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Write on: 2018 fiction preview 

23 October 2017
New books by Ceridwen Dovey, Kristina Olsson, Melissa Lucashenko, Lloyd Jones and Gerald Murnane, and a number of highly anticipated debuts, are among Australian publishers' local highlights for 2018, reports...

Write on: 2018 nonfiction preview 

23 October 2017
Andrea Hanke reports on Australian publishers' local nonfiction highlights for 2018. Click here for the fiction highlights and here for the children’s and YA preview. ‘Riffing on the Anh Do...

The reinvention of lit mags 

23 October 2017
In recent years, Australian literary journals have expanded into public events, unpublished manuscript prizes and even traditional book publishing, and are increasingly being seen as places that nurture vibrant literary...

Soaring twenties: 20 years of Hardie Grant

23 October 2017
Hardie Grant Publishing celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. Books+Publishing looks back over the publisher’s many highlights. When Hardie Grant Publishing was established in 1997, the company had two clear...

What next for school libraries? 

23 October 2017
Jackie Tang explores the changing nature of school libraries in Australia. In September 2017, Australian children’s laureate Leigh Hobbs voiced his concern that Australian school libraries and librarians are ‘disappearing’,...

Sound of the times: The rise of audio 

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...

Stocking up: 2017 Christmas highlights 

17 July 2017
Andrea Hanke, Brad Jefferies and Sarah Farquharson round up this year’s Christmas releases. Festive fiction Literary fiction fans will be spoiled for choice this Christmas with new novels from many...

Yule rush in: Children’s Christmas highlights 

17 July 2017
Andrea Hanke seeks out the highlights from publishers’ Christmas lists. Picture books Australian comedian and composer Tim Minchin’s bittersweet song ‘When I Grow Up’ from the musical Matilda has been...

Double Act: Hybrid authors on publishing both ways 

9 May 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...

Under the influence: Reaching online influencers 

9 May 2017
As ‘old media’ books coverage shrinks, the influence of voices in ‘new media’ is becoming increasingly important. But how do publishers reach online influencers—and how are traditional influencers growing their...

Partnering up: Launching La Trobe University Press 

14 March 2017
La Trobe University has partnered with Black Inc. to launch the nonfiction imprint, La Trobe University Press, in the university’s 50th anniversary year. Vicki Stegink spoke to vice-chancellor John Dewar...

Alternative worlds: Australian genre publishing 

14 March 2017
Danielle Binks explores the state of genre publishing in Australia. In 2012, the Australian Writer’s Marketplace (AWM)—an arm of the Queensland Writer’s Centre—held its first ever ‘GenreCon’ for writers. In...