Selling strong: Australian publishers’ rights highlights
Wednesday, 21 October 2015
Books+Publishing asked a range of Australian publishers to share their recent rights successes ahead of this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair. This article first appeared in Think Australian. Allen & Unwin Kate Morton...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 21 October 2015
‘The recent debates around the Book Council funding and membership belie the work already undertaken on behalf of creators by ALAA and by many of the industry partners involved’—Australian Literary...
Selling strong: Australian publishers’ rights highlights
Wednesday, 21 October 2015
Books+Publishing asked a range of Australian publishers to share their recent rights successes ahead of this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair. Read their responses here.
Christopher Currie’s ‘Clancy of the Undertow’
Wednesday, 21 October 2015
‘Clancy of the Undertow is a beautiful story. It’s about the pressure that depression can have on a family, how it can slowly push everyone apart so a family becomes...
Attendance up at Frankfurt Book Fair 2015; ‘strong’ interest in translation rights
Tuesday, 20 October 2015
Professional attendance at the 2015 Frankfurt Book Fair was approximately level with 2014, with 140,474 attendees this year compared to 140,291 last year, reports Publishers Weekly. Total attendance was up...
Paul Kelly to headline inaugural Kampot Writers & Readers Festival in Cambodia
Tuesday, 20 October 2015
The inaugural Kampot Writers & Readers Festival in Cambodia, running 5-8 November, has announced its program. Australian musician and author Paul Kelly and Cambodian human rights activist and musician Arn...
ABA, Leading Edge conferences to be held in Canberra in 2016
Tuesday, 20 October 2015
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) and Leading Edge Books will hold their 2016 conferences at the QT Hotel in Canberra. This is the fourth year in a row that the...
Charts this week
Monday, 19 October 2015
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Millie Marotta's Tropical Wonderland Millie Marotta Batsford 2 Millie Marotta's Animal Kingdom Millie Marotta Batsford 3 I Quit Sugar:Simplicious Sarah Wilson Macmillan...
SPN announces 2015 Independent Publishing Conference program; Indyk, Chapman to deliver keynotes
Monday, 19 October 2015
The Small Press Network (SPN) has announced the program for its 2015 Independent Publishing Conference, which will run in Melbourne from 19-21 November. The conference kicks off with an Industry...
Playing favourites: Preview of 2016 children’s and YA titles
Sunday, 18 October 2015
Publishers nominate their top children’s and YA titles for 2016.Raunchy romance, humorous history and a ‘disquieting and powerful book for Australia Day’ are among Allen & Unwin children’s and YA...
#LoveOzYA gathers momentum: Bec Kavanagh on the campaign to promote Australian YA
Sunday, 18 October 2015
Writer and reviewer Bec Kavanagh has been involved in the #LoveOzYA campaign to promote Australian YA literature since its inception earlier this year. She reports on the campaign’s progress and...
YA in translation
Sunday, 18 October 2015
Why is there so little translated YA fiction published in Australia? Danielle Binks spoke to Scribe publisher Henry Rosenbloom and publicist Cora Roberts about their experience in this area. Between...
Ban lifted on NZ YA novel ‘Into the River’
Thursday, 15 October 2015
The New Zealand Film and Literature Board has lifted a ban on the sale and supply of New Zealand author Ted Dawe’s YA novel Into the River. The Board’s decision...
Teen talk: Meet the 2015 Inky Awards judges
Wednesday, 14 October 2015
‘I believe YA needs more original ideas and less unrealistic love triangles and character stereotypes’—Genevieve, 15. ‘More diverse characters that are not there just for the sake of having a...
Ben Sanders’ American Blood
Wednesday, 14 October 2015
‘From the opening lines of American Blood you know you’re in the hands of a master storyteller’ … read Deborah Crabtree’s full review here.
1700 Dymocks members vote for favourite children’s book of all time
Tuesday, 13 October 2015
More than 1700 Dymocks Booklovers members have voted for their favourite children’s book of all time, with 13 Australian titles making the top 51. The ‘Treehouse’ series by Andy Griffiths and...
Charts this week
Monday, 12 October 2015
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Millie Marotta's Animal Kingdom Millie Marotta Batsford 2 The 65-Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths Pan 3 Millie Marotta's Tropical Wonderland Millie Marotta Batsford...
Two thirds of Australian rights managers and literary agents report income growth, according to survey
Monday, 12 October 2015
The rights market has taken a positive turn over the past year, according to Books+Publishing’s annual survey of Australian literary agents and rights managers, published in its Frankfurt Book Fair...
Fresh blood: Ben Sanders on ‘American Blood’
Wednesday, 7 October 2015
‘I’d actually never intended to write a novel set in the US but in 2013 St Martin’s Press in New York offered me a two-book contract, on the condition that...
Debra Adelaide’s ‘The Women’s Pages’
Wednesday, 7 October 2015
‘This fourth novel from well-known Australian writer Debra Adelaide pays homage to Wuthering Heights and combines a creative metatextual structure with contemplation about mothers’ … read Joanne Shiells’ full review...
Charts this week
Monday, 5 October 2015
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The 65-Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths Pan 2 Millie Marotta's Tropical Wonderland Millie Marotta Batsford 3 Golden Lion Wilbur Smith & Giles Kristian...
Charts this week
Wednesday, 30 September 2015
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The 65-Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths Pan 2 The Girl in the Spider's Web David Lagercrantz Hachette 3 Make Me Lee Child Bantam...
Banned NZ YA novel ‘Into the River’ sold to the US
Wednesday, 30 September 2015
US publisher Polis Books has bought the North American rights to New Zealand author Ted Dawe’s 2013 YA novel Into the River, which was placed under an interim ban in...
UK children’s book sales up 3.2% YTD
Wednesday, 30 September 2015
In the UK, children’s book sales are up 3.2% this year thanks to strong sales in picture books, fiction and colouring-in titles, reports the Bookseller. According to Nielsen BookScan data,...
Light and shadow: Vikki Wakefield on ‘Inbetween Days’
Wednesday, 30 September 2015
Vikki Wakefield’s latest YA novel Inbetween Days (Text) is about a high-school dropout who finds herself stagnating in a small town. ‘My stories usually take a darker turn around the halfway...
Michael Robotham’s ‘Life or Death’
Wednesday, 30 September 2015
‘Robotham piles on the tension without ever going over the top—and legions of readers should enjoy this superior example of the crime writer’s art’… read Max Oliver’s full review of...
Kinney, Griffiths headline SWF Children’s Festival of Moving Stories
Tuesday, 29 September 2015
‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ author Jeff Kinney will join local author Andy Griffiths for a two-hour event at the Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) Children’s Festival of Moving Stories on 8...
Charts this week
Monday, 28 September 2015
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The 65-Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths Pan 2 The Girl in the Spider's Web David Lagercrantz Hachette 3 Make Me Lee Child Bantam...
International book deals for Australian YA author’s debut novel; PRH to publish locally
Monday, 28 September 2015
Penguin Random House (PRH) has acquired ANZ rights to Australian YA author Krystal Sutherland’s debut novel We Were Never Here. The rights were acquired in a two-book deal through agent...
#LoveOzYA campaign committee announced
Wednesday, 23 September 2015
A committee to support the #LoveOzYA campaign has been chosen following a members’ ballot.On the committee are book blogger Danielle Binks; writer, reviewer and Stella Schools Program Coordinator Bec Kavanagh;...
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