Karen Lamb’s ‘Thea Astley: Inventing Her Own Weather’
Thursday, 12 March 2015
Inventing Her Own Weather is the first full literary biography of one of Australia’s best writers of the second half of the 20th century. It is an important resource for...
The poet’s market: on print sales of poetry titles
Wednesday, 4 March 2015
The poetry scene might be flourishing with slams and spoken-word events, but print sales remain in the low hundreds for most titles, writes Hilary Simmons. Read her article here.
Lisa Gorton’s ‘The Life of Houses’
Wednesday, 4 March 2015
Gorton’s ability to describe the inner worlds of her characters creates moments of breathtaking insight on almost every page. The writing is graceful and accessible, and Gorton’s skill with plot is particularly...
Do publishers save too many high-profile titles for Christmas?
Wednesday, 25 February 2015
‘The first six months of the year can seem rather empty. Mother’s Day cookbooks. A few light fiction releases. A host of debut releases. A couple of big-name literary releases....
Patti Miller’s ‘Ransacking Paris’
Wednesday, 25 February 2015
This delightful recollection of the rewarding year that writer Patti Miller spent in Paris completing a challenging manuscript is that rare object—a book for anyone who believes we don’t need...
What to expect when you’re expecting in publishing
Wednesday, 18 February 2015
Why is such a female-dominated industry as publishing not leading the way when it comes to parental leave? Matthia Dempsey spoke to several publishers about paid parental leave and flexibility in...
Ramona Koval’s ‘Bloodhound: Searching for My Father’
Wednesday, 18 February 2015
Journalist Ramona Koval has carved a reputation as a consummate book critic and interviewer. Her passion for storytelling and sharp analysis is turned inwards in Bloodhound: Searching for My Father,...
On tour: Meet the author Roxane Gay
Wednesday, 11 February 2015
Roxane Gay is the writer of the novel An Untamed State (Corsair) and the collection of essays Bad Feminist (Corsair). She will be a guest of Adelaide Writers’ Week and...
Josephine Moon’s ‘The Chocolate Promise’
Wednesday, 11 February 2015
The Chocolate Promise offers a Tasmanian twist on the movie Chocolat; its heroine Christmas Livingston—who is more fairy godmother than seductress—runs a boutique chocolate shop outside of Launceston. Staunchly single,...
Hardie Grant’s Roxy Ryan reports from Digital Book World
Wednesday, 4 February 2015
‘The ability for booksellers and publishers to articulate, reach and engage readers in their products is something that they can do better than anyone else,’ writes Hardie Grant marketing director...
Jen Craig’s ‘Panthers and the Museum of Fire’
Wednesday, 4 February 2015
The year 2015 is only in its early days, but already I know that Sydney writer Jen Craig’s novella, Panthers and the Museum of Fire, will be among my top...
Authors on income and acquisitions in a changing industry
Thursday, 29 January 2015
‘As in the movie industry, the temptation will be for publishers to concentrate their resources on a very limited number of titles and let the others fend for themselves,’ writes...
James Bradley’s ‘Clade’
Thursday, 29 January 2015
In his first novel in 10 years, James Bradley writes about the members of an extended family in a soft-dystopian near-future, where violent climate events have brought rapid changes to...
‘Visually sophisticated, quirky, funny and daring’: Mike Shuttleworth reports from the Paris children’s book festival
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
‘While it’s true that the French embrace topics and styles that more timid Anglophone picture book publishers would reject, right now, France is producing some of the finest books for...
Charles Hall’s ‘Summer’s Gone’
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
Summer’s Gone, a debut novel by Melbourne writer Charles Hall, is a coming-of-age story set in the 1960s that mingles nostalgia with tragedy; Beatles-mania with backyard abortions. Its protagonist Nick...
No more ‘nice’ books: Jackie French’s Colin Simpson Memorial Lecture
Wednesday, 14 January 2015
‘Each time I visit schools I ask the teachers to please close their eyes while the children raise their hands when asked, “Hands up, who hates reading?” At least 30...
