Charts this week
Monday, 13 May 2019
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Bad Guys Episode 9: The Big Bad Wolf Aaron Blabey Omnibus Books 2 Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid Jeff Kinney...
Writing in danger of becoming ‘elitist’ says UK Society of Authors CEO
Wednesday, 8 May 2019
‘There is a danger of writing becoming an elitist profession which excludes new and diverse voices. This report should act as a wake-up call for the industry.’—UK Society of Authors...
Omar Sakr’s ‘The Lost Arabs’
Wednesday, 8 May 2019
‘The poems have a vivid and insistent sense of place and identity, with Sakr’s bisexuality threading throughout the work, and will speak especially to young Arab readers, while Sakr’s sense...
Publicity round-up
Wednesday, 8 May 2019
Books+Publishing’s weekly publicity round-up covers forthcoming publicity for Australian and internationally authored books due to appear in Australian media over the coming weeks. Fiction T C Boyle (Outside Looking In,...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 8 May 2019
Sales Fiction Ventura Press has sold German-language rights to Letters to My Yesterday (Karyn Sepulveda) to Random House Germany (see news). Poetry UQP has sold world English-language rights (ex ANZ) to...
Book buyer spotlight: Readings’ Angela Crocombe
Wednesday, 8 May 2019
Angela Crocombe has worked as an author, publicist, sales rep and in foreign rights before joining Readings as its children’s book buyer. She spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘book buyer...
Class act: Facilitating in-school author visits
Wednesday, 8 May 2019
An inspiring in-school appearance from an author is often the key to getting kids interested in reading. Andrea Hanke spoke to four speakers’ agencies about facilitating these important interactions. For Victoria-based...
Charts this week
Monday, 6 May 2019
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid Jeff Kinney Puffin 2 The Mister E L James Arrow 3 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape...
Morris Gleitzman on school libraries
Wednesday, 1 May 2019
‘Even if your library has only a limited number of books, most kids will find one that will do it for them. But once that connection is made, their thirst...
Publicity round-up
Wednesday, 1 May 2019
Books+Publishing’s weekly publicity round-up covers forthcoming publicity for Australian and internationally authored books due to appear in Australian media over the coming weeks. Fiction & poetry Anne Michaels (All We...
Book buyer spotlight: Big W’s Meredith Drake
Wednesday, 1 May 2019
Meredith Drake has been a book buyer at Big W for over 10 years, and was once described by the Australian as ‘the most influential figure on the local book...
Tony Birch’s ‘The White Girl’
Wednesday, 1 May 2019
‘With a uniquely Australian setting, a compelling narrative, malevolent antagonists and determined female protagonists, The White Girl will appeal to a wide audience. Readers will find it hard to put down.’...
Charts this week
Monday, 29 April 2019
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid Jeff Kinney Puffin 2 We're Going on an Egg Hunt Martha Mumford & Laura Hughes Bloomsbury...
Book buyer spotlight
Wednesday, 24 April 2019
'Store events with visiting authors not only help book sales but if done well, can take a bookshop from just a retail outlet to a central part of the community,...
Jocelyn Moorhouse’s ‘Unconditional Love: A Memoir of Filmmaking and Motherhood’
Wednesday, 24 April 2019
'Moorhouse has the storyteller’s powerful memory for detail and the filmmaker’s eye for the emotionally imbued image, whether describing the intense girl she once was or the guilt-wracked mother she...
Book buyer spotlight: Collins Booksellers’ Diana Johnston
Wednesday, 24 April 2019
Collins Booksellers national buying manager Diana Johnston ran the Collins Bairnsdale store in regional Victoria for over 15 years before becoming a buyer in the company’s head office. She spoke...
Charts this week
Tuesday, 23 April 2019
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid Jeff Kinney Puffin 2 We're Going on an Egg Hunt Martha Mumford & Laura Hughes Bloomsbury...
Jane Curry: What makes a good author?
Thursday, 18 April 2019
In her first opinion column of the year, Ventura Press founder Jane Curry shares her thoughts on the traits that make a successful author. Writing is a solitary and fiercely...
A love letter to the Centre for Youth Literature
Wednesday, 17 April 2019
‘Love for reading not only should—but needs—to be kept alive, especially with us teenagers. YA literature and books in general are a way to relax, calm down and chill out...
Publicity round-up
Wednesday, 17 April 2019
Books+Publishing’s weekly publicity round-up covers forthcoming publicity for Australian and internationally authored books due to appear in Australian media over the coming weeks. Fiction Andrew Sean Greer (Less, Hachette) will...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 17 April 2019
Sales Fiction HarperCollins has sold the following translation rights to Boy Swallows Universe (Trent Dalton): Czech-language rights to Argo; Czech audio rights to Tympanum; and Romanian-language rights to Editura Vellent....
Middle-grade in demand at Bologna; kindness and environmental themes among new trends
Wednesday, 17 April 2019
Australian publishers have reported an ‘upbeat’ Bologna Children’s Book Fair (1-4 April), with middle-grade books continuing to dominate the market, and kindness and environmental themes emerging as new trends. Books...
Neil Grant’s ‘The Honeyman and the Hunter’
Wednesday, 17 April 2019
'Neil Grant evokes an absorbing sense of place, pulling you from the salty bay in Patonga to the bustling streets of Kolkata to the jaws of a tiger’s mouth in...
A love letter to the Centre for Youth Literature: Zhana Maticevski-Shumack on the closure of CYL
Wednesday, 17 April 2019
State Library Victoria's controversial announcement in early March that it was 'retiring' the Centre for Youth Literature (CYL) was met with backlash from across the literary community. In this opinion...
Sydney Writers’ Festival 2019: ‘Lie to Me’
Wednesday, 17 April 2019
From 29 April–5 May, some of the world’s leading authors and public intellectuals will come together to dissect the 2019 Sydney Writers’ Festival theme, 'Lie to Me'. Join acclaimed writers...
Charts this week
Monday, 15 April 2019
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 WeirDo #12: Hopping Weird! Anh Do Omnibus Books 2 The Secret Runners of New York Matthew Reilly Macmillan 3 The Barefoot Investor...
Tony Birch on identity and storytelling
Wednesday, 10 April 2019
'What has changed in the last decade, a remarkable shift that critics of festivals ignore, is that Aboriginal writers now appear in greater numbers, and we get to speak for...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 10 April 2019
Sales Children’s Black Inc. has sold the film and television option to The Amazing Adventures of Grover McBane, Rescue Dog (Claire Garth, Piccolo Nero) to Laura Clelland and Sandra Makaresz (producers...
Publicity round-up
Wednesday, 10 April 2019
Books+Publishing’s weekly publicity round-up covers forthcoming publicity for Australian and internationally authored books due to appear in Australian media over the coming weeks. Fiction Joanne Harris (The Strawberry Thief, Hachette)...
Christopher Cheng & Bruce Whatley’s ‘One Tree’
Wednesday, 10 April 2019
'One Tree acknowledges the old ways while being realistic, but not negative, about modern life. It shows there are always possibilities for change and it emphasises how lucky we are...
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