Quote of the week
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
‘While we saw real improvement in the reviewing of women’s books in the 2016 Stella Count, there remains a significant disparity when it comes to the size of reviews’—academics Melinda...
Sofie Laguna’s ‘The Choke’
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
‘Sofie Laguna is a writer who can wrench beauty even from the horror of a child caught up in the toxic world of bastardised masculinity. Fearsome, vivid and raw, her...
Book blogger spotlight: Half Deserted Streets
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
For blogger Danielle Carey, Instagram ‘feels like the most enthusiastic and inviting place to flail about books online’. Her Instagram-based microblog, Half Deserted Streets, reaches 11,000 followers, but she also...
Charts this week
Monday, 31 July 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Late Show Michael Connelly Allen & Unwin 2 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley 3 Trip of a Lifetime Monica...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 26 July 2017
‘I learnt by doing, and I think the challenge for writers today is that the “doing” is becoming exponentially less well paid’— The Good Copy editorial director Penny Modra shares her...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 26 July 2017
Sales Fiction—Jane Novak Literary Agency has sold Spanish-language rights to Voss (Patrick White) to Impedimenta; and German-language rights to The Twyborn Affair, The Eye of the Storm, A Fringe of...
Tim Flannery’s ‘Sunlight and Seaweed’
Wednesday, 26 July 2017
‘It is difficult to overstate the importance of this concise, convincingly argued view of our world’s prospects for its survival and improvement over the next 33 years (ie to 2050)’...
Book love and burnout: Alexandra Payne on the ‘unexpected challenges of working in publishing and bookselling’
Wednesday, 26 July 2017
‘Like most in the industry, I read manuscripts, proposals and works in progress out of work hours. If I choose to read a book in my non-work time, I feel...
Book blogger spotlight: Bec’s Books
Wednesday, 26 July 2017
Rebecca Gough is a self-described ‘perpetual internet presence’ who blogs about YA and middle-grade titles, with a focus on fantasy and sci-fi. After realising that Instagram’s space for captions was...
Charts this week
Monday, 24 July 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley 2 Trip of a Lifetime Monica McInerney Michael Joseph 3 The Late Show Michael Connelly...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 19 July 2017
Sales Fiction—Alex Adsett Publishing Services has sold the screen option to ‘The Territory’ trilogy (Justin Woolley) to Dana-Lee Mierowsky Bennett (see news). Nonfiction—Black Inc. has sold Portuguese translation rights in...
Book blogger spotlight: My Cup and Chaucer
Wednesday, 19 July 2017
Tonile Wortley started a crime fiction blog in 2011, but she now blogs about a broader selection of adult fiction at My Cup and Chaucer. Her day job—digital and community...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 19 July 2017
‘Publishing, like media, is being reborn in new forms, both refined and grotesque’—Author John Birmingham on the reinvention of the book publishing industry and the growing number of midlist, trade-published...
Shaun Prescott’s ‘The Town’
Wednesday, 19 July 2017
‘The Town is understated but compelling; the narrator’s deadpan voice recalls the lone existentialist figures of Sartre’s Nausea and Camus’ The Outsider, but contrasts this with a dream logic reminiscent...
Sound of the times: The rise of audio
Monday, 17 July 2017
From audiobooks to podcasts, Brad Jefferies investigates the rising popularity of audio formats. The widespread take-up of smartphones has enabled the growth of the audiobook market at the same time...
Charts this week
Monday, 17 July 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint PP The Trip of a Lifetime Monica McInerney Michael Joseph 2 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley 3 The Duchess Danielle Steel...
Jennifer Down’s ‘Pulse Points’
Wednesday, 12 July 2017
‘With precise and beautiful prose, the short stories in Jennifer Down’s Pulse Points carry an emotional clarity and intensity that is truly impressive’ … read Kate McDonell’s full review here,...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 12 July 2017
Sales Fiction—Sandy Wagner Creative Agents has sold world rights to Bohemia Beach (Justine Ettler) to Transit Lounge, to be published in August 2018. Jane Novak Literary Agency has sold world...
Brave new world: Sydney’s Beachside Bookshop
Wednesday, 12 July 2017
Sydney’s Beachside Bookshop, which specialises in teen fiction, celebrated its one-year anniversary earlier this year. Read owner and second-generation bookseller Libby Armstrong’s bookseller’s diary here.
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 12 July 2017
‘I don’t think you could over-state the value that writers like Philip Pullman and J K Rowling add to our nation, so why are we de-valuing them by discounting their...
Book blogger spotlight: Lillytales
Wednesday, 12 July 2017
Kate Lloyd started reviewing books on Instagram as a way to connect with like-minded readers. Her blog Lillytales now spans YouTube, Twitter, Goodreads and Litsy, but Instagram remains her favourite...
Charts this week
Monday, 10 July 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley 2 The Clever Guts Diet Michael Mosley Simon & Schuster 3 The World's Worst Children...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 5 July 2017
Sales Fiction—HarperCollins has sold Turkish rights to The Gene Thieves (Maria Quinn) to Pegasus Yayinevi. Penguin Random House has sold North American rights and UK and Commonwealth (ex ANZ) rights...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 5 July 2017
‘Reading truth-telling accounts of our history and contemporary Australia by First Nations writers is one way of participating in a national dialogue’—writer and lecturer Meera Atkinson recommends a list of...
Publishing delegation travels to Seoul and Beijing
Wednesday, 5 July 2017
A delegation of Australian publishers travelled to Beijing and Seoul in June to ‘research market opportunities for authors and publishers in China and Korea’. Nerrilee Weir, senior rights manager for...
Jock Serong’s ‘On the Java Ridge’
Wednesday, 5 July 2017
‘Ned Kelly Award-winner Jock Serong creates a sense of foreboding from the very start of his third novel, and then constantly ratchets up the tension with a keen sense of...
Charts this week
Monday, 3 July 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape Wrightbooks 2 The Clever Guts Diet Michael Mosley Simon & Schuster 3 Murder Games James Patterson Century...
Double Act: Hybrid authors on publishing both ways
Wednesday, 28 June 2017
A new breed of hybrid authors are experimenting with self-publishing alongside traditional publishing. Jackie Tang and Andrea Hanke spoke to John Birmingham, Judy Horacek and Kylie Scott about their self-publishing...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 28 June 2017
‘I am very fortunate to be involved in a number of supportive communities who rally when things like this happen—but rarely do I laugh quite as hard as I did...
Melanie Cheng’s ‘Australia Day’
Wednesday, 28 June 2017
‘All of her characters—a diverse cast of different races and faiths—are searching for connection or a sense of belonging, and coming up short’ … read Hilary Simmons’ full review here,...
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