Jane Jolly and Sally Heinrich’s ‘One Step at a Time’
Wednesday, 14 January 2015
MidnightSun ran a successful crowdfunding campaign to finance its first picture book. It is an unusual and challenging book to launch its children’s list. It is touching and tragic, but also...
What’s coming from page to screen in 2015?
Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Angelina Jolie’s adaptation of Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken (Fourth Estate), Clint Eastwood’s take on Chris Kyle’s autobiography American Sniper (HarperCollins), and an adaptation of Cheryl Strayed’s Wild (Atlantic Books) starring Reese Witherspoon...
Debra Oswald’s ‘Useful’
Wednesday, 7 January 2015
At his nadir, Sullivan Moss stuffs up his own suicide attempt and is forced to reflect on his unreliable, selfish, underachieving ways. He strikes on the idea of doing something...
What’s publishing in 2015?
Wednesday, 10 December 2014
In the final issue of Books+Publishing for 2014 we asked publishers to share their top titles for the new year. Among the highlights are new books from Kate Grenville, Geraldine...
Dianne Touchell’s ‘A Small Madness’
Wednesday, 10 December 2014
Rose is in Year 12, happy spending time with her best friend Liv and being madly in love with her perfect boyfriend Michael. Then suddenly, she finds out she’s pregnant...
A splendid assortment: Denise Tilley on the history of Birchalls in Launceston
Wednesday, 3 December 2014
In 1844 Birchalls opened in Launceston, Tasmania, with an advertisement in the local paper promising a ‘splendid assortment of books, stationery, fancy goods, etc’. The store continues to stock an...
Rebecca Starford’s ‘Bad Behaviour’
Wednesday, 3 December 2014
Being a 14-year-old girl can be brutal, and Bad Behaviour is Melbourne-based editor Rebecca Starford’s memoir of a harrowing year spent at a posh boarding school’s bush campus. Starford lived in a...
Behind closed doors: Rose Michael on the acquisitions process
Wednesday, 26 November 2014
Ten years ago, as a lecturer in the publishing and communications program at the University of Melbourne, Rose Michael hosted a debate on the then-contentious topic of whether the marketing...
Nick Dyrenfurth’s ‘Mateship: A Very Australian History’
Wednesday, 26 November 2014
Surveys of Australians continue to show that ‘mateship’ is one of our country’s defining qualities. But what does it actually mean? In this provocative history, academic Nick Dyrenfurth traces Australian...
Cooking the books: behind the scenes with Hardie Grant Publishing online content editor Hannah Koelmeyer
Wednesday, 19 November 2014
Hannah Koelmeyer is the online content editor for Hardie Grant Publishing’s Cooked website, which recently won an award for best consumer-facing website at the Bookseller’s Futurebook Innovation Awards. Koelmeyer describes the website as ‘essentially Netflix...
Leisa Rayven’s ‘Bad Romeo’
Wednesday, 19 November 2014
Bad Romeo doesn’t quite shake off its Twilight fan-fiction origins, but author Leisa Rayven manages a funny, sexy narrative voice that lifts this book above its peers. Cassie Taylor is cast in a...
Doing the deed: Sex in YA literature
Wednesday, 12 November 2014
‘For those of us who were teenagers before the early 2000s, the pickings were slim when it came to books that showed characters talking about sex, let alone actually doing...
Jackie French’s ‘Birrung: The Secret Friend’
Wednesday, 12 November 2014
The setting is Sydney Cove, 1790. When Barney Bean catches the eye of the ‘Indian’ girl adopted by the colony’s chaplain, he has no idea how it is going to...
Fit, fed & informed: Tim White on the trend for healthy lifestyle titles
Thursday, 6 November 2014
‘The boundaries of what is a diet and what is a lifestyle are ever-changing because of trends in cuisine, ingredients, ideas about physical (and mental) health, and other factors, but...
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