Booking ahead: 2017 nonfiction preview Archive
Thursday, 6 October 2016
Several Australian authors make their long-awaited return to publishing next year, alongside some promising debuts. Andrea Hanke and Vicki Stegink round up publishers’ nonfiction highlights for 2017. (See fiction titles here.)...
Jane’s addiction: Jane Covernton’s career journey Archive
Wednesday, 5 October 2016
‘I had accidentally stumbled upon the job of my life,’ writes Jane Covernton about her entry into children’s publishing. The co-founder of Omnibus Books and more recently, Working Title Press,...
Screen stories: Australian books adapted for film and TV Archive
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 Archive
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’...
The market down under Archive
Friday, 30 September 2016
Book sales edged up in Australia for the second year in a row as the market continues its recovery after several years of decline. Brad Jefferies presents an overview of...
#LoveOzYA gathers momentum Archive
Wednesday, 28 September 2016
A grassroots campaign to promote Australian YA books in a market dominated by US titles has been gathering momentum, writes Sophie Teague. In 2015, a group of authors, teachers and...
Small publisher spotlight: UWA Publishing Archive
Wednesday, 28 September 2016
UWA Publishing was launched in 1935 at the University of Western Australia in Perth to produce textbooks for its students, and has since expanded into general fiction, poetry and nonfiction....
Yearning potential: Lucy Durneen on ‘Wild Gestures’ Archive
Tuesday, 27 September 2016
UK writer Lucy Durneen’s Wild Gestures debut short story collection will be published by South-Australian publisher MidnightSun in January. It is an ‘intriguing collection’ of ‘psychologically acute portraits … shaped...
The rights stuff 2016 Archive
Wednesday, 21 September 2016
For the 14th year in a row, Think Australian has surveyed Australian rights managers and literary agents to gauge the health of Australian rights trading and book exports. Andrew Wrathall...
Small publisher spotlight: Spineless Wonders Archive
Wednesday, 21 September 2016
Launched in 2011, Sydney-based publisher Spineless Wonders specialises in short Australian stories in various formats. Publisher Bronwyn Mehan spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘small publisher spotlight’ series. Describe your company...
Small publisher spotlight: Empowering Resources Archive
Wednesday, 14 September 2016
Founded in Victoria in 2015, Empowering Resources specialises in children’s picture books and junior novels that ‘help people of any age explore complex and difficult emotional issues’. Co-founders Jeremy and...
Small publisher spotlight: Miscellaneous Press Archive
Wednesday, 7 September 2016
Melbourne author and blogger Karen Andrews started Miscellaneous Press in 2008 to self-publish her first children’s picture book. She spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘small publisher spotlight’ series. Describe your...
Role reversal: Nova Weetman on ‘Everything is Changed’ Archive
Wednesday, 31 August 2016
Nova Weetman’s Everything is Changed (UQP) follows the unravelling of a friendship between two boys, told from alternating perspectives in reverse. Reviewer Jordi Kerr spoke to the author. What drove...
Poetry in action: Van T Rudd on ‘The Patchwork Bike’ Archive
Wednesday, 31 August 2016
The Patchwork Bike (Hachette, November) is the first collaboration between author Maxine Beneba Clarke and artist Van T Rudd, as well as being Rudd’s first picture book. His ‘stark but...
Small publisher spotlight: Harbour Publishing House Archive
Wednesday, 31 August 2016
Harbour Publishing House, based on the South Coast of NSW, began publishing in 2014 and specialises in children’s literature. Director Garry Evans spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘small publisher spotlight’...
‘Multi-literacy’ discussed at 35th IBBY International Congress Archive
Wednesday, 31 August 2016
Centre of Youth Literature program manager Adele Walsh describes attending her first IBBY International Congress, held in Auckland from 18-21 August, as ‘incredibly familiar and yet entirely new’. She reports...
