Wednesday, 22 June 2016
Melbourne-based ‘art-science collaborative’ Scale Free Network released its first book The Squid, the Vibrio & the Moon in 2013. ‘We wanted to find a way to tell positive stories about...

Thursday, 16 June 2016
Founded in 1979, Melbourne-based Acorn Press is the ‘longest existing Christian publisher in Australia’. ‘Our first book People Caring for People by Ray Smith sold many thousands of copies and...

Thursday, 16 June 2016
Jane Harper’s crime novel The Dry (Picador) debuted in the top 10 bestsellers chart in its first week of publication. Harper, who previously won the 2015 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award...

Wednesday, 8 June 2016
Established in 2013, Melbourne-based Inkerman & Blunt publishes poetry, prose and nonfiction of ‘originality, intelligence and beauty’. According to founder Donna Ward, ‘high-quality production values, dedication to extraordinary books, and...

Wednesday, 8 June 2016
Books on leadership, entrepreneurship and innovation are attracting new readers to the business books category, while a strong backlist remains essential to sales, writes Andrea Hanke. Read her article in...

Wednesday, 1 June 2016
‘What happens when there aren’t enough middle-grade books to challenge children to move out of early readers? What if they’re never compelled to read YA literature, or else stop recreational...

Wednesday, 25 May 2016
US book-industry insider, bookseller and YA author Len Vlahos will deliver the keynote at the Australian Booksellers Association conference this weekend. He spoke to Andrea Hanke about the opportunities and...

Wednesday, 18 May 2016
UWA Publishing director Terri-ann White calls for industry-wide resistance to lower book prices and greater efficiency in distribution, including a ‘modified returns policy that kicks in with a minimum order...

Wednesday, 11 May 2016
Established in 2014, Sydney-based Click-Cloud Publishing specialises in children’s fiction, adult nonfiction and Macedonian translations. ‘All of our books have a cultural theme, whether it’s Indigenous, Russian, Chinese or Macedonian,...

Wednesday, 11 May 2016
Melbourne Writers Festival program manager Jo Case travelled to New Zealand earlier this year to explore the opportunities and challenges for closer ties between our neighbouring publishing industries. Read her...

Wednesday, 4 May 2016
Melbourne-based Monash University Publishing released its first titles in 2010. It ‘combines a traditional concern for rigorous, open-minded scholarship and editorial precision and quality, with a contemporary sense of style...

Wednesday, 4 May 2016
Nick Earls’ Gotham (Inkerman & Blunt) is the first of five interlinked novellas that will be released each month from May to September. ‘The typical publishing approach to “Wisdom Tree” as...

Thursday, 28 April 2016
Melbourne-based Ford Street Publishing specialises in children’s and YA books, and released its first titles in 2007. ‘I don’t apply for grants from the Australia Council or other funding bodies,...

Thursday, 28 April 2016
‘I started at the Hobart Bookshop almost 10 years ago—a trifling anniversary considering this year sees 70 years since the shop’s patriarch, Cedric Pearce, began in bookselling. Cedric passed away...

Wednesday, 20 April 2016
‘Most people think I work in IT,’ writes Booktopia merchandiser Christopher Cahill. He reflects on his career in bricks-and-mortar and online book merchandising in the latest issue of Books+Publishing magazine...

Wednesday, 6 April 2016
Finding a way to include teens in the conversations about YA books is a challenge for publishers, authors and event organisers, writes Danielle Binks. Read her article from the latest...

Wednesday, 6 April 2016
Melbourne-based children’s publisher Berbay was established in 2009 by Alexandra Yatomi-Clarke. ‘Berbay fills an important niche in storytelling,’ says Yatomi-Clarke. ‘It shuns condescension by bringing sophistication and depth to children’s...

Thursday, 31 March 2016
‘The difference in our industry, dominated by billion-dollar multinational conglomerates but where small independents contribute much of the innovation, is that our product has a voice. In every format we...

Wednesday, 23 March 2016
Professional development opportunities are a ‘mixed bag’ in the publishing industry, but there are opportunities if you know where to look, writes Portia Lindsay. Read her article from the latest...

Wednesday, 2 March 2016
Last year, Captain Honey publishers Roz Hopkins and Natalie Winter successfully crowdfunded their illustrated children’s book Mummy and Mumma Get Married. In a recent blog post, Hopkins writes about the...