Line-up announced for third St Albans Writers’ Festival
Tuesday, 4 July 2017
The line-up has been announced for the third St Albans Writers’ Festival, which runs from 8-10 September in the village of St Albans in NSW. Journalist Tony Jones will deliver...
Charts this week
Monday, 3 July 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape Wrightbooks 2 The Clever Guts Diet Michael Mosley Simon & Schuster 3 Murder Games James Patterson Century...
Double Act: Hybrid authors on publishing both ways
Wednesday, 28 June 2017
A new breed of hybrid authors are experimenting with self-publishing alongside traditional publishing. Jackie Tang and Andrea Hanke spoke to John Birmingham, Judy Horacek and Kylie Scott about their self-publishing...
Bloomsbury, bookstores mark Harry Potter’s 20th anniversary
Wednesday, 28 June 2017
Publisher Bloomsbury and bookstores around Australia celebrated the 20th anniversary of the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone on 26 June with in-store events and an extensive publicity...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 28 June 2017
‘I am very fortunate to be involved in a number of supportive communities who rally when things like this happen—but rarely do I laugh quite as hard as I did...
Colin Roderick Award 2017 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 28 June 2017
The shortlist for this year’s Colin Roderick Award and H T Priestley Memorial Medal, administered by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies at James Cook University, has been announced. The...
Melanie Cheng’s ‘Australia Day’
Wednesday, 28 June 2017
‘All of her characters—a diverse cast of different races and faiths—are searching for connection or a sense of belonging, and coming up short’ … read Hilary Simmons’ full review here,...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 28 June 2017
Sales Fiction—Fremantle Press has sold US and UK English-language rights to The Hope Fault (Tracy Farr) to Gallic Books imprint Aardvark Bureau. Giramondo has sold US rights to Border Districts and...
‘Ada Twist’ wins 2017 Little Rebels Children’s Book Award
Wednesday, 28 June 2017
Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty and illustrated by David Roberts (Abrams) has won the 2017 Little Rebels Children’s Book Award in the UK for radical children’s fiction, reports the...
Black Inc. signs Deborah Cass prize winner Giovannoni; acquires new books by Hunt, De Kretser
Wednesday, 28 June 2017
Black Inc. has acquired 2015 Deborah Cass award winner Moreno Giovannoni’s book of linked tales about a Tuscan village and the lives of its occupants, Tales of San Ginese. World rights...
A&U acquires second book from Clementine Ford
Tuesday, 27 June 2017
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired a second book from Fight Like a Girl author Clementine Ford, to be published in late 2018. Boys Will Be Boys ‘will examine toxic...
Antidote festival to replace Festival of Dangerous Ideas
Tuesday, 27 June 2017
The Sydney Opera House will host a new two-day festival dedicated to progressive ideas and activism from 2-3 September. The Antidote festival replaces the Sydney Opera House’s Festival of Dangerous...
Charts this week
Monday, 26 June 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Clever Guts Diet Michael Mosley Simon & Schuster 2 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape Wrightbooks 3 Camino Island John Grisham...
PRH to publish new John Green book in October
Friday, 23 June 2017
Penguin Random House is publishing a new YA novel by US author John Green, Turtles All the Way Down, in October. The book is Green’s first since The Fault in...
HGE to publish Micallef’s debut children’s book in October
Friday, 23 June 2017
Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) will publish Shaun Micallef’s debut children’s book, Tales From a Tall Forest, on 16 October. The book will be published in hardback and will feature illustrations...
Spinifex acquires local rights to three new international titles
Thursday, 22 June 2017
Spinifex Press has recently acquired ANZ rights to three new international titles, include UK author Jules Grant’s Steel Dagger Award-longlisted debut crime novel We Go Around in the Night and Are...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 21 June 2017
‘If we keep doing what we do well, always looking for ways to do it better, we provide an experience that cannot be replicated by Amazon’—ABA chief executive Joel Becker...
Over 300 attend 2017 ABA Conference; Mutter, Daunt offer advice on combatting Amazon
Wednesday, 21 June 2017
Over 300 booksellers, exhibitors and guest speakers attended this year’s Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) conference, which was held in Melbourne from 18-19 June. ABA chief executive Joel Becker said it...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 21 June 2017
Sales Fiction—HarperCollins has sold world Spanish rights to Kingpin (Lili St German) to Ediciones B Mexico SA de CV. Hachette has sold rights to Stars Across the Ocean (Kimberley Freeman)...
International perspectives: John Mutter and James Daunt on the book industry in the US and UK
Wednesday, 21 June 2017
John Mutter, editor-in-chief of US bookselling publication Shelf Awareness, and James Daunt, MD of UK bookstore chain Waterstones and founder of Daunt Books, delivered the keynote addresses at this year’s...
Judith Brett’s ‘The Enigmatic Mr Deakin’
Wednesday, 21 June 2017
‘This excellent biography will appeal to general readers, students and anyone interested in historical biography’ … read Chris Harrington’s full review here.
Full program for IPEd National Editors Conference announced
Wednesday, 21 June 2017
The full program has been announced for the Institute of Professional Editors’ (IPEd) National Editors Conference, which runs from 13-15 September at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. Running under...
Sepetys, Smith win 2017 Carnegie, Greenaway medals; Fraillon wins Amnesty CILIP Honour
Tuesday, 20 June 2017
Two US children’s book creators have won the 2017 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals, presented by the UK Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP). Ruta Sepetys won the...
Charts this week
Monday, 19 June 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Clever Guts Diet Michael Mosley Simon & Schuster 2 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape Wrightbooks 3 Come Sundown Nora...
Mudgee Readers’ Festival 2017 program out now
Friday, 16 June 2017
The Mudgee Readers’ Festival has released its 2017 program. The event, which runs from 10-13 August in regional NSW, will feature Melanie Joosten, Holly Throsby, Ali Alizadeh, Michael Robotham, Sarah...
Pip Harry’s ‘Because of You’
Thursday, 15 June 2017
‘Pip Harry doesn’t shy away from some heavy topics … but Because of You is ultimately a hopeful story about human resilience and the life-changing power of discovering your best friend’ … read...
Over 300 attend sold-out Reading Matters conference; teen autonomy, diversity discussed
Thursday, 15 June 2017
A capacity crowd of 320 librarians, booksellers, writers, publishers and YA enthusiasts attended the 2017 Reading Matters conference, held from 1-2 June at the Arts Centre in Melbourne. The two-day...
School supplier The Booklegger to close its print distribution business
Thursday, 15 June 2017
Australian school supplier The Booklegger will close its print distribution business at the end of June ‘due to a monumental decline in school library purchasing’, managing director Rick Susman has...
Quote of the week
Thursday, 15 June 2017
‘Most emerging writers are not new. Or young. We emerging writers spend a long time in that cramped, dark airless birth canal’—writer Melanie Cheng speaks at the opening of the...
Hanging in the balance: Gender parity in classroom text lists
Thursday, 15 June 2017
With the Victorian Year 12 English text list recently reaching gender parity, Bec Kavanagh investigates how text lists are generated in other states and whether a gender-balanced list translates into...
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