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Where popular meets the professional: Genre Con 2017 

Wednesday, 29 November 2017
GenreCon 2017 was the conference’s biggest yet. The biennially-staged writers conference aimed at genre writers sold out its registrations with 240 attendees, up from 190 in 2015. Fantasy writers were...

Rights round-up

Wednesday, 29 November 2017
Sales: Fiction—Black Inc. has sold UK rights to Their Brilliant Careers (Ryan O’Neill) to Eye Books. (See news.) Hachette has sold US and Canadian rights to Terra Nullius (Claire G Coleman) to Small...

Quote of the week

Wednesday, 29 November 2017
‘By steering boys away from books by and about women, we are teaching them that women’s stories are not interesting or important, and that women cannot be empathised with’—Author Lili...

Charts this week 

Monday, 27 November 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Getaway: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney Puffin 2 5 Ingredients - Quick & Easy Food Jamie Oliver Michael Joseph...

Quote of the week

Wednesday, 22 November 2017
‘Where you shop is of course entirely your choice, but it’s important to really make that choice a conscious one’—Readings managing director Mark Rubbo makes the case for supporting independent...

Rights round-up

Wednesday, 22 November 2017
Sales Nonfiction—Black Inc. has sold ANZ audio rights to How to Stop Feeling Like Sh*t: 14 Habits that Are Holding You Back from Happiness (Andrea Owen) to Bolinda Audio. Children’s—A&U...

Charts this week 

Monday, 20 November 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Getaway: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney Puffin 2 The Midnight Line Lee Child Bantam Press 3 5 Ingredients: Quick...

Rights round-up

Wednesday, 15 November 2017
Sales Children’s—Berbay Publishing has sold world Spanish rights to What’s Your Story (Rose Giannone, illus by Bern Emmerichs) to Ekaré Europa S.L. Lyn Tranter at Australian Literary Management has sold...

Christmas predictions: Kath Pigou from Dymocks Adelaide

Wednesday, 15 November 2017
In a series running in the lead-up to Christmas, Books+Publishing is asking booksellers across the country to predict their biggest sellers and ‘surprise sellers’. In this instalment, Dymocks Adelaide store...

Quote of the week

Wednesday, 15 November 2017
‘I became a writer because I couldn’t find stories that spoke to me about me and my life. But also because I didn’t want anyone else to speak for me’—Sunil...

Alexis Wright’s ‘Tracker‘ 

Tuesday, 14 November 2017
‘The structure is powerful: one person tells a story, perhaps mentioning someone else, who in turn tells their version, and then perhaps Tracker has his say—so in the end the reader...

Charts this week 

Monday, 13 November 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Working Class Man Jimmy Barnes HarperCollins 2 5 Ingredients - Quick & Easy Food Jamie Oliver Michael Joseph 3 The Barefoot Investor...

Quote of the week 

Thursday, 9 November 2017
‘You try to make yourself into a good enough writer to avoid damaging people and you try to have some kind of honour in what you do’—Helen Garner ‘telling it...

Fiona Wright’s ‘Domestic Interior’ 

Thursday, 9 November 2017
‘Her writing is evocative, and while her gaze is focused inward, it remains attentive to the world at large’ … read Robert Wood’s full review here.

Rights round-up

Thursday, 9 November 2017
Sales Fiction—UWA Publishing has sold rights to Extinctions (Josephine Wilson) in the following territories: UK and Commonwealth (ex Canada and ANZ) to Serpent’s Tail; and US and Canadian to Tin...

Christmas predictions: John Purcell from Booktopia

Thursday, 9 November 2017
In a new series running in the lead-up to Christmas, Books+Publishing is asking booksellers across the country to predict their biggest sellers and ‘surprise sellers’. In our first instalment, Booktopia’s...

Charts this week 

Monday, 6 November 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Working Class Man Jimmy Barnes HarperCollins 2 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley & Sons 3 Origin Dan Brown Bantam Press...

Rights round-up

Wednesday, 1 November 2017
Sales Fiction—Hachette has sold Czech rights to The Secret Recipe for Second Chances (J D Barrett). HarperCollins has sold German rights to The Pretty Delicious Café (Danielle Hawkins) to Bastei Lubbe...

Write on: 2018 fiction preview 

Wednesday, 1 November 2017
Each year we ask Australian publishers to tell us about their most anticipated titles for the year ahead. Among publishers’ 2018 highlights are new books by Ceridwen Dovey, Kristina Olsson, Melissa...

Quote of the week

Wednesday, 1 November 2017
‘The majority of Australian writers, especially those writing literary fiction and/or published by independent publishers, are lucky to get advances of $5000’—author Annabel Smith surveys a cross-section of authors on...

Charts this week 

Monday, 30 October 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Origin Dan Brown Bantam Press 2 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley 3 Turtles All the Way Down John Green Penguin...

Rights round-up

Wednesday, 25 October 2017
Sales Fiction—Penguin Random House has sold Lithuanian-language rights to The Tea Gardens and The Lavender Keeper (both Fiona McIntosh). Nonfiction—Black Inc. has sold Portuguese rights to Destination Simple: Everyday Rituals...

 

 

 

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