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...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 30 May 2018
‘The need to embrace “digital” has distracted publishers from what writers and readers really want. Readers don’t care about interactive books and experimental webpages, or even about ebooks. They just...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 30 May 2018
Sales Fiction Martin Shaw at Alex Adsett Publishing Services has sold UK and Irish rights to Hang Him When He Is Not There (Nicholas John Turner) to Splice. (See news.)...
Sally Morgan and Ambelin Kwaymullina’s ‘Benny Bungarra’s Big Bush Clean-up’
Wednesday, 30 May 2018
‘Mother-and-daughter duo Sally Morgan and Ambelin Kwaymullina have teamed up again to create another positive and vibrant picture book, this time in service of their shared passion for our natural...
Podcast spotlight: The Rereaders
Wednesday, 30 May 2018
Established in 2011, The Rereaders is a fortnightly literary and cultural podcast that has been described as Melbourne's answer to the Slate Culture Gabfest. Each episode is hosted by culture...
Charts this week
Monday, 28 May 2018
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley 2 The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck Mark Manson Macmillan 3 Bad Guys...
Podcast spotlight: Audacious
Wednesday, 23 May 2018
First established in 2015, Audacious is the audio-journal of arts organisation Melbourne Spoken Word (MSW). Each 'issue' of the paid-for audio-journal is produced as a quarterly album of spoken-word performances. A...
Andrew Hansen & Jessica Roberts’ ‘Bab Sharkey and the Animal Mummies: The Weird Beard’
Wednesday, 23 May 2018
'Like many comedian-turned-writers before him, Hansen has a good understanding of pacing that will draw in middle-primary readers, especially with the aid of Roberts’ amusing illustrations. There are titbits of...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 23 May 2018
‘The way we are all publishing more to shore up our revenue [is an issue] … it is making it harder to realise good sales results for each book and...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 23 May 2018
Sales Fiction Fremantle Press has sold German rights to Marlborough Man (Alan Carter) to Suhrkamp via Natasha Solomun at the Rights Hive, Clive Newman at the Newman Agency and Haas...
Charts this week
Monday, 21 May 2018
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley 2 The Fallen David Baldacci Macmillan 3 The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck...
Rhiannon Williams’ ‘Ottilie Colter and the Narroway Hunt’
Wednesday, 16 May 2018
‘Ottilie Colter and the Narroway Hunt is the first middle-grade novel to win Hardie Grant Egmont’s Ampersand Prize, and it seems destined to be one of those award-winners that also captures...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 16 May 2018
‘Trends (currently audiobooks) are one thing, but it isn’t just a matter of putting our books into different formats—we need to be able to do this with solid strategies for...
Fire in the belly: Laura Kroetsch on Dark Mofo’s Dark and Dangerous Thoughts program
Wednesday, 16 May 2018
Former Adelaide Writers’ Week director Laura Kroetsch's move into a new role as the curator of Dark Mofo's Dark and Dangerous Thoughts symposium has seen her programming with a 'more philosophical...
Podcast spotlight: Future Perfect (the EWF podcast)
Wednesday, 16 May 2018
Future Perfect is a podcast produced by the Emerging Writers' Festival (EWF) that asks storytellers about 'what they do, how they do it, and why'. Season 1 launched in the...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 16 May 2018
Sales Fiction Curtis Brown Australia has sold the film option to The Ruin (Dervla McTiernan) to Hopscotch Features. (See news.) Fremantle Press has sold Slovenian rights to Dropping In (Geoff...
Charts this week
Monday, 14 May 2018
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley 2 A Court of Frost and Starlight Sarah J Maas Bloomsbury 3...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 9 May 2018
‘One of the things we have to be careful about is that we don’t become this closed shop that feels intimidating or hard to break into. We need to constantly...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 9 May 2018
Sales Fiction Text has sold Chinese rights to The Broken Shore (Peter Temple) to China South Booky; and world audio rights to The Cage (Lloyd Jones) to Bolinda. Wild Dingo...
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