Monday, 28 November 2011
Ahead of the bicentenary of his birth next year, Charles Dickens was all over the papers this week thanks to a new biography Claire Tomalin's Charles Dickens: A Life (Viking). Receiving equal...

Wednesday, 23 November 2011
[caption id="attachment_4825" align="alignleft" width="156" caption="Man of mystery."][/caption] Some say he is an exiled royal of the Russian Empire, living an anonymous life of wealth and good taste in the states...

Monday, 21 November 2011
All five books on the most mentioned chart received equal mentions this week. Gillian Mears' Foal's Bread (A&U) appeared on the Most Mentioned list again, as it continues to generate interest...

Wednesday, 16 November 2011
It’s never too early (or nerdy) to start filling in next year’s diary. Here are some key dates for the book industry: Taipei International Book Exhibition: 1-6 February Perth Writers...

Wednesday, 16 November 2011
The gimmick behind Brian Thacker’s travel tale Tell Them to Get Lost is that his journey is inspired—and guided—by South East Asia on a Shoestring, the first guidebook by Lonely...

Tuesday, 15 November 2011
[caption id="attachment_4780" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Edward Meyer holds a shrunken head, which he gave to book distributor Ice Water Press."][/caption] Earlier this month Ripley’s vice president of exhibits and archives, Edward...

Tuesday, 4 October 2011
Margaret Wild is a deservedly admired and awarded Australian picture-book author, and her collaboration with significant new talent Andrew Yeo has produced the wonderful Vampyre. Ostensibly a tale about a...

Monday, 29 August 2011
Peking was the name of the city of Beijing, before Mao Zedong and the Communist Party introduced the modern standard of writing to China. The name conjures up the nostalgia...

Tuesday, 9 August 2011
Stuart Littlemore, QC and barrister, is best known for his role as writer and host of ABC’s Media Watch from its inception in 1989 to 1997. Littlemore, having returned to...

Wednesday, 27 July 2011
Cookbooks dominate the top of the bestsellers chart this week with Jamie’s 30-minute Meals (Jamie Oliver, Michael Joseph) in first place and 4 Ingredients Kids (Kim McCosker & Rachael Bermingham, 4 Ingredients) in...

Wednesday, 27 July 2011
The Australian Booksellers Association held its annual conference in Melbourne during the weekend. The regular Book Buzz session was one of the highlights, showcasing the favourite books by booksellers and...

Wednesday, 13 July 2011
Did we forget to mention that the August issue of Bookseller+Publisher is in our hot little hands? Much goodness in this issue (starting with the macaron delights on the cover,...

Wednesday, 8 June 2011
This edited extract from a talk Text Publishing editor Mandy Brett delivered at the Wheeler Centre first appeared on Crikey's Culture Mulcher blog by W H Chong. You can also...

Friday, 20 May 2011
The following titles were recognised at this year’s Australian Publishers Association Book Design Awards, presented on 19 May as part of the Sydney Writers Festival. Best Designed Book of the...

Friday, 15 April 2011
Publishing assistant Andrew Wrathall attended Australian Writers' Week in China in March. Here, he gives us a taste of three Chinese literary festivals that hosted Australian authors in 2011. English...

Monday, 4 April 2011
Imagine if Jesus had a rebellious, clever sister. Such is the world that author Leslie Cannold as created in her new novel The Book of Rachael (Text). Elisabeth Holdsworth's novel...

Wednesday, 23 February 2011
The shortlisted titles for this year's Australian Publishers Association (APA) Book Design Awards have been announced. The titles in 'Best Designed Cover of the Year' category are: An Everyday Transience:...

Thursday, 27 January 2011
The shortlist for this year's Indie Book Award, for independent booksellers' favourite books of the previous year, has been announced. In the running are: Fiction Bereft (Chris Womersley, Scribe) Indelible Ink (Fiona McGregor, Scribe)...

Friday, 17 December 2010
Penguin publishing director Bob Sessions recalls the publishing life of his friend and mentor Ruth Park:  I was very saddened to hear that my dear friend Ruth Park has passed on. She...

Wednesday, 15 December 2010
Quite a few best books of 2010 lists have crossed our paths recently, so we thought we'd put them together in a list of lists! If there's a great list...

Friday, 26 November 2010
In the summer edition of Bookseller+Publisher Hannah Cartmel reviewed The Seer of Sevenwaters, book five in Juliet Marillier's Sevenwaters series (Macmillan), and being such a fan of the series she...

Friday, 29 October 2010
Intrepid publishing assistant at Bookseller+Publisher Andrew Wrathall interviewed Shaun Micallef about his book Preincarnate (Hardie Grant) at the Australian Booksellers Association conference in Brisbane in July. As these things are...

Monday, 11 October 2010
Ex-Good News Week panellist Corinne Grant has put her pen to paper to describe a messy year of her life in her new book Lessons in Letting Go: Confessions of...

Monday, 11 October 2010
Women of Letters, an afternoon of letter reading and writing, came to Brisbane on Thursday 7 October and UQP's Kirsty Burow was there. Here, she pens a letter of her own:...

Wednesday, 6 October 2010
Topping the fastest movers chart this week is Akermanis: Open Season (Jason Akermanis & Guy Smart, Hardie Grant), the memoir and behind-the-scenes story of ex-AFL player Jason Akermanis.  At Home...