (Colleen Hoover, Sphere) Atomic Habits (James Clear, Random House Business) The Love Hypothesis (Ali Hazelwood, Sphere) Abandoned in...
Books in the media this weekend, 19–20 February
Friday, 18 February 2022
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper The Grass Hotel (Craig Sherborne, Text) A Terrible Kindness (Jo Browning...
‘It Ends With Us’ reaches number one for first time
Monday, 14 February 2022
Top 10 bestsellers It Ends With Us (Colleen Hoover, S&S) Verity (Colleen Hoover, Sphere) Atomic Habits (James Clear, Random House Business) The Brightest Night: The graphic novel (Wings of...
Books in the media this weekend, 12–13 February
Friday, 11 February 2022
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. This week’s round-up will be updated as information becomes available. National The Saturday Paper Cold...
Hoover’s ‘Verity’ reaches number three
Monday, 7 February 2022
Top 10 bestsellers The Fast 800 Keto (Michael Mosley, Hachette) It Ends With Us (Colleen Hoover, S&S) Verity (Colleen Hoover, Sphere) Atomic Habits (James Clear, Random House Business) The...
Books in the media this weekend, 5–6 February
Friday, 4 February 2022
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Rahel Varnhagen (Hannah Arendt, NY Review Books) What's the Worst that...
Dinner with the Schnabels (Toni Jordan, Hachette)
Tuesday, 1 February 2022
In this timely new novel, Toni Jordan lends her signature wit to the story of a dysfunctional yet loving family group. Simon Larsen has lost his business and his home...
Latest Bluey debuts at #11
Monday, 31 January 2022
Top 10 bestsellers The Fast 800 Keto (Michael Mosley, Hachette) It Ends With Us (Colleen Hoover, S&S) The 10:10 Diet (Sarah Di Lorenzo, S&S) Atomic Habits (James Clear, Random...
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