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Owners of The Hobart Bookshop to retire

Wednesday, 16 October 2019
The owners of The Hobart Bookshop, Christopher Pearce and Janet Grecian, have decided to retire after almost 30 years of owning the business. In the early 1970s, after graduating with...

Taking stock: Hachette’s Next Stock Date system

Tuesday, 15 October 2019
Hachette’s Next Stock Date system aims to provide booksellers with timely, accurate data. After spending more than two years developing it, Hachette has offered to share what they’ve learned with...

Book designer spotlight: Imogen Stubbs

Tuesday, 15 October 2019
A love of publishing sparked by the Professional Writing and Editing course at RMIT led to studying graphic design, eventually landing Imogen Stubbs a job at Text Publishing, where she...

All bases covered: Karys McEwen on book design

Wednesday, 9 October 2019
Karys McEwen discusses the subtle ways that book design impacts students and librarians. Book design is not something that I spend a lot of time considering, or at least that...

Australian novels, international rights—what’s the story? Part three

Wednesday, 9 October 2019
In the lead-up to the Frankfurt Book Fair on 16–21 October, Books+Publishing is publishing a three-part feature on Australian fiction rights sales by researcher Airlie Lawson. A PhD candidate at the Australian National...

Quiet achiever: Jessica Horrocks’ career journey

Wednesday, 9 October 2019
Jessica Horrocks, designer and production coordinator at Text Publishing, was recently named Emerging Designer of the Year at the 2019 Australian Book Design Awards. She shares her career journey. Having...

Australian novels, international rights: What’s the story? Part two

Wednesday, 2 October 2019
In the lead-up to the Frankfurt Book Fair on 16–21 October, Books+Publishing is publishing a three-part feature on Australian fiction rights sales by researcher Airlie Lawson. A PhD candidate at...

The information age: Children’s reference books

Wednesday, 2 October 2019
In a time of internet fatigue, young readers are turning back to books as authoritative sources of information. Danielle Binks investigates. George Orwell is said to have stated, ‘In a...

Book designer spotlight: Michelle Mackintosh

Wednesday, 2 October 2019
Michelle Mackintosh is a freelance book designer, as well as a writer, illustrator and Japanophile (she’s co-written four books on Japan with her husband, writer and DJ Steve Wide). She...

Jane Harrison on Blak & Bright

Wednesday, 25 September 2019
This year’s Blak & Bright festival—the second after the inaugural festival in 2016—ran from 5–8 September in Melbourne. The festival had about 2500 people attend its sessions, up from the...

Australian novels, international rights: What’s the story? Part one

Wednesday, 25 September 2019
In the lead-up to the Frankfurt Book Fair on 16–21 October, Books+Publishing is publishing a three-part feature on Australian fiction rights sales by researcher Airlie Lawson. A PhD candidate at...

Book designer spotlight: Hazel Lam

Wednesday, 25 September 2019
Hazel Lam began her career as a motion graphics designer before moving into publishing, and has spent the past six years working for HarperCollins. Her cover for The Lost Flowers...

Book industry orgs support climate strike

Wednesday, 18 September 2019
Booksellers, publishers and other industry organisations across Australia are participating in the global climate strike, taking place on Friday, 20 September. With almost 100 locations across Australia registered to strike,...

‘The patriarchy has it coming’: Festival director Tam Zimet on Broadside

Wednesday, 18 September 2019
Writers including Zadie Smith, Curtis Sittenfeld and Helen Garner have recently been announced as part of the line-up for the Wheeler Centre's inaugural Broadside feminist ideas festival. Sarah Farquharson spoke...

Drawn to writing: Rove McManus on ‘Disgusting McGrossface’

Wednesday, 18 September 2019
Aussie television personality Rove McManus makes his foray into children’s books with picture book Disgusting McGrossface (Scholastic, September) and younger readers novel Rocky Lobstar (Scholastic, October). Kelsey Oldham spoke to...

Book designer spotlight: Hannah Janzen

Wednesday, 18 September 2019
Hannah Janzen began designing books at Sydney design studio Xou Creative, before turning to freelance, specialising in children’s books. She was recently elected president of the Australian Book Designers Association...

About the author

Friday, 13 September 2019
Rebel Girls is an award-winning cultural media engine founded in 2012. Through a combination of thought-provoking stories, creative expression, and business innovation, Rebel Girls is redefining the boundaries of indie...

MWF reports strong box office takings; Ben Folds tops bestseller chart

Wednesday, 11 September 2019
Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) expects to tally total ticket sales of more than $600,000 for its 2019 program, the second festival under artistic director Marieke Hardy. According to preliminary data,...

Book designer spotlight: Sarah Davis

Wednesday, 11 September 2019
After working for over a decade as a freelance picture book illustrator and designer, Sarah Davies joined Walker Books Australia as associate art director. She spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘book...

We don’t need a map: The growth in illustrated travel titles

Wednesday, 11 September 2019
Travellers are looking beyond traditional guidebooks for recommendations and inspiration—and publishers are finding new niche audiences in a shifting travel market. Andrea Hanke investigates the growth in illustrated travel titles....