Podcast spotlight: Kill Your Darlings podcast
Thursday, 5 April 2018
Established in 2013 and redeveloped into an hour-long format in 2014, the Kill Your Darlings podcast features 'interviews, readings and discussions about books, culture and the arts in Australia and...
When girls don’t read: Reaching reluctant girl readers
Thursday, 5 April 2018
Lorien Kaye asks how the book industry can connect reluctant girl readers with books. Mention kids who don’t like reading and most people immediately think of boys. Discussion of ‘reluctant...
Literary direct action: Meera Atkinson on ‘Traumata’
Tuesday, 3 April 2018
Meera Atkinson’s exploration of the effects of trauma, Traumata (UQP, May), is a powerful, personal memoir doubling as a philosophical treatise. ‘This is a humane, thought-provoking and heartbreaking addition to...
Out west: WestWords executive director Michael Campbell
Wednesday, 28 March 2018
WestWords is an independent company based in Parramatta that began its life as The Western Sydney Young People’s Literature Development Project in 2007. Established to address the low level of literature...
Podcast spotlight: The Readings Podcast
Wednesday, 28 March 2018
Established in 2016, the Readings Podcast is 'a celebration of books, reading and pop culture'. Episodes range in format, from author interviews to event recordings to booksellers talking about recommendations...
Podcast spotlight: Astrid Edwards on The Garret
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
Established in 2016, The Garret is an Australian podcast 'celebrating the best writers writing today' across a variety of genres. Each episode features interviews with writers on the craft of...
‘What the world needs now’: Meet BWF guest artistic director Carl Lindgren
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
Carl Lindgren is a former media publisher, magazine editor and curator who has been involved with Brisbane’s creative communities for more than 20 years. In 2018, he joins Brisbane Writers...
Claire Miller on ‘Between the Covers, Behind the Counter’
Thursday, 15 March 2018
On 27 February, a group of publishers, booksellers and other children’s literature enthusiasts gathered in Fremantle at children’s bookstore Paper Bird Books & Arts for ‘Between the Covers, Behind the...
Behind the marketing campaign: Kirstin Corcoran on ‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’
Wednesday, 7 March 2018
Heather Morris’ debut novel The Tattooist of Auschwitz (Echo) is a fictionalised account of Austrian-Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor Ludwig ‘Lale’ Sokolov's experience of being a tattooist (tätowierer) in a prison camp...
Clued up: Jacqueline Harvey on ‘Breaking News: Kensy and Max Book One’
Thursday, 1 March 2018
‘Alice-Miranda’ and ‘Clementine Rose’ author Jacqueline Harvey assembles a world of espionage and mystery in Breaking News: Kensy and Max Book One (Random House, March), which reviewer Natalie Crawford says...
The new normal: Adam Cece on ‘The Extremely Weird Thing That Happened in Huggabie Falls’
Thursday, 1 March 2018
Adam Cece won the 2017 Text Prize for The Extremely Weird Thing That Happened in Huggabie Falls (Text, April). Reviewer Holly Harper describes it as ‘a funny read full of...
Floral communication: Holly Ringland on ‘The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart’
Thursday, 22 February 2018
Holly Ringland’s The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (HarperCollins, April) is ‘a lush, powerful contemporary novel' about female survival in Australia’s Red Centre. Reviewer Claire West spoke to the author....
Louise Cornegé on the changing ways publishers market and promote books
Wednesday, 7 February 2018
Allen & Unwin’s head of publicity Louise Cornegé travelled to New York in April 2017 to ‘review the latest global trends, strategies and technologies in digital publicity and marketing’ as...
Deeper connections: Terri-ann White on the Australia Council January delegation to India
Wednesday, 7 February 2018
In January, Australian publishers Robert Watkins (Hachette Australia), Margrete Lamond (Dirt Lane Press), Anna Moulton (Magabala Books), Sam Cooney (Brow Books) and Terri-ann White (UWA Publishing), travelled to India as...
Up for a challenge: Nelly Thomas on ‘Some Girls’
Thursday, 1 February 2018
When comedian Nelly Thomas came up with the idea for Some Girls, an early childhood picture book that challenges gender and other stereotypes in young girls, she decided to crowdfund...
