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Charts this week 

Monday, 6 March 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers       Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape Wrightbooks 2 Big Little Lies (TV tie-in) Liane Moriarty Pan 3 Truly Madly Guilty...

Quote of the week 

Wednesday, 1 March 2017
‘Independent booksellers are increasingly seeing their role as, necessarily, an active, educative, political one’—Monash University Publishing director Nathan Hollier reflects on the role of booksellers following the controversy over Milo...

Michael Sala’s ‘The Restorer’ 

Wednesday, 1 March 2017
‘Every relationship between the family members is frayed, and the tension is drawn out in small conflicts over the course of the year, with characters unable to forgive past actions...

Small publisher spotlight: Zabriskie Books 

Wednesday, 1 March 2017
Sydney-based Zabriskie Books ‘began as a small bookshop nestled in the back streets of Sydney’s famous Bondi Beach’. ‘Our goal is to produce a beautiful, engaging and varied nonfiction catalogue,’...

$4.1m in rights sales attributed to VIPs 2011-16 

Wednesday, 1 March 2017
Over four million dollars in rights sales have been attributed to the Australia Council’s Visiting International Publishers (VIPs) program over the past five years, according to the Australia Council’s review...

Rights round-up 

Wednesday, 1 March 2017
Sales Nonfiction—Black Inc. has sold German rights to Buddhism for Break-ups (Meshel Laurie) to Ullstein Germany; HarperCollins has sold Korean rights to The Secret of Happy Children and More Secrets...

CBCA Notable Books for 2017 announced

Wednesday, 1 March 2017
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has released its list of Notable Books for 2017. Older Readers The Hounded (Simon Butters, Wakefield Press) Waer (Meg Caddy, Text) Words in...

Book bites: Big kids’ books 

Tuesday, 28 February 2017
Get smart Why let the little kids have all the fun? Picture books are a useful way to get primary school-aged children to engage with nonfiction, and there are several...

Australian Romance Readers Awards 2016 winners announced

Monday, 27 February 2017
The winners of the 2016 Australian Romance Readers Awards, presented by the Australian Romance Readers Association (ARRA), have been announced, with Anne Gracie named Favourite Australian Romance Author for the...

Charts this week 

Monday, 27 February 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape Wrightbooks 2 Big Little Lies (TV tie-in) Liane Moriarty Pan 3 Echoes in Death J D Robb...

PEN America Literary Awards 2017 winners announced

Friday, 24 February 2017
In the US, Pen America has announced the winners of several categories in its 2017 Literary Awards. Among the award winners are: PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction Evicted: Poverty...

Nebula Awards 2016 nominees announced

Thursday, 23 February 2017
In the US, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) has announced the nominees for the 2016 Nebula Awards, which are presented in 2017. The books nominated in...

Inky Awards 2017 longlists announced

Thursday, 23 February 2017
The longlists for the 2017 Inky Awards have been announced. The awards are presented by the Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria for local and international...

Macmillan UK acquires YA novel penned by seven authors

Thursday, 23 February 2017
In the UK, Macmillan Children’s Books has acquired a ‘unique collaborative novel’ written by seven YA authors, reports the Bookseller. Floored follows the lives of a group of teenagers over...

Small Publisher Spotlight: Real Film and Publishing 

Wednesday, 22 February 2017
Established in 2012, Melbourne-based Real Film and Publishing specialises in ‘memoirs, biographies, family histories and legacy books’ in high-quality hardback. Only a few of the books are available commercially, as...

Quote of the week

Wednesday, 22 February 2017
‘Publishing will always be instinctual—but good data can help back up assumptions and drive smart decisions’—Hardie Grant Books managing director Roxy Ryan reports on Digital Book World

RiP Dick Bruna 

Wednesday, 22 February 2017
Dutch author and illustrator Dick Bruna has died, aged 89. Bruna, the creator of the white cartoon rabbit Miffy, published over 120 books. The first Miffy book was published in...

Rights round-up 

Wednesday, 22 February 2017
Acquisitions Nonfiction—Black Inc. has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to The Wonder of Birds: What They Tell Us About Ourselves, the World, and a Better Future (Jim Robbins).

Fiona Capp’s ‘To Know My Crime’ 

Wednesday, 22 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...

ALS Gold Medal 2017 longlist announced

Wednesday, 22 February 2017
The longlist for the 2017 Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal has been announced. The longlisted titles are: One Hundred Letters Home (Adam Aitken, Vagabond) The Easy Way Out (Steven...

Aurealis Awards 2016 finalists announced

Monday, 20 February 2017
The finalists for the 2016 Aurealis Awards, presented for science-fiction, fantasy and horror writing in Australia, have been announced. Among the categories are: Science fiction novel Watershed (Jane Abbott, Vintage)...

Charts this week 

Monday, 20 February 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape Wrightbooks 2 Echoes in Death J D Robb Hachette 3 Lion: A Long Way Home (film tie-in)...

Five Mile to publish ‘Sally Rippin Presents’ list

Monday, 20 February 2017
Bonnier Publishing Australia’s children’s imprint Five Mile will publish a ‘Sally Rippin Presents’ list of children’s books, with Rippin acting as editor-at-large. Rippin will work with Bonnier Publishing Australia CEO...

Australian authors longlisted for 2017 Carnegie Medal

Friday, 17 February 2017
Australian authors Zana Fraillon and Glenda Millard have been longlisted for the 2017 Carnegie Medal. Fraillon is longlisted for The Bone Sparrow (Hachette) and Millard for The Stars at Oktober...

 

 

 

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