‘Introducing Teddy’ makes ALA ‘Rainbow List’
Tuesday, 31 January 2017
Jessica Walton’s Introducing Teddy (illus by Dougal MacPherson, Bloomsbury) has made the American Library Association’s (ALA) annual Rainbow List’s Top Ten books with significant gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender (LGBT)...
Charts this week
Monday, 30 January 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape Wrightbooks 2 Truly Madly Guilty Liane Moriarty Pan 3 The Bikini Body 28-Day Healthy Eating & Lifestyle...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 25 January 2017
‘We hand-sell virtually every book and it was very, very encouraging that our top bestsellers were from local authors!’—a Sydney bookseller from one of many stores reporting strong sales for...
Robert Newton’s ‘Mr Romanov’s Garden in the Sky’
Wednesday, 25 January 2017
‘Mr Romanov’s Garden in the Sky is a delightful and compelling tale with a strong sense of contemporary multicultural Australia and a vivid cast of characters—Lexie, in particular, is an...
RiP Janet Rowe
Wednesday, 25 January 2017
Former Lake Press, Ice Water Press and Five Mile Press publisher Janet Rowe has died. Jane Curtain and David Horgan write: ‘We wish to express deep sadness at the passing...
School ties: Partnerships between bookstores and schools
Wednesday, 25 January 2017
When Amelia Lush from Better Read Than Dead won the 2016 Leading Edge Books Conference Best Business Idea award for the store’s teacher-librarian nights, it was just one glimpse into...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 25 January 2017
Nonfiction—Black Inc. has sold Brazilian rights to The Shortest History of Europe (John Hirst) to Sextante via the Riff Agency. Children’s—Little Steps Publishing has sold German rights to Who’s Got...
ALA Youth Media Awards 2017: Newbery, Caldecott, Printz, Stonewall
Tuesday, 24 January 2017
In the US, the American Library Association (ALA), has announced the winners of its Youth Media Awards, including the Newbery and Caldecott medals, and the Printz and Stonewall awards. Kelly...
Sydney Story Factory to open Parramatta branch
Tuesday, 24 January 2017
The Sydney Story Factory, which runs free creative writing and storytelling workshops for students, will open its second centre in Parramatta in early 2018. More than a quarter of its...
Williams wins HGE Ampersand Prize with middle-grade fantasy manuscript
Tuesday, 24 January 2017
Sydney writer Rhiannon Williams has won Hardie Grant Egmont’s Ampersand Prize for an unpublished manuscript for her middle-grade novel ‘Little Ott Colter’. It’s the first time a middle-grade manuscript has...
Charts this week
Monday, 23 January 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape Wrightbooks 2 The Bikini Body 28-Day Healthy Eating & Lifestyle Guide Kayla Itsines Macmillan 3 Truly Madly...
Tiny Owl Workshop partners with online multimedia game
Thursday, 19 January 2017
Brisbane micro-publisher Tiny Owl Workshop is partnering with Wattpad and new online interactive storytelling game The Westbury Faery to host a short story competition, with winners to be published in...
Australian YA debut acquired by PRH
Thursday, 19 January 2017
Penguin Random House (PRH) has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to Australian-born, US-based author Emily Suvada’s debut YA novel This Mortal Coil in a two-book deal. The novel centres around...
McPherson’s ‘Grace Beside Me’ adapted for TV
Thursday, 19 January 2017
Sue McPherson’s YA novel Grace Beside Me (Magabala) has been commissioned by NITV, the National Indigenous Television channel, for a live-action children’s series. The planned 13-episode series marks the first-ever...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 18 January 2017
Sales Fiction—Bonnier has sold UK and US rights to Resurrection Bay (Emma Viskic) to Pushkin Press; audio rights to Resurrection Bay (Emma Viskic) to Wavesound; and US and UK rights...
Along came Harry: On the launch of Harry Hartog Woden
Wednesday, 18 January 2017
In 2014, Harry Hartog Woden store manager James Redden had the ‘humbling and terrifying’ experience of launching a new bookselling brand. Read his bookseller’s diary here.
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 18 January 2017
‘Jimmy’s latest creative offerings mark the beginning of his new reign—as the granddaddy of Aussie rock’n’publishing!’—Bonnier Publishing Australia CEO Natasha Besliev on the acquisition of two children’s books by musician...
Perth library receives more architectural awards
Wednesday, 18 January 2017
The City of Perth library received two more architectural awards late last year, reports Community News. The library won the National Entertainment and Recreation Facility Award at the Master Builders...
RiP Babette Cole
Wednesday, 18 January 2017
English children’s author and illustrator Babette Cole has died, aged 66. Cole wrote and illustrated more than 150 children’s books, including the revisionist fairytale picture books Princess Smartypants (Puffin) and...
Ursula Dubosarsky and Andrew Joyner’s ‘One Little Goat’
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...
Five Mile acquires Barnes children’s book; Echo acquires Jones’ novel
Wednesday, 18 January 2017
Bonnier Publishing Australia imprint Five Mile has acquired two children’s books by Jimmy Barnes for publication in April 2017. The two books will revolve around the adventures of Och Aye,...
US National Book Critics Circle Awards 2016 finalists announced
Wednesday, 18 January 2017
In the US, the finalists for the 2016 National Book Critics Circle Awards have been announced. The finalists in the best fiction category are: Moonglow (Michael Chabon, HarperCollins) LaRose (Louise...
Two Sally Rippin series to launch in 2017
Wednesday, 18 January 2017
Two new children’s book series by Sally Rippin will launch in 2017. In June, Hardie Grant Egmont will publish the first book in the ‘Polly & Buster’ junior fiction series aimed...
Australian Romance Readers Awards 2016 finalists announced
Monday, 16 January 2017
The finalists for the 2016 Australian Romance Readers Awards have been announced. Ten authors have been shortlisted for the Favourite Australian Romance Author. They are: Amy Andrews Anna Campbell Anne...
Charts this week
Monday, 16 January 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape Wrightbooks 2 The Bikini Body 28-Day Healthy Eating & Lifestyle Guide Kayla Itsines Macmillan 3 The Mistress...
Indie Book Awards 2017 shortlists announced
Monday, 16 January 2017
Leading Edge Books has announced the shortlists for the 2017 Indie Book Awards. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Fiction The Good People (Hannah Kent, Picador) Truly Madly Guilty (Liane Moriarty,...
Full program announced for Perth Writers Festival 2017
Friday, 13 January 2017
The full program has been announced for the 2017 Perth Writers Festival, which runs from 23-26 February. Events at the festival include ‘Pondering our most precious liquid’, a panel discussion...
Bookish dates for 2017
Thursday, 12 January 2017
January Jaipur Literature Festival: 19-23 January Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards: 31 January February Taipei International Book Exhibition: 8-13 February JLF Melbourne: 11-12 February ALIA Information Online Conference (Sydney): 13-17 February...
RiP Simon Milne
Wednesday, 11 January 2017
Simon Milne, who worked in the Australian book industry for many years as a marketing communications director at HarperCollins ANZ, marketing and communications manager at Leading Edge Group and general...
Dead ringer: Q&A with Allison Rushby, author of ‘The Turnkey’
Wednesday, 11 January 2017
Allison Rushby’s forthcoming middle-grade novel The Turnkey (Walker Books, March) is a ‘page-turning mystery’ set in London’s Highgate Cemetery during the Blitz. Read reviewer Maria H Alessandrino’s interview with Rushby here.
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