‘It’s been quite amazing to see the shift’: How Farrells fast-tracked its online store during Covid-19
Wednesday, 22 April 2020
After more than 40 years in the business, Farrells on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula launched their online store last week, fast-tracking a three-month process into three weeks to meet customer demand...
‘Lean into the format’: Jaclyn Booton on announcing the Stella Prize online
Friday, 17 April 2020
On Tuesday night, Jess Hill was named winner of the 2020 Stella Prize for See What You Made Me Do (Black Inc.) at an online event presented in partnership with...
Bookselling in the time of Covid-19
Thursday, 16 April 2020
In late 2019 Readings marketing and events coordinator Ellen Cregan was selected as one of four booksellers to participate in the Melbourne City of Literature’s Bookseller in Residence program. Little...
Bookshops adapt to change: tell us your story
Tuesday, 14 April 2020
We know the situation for retailers is changing daily amid Covid-19 restrictions. We also know that many booksellers, in finding new ways to connect with customers, are experiencing wonderful community...
European markets and Covid-19: Consumers brace for quarantine with ebooks
Wednesday, 8 April 2020
European members of PubMagNet—a network of publishing and bookselling trade publications from across the globe—have shared with Books+Publishing summaries of how their book markets are faring, and how each country's...
In our nature: Robbie Arnott on ‘The Rain Heron’
Wednesday, 1 April 2020
The Rain Heron (Text, June), Robbie Arnott's follow-up to his 2018 debut Flames, blurs the line between reality and myth as its isolated protagonist is drawn to a soldier on...
Ten rules for successful remote working
Wednesday, 1 April 2020
Pantera Press CEO Alison Green has extensive experience in working from home. Here, she shares her 10 rules for WFH success in a time of social distancing, explaining that ‘it's...
PW, house banner
Monday, 30 March 2020
Literary awards go digital
Wednesday, 25 March 2020
Following the federal and state governments’ bans on mass gatherings in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, organisers of literary awards are turning to live-streaming their ceremonies to replace their scheduled...
CYL may be gone but YA can still thrive through grassroots advocacy
Wednesday, 25 March 2020
In her first op-ed as Junior columnist for 2020, Adele Walsh investigates the vacuum left by the shuttering of the Centre for Youth Literature last year, and what can be...
Australian bookshops respond to Covid-19
Wednesday, 18 March 2020
Australian booksellers, like many retailers, are facing a big challenge right now. At this stage some shops have moved to online only, but many stores remain open and are trying...
Year-to-date trade sales down 2.9% as academic sales see sharp decline
Tuesday, 17 March 2020
Sales in the Australian book market are down 7.3% in value for the year to 7 March, with the trade sector down 2.9% over the same period, according to Nielsen...
S&S, Nielsen withdraw from LEB conference
Thursday, 12 March 2020
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) and Nielsen Book Australia will not attend this year’s Leading Edge Books (LEB) Conference, which is due to run from 22–24 March in Brisbane. In...
Feeling seen: Kay Kerr on ‘Please Don’t Hug Me’
Thursday, 5 March 2020
Kay Kerr's YA novel Please Don't Hug Me (Text, May) follows 17-year-old Erin as she relays life as a teenager with autism in letters to her brother. Reviewer Charlotte Guest...
LBF cancelled: ‘missed opportunities’ for Oz publishers
Thursday, 5 March 2020
The London Book Fair, which was scheduled to run from 10–12 March, has been cancelled due to concerns over the coronavirus outbreak in Europe. In a statement, organisers Reed Exhibitions...
‘Knowing your worth’: The UK publication highlighting female leadership in publishing
Wednesday, 4 March 2020
The FLIP is a monthly newsletter that publishes interviews with women who are leading the way in the UK book industry. Andrea Hanke spoke with co-founder Ella Horne about the...
Friday, 28 February 2020
‘If you cannot speak truth at a beheading, when can you speak it?'
The elephant in the room: Chris Flynn on ‘Mammoth’
Friday, 28 February 2020
Chris Flynn’s third novel Mammoth (UQP, May) handles an ambitious conceit and makes it work, according to reviewer Brad Jefferies. Narrated by the fossil of a 13,000-year-old mammoth, the novel...
UQP acquires Next Chapter fellow Thompson’s short story collection
Friday, 28 February 2020
The University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired world rights to Adam Thompson’s debut short story collection Born into this. Set in Tasmania, Thompson's stories deal with Aboriginal identity and...
The bookseller’s dilemma: What bookstores won’t stock
Wednesday, 26 February 2020
As conversations proliferate about cultural appropriation in literature, debates about whether—and how—bookstores should stock controversial books have been renewed. In her first column for 2020, Books+Publishing's new columnist Veronica Sullivan...
Why are booksellers leaving Leading Edge?
Wednesday, 26 February 2020
A number of Australia’s most prominent independent booksellers are leaving Leading Edge Books in favour of a new buying group set up by the Australian Booksellers Association. Sarah Farquharson reports....
Patch leaves PRH
Thursday, 20 February 2020
Bethany Patch has left her role as senior editor of Dorling Kindersley (DK) at Penguin Random House (PRH) Australia. Patch joined the PRH adult publishing team in mid-2016 before moving...
How did international book markets perform in 2019?
Wednesday, 19 February 2020
Representatives from trade publications in the UK, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Sweden and China have shared insights with Books+Publishing on how their respective markets fared in 2019. Across the regions,...
About the book
Thursday, 13 February 2020
Vanessa Wye was fifteen years old when she first had sex with her English teacher. She is now thirty-two and in the storm of allegations against powerful men in 2017,...
Fullers Bookshop celebrates 100 years of Hobart bookselling
Wednesday, 12 February 2020
This year marks the 100-year anniversary of Fullers Bookshop in Hobart, which was opened by Bill Fuller, his wife Frances and Jim Boa on 16 February 1920. The shop was...
Making readers for life: Ursula Dubosarsky on her plans as Australian Children’s Laureate
Wednesday, 12 February 2020
Prolific children’s author Ursula Dubosarsky has been chosen as the Australian Children’s Laureate. She spoke with Sarah Farquharson about her plans for her two-year term as laureate. What are you...
‘Your family is okay’: Bernadette Green on ‘Who’s Your Real Mum?’
Thursday, 6 February 2020
Who's Your Real Mum? (Scribble, illus by Anna Zobel) is the debut picture book from Bernadette Green, inspired by the real-life questions her own children have been asked about their...
‘Changes start small’: Behind the union push at PRH
Wednesday, 5 February 2020
Elena Gomez was part of a core team of editorial and publicity staff at Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) who initiated collective bargaining with their employer last year, resulting in...
Spheres of influence: Ronnie Scott on ‘The Adversary’
Monday, 3 February 2020
Ronnie Scott’s debut novel The Adversary (Hamish Hamilton) follows an unnamed protagonist as he navigates gay friendship and wrestles with self-doubt over the course of a hot Melbourne summer. Scott spoke...
Christmas 2019: Sales up despite mixed feelings, climate chaos
Friday, 31 January 2020
Books+Publishing received feedback from representatives of nearly 100 bookshops around Australia for its annual Christmas survey. According to the results of the survey, for the first time in four years...
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