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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...

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...

Shelf talk: Crime pays 

Tuesday, 30 October 2018
As readers wave goodbye to those long lazy days surrounded by books and blankets, there are a few killer books coming out over summer to spark a bit of danger...

Shelf talk: Fantastic fiction 

Tuesday, 30 October 2018
The new year is the time I always tell myself I’m going to step back a bit and recover from the Christmas retail frenzy. I never do though, since there...

Shelf talk: Women’s stories 

Tuesday, 30 October 2018
Humour is back in a big way in women’s fiction, starting in February with The Rosie Result (Text). Could there be a more fitting title to the final book in...

Written in the stars: Minnie Darke on ‘Star-crossed’ 

Tuesday, 30 October 2018
Minnie Darke’s Star-crossed (Michael Joseph, March) follows an aspiring journalist who begins to tinker with her paper’s astrology section after learning that her crush consults his horoscope whenever he’s faced with making...

Bound together: Kate Richards on ‘Fusion’ 

Tuesday, 30 October 2018
Kate Richards’ Fusion (Hamish Hamilton, February 2019) tells the story of conjoined twins, their carer, and an injured stranger who is brought into their isolated bush home. Reviewer Jacqui Davies described...

Ringing in the new year: 2019 title preview 

Tuesday, 30 October 2018
New books by Peggy Frew, Claire G Coleman and Carrie Tiffany are among the local highlights from Australian publishers, reports Sarah Farquharson. Fiction After the success of Christian White’s The Nowhere...

Pen to paper: Publishing the writing of the African diaspora 

Tuesday, 30 October 2018
African and African-Australian writers are finding a voice in Australian literature, but they continue to face many challenges. Marisa Wikramanayake investigates. Stories from people of African descent are ‘largely missing...

Book bites: A taste of books to come 

Tuesday, 30 October 2018
Picture this With a brand new year of school on the horizon, there are plenty of picture books to get early readers prepared for their first day: On The First...

Your store: Non-book item of the month 

Tuesday, 30 October 2018
Codenames is the bestselling game at Perth’s Rabble Books & Games. Players must guess their team’s secret codenames and avoid guessing their opponent’s codenames during the fast-paced 15 minute game....

Your store: Small space, big ideas 

Tuesday, 30 October 2018
Just because Melbourne’s tiny and beloved Paperback Bookshop is small, it doesn’t mean it can’t hold events. Owner Rosy Morton and bookseller Anna McDonald had been discussing the idea of...

Gift of the Blab: An interview with Aaron Blabey 

Tuesday, 30 October 2018
Aaron Blabey is the creator of the ‘Pig the Pug’ and ‘The Bad Guys’ series. Kelsey Oldham asks the author about his success. You’re known for your prolific output, which...

Louise Cornege on the Publishers Publicity Circle 

Wednesday, 24 October 2018
A networking group for UK publicists, the Publishers Publicity Circle (PPC), launched an Australian chapter this year. Allen & Unwin head of publicity Louise Cornege is the chair of PPC...

Making the deal: The state of rights sales in the UK 

Wednesday, 24 October 2018
While the UK remains a tough market for Australian publishers to break into, UK indies are showing an interest in Australian voices, reports Catherine Moller. Several Australian independent publishers have had...

Podcast spotlight: Bookish Friends

Wednesday, 3 October 2018
Established in 2016, Bookish Friends is a YA and genre fiction podcast created by Diem Nguyen. Each episode features a mix of conversation, book reviews, and interviews with Australian YA authors. Nguyen...

The market down under

Tuesday, 2 October 2018
Australian titles are faring well in a market where personal development books and crime fiction are the standout trends, reports Andrea Hanke. For the fourth year in a row, the...

A twist of fate: Leigh Sales on ‘Any Ordinary Day’ 

Thursday, 27 September 2018
Author and journalist Leigh Sales’ third work of nonfiction, Any Ordinary Day: Blindsides, Resilience and What Happens After the Worst Day of Your Life (Hamish Hamilton, October), is an incisive...

Podcast spotlight: The Monthly Hour

Wednesday, 19 September 2018
Launched in 2018, The Monthly Hour is a podcast companion to The Monthly magazine, described as ‘an essential hour of news, culture and ideas that [offers] insight into each issue...

 

 

 

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