Thursday, 13 February 2014
The longlist for the second Stella Prize has been announced. This year’s longlist features six works of fiction and six works of nonfiction. The longlisted titles are: Letter to George...

Friday, 20 December 2013
In 2013 Books+Publishing reviewed 99 children’s and YA books. Here are some of our reviewers' favourites: Picture books Only one picture book scored five stars from Books+Publishing’s reviewers this year...

Monday, 9 December 2013
With the new year just around the corner, organisers have been busy planning their book events for 2014. Here are some key dates to put in your Outlook calendar or old-school paper diary:...

Thursday, 28 November 2013
It’s that time of the year again: booksellers, the media and other lit-lovers have begun posting lists of their favourite books of 2013. We have scoured the internet to bring you a...

Tuesday, 12 November 2013
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Summer once again brings the release of a number of book-to-film adaptations, including big-budget blockbusters, takes on bestselling and critically acclaimed...

Friday, 25 October 2013
HarperCollins launched Ricky Ponting’s memoir At the Close of Play this month with an initial print run of 100,000 copies. The book was launched by former PM John Howard and...

Thursday, 24 October 2013
This week’s top stories from the Weekly Book Newsletter include: Australia Council releases fact sheet on reading behaviour Most Underrated Book Award 2013 shortlist announced SPN Independent Publishing Conference 2013 program announced Whitcoulls suspends ebookstore...

Wednesday, 25 September 2013
Brad Jefferies is the new publishing assistant at Books+Publishing. We asked him to share his reading fancies. What are you reading right now? Late last night I finished Wayne Macauley’s...

Wednesday, 21 August 2013
Andrea Hanke joined several members of the Australian book industry on a trip to the Tiwi Islands to visit some of the schools involved in the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF)....

Friday, 24 May 2013
The winners of this year’s Australian Publishers Association (APA) Book Design Awards have been announced. Congratulations to the three overall winners: The Best Designed Book of the Year Things I...

Monday, 25 March 2013
Set on the south coast of NSW in Thirroul in 1948, where D H Lawrence wrote Kangaroo, this stunning novel follows the lives of several seemingly disparate characters. Dr Draper...