Join the club: What makes a good book club program work?
Tuesday, 3 July 2018
Rising numbers of book clubs at bookstores and libraries show there is still ‘a voracious appetite for concentrated group discussion’. Elizabeth Flux investigates what makes a good club work. In...
The winning ticket: The literary prize sales effect
Tuesday, 3 July 2018
Nielsen Book associate director Julie Winters talks to Jackie Tang about the sales effect of Australia’s biggest literary prizes. How much does a literary award affect a book’s sales? It’s...
For the love of poetry: Looking beyond Instapoetry
Tuesday, 3 July 2018
Angela Elizabeth finds out how local publishers are committing to poetry beyond the ‘Instapoetry’ trend. ‘Poetry is the medium of the moment,’ proclaimed UK National Poetry Day executive director Susannah...
Cover new ground: Rejacketing a children’s book series
Tuesday, 3 July 2018
Nathania Gilson asks publishers and booksellers about the art of rejacketing a children’s book series. When Tristan Bancks, co-creator and author of the Tom Weekly junior-fiction series, was presented with...
Back to the drawing board: Publishing local board books
Tuesday, 3 July 2018
Danielle Binks explores the rising demand for homegrown board books. In her Ten Commandments for reading aloud with children, author Mem Fox’s number-one rule is: ‘Spend at least ten wildly...
Charts this week
Monday, 2 July 2018
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley & Sons 2 The President is Missing President Bill Clinton & James Patterson Century 3...
Finding your centre: Megan Daley on her career journey
Wednesday, 27 June 2018
‘A school library is at the very centre of creative school communities,’ writes teacher-librarian and book blogger Megan Daley. She shares her career journey. I studied early childhood teaching, always...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 27 June 2018
‘The fact that Amazon is moving into physical stores is a reflection of their recognition that, actually, physical is complementary to digital’—Paul Currie reflects on the sustainable future of bookstores...
Talking less and listening more: Martin Hughes on creating safer workplaces
Wednesday, 27 June 2018
Affirm Press publisher Martin Hughes (with senior editor Ruby Ashby-Orr) explores what it means to shape a better culture and create safer workplaces. At the recent Leading Edge Books conference...
Podcast spotlight: Spun Stories
Wednesday, 27 June 2018
Established in 2015, Spun: True Stories Told in the Territory evolved from a quarterly live storytelling event in Darwin that showcases ‘extraordinary stories by ordinary people’. Hosted and produced by...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 27 June 2018
Sales Fiction Giramondo Publishing has sold German-language rights to Border Districts (Gerald Murnane) in a two-book deal to Suhrkamp; Arabic-language rights in Egypt to A Million Windows (Gerald Murnane) to Al...
Barry Jonsberg’s ‘A Song Only I Can Hear’
Wednesday, 27 June 2018
‘With the release of A Song Only I Can Hear, it may finally be time to stop describing every emotionally intelligent middle fiction book as ‘the next Wonder’; Jonsberg has raised the...
Charts this week
Monday, 25 June 2018
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley & Sons 2 The President is Missing President Bill Clinton & James Patterson Century 3...
Podcast spotlight: Dymocks Podcast
Wednesday, 20 June 2018
Established in 2012, the Dymocks Podcast includes author interviews and conversations about the world of books and publishing. Released on a weekly basis, and with an extra condensed video version...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 20 June 2018
Sales Fiction Clare Forster at Curtis Brown Australia has sold North America rights to Second Sight (Aoife Clifford) to Pegasus Books, via Catherine Drayton at Inkwell Management. (See news.) UQP...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 20 June 2018
‘My chief concern about any proposed morality clause would be “in whose opinion”. Certainly, it should not be solely up to the publisher to decide.’—Literary agent Clare Alexander of Alexander...
The ‘B+P’ guide to the Miles Franklin 2018 shortlist
Wednesday, 20 June 2018
Six titles are vying for this year’s Miles Franklin Literary Award. Two of these are from multinational publishers (one each from HarperCollins and Pan Macmillan), three are from small, independent...
Sam Twyford-Moore’s ‘The Rapids’
Wednesday, 20 June 2018
‘Sam Twyford-Moore’s The Rapids is a fascinating exploration of the fragility of the mind, states of mania and how mental ill-health is treated in art and popular culture’ ... read Meelee...
Charts this week
Monday, 18 June 2018
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley & Sons 2 The President is Missing President Bill Clinton & James Patterson Century 3...
Podcast spotlight: ABC Radio National’s The Hub on Books
Thursday, 14 June 2018
ABC Radio National’s (RN) The Hub on Books is a weekly radio program and podcast featuring author interviews as well as news and analysis about the book industry. Journalist Claire Nichols,...
Quote of the week
Thursday, 14 June 2018
‘While the crime writing community is diverse in many ways, it lacks authors from BAME backgrounds. With crime fiction’s increasing popularity, it seems more important than ever that its creators...
The perfect Foyles: ABA conference keynote speaker Paul Currie on the UK book industry
Thursday, 14 June 2018
Paul Currie, CEO of Foyles Bookshop in the UK, will deliver the keynote address at this year’s Australian Booksellers Association conference. He spoke to Jackie Tang about what Australian booksellers...
Emily Gale’s ‘I Am Out with Lanterns’
Thursday, 14 June 2018
‘I Am Out with Lanterns is nuanced, complex and thoroughly readable. Told from multiple perspectives, it follows a kaleidoscope of characters as it explores community, connections, and the desire to...
Charts this week
Tuesday, 12 June 2018
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley 2 Shelter in Place Nora Roberts Hachette 3 The Outsider Stephen King Hachette 4 The...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 6 June 2018
‘The economics from just last year until today have shifted so dramatically it makes your head spin. I had seven-figure offers for books that haven’t been read yet. That’s how...
Podcast spotlight: Pratchat
Wednesday, 6 June 2018
Pratchat is a monthly 'book club' podcast hosted by Elizabeth Flux and Ben McKenzie that aims to discuss every Terry Pratchett novel ever written. Each episode, Flux and McKenzie are joined...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 6 June 2018
Sales Fiction Allen & Unwin (A&U) has sold world French rights to The World Beneath the Trees (Karen Viggers) to Les Escales. (See news.) Text has sold ANZ audio rights...
Acquiring new languages: Exploring the world of bilingual children’s books
Wednesday, 6 June 2018
Jackie Tang asks publishers, booksellers and librarians if there is an increased demand in foreign-language children’s books. When Allen & Unwin published Joanne O’Callaghan and Kori Song’s Found in Melbourne,...
Sisonke Msimang’s ‘Always Another Country’
Wednesday, 6 June 2018
‘Starting afresh is a constant theme throughout the book—Msimang’s account of her movement and migration frequently explores the question of whether home is a concept or a place. With razor-sharp...
Charts this week
Monday, 4 June 2018
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley & Sons 2 The Outsider Stephen King Hachette 3 The Subtle Art of Not Giving...
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