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Charts this week 

Monday, 3 December 2018
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Meltdown Jeff Kinney Puffin 2 Past Tense Lee Child Bantam 3 Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - Original Screenplay J...

Kate Richards’ ‘Fusion’

Wednesday, 28 November 2018
‘Part fairytale, part Australian Gothic thriller, Fusion is contemporary Australian literature at its finest and deserves multiple readings—an ideal selection for book clubs.’ ... Read Jacqui Davies’ full review here.

Alice Grundy on the Chinese children’s book industry

Wednesday, 28 November 2018
‘In a country where 20 million babies are born in a year and there are around 3000 bookshops in Shanghai alone, children’s book publishing is booming—and there’s room for growth.’—Brio...

Charts this week 

Monday, 26 November 2018
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Meltdown Jeff Kinney Puffin 2 Past Tense Lee Child Bantam 3 The Ice Monster David Walliams HarperCollins 4 The Barefoot Investor...

Quote of the week

Wednesday, 21 November 2018
‘I love the industry but it’s incredibly underpaid. I might have to think about moving to a different industry in a few years if I ever want more from my...

Podcast spotlight: The ‘Good Reading’ podcast

Wednesday, 21 November 2018
The Good Reading podcast, launched in July 2018, publishes episodes weekly with the aim of helping readers ‘discover [their] next favourite read’. Hosted by Emma Harvey, Angus Dalton and Greg Dobb, the...

Rights round-up 

Wednesday, 21 November 2018
Sales Fiction Echo Publishing has sold German- and French-language rights to And Fire Came Down and Resurrection Bay (both Emma Viskic). HarperCollins has sold North American and Canadian English language...

Justin D’Ath’s ‘47 Degrees’

Wednesday, 21 November 2018
'An action-adventure that rings with truth, 47 Degrees is also a story about courage, empathy, the importance of family and communities, and how the worst times can bring out the best in...

Open Your Eyes: Jax Jacki Brown on access and inclusion in publishing

Wednesday, 21 November 2018
Writers Victoria and Arts Access Victoria are offering disability awareness training tailored specifically to the publishing industry at the upcoming Independent Publishing Conference in Melbourne. The workshop will cover best-practice language, the...

Charts this week 

Monday, 19 November 2018
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Meltdown Jeff Kinney Puffin 2 Past Tense Lee Child Bantam 3 The Three Secret Cities Matthew Reilly Macmillan 4 Nine Perfect Strangers...

Quote of the week

Wednesday, 14 November 2018
'Once you move from thinking in terms of retrofitting to an inclusive publishing model, which embeds accessibility requirements into the publishing workflow, much of the cost actually falls away'—Sarah Runcie...

Podcast spotlight: So You Want to Be a Writer

Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Established in 2014, So You Want to Be a Writer is made by the Australian Writers’ Centre (AWC) and co-hosted by author Allison Tait and AWC CEO Valerie Khoo. Each episode covers...

Rights round-up 

Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Sales Fiction Allen & Unwin has sold UK rights to The Museum of Modern Love (Heather Rose) to Weidenfeld & Nicolson (see news); and English-language rights in the UK, Europe...

Gerald Murnane’s ‘A Season on Earth’

Wednesday, 14 November 2018
'Murnane’s early writing, as shown here, is accessible and often humorous in his own dry way. As he becomes more recognised, both locally and internationally, A Season on Earth could be recommended...

Charts this week 

Monday, 12 November 2018
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Three Secret Cities Matthew Reilly Macmillan 2 Meltdown Jeff Kinney Puffin 3 The Lost Man Jane Harper Macmillan 4 Wundersmith Jessica...

Quote of the week

Thursday, 8 November 2018
‘If we’re not encouraging our boys to read books with girls as the main characters, we’re doing them a great disservice. What are we telling our boys? That stories about...

Podcast spotlight: Write Through the Roof

Thursday, 8 November 2018
Hosted by speculative fiction author Madeleine D’Este, Write Through the Roof is a podcast for writers who want to improve their craft. Guests have included crime writer Emma Viskic and...

Rights round-up 

Thursday, 8 November 2018
Sales Fiction Allen & Unwin has sold UK rights to The Museum of Modern Love (Heather Rose) to Weidenfeld & Nicolson (see news). Jane Cockram has sold rights to her...

Kirsten Alexander’s ‘Half Moon Lake’ 

Thursday, 8 November 2018
'This isn’t simply the story of a missing boy—though that alone would have been enough to sustain a reader’s interest—it’s also a skilful exploration of multi-generational trauma, wrapped up in...

Charts this week 

Monday, 5 November 2018
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Kingdom of Ash Sarah J Maas Bloomsbury 2 The Lost Man Jane Harper Macmillan 3 Nine Perfect Strangers Liane Moriarty Macmillan 4...

Lifelong learning: Younger readers editions

Thursday, 1 November 2018
Kelsey Oldham investigates the role played by younger readers editions in the growth of children’s nonfiction. It’s a well-established fact that adult nonfiction titles sell strongly in Australia. In 2018...

Quote of the week 

Wednesday, 31 October 2018
‘Currently, many decisions are made on instinct and impulse ... It’s [hard] to get good data on the most basic question: Who is buying the book? Imagine if the publishing...

 

 

 

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