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Father’s Day favourites: Gift ideas for dad  Archive

Thursday, 16 July 2015
With a wide range of titles on offer, no dad’s bedside table should be empty after Father’s Day. Tim Coronel selects some highlights. All are August or September releases.FictionDarian Richards...

On tour: Meet the author Daniel Handler  Archive

Thursday, 16 July 2015
Daniel Handler is best-known for his ‘Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events’ series. His latest book for adults, We Are Pirates (Bloomsbury), is about a father and daughter, and...

On tour: Meet the author Kitty Crowther  Archive

Thursday, 16 July 2015
Kitty Crowther is a Belgian children’s book author and illustrator whose latest books are the ‘Poka & Mia’ series (Tate Publishing). In 2010 she won the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award....

Book bites: Forthcoming junior titles  Archive

Thursday, 16 July 2015
In the pictureA book about books is hard to resist. The Great and Wondrous Storyteller by Michael Scott Parkinson (The Five Mile Press, August) features a cast of colourful, cartoonish...

A bridge too far: Sci-fi versus fantasy  Archive

Thursday, 16 July 2015
Why is fantasy trumping science-fiction on the shelves? Sci-fi author David M Henley believes ‘technobabble, moralising and a high chance of crapness’ may be to blame. Though often huddled together in...

Talkback: Universal cover design  Archive

Thursday, 16 July 2015
Do you think publishers should use the same book cover for all territories where possible? Books+Publishing asked four booksellers.Anna Low, owner, Potts Point BookshopI don’t think publishers should keep the...

Editor’s picks  Archive

Thursday, 16 July 2015
 Andrea Hanke recommends her favourite forthcoming books byfemale authors.I feel like my reading has always been fairly evenly split between female and male authors, although I really should start keeping a...

On Tour: Meet the author Bernard Beckett  Archive

Wednesday, 8 July 2015
New Zealand author Bernard Beckett has written multiple books and plays for young adults. His latest book Lullaby (Text) is a psychological thriller about twins Rene and Theo that explores love...

On tour: Meet the author Patricia McLinn  Archive

Thursday, 25 June 2015
Patricia McLinn is the US author of more than 25 romance and mystery novels. Her latest book is Jack’s Heart (Craig's Place Books US), book four in her ‘Wyoming Wildflowers’...

On Tour: Meet the author Chigozie Obioma  Archive

Thursday, 25 June 2015
Nigerian author Chigozie Obioma’s debut novel The Fisherman (Scribe) is the story of four brothers whose encounter with a madman and a prophecy threatens the stability of their lives and...

On Tour: Meet the author Gretchen Rubin  Archive

Wednesday, 10 June 2015
Gretchen Rubin is the New York Times bestselling author of Happier at Home (Two Roads) and The Happiness Project (HarperCollins). Gretchen Rubin is visiting Australia in early June, and will...

On tour: Meet the author R J Anderson  Archive

Thursday, 4 June 2015
R J Anderson is a Canadian author whose books include Knife and Ultraviolet (both Hachette). Her latest book is A Pocket Full of Murder (Hachette), a magical mystery for middle-grade...

On Tour: Meet the author David Mitchell  Archive

Tuesday, 19 May 2015
David Mitchell is the genre-hopping author of the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted Cloud Atlas and The Bone Clocks, his latest novel (both Sceptre). He will be touring in May, visiting Brisbane, Melbourne...

On Tour: Meet the author Damian Barr  Archive

Friday, 15 May 2015
On Tour: Meet the author Damian BarrDamian Barr is a British journalist and author whose latest book, Maggie and Me (Bloomsbury), is a memoir of growing up gay in a...

On tour: Meet the illustrator Priya Kuriyan  Archive

Wednesday, 6 May 2015
Priya Kuriyan is a cartoonist and illustrator based in Delhi. She recently contributed to Eat the Sky, Drink the Ocean (A&U), a YA speculative-fiction anthology featuring writers and artists from...