Quote of the week
Thursday, 27 April 2017
‘Although we will remain very fond of the print magazine, for a small publisher with the ambitions to continue publishing more writers, to better remunerate them, and to create new...
Danielle Binks’ ‘Begin, End, Begin: A #LoveOzYA Anthology’
Thursday, 27 April 2017
‘With pieces that range from the fantastical to those grounded firmly in reality, this collection has a lot to offer its young-adult readership’ … read Bec Kavanagh’s full review here.
Book blogger spotlight: Book Thingo
Thursday, 27 April 2017
Kat Mayo runs the romance-focused blog Book Thingo, which started in 2008 as a spin-off from her personal blog. ‘At the time, it was difficult to find information on release dates...
Rights round-up
Thursday, 27 April 2017
Sales Fiction—Black Inc. has sold UK rights to She’s Having Her Baby and Crazy Busy Guilty (both Lauren Sams) to Legend Press; and North American rights to The Last Man...
Charts this week
Monday, 24 April 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape Wrightbooks 2 Really Weird!: WeirDo Anh Do Scholastic 3 War Cry Wilbur Smith HarperCollins 4 Good Night...
Question time: Alexandra Payne on the role of the publisher
Thursday, 20 April 2017
‘To innovate and plan for the future, we need to truly understand what it is that we do, what services we offer—to authors, readers, booksellers and more—and how those services...
Eva Hornung’s ‘The Last Garden’
Thursday, 20 April 2017
‘Set in a world that’s not quite past, yet not quite future, The Last Garden is vivid, visceral and disconcerting’ … read Hilary Simmons’ full review here.
Quote of the week
Thursday, 20 April 2017
‘Five years of strategic advocacy for women’s writing, five years of necessary adjustments to the unequal focus of our literary culture, and, most importantly, five years of celebration in the...
Book blogger spotlight: Genie in a Book
Thursday, 20 April 2017
Eugenia Alabasinis’ blog Genie in a Book began in 2014 with a sole focus on YA novels, but has since expanded to include a range of adult fiction. Two of...
Charts this week
Tuesday, 18 April 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Really Weird!: WeirDo Anh Do Scholastic 2 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape Wrightbooks 3 War Cry Wilbur Smith HarperCollins 4 The CSIRO...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 12 April 2017
‘Now, more than ever, I think that readers will be turning to literature as a place of refuge’—Sydney Writers’ Festival artistic director Michaela McGuire on the launch of the festival’s...
Briohny Doyle’s ‘Adult Fantasy’
Wednesday, 12 April 2017
‘Doyle explores changing adulthood in historical, social and cultural contexts (including a piercing ongoing analysis of the role of consumer culture), helping extend the book’s appeal beyond her fellow millennials...
Diversity matters: Representation in children’s publishing
Wednesday, 12 April 2017
Three years on from the ‘We Need Diverse Books’ campaign, Jordi Kerr examines the state of diversity in children’s publishing and finds that we don’t just need diverse books, we...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 12 April 2017
Sales Fiction—Hachette has sold UK and Commonwealth (ex ANZ) and translation rights to The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Book Club (Sophie Green) to Sphere. Nonfiction—Exisle has sold Albanian-language...
Book blogger spotlight: Angel Reads
Wednesday, 12 April 2017
Angel Reads is a YA book blog run by Angel Gouvas, who writes about ‘everything and anything to do with young adult books and pop culture’ from ‘book and movie...
Charts this week
Monday, 10 April 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Really Weird!: WeirDo Anh Do Scholastic 2 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape Wrightbooks 3 War Cry Wilbur Smith HarperCollins 4 The CSIRO...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 5 April 2017
‘The idea that schools and universities are ripping us off by illegal copying and that they would go rogue if the law was changed is a myth and is, frankly,...
Book blogger spotlight: Sam Still Reading
Wednesday, 5 April 2017
Sam Still Reading is a blog run by Jeanie Misko, who since 2010 has written about ‘a diverse range of books from literary fiction to category romance to time travel novels’....
Alternative worlds: Australian genre publishing
Wednesday, 5 April 2017
Danielle Binks explores the state of genre publishing in Australia and what the industry is doing to foster the country’s growing genre talent, in Books+Publishing’s first 2017 issue here.
Mel Campbell & Anthony Morris’ ‘The Hot Guy’
Wednesday, 5 April 2017
‘The Hot Guy navigates the tricky combination of chick lit and romance with exuberance. The plot is wacky, the jokes dirty, and the friendships and careers are over-the-top enough to...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 5 April 2017
Sales Fiction—Fremantle Press has sold Spanish and Catalan world rights to Getting Warmer and Bad Seed (Alan Carter) to Editorial Yulca, Barcelona. Nonfiction—Exisle has sold simplified Chinese rights to False...
Charts this week
Monday, 3 April 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape Wrightbooks 2 16th Seduction: A Women's Murder Club Thriller James Patterson & Maxine Paetro Century 3 First, We...
Book blogger spotlight: Happy Indulgence
Wednesday, 29 March 2017
Happy Indulgence is a team of three book bloggers (two Australia-based, one US) specialising in YA titles. Blogger Jeann Wong, who writes about sci-fi and fantasy titles, said their site...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 29 March 2017
‘More needs to be done to define the economy of writing—to make the real economy of the book visible by measuring and compensating for the hidden or social use of...
Funny business: Children’s books by comedians on the rise
Wednesday, 29 March 2017
With children’s books by comedians on the rise, Jackie Tang asks publishers and booksellers what’s driving the trend—and whether the books are living up to the hype. Read her article...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 29 March 2017
Sales Fiction—HarperCollins has sold Greek rights to Wild Lavender (Belinda Alexandra) to Dioptra Publishing S A. Nonfiction—Black Inc. has sold French rights to The Shortest History of Europe (John Hirst)...
Jessica Friedmann’s ‘Things That Helped’
Wednesday, 29 March 2017
‘Like Fiona Wright in her memoir about hunger, Small Acts of Disappearance, Friedmann doesn’t offer a conventional recovery narrative, but by experimenting with language and melding personal story and theory,...
Charts this week
Monday, 27 March 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape Wrightbooks 2 First, We Make the Beast Beautiful Sarah Wilson Macmillan 3 Big Little Lies: TV Tie-in...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 22 March 2017
‘A lesson learnt from the messy events of the past two years is that the arts sector must rely on itself to lobby for the arts in difficult times’—University of...
Elizabeth Tan’s ‘Rubik’
Wednesday, 22 March 2017
‘Recalling the wit and social commentary of Julie Koh’s Portable Curiosities alongside the surreal connected-universe storytelling of Jennifer Egan’s A Visit from the Goon Squad, Rubik is a shot in...
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