Down through the blue: Alison Lester and Jane Godwin on ‘The Silver Sea’
Thursday, 1 February 2018
Alison Lester and Jane Godwin's The Silver Sea (Affirm, March) was created in collaboration with children from Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital, with all profits from the book going to the...
Will power: William Yeoman on curating PFWW 2018
Wednesday, 31 January 2018
William Yeoman is the West Australian literary editor and guest curator of the Perth Festival Writers Week (PFWW) 2018. Following the launch of the full program for this year’s festival,...
Shining a light: Laura Elvery on ‘Trick of the Light’
Thursday, 25 January 2018
Laura Elvery’s debut short-story collection Trick of the Light (UQP, March) comprises 24 ‘meticulously crafted’ short stories ranging in style from ‘stark realism to light speculative fiction’, writes reviewer Alan...
Speak their language: Reflecting on the ILF ‘Binjari Buks’ project
Wednesday, 17 January 2018
In December 2017, a group of Indigenous Literacy Foundation staff, volunteers and publishing industry supporters visited the Katherine region in the Northern Territory to launch ‘Binjari Buk’, a children’s book...
Wheels in motion: new recruits at the Wheeler Centre
Wednesday, 17 January 2018
Veronica Sullivan, Hiroki Kobayashi and Stella Charls recently joined the Wheeler Centre’s programming team, but many in the industry will already know these three from their previous work. Sullivan was...
Book blogger spotlight: Book Bloggers Australia
Wednesday, 13 December 2017
Established in 2010 by blogger Margaret Bates, Book Bloggers Australia is an online directory and forum where Australian bloggers can discuss books and blogging, and connect with others in the...
Christmas predictions: Cat Schulz from Fullers Bookshop in Hobart
Wednesday, 13 December 2017
In a new series running in the lead-up to Christmas, Books+Publishing is asking booksellers across the country to predict their biggest sellers and ‘surprise sellers’. In our final instalment, Fullers...
Christmas predictions: Gavin Williams from Matilda and Lindy Jones from Abbey’s
Wednesday, 6 December 2017
In a series running in the lead-up to Christmas, Books+Publishing is asking booksellers across the country to predict their biggest sellers and ‘surprise sellers’. In this instalment, Gavin Williams, owner...
Christmas predictions: Kym Bagley and Rivis Donnelly from Dymocks Melbourne
Wednesday, 29 November 2017
In a new series running in the lead-up to Christmas, Books+Publishing is asking booksellers across the country to predict their biggest sellers and ‘surprise sellers’. In our latest instalment, Dymocks...
Where popular meets the professional: Genre Con 2017
Wednesday, 29 November 2017
GenreCon 2017 was the conference’s biggest yet. The biennially-staged writers conference aimed at genre writers sold out its registrations with 240 attendees, up from 190 in 2015. Fantasy writers were...
Christmas predictions: Perth booksellers Bill Liddelow from Boffins Books and Jane Seaton from Beaufort Street Books
Wednesday, 22 November 2017
In a series running in the lead-up to Christmas, Books+Publishing is asking booksellers across the country to predict their biggest sellers and ‘surprise sellers’. In this instalment, Boffins Books co-owner...
Christmas predictions: Kath Pigou from Dymocks Adelaide
Wednesday, 15 November 2017
In a series running in the lead-up to Christmas, Books+Publishing is asking booksellers across the country to predict their biggest sellers and ‘surprise sellers’. In this instalment, Dymocks Adelaide store...
The light of Sharjah: Connecting the publishing world to the Middle East
Thursday, 9 November 2017
This year's Sharjah International Book Fair was held from 1-11 November in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. Books+Publishing’s Andrew Wrathall was a guest of the professional program. ‘Darkness can...
Finding your community: National Young Writers’ Festival celebrates 20 years
Thursday, 9 November 2017
This year, the National Young Writers’ Festival celebrated its 20th anniversary with a four-day program in Newcastle from 28 September to 1 October. Festival manager Stella Charls, coordinator Maggie Thompson...
Christmas predictions: John Purcell from Booktopia
Thursday, 9 November 2017
In a new series running in the lead-up to Christmas, Books+Publishing is asking booksellers across the country to predict their biggest sellers and ‘surprise sellers’. In our first instalment, Booktopia’s...
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