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Small publisher spotlight: Connor Court Publishing

Wednesday, 19 October 2016
Founded in 2005 in Ballarat, Victoria, and now based in Redland Bay, Queensland, Connor Court Publishing specialises in titles that ‘challenge the status quo’. Founder Anthony Cappello spoke to Books+Publishing...

Small publisher spotlight: Melbourne Books

Wednesday, 12 October 2016
Founded in 2001, Melbourne Books publishes a ‘unique range of Melbourne themed books covering subjects from food, music and culture to architecture and sport’. Publisher David Tenenbaum spoke to Books+Publishing...

Book bites: In the picture

Tuesday, 11 October 2016
Several forthcoming picture books take younger readers on a journey abroad, and around Australia. Scribe’s children’s imprint Scribble has translated two ‘modernist picture-book classics’ from the late 1960s into English....

Book bites: Teen talk

Thursday, 6 October 2016
Nicole Hayes’ previous YA novels The Whole of My World and One True Thing have won her many fans. Her latest, A Shadow’s Breath (Random House, February), begins with a...

School ties: Partnerships between bookstores and schools

Thursday, 6 October 2016
Danielle Binks explores different partnerships between bookstores and schools. At the 2016 Leading Edge Books Conference, the Best Business Idea award was presented to Amelia Lush from Better Read Than...

Choose your own adventures: 2017 children’s and YA preview

Thursday, 6 October 2016
Publishers tell Jackie Tang about their standout titles for kids and teens in 2017, from plucky new junior-fiction protagonists to YA genre hybrids. Next year will see the launch of...

Under the microscope: Science and technology in the classroom

Thursday, 6 October 2016
A growing emphasis on science and technology in the classroom is presenting an opportunity for children’s publishing, writes Brad Jefferies. Late last year, Wiley introduced its ‘Dummies Kids’ line, a...

Between the lines: Gladys Bembo

Thursday, 6 October 2016
The Brisbane Writers Festival made international news after the controversial opening speech of American author Lionel Shriver. In deciding to stray from her original brief of talking about ‘community and...

Shelf talk: New romantics

Thursday, 6 October 2016
Summer is the season for beach reads, happy endings, and an abundance of new titles from some of romance fiction’s bestselling authors. In December, Nora Roberts concludes her ‘Guardians’ trilogy...

Shelf talk: Fantastic fiction

Thursday, 6 October 2016
Nostalgia is very much the watch-word for pop culture at the moment, and sci-fi and fantasy are as gripped by it as everything else is. Anyone reading fantasy in the...

Your store: Blog brainstorming

Thursday, 6 October 2016
Companies that blog 15-plus times a month get five times more traffic on their websites, according to social media expert Yvonne Adele. This is because each new blog post offers...

Your store: #loveOzYA in action

Thursday, 6 October 2016
The #LoveOzYA movement has been gaining traction in local bookstores, with a number of booksellers creating dedicated shelves and promotions for Australian YA. One of those booksellers is Dymocks, which...

Editor’s picks: Translated titles

Thursday, 6 October 2016
The end of the year sees the arrival of several new translated titles. Andrea Hanke rounds up a selection for her editor’s picks. In November, Text is publishing a collection of...

Along came Harry: On the launch of Harry Hartog Woden

Thursday, 6 October 2016
In 2014, Harry Hartog Woden store manager James Redden had the ‘humbling and terrifying’ experience of launching a new bookselling brand. He shares his bookseller’s diary. It was both humbling...

Small presses, big data: Bestselling titles for small presses

Thursday, 6 October 2016
Former Nielsen Book Australia general manager Shaun Symonds takes a closer look at the small press sector and its bestselling titles. There is no standard definition of a small publisher,...

The smaller picture: Challenges and opportunities for small presses

Thursday, 6 October 2016
Small presses have been lauded for their investment in literature and new Australian authors, yet they continue to face challenges around funding, distribution and their role in an evolving publishing...

Drawing from experience: An interview with Quarto director Marcus Leaver

Thursday, 6 October 2016
International publisher Quarto—which partners with Murdoch Books in Australia—is celebrating its 40th birthday this year. Portia Lindsay spoke to director Marcus Leaver about artistry and innovation in illustrated publishing. Publishing...

Talkback: Improving diversity

Thursday, 6 October 2016
What can publishing do to improve diversity? Books+Publishing asked three publishers. Publishers need to ask themselves—am I being proactive about the diversity of the voice and author I am about to...

Reflections from differently angled mirrors: Terri-ann White on diversity in publishing

Thursday, 6 October 2016
The publishing industry needs to take a closer look at the diversity of its workforce and its books, argues UWA Publishing director, author and former bookseller Terri-ann White. As one’s...

Screen stories: Australian books adapted for film and TV

Wednesday, 5 October 2016
An increasing number of Australian books are being turned into films or television series, reports Jackie Tang. The past five years has seen a significant rise in Australian books adapted...

Small publisher spotlight: Niche Press

Wednesday, 5 October 2016
Founded in 2014, Melbourne-based Niche Press specialises in ‘quirky smaller-scale publications’ that might get overlooked by the mass market. Founder Michael Carolan spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘small publisher spotlight’...