Rights round-up
Wednesday, 18 October 2017
Sales Fiction—Black Inc. has sold world audio rights to The Unexpected Education of Emily Dean (Mira Robertson) to Wavesound. Brow Books has sold world rights to The Town (Shaun Prescott) to Faber. (See...
Teen power inc.: Launching teen advisory boards in bookstores
Tuesday, 17 October 2017
Jackie Tang asks booksellers how bookshops can meaningfully engage with teen readers. When Readings launched its inaugural Teen Advisory Board (TAB) in June this year, the Melbourne independent chain was...
Charts this week
Monday, 16 October 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Origin Dan Brown Bantam 2 Force of Nature Jane Harper Macmillan 3 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley 4 The 91-Storey...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 11 October 2017
‘It’s not enough to secure a deal on a small or average advance. We need to work closely with the foreign publishers to secure publicity and marketing to lead to...
Michelle de Kretser’s ‘The Life to Come’
Wednesday, 11 October 2017
‘The Life to Come is Michelle de Kretser’s first novel since her Miles Franklin Literary Award-winning Questions of Travel in 2012, and it affirms her as a writer of great...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 11 October 2017
Sales Fiction—Black Inc. has sold world audio rights to The Unexpected Education of Emily Dean (Mira Robertson) to Wavesound. Nonfiction—Black Inc. has sold world audio rights to Buddhism for the...
Charts this week
Monday, 9 October 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The 91-Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton Pan 2 Force of Nature Jane Harper Macmillan 3 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 4 October 2017
Sales Fiction—Affirm has sold rights to The Nowhere Child (Christian White) in the following territories via Linda Kaplan at Kaplan/DeFiore: UK rights to HarperCollins, US rights to St Martin’s Press,...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 4 October 2017
‘Speaking as a writer, I would not mind if they disappeared altogether. They have led readers towards authors who are celebrities first and authors second.’—Michelle de Kretser on writers festivals...
Book blogger spotlight: The Bookish Manicurist
Wednesday, 4 October 2017
Amanda Salles creates ‘bookish nail art’ inspired by the covers of her favourite books. Pictures of her nail art and tutorial videos accompany reviews of YA fiction on her blog,...
Jane Harper’s ‘Force of Nature’
Wednesday, 4 October 2017
‘Fans of The Dry will enjoy this gripping page-turner, although it lacks some of the satisfying detective work of her debut’ … read Andrea Hanke’s full review here.
Charts this week
Monday, 2 October 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The 91-Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths Pan 2 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley 3 Girl Who Takes an Eye for an...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 27 September 2017
Sales Fiction—HarperCollins has sold German rights to Tears of the Maasai and Roar of the Lion (both Frank Coates) to Weltbild Retail GmbH & Co. KG; and German rights to...
Stocking up: 2017 Christmas highlights
Wednesday, 27 September 2017
With the weather warming up, it’s time to turn our attention to the books on offer this Christmas. Read Books+Publishing’s round-up of the adult highlights—from fiction to memoir, food and...
Charles Massy’s ‘Call of the Reed Warbler’
Wednesday, 27 September 2017
‘Call of the Reed Warbler has echoes of Thoreau’s Walden, Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring and Jared Diamond’s Collapse, and will appeal to anyone interested in issues of sustainability and environment....
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 27 September 2017
‘I've got a real view about bureaucrats and politicians talking about literacy all the time, and at the same time libraries and librarians are disappearing, sort of seemingly one after...
Book blogger spotlight: Trish Talks Texts
Wednesday, 27 September 2017
Trish Buckley is a teacher-librarian who brings a critical perspective to YA literature. ‘I have been reading YA novels since I was a teenager, so that’s 30-odd years of context,...
Charts this week
Monday, 25 September 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The 91-Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths Pan 2 Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye David Lagercrantz Hachette 3 The Barefoot Investor...
Book blogger spotlight: The Unlikely Bookworm
Wednesday, 20 September 2017
Londoner-turned-Sydneysider Lucy Pearson blogs about books and travel at The Unlikely Bookworm. Pearson reviews and recommends a range of fiction and nonfiction, and will soon be launching a series of...
Ali Alizadeh’s ‘The Last Days of Jeanne d’Arc’
Wednesday, 20 September 2017
‘Written in sparse, immediate language from multiple perspectives, it is the result of 20 years of research and writing by Alizadeh. His intense admiration of and fascination with Jeanne is...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 20 September 2017
Sales Fiction—Allen & Unwin has sold simplified Chinese character rights to The Ancestor Game (Alex Miller) to QingDao. Penguin Random House Australia has sold North American rights to Year of...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 20 September 2017
‘To have Australian stories disappear and get other stories cheaper from other countries doesn't mean you get the same thing. It doesn't mean you learn about yourselves, your neighbours, the...
Charts this week
Monday, 18 September 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The 91-Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths Pan 2 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley 3 Tower of Dawn Sarah J. Maas Bloomsbury...
Science in fiction: Hooking younger readers on science
Wednesday, 13 September 2017
For many years, stories based on historical events have inspired young readers to explore the past. Now, it’s science’s turn. Heather Zubek explores how children’s authors are making science engaging...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 13 September 2017
Sales Fiction—Allen & Unwin has sold US rights to The Dark Lake and City of Stars (both Sarah Bailey) to Grand Central Publishing; and rights to The Dark Lake (Sarah Bailey) in the...
Sarah Krasnostein’s ‘The Trauma Cleaner’
Wednesday, 13 September 2017
‘The Trauma Cleaner is no ordinary trauma narrative: we see how the infliction of multiple traumas has left this fascinating woman uniquely placed to restore order among the despair of others’...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 13 September 2017
‘The emails started an hour after the announcement from publishers known and unknown checking on available rights … so perhaps this is the start of something’—UWA Publishing director Terri-ann White...
Book blogger spotlight: Libretto Reviews
Wednesday, 13 September 2017
Italian expat Erica Puggioni now lives in Brisbane, where she blogs about crime, literary fiction and fantasy at Libretto Reviews. ‘I am bilingual and so is my blog,’ says Puggioni....
Charts this week
Monday, 11 September 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The 91-Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton Pan 2 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley 3 5 Ingredients - Quick...
A fair to remember: Denny Neave on Beijing International Book Fair 2017
Wednesday, 6 September 2017
Parenting, education and picture books are the big trends in a Chinese market that is no longer emerging but ‘mature, viable and vibrant’, reports Big Sky publisher and Australian Publishers...
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