On tour: Justin Cronin Archive
Thursday, 25 August 2016
US novelist Justin Cronin is the author of the apocalyptic vampire trilogy The Passage, The Twelve and The City of Mirrors (all Orion). Cronin will be appearing at the Melbourne...
On tour: Molly Crabapple Archive
Thursday, 25 August 2016
US artist and writer Molly Crabapple is the author of the memoir Drawing Blood (HarperCollins). She is appearing at the Melbourne Writers Festival and the Festival of Dangerous Ideas in...
On tour: A C Grayling Archive
Thursday, 25 August 2016
British philosopher A C Grayling’s latest book The Challenge of Things (Bloomsbury) is a collection of his recent writings on war and conflict. He is touring various writers’ festivals around...
Case study: Mark Tedeschi on ‘Murder at Myall Creek’ Archive
Thursday, 25 August 2016
Mark Tedeschi’s Murder at Myall Creek (S&S) is an account of one of Australia’s most notorious criminal cases—11 men tried for the 1848 mass murder of up to 30 Indigenous Australians in...
Ruling women: Julia Baird on ‘Victoria the Queen’ Archive
Thursday, 25 August 2016
Julia Baird’s ‘thoroughly contemporary’ biography of Queen Victoria explores the social evolution of ‘British society during her long reign—particularly that of the position of women’, writes reviewer Jo Case. She spoke...
Small publisher spotlight: Brandl & Schlesinger Archive
Wednesday, 24 August 2016
Established in 1994, NSW-based Brandl & Schlesinger publishes literary fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translation and academic journals. Publisher Veronica Sumegi spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘small publisher spotlight’ series: Describe your...
Small publisher spotlight: Celapene Press Archive
Wednesday, 17 August 2016
Melbourne-based Celapene Press released its first title—an anthology called Page Seventeen—in 2005 before specialising in children’s and YA fiction. Publisher Kathryn Duncan spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘small publisher spotlight’...
Small publisher spotlight: Serenity Press Archive
Wednesday, 10 August 2016
Serenity Press was founded in Perth in 2012 to create publishing opportunities for emerging Australian authors. Founder Karen Mc Dermott spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘small publisher spotlight’ series: Describe...
Student assessment: Meet the 2016 Inky Awards judges Archive
Thursday, 4 August 2016
Each year, a panel of teen judges from around the country select the shortlist for the Inky Awards for youth literature. Books+Publishing’s 16-year-old work experience student Alexandra Pixton spoke to...
Paper, scissors, glue: Jennifer Higgie on ‘There’s Not One’ Archive
Wednesday, 3 August 2016
Art critic and editor Jennifer Higgie’s debut picture book There’s Not One (Scribble, October) is a ‘simple story’ that teaches children the unique nature of things in a wider landscape...
Sweet rhymes: Joel Moore on ‘Mulga’s Magical Musical Creatures’ Archive
Wednesday, 3 August 2016
Joel Moore—known also by his alias Mulga—is a mural artist, designer and poet, who has turned his hand to picture books. Reviewer Suzanne Garcia calls Mulga’s Magical Musical Creatures (Lothian,...
Small publisher spotlight: Clan Destine Press Archive
Wednesday, 3 August 2016
Genre specialist Clan Destine Press, based in regional Victoria, first began publishing in 2010. Publisher Lindy Cameron spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘small publisher spotlight’ series: Describe your company in...
Looking for a fair fight: Clementine Ford on ‘Fight Like a Girl’ Archive
Thursday, 28 July 2016
Clementine Ford’s debut Fight Like a Girl (A&U, October) is an examination of ‘what it means to be a girl in the world today’, fuelled by Ford’s ‘clear-eyed defiance and...
Border disputes: Meredith Jaffé on ‘The Fence’ Archive
Thursday, 28 July 2016
Meredith Jaffé’s examination of neighbourhood divisions in her debut The Fence (Macmillan, September) makes for an ‘engaging and satirical novel’ that ‘explores a range of topics beyond mere border patrol...
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