Rights round-up
Wednesday, 28 February 2018
Sales Fiction Penguin Random House has sold German-language rights to True Blue and Drifter’s Song (both Sasha Wasley); and Czech rights to The Chocolate Tin (Fiona McIntosh), No Job for...
Adam Cece’s ‘The Extremely Weird Thing that Happened in Huggabie Falls’
Wednesday, 28 February 2018
‘The Extremely Weird Thing that Happened in Huggabie Falls won the 2017 Text Prize, and it’s easy to see why: it’s a funny read, full of hijinks and adventure. Most of...
Charts this week
Monday, 26 February 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 Still Me...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 21 February 2018
Sales Fiction: Allen & Unwin has sold film rights to The Twentieth Man (Tony Jones). Fremantle Press has sold Italian rights to The Hope Fault (Tracy Farr) to Parallelo45 Edizioni....
The state of bookselling in America: Tom Hoskins on attending the American Booksellers Association Winter Institute
Wednesday, 21 February 2018
This year’s American Booksellers Association Winter Institute conference in Memphis was the largest gathering to date: 680 booksellers from around the world were joined by more than 130 authors and...
Dervla McTiernan’s ‘The Ruin’
Wednesday, 21 February 2018
‘The Ruin is as much a morality tale as it is an incendiary page-turner. This superior, haunting novel of murder, deception and ethical dilemma is set in Galway, on Ireland’s...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 21 February 2018
‘We, as publishers, have not done a great job going digital. We’ve tried. We’ve tried enhanced or enriched ebooks—didn’t work. We’ve tried apps, websites with our content—we have one or...
Charts this week
Monday, 19 February 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 Still Me...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 14 February 2018
‘I want to be an ambassador for the fears and hopes and dreams and dreads that young people have as they contemplate and navigate today’s world, and also as they...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 14 February 2018
Sales Fiction: Penguin Random House Australia has licensed French-language rights to All Day at the Movies (Fiona Kidman); and German-language rights to The Chocolate Tin (Fiona McIntosh). Nonfiction: Penguin Random...
Lucy and Rebekah Mannering’s ‘Surviving Your Split’
Wednesday, 14 February 2018
‘Written in a friendly, conversational style and lightened with occasional bouts of humour, Surviving Your Split feels like a sage friend who is holding your hand through the minefield of...
Charts this week
Monday, 12 February 2018
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley 2 Still Me Jojo Moyes Michael Joseph 3 The Subtle Art of Not Giving a...
Tim Winton’s ‘The Shepherd’s Hut’
Wednesday, 7 February 2018
‘Tim Winton is a modern-day master; he seems to be able to produce gem after gem that remain in the reader’s consciousness long after the last page’ … read Scott...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 7 February 2018
‘These are exciting times and I don’t need to remind readers that in the year of #MeToo, gender politics are more firmly on the table than ever. That wave that...
Louise Cornegé on the changing ways publishers market and promote books
Wednesday, 7 February 2018
Allen & Unwin’s head of publicity Louise Cornegé travelled to New York in April 2017 to ‘review the latest global trends, strategies and technologies in digital publicity and marketing’ as...
Deeper connections: Terri-ann White on the Australia Council January delegation to India
Wednesday, 7 February 2018
In January, Australian publishers Robert Watkins (Hachette Australia), Margrete Lamond (Dirt Lane Press), Anna Moulton (Magabala Books), Sam Cooney (Brow Books) and Terri-ann White (UWA Publishing), travelled to India as...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 7 February 2018
Sales Fiction—Allen & Unwin has sold German rights to four titles in the ‘Phryne Fisher Murder Mysteries series’, Murder in Montparnasse, Queen of the Flowers, Murder on a Midsummer Night...
Charts this week
Monday, 5 February 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 Fire and...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 31 January 2018
‘We cannot compete with the likes of Amazon when it takes [so] long to replenish stock in key trading periods’—Dymocks head of merchandise and marketing Sophie Higgins reflects the sentiment...
Will power: William Yeoman on curating PFWW 2018
Wednesday, 31 January 2018
William Yeoman is the West Australian literary editor and guest curator of the Perth Festival Writers Week (PFWW) 2018. Following the launch of the full program for this year’s festival,...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 31 January 2018
Sales Fiction—Allen & Unwin has sold Turkish rights to the first two books in the ‘Phryne Fisher’s Murder Mysteries’ series, Cocaine Blues and Flying too High (both Kerry Greenwood); and...
Michael Mohammed Ahmad’s ‘The Lebs’
Wednesday, 31 January 2018
‘Punchbowl Boys High, often dubbed “NSW’s most troubled school”, was the subject of a 2016 autobiographical essay by Michael Mohammed Ahmad. Now, that reminiscence of his alma mater has become...
Charts this week
Monday, 29 January 2018
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley 2 Fire and Fury Michael Wolff Hachette 3 The Subtle Art of Not Giving a...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 24 January 2018
‘There is a distinct difference between suitably skilled and employable people choosing to forgo financial gain in the service of a greater artistic good, and the current system, which demands...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 24 January 2018
Sales Fiction—Allen & Unwin has sold US rights to The Museum of Modern Love (Heather Rose) to Algonquin; and German and Turkish rights to The Dark Lake (Sarah Bailey) to...
Margaret Wild and Freya Blackwood’s ‘The Feather’
Wednesday, 24 January 2018
‘This exquisite and affecting allegory is another masterful Margaret Wild and Freya Blackwood collaboration that is greater than the sum of its parts’ … read Anica Boulanger-Mashberg’s full review here.
Charts this week
Monday, 22 January 2018
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley 2 Fire and Fury Michael Wolff Hachette 3 The Subtle Art of Not Giving...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 17 January 2018
‘The only Tongan-Australian story we have is Chris Lilley’s (Jonah from Tonga). If that’s all Australia is engaging with, a white guy in brown paint, then we have a lot...
Jack Heath’s ‘The Hangman’
Wednesday, 17 January 2018
‘Readers’ enjoyment will hinge on how invested they become in Blake’s moral conflict, but Hangman is ghoulish fun, and fills the Dexter– and Hannibal-shaped holes in our lives’ … read...
Speak their language: Reflecting on the ILF ‘Binjari Buks’ project
Wednesday, 17 January 2018
In December 2017, a group of Indigenous Literacy Foundation staff, volunteers and publishing industry supporters visited the Katherine region in the Northern Territory to launch ‘Binjari Buk’, a children’s book...
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