Fiona Capp’s ‘To Know My Crime’
Wednesday, 22 February 2017
‘The cover blurb on Fiona Capp’s To Know My Name asks the reader, “how far would you go, for the ones you love?”. It’s a fair summary of this compelling...
Charts this week
Monday, 20 February 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape Wrightbooks 2 Echoes in Death J D Robb Hachette 3 Lion: A Long Way Home (film tie-in)...
Comic timing: Peter Helliar on ‘Frankie Fish and the Sonic Suitcase’
Wednesday, 15 February 2017
Peter Helliar’s first children’s book, Frankie Fish and the Sonic Suitcase, is a time-travel adventure starring 12-year-old Frankie and his cranky grandad, who has a hook for a hand. Read...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 15 February 2017
‘Representations of diverse sexualities and gender identities in YA are important to redress the isolation particular to queerness. Queerness is invisible’—Jordi Kerr in the first of a four-part series for...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 15 February 2017
Sales Fiction—Penguin Random House has sold Italian rights to The French Perfumer (Amanda Hampson); and Bulgarian rights to The Chocolate Tin and The Perfumer’s Secret (both Fiona McIntosh). Nonfiction—Lyn Tranter...
Jane Rawson’s ‘From the Wreck’
Wednesday, 15 February 2017
‘While Briohny Doyle’s The Island Will Sink pushed harder on its sci-fi elements, readers of the former will appreciate Rawson’s more lyrical, magical addition to the new groundswell of stellar...
Charts this week
Monday, 13 February 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape Wrightbooks 2 Lion: A Long Way Home (film tie-in) Saroo Brierley Penguin 3 Truly Madly Guilty Liane...
Krissy Kneen’s ‘An Uncertain Grace’
Wednesday, 8 February 2017
‘An Uncertain Grace is a powerful story told in five parts through the eyes of five characters from the present day to a post-climate-change world that is 100 years in...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 8 February 2017
Sales Fiction—Lyn Tranter at Australian Literary Management has sold the film option to The Legacy (Kirsten Tranter) to producer Karen Radzyner and director Kate Riedl at Dragonet Films. Zeitgeist Media...
Small publisher spotlight: Griffith Review
Wednesday, 8 February 2017
Launched in 2003 and based at Brisbane’s Griffith University, the Griffith Review publishes quarterly books around a topical theme, combining essays, memoir, reportage, short fiction, poetry and visual essays. ‘Some...
A life re-examined: Jeff Sparrow on ‘No Way But This: In Search of Paul Robeson’
Wednesday, 8 February 2017
Jeff Sparrow’s book on African-American singer, actor and political activist Paul Robeson combines ‘essay, journalism, history and biography to produce something engaging, original and insightful’. Read Chris Saliba’s interview with...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 8 February 2017
‘All of the books are topical and many of them address urgent national issues with particular relevance to women, at a time when women are fighting to be politically seen...
Charts this week
Monday, 6 February 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape Wrightbooks 2 Truly Madly Guilty Liane Moriarty Pan 3 Lion: A Long Way Home Saroo Brierley Penguin 4 The...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 1 February 2017
Sales Fiction—Black Inc. imprint Nero has sold world audio rights to Crazy, Busy, Guilty (Lauren Sams) to Wavesound. Spinifex Press has sold Vietnamese rights to Wave (Hoa Pham) to Phuong...
Gwyn Perkins’ ‘A Walk in the Bush’
Wednesday, 1 February 2017
‘Despite the many animals scurrying around, Gwyn Perkins’ paean to the beauty of the bush is both calming and celebratory’ … read Thuy On’s full review of Affirm Press’ first...
Small presses, big data: Bestselling titles for small presses
Wednesday, 1 February 2017
Former Nielsen Book Australia general manager Shaun Symonds takes a closer look at the small press sector and its bestselling titles. Read the full article here.
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 1 February 2017
‘While there is still plenty of beautiful, imaginative fiction, the trend—driven by the hunt for sales—has been towards more plot-driven, spare writing that blurs the line between literary and commercial...
Charts this week
Monday, 30 January 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape Wrightbooks 2 Truly Madly Guilty Liane Moriarty Pan 3 The Bikini Body 28-Day Healthy Eating & Lifestyle...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 25 January 2017
‘We hand-sell virtually every book and it was very, very encouraging that our top bestsellers were from local authors!’—a Sydney bookseller from one of many stores reporting strong sales for...
Robert Newton’s ‘Mr Romanov’s Garden in the Sky’
Wednesday, 25 January 2017
‘Mr Romanov’s Garden in the Sky is a delightful and compelling tale with a strong sense of contemporary multicultural Australia and a vivid cast of characters—Lexie, in particular, is an...
School ties: Partnerships between bookstores and schools
Wednesday, 25 January 2017
When Amelia Lush from Better Read Than Dead won the 2016 Leading Edge Books Conference Best Business Idea award for the store’s teacher-librarian nights, it was just one glimpse into...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 25 January 2017
Nonfiction—Black Inc. has sold Brazilian rights to The Shortest History of Europe (John Hirst) to Sextante via the Riff Agency. Children’s—Little Steps Publishing has sold German rights to Who’s Got...
Charts this week
Monday, 23 January 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape Wrightbooks 2 The Bikini Body 28-Day Healthy Eating & Lifestyle Guide Kayla Itsines Macmillan 3 Truly Madly...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 18 January 2017
Sales Fiction—Bonnier has sold UK and US rights to Resurrection Bay (Emma Viskic) to Pushkin Press; audio rights to Resurrection Bay (Emma Viskic) to Wavesound; and US and UK rights...
Along came Harry: On the launch of Harry Hartog Woden
Wednesday, 18 January 2017
In 2014, Harry Hartog Woden store manager James Redden had the ‘humbling and terrifying’ experience of launching a new bookselling brand. Read his bookseller’s diary here.
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 18 January 2017
‘Jimmy’s latest creative offerings mark the beginning of his new reign—as the granddaddy of Aussie rock’n’publishing!’—Bonnier Publishing Australia CEO Natasha Besliev on the acquisition of two children’s books by musician...
Ursula Dubosarsky and Andrew Joyner’s ‘One Little Goat’
Wednesday, 18 January 2017
‘Goats are the new ducks, it would seem, as the successful team of Ursula Dubosarsky and Andrew Joyner (The Terrible Plop, Too Many Elephants) reunite for another round of inventive...
Charts this week
Monday, 16 January 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape Wrightbooks 2 The Bikini Body 28-Day Healthy Eating & Lifestyle Guide Kayla Itsines Macmillan 3 The Mistress...
Dead ringer: Q&A with Allison Rushby, author of ‘The Turnkey’
Wednesday, 11 January 2017
Allison Rushby’s forthcoming middle-grade novel The Turnkey (Walker Books, March) is a ‘page-turning mystery’ set in London’s Highgate Cemetery during the Blitz. Read reviewer Maria H Alessandrino’s interview with Rushby here.
Alison Evans’ ‘Ida’
Wednesday, 11 January 2017
‘Written by a genderqueer author, and with a rare wealth of gender diverse characters, Ida is a landmark book in Australian YA. It is about trying to find the right...
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