Podcast spotlight: Jacky Winter Gives You The Business
Wednesday, 15 August 2018
Launched in 2017, Jacky Winter Gives You The Business (JWGYTB) is a weekly podcast produced in-house by the Jacky Winter Group—the Melbourne-based studio—that ‘deep dives into the ideas, issues and insights...
Charts this week
Monday, 13 August 2018
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The 104-Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths Pan 2 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley & Sons 3 The Subtle Art of Not...
Podcast spotlight: Final Draft – Great Conversations
Wednesday, 8 August 2018
Launched in June 2018, Final Draft - Great Conversations (FDGC) is a podcast that looks back at some of the authors and writers that were previously featured weekly on 2SER's long-running Final...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 8 August 2018
Sales Fiction Allen & Unwin has sold UK, Europe and Commonwealth (excluding ANZ) rights to The Choke (Sofie Laguna) to Gallic Books. (See news.) Echo Publishing (Bonnier Zaffre) has sold...
Gillian Triggs’ ‘Speaking Up’
Wednesday, 8 August 2018
‘In her memoir, Speaking Up, Triggs doesn’t settle scores or involve herself in ideological battles. Rather, she uses her skills and experience to discuss a range of human rights issues, from...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 8 August 2018
‘Bookshops should be safe spaces, and are very often the refuge of the oppressed, the fearful and those looking for guidance at difficult times; they are special places for so...
Charts this week
Monday, 6 August 2018
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The 104-Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton Pan 2 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley & Sons 3 Pieces of...
Book-to-screen adaptations pitched at 2018 Books at MIFF
Friday, 3 August 2018
The 12th annual Books at MIFF (BaM) event, run by Melbourne International Film Festival’s 37º South Market, was held at Melbourne’s Forum Theatre on 2 August. Representatives from publishing and...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 1 August 2018
‘Everyone is very comfortable with having women behind the counter at a book fair or on the sales floor, but it would be a healthier trade if more women were...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 1 August 2018
Sales Fiction Fiona Inglis of Curtis Brown Australia has sold film and television rights to Nine Perfect Strangers (Liane Moriarty) to production companies Blossom Films and Made Up Stories. (See...
Podcast spotlight: ABC Radio National’s The Bookshelf
Wednesday, 1 August 2018
The Bookshelf (formerly known as BooksPlus) is both a podcast and radio program for ‘dedicated readers and those who wished they read more’. Broadcasting on Friday afternoons (and available online...
Holly Throsby’s ‘Cedar Valley’
Wednesday, 1 August 2018
‘Throsby has a feel for small towns, as first evidenced in her debut novel, Goodwood, and once again in this second novel. There’s a fragility at the core of her characters...
Charts this week
Monday, 30 July 2018
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The 104-Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths Pan 2 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley & Sons 3 The 13-Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 25 July 2018
‘Given the changing shape of fiction, it was only a matter of time before a graphic novel was included on the Man Booker longlist.’—The judges for the Man Booker Prize...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 25 July 2018
Sales Fiction Allen & Unwin has sold the television option for Scrublands (Chris Hammer) to producers Ian Collie of Easy Tiger and Martha Coleman of RevLover, via Grace Heifetz at...
Podcast spotlight: Unladylike
Wednesday, 25 July 2018
Established in 2016, Unladylike is hosted by the Centre for Youth Literature's Adele Walsh and author Kelly Gardiner. In each episode they talk with women and non-binary people about writing,...
Meg Gatland-Veness’ ‘I Had Such Friends’
Wednesday, 25 July 2018
‘This YA novel may seem like the usual coming-of-age story set in small-town Australia, but it has a fresh voice that’s full of colloquialisms and also full of heart. Debut...
Charts this week
Monday, 23 July 2018
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The 104-Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton Pan 2 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley 3 The Other Wife Michael...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 18 July 2018
Sales Fiction Allen & Unwin has sold Thai rights to The Museum of Modern Love (Heather Rose). Giramondo has sold North American rights to No More Boats (Felicity Castagna) to...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 18 July 2018
‘Traditional literary gatekeepers now live a kind of half-life; representatives of a zombie culture: the walking dead. The power to consecrate cultural texts, now, rests in the hands of readers,...
Podcast spotlight: Quickie
Wednesday, 18 July 2018
With its first episode debuting in 2017, Quickie has been described by founder and host Nevena Spirovska as a 'feminist podcast that shoots straight from the lip'. Each episode is recorded...
David Mackintosh’s ‘Waiting for Chicken Smith’
Wednesday, 18 July 2018
‘The suspense builds as readers are taken on a journey around the beachside town, with the narrator remembering his previous summer holiday adventures with his friend. This simple but emotive...
Charts this week
Monday, 16 July 2018
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley & Sons 2 The Other Wife Michael Robotham Hachette 3 The Nowhere Child Christian White...
Podcast spotlight: The Unbearable Lightness of Being Hungry
Wednesday, 11 July 2018
Established in 2012, The Unbearable Lightness of Being Hungry is a Sydney-based podcast founded and hosted by Lee Tran Lam. In each episode she talks to chefs, cookbook authors, critics, bar...
Ameblin and Ezekiel Kwaymullina’s ‘Catching Teller Crow’
Wednesday, 11 July 2018
‘A highly anticipated novel, Catching Teller Crow can be compared to Alice Sebold’s The Lovely Bones and E Lockhart’s We Were Liars. The authors subtly weave the history of colonisation...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 11 July 2018
‘We must continue to break industry boundaries, pushing for greater Indigenous representation in leadership roles, as well as fostering a culture of Indigenous-led and controlled initiatives throughout literary culture in...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 11 July 2018
Sales Fiction Allen & Unwin has sold Greek translation rights to Cocaine Blues and Flying Too High (both Kerry Greenwood); and the film option to The Yellow House (Emily O’Grady)....
Charts this week
Monday, 9 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...
Reading the audience: the LoveOzYA readership survey
Thursday, 5 July 2018
In 2017, the LoveOzYA committee conducted a survey into the reading habits of the Australian YA community. Committee chair Stacey Malacari reports on the survey’s findings. The LoveOzYA movement was...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 4 July 2018
‘I’m here to tell you it is possible to change the world. And it really is in your power as children’s booksellers. We don’t just need diverse books. We need...
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