All about ‘Eve’: Rochelle Siemienowicz on ‘Fallen’ Archive
Thursday, 26 February 2015
Rochelle Siemienowicz is the author of Fallen (Affirm Press, May), a ‘thought-provoking memoir about religion, marriage and sexuality’ that juxtaposes Siemienowicz’s ‘burgeoning sexuality with her strict Seventh Day Adventist upbringing’....
Your store: On display Archive
Friday, 13 February 2015
Fullers Bookshop’s Catherine Schulz and Reader’s Feast’s Mary Dalmau share some visual merchandising tips from the past year.Catherine Schulz, manager, Fullers Bookshop, Hobart: We like telling stories on display tables,...
My kind-of life: Oliver Mol on ‘Lion Attack!’ Archive
Friday, 13 February 2015
Lion Attack! (Scribe, May), the first book from Australian writer Oliver Mol, co-winner of the inaugural Scribe Nonfiction Prize for Young Writers, is part memoir and part make-believe. Reviewer Chloe Townson...
Talkback: Timing titles for Christmas Archive
Friday, 13 February 2015
Do you think publishers save too many high-profile titles for Christmas? Books+Publishing asked three booksellers.Heather Dyer, owner, Fairfield Books: I think publishers do save a lot of titles for Christmas and...
In your ear: Humphrey Bower shares his career journey Archive
Friday, 13 February 2015
Humphrey Bower is one of Australia’s most prolific audiobook narrators. He shares his career journey.My father read to me when I was a child, and I read to my kids...
The Box Office effect: The popularity of YA book-to-film adaptations Archive
Friday, 13 February 2015
As YA’s popularity has risen in recent years, so too have the number of big-screen adaptations. Carody Culver investigates the effect on the publishing industry.As kids, many of us probably...
On tour: Meet the author John Darnielle Archive
Friday, 13 February 2015
John Darnielle is a writer, composer, guitarist, vocalist for The Mountain Goats and author of Wolf in a White Van (Scribe). He is travelling to Perth, Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne...
Delivering the goods: A look at the book industry’s supply chain Archive
Friday, 13 February 2015
Getting a book into a reader’s hands has never been quicker, but there is still plenty of room for improvement in the book industry’s supply chain, writes Gary Copeland.Those who...
The poet’s market: Print sales of poetry titles Archive
Friday, 13 February 2015
The poetry scene might be flourishing with slams and spoken-word events, but print sales remain in the low hundreds for most titles, writes Hilary Simmons.Georgia Richter, publisher at Fremantle Press,...
Your store: Bookshop resolutions Archive
Friday, 13 February 2015
Books Kinokuniya in Sydney has launched a new promotion inspired by New Year’s resolutions. The ‘Commit at Kino’ promotion invites customers to share their New Year’s commitments for the chance to...
Editor’s picks: Jefferies, Tang and Wrathall Archive
Friday, 13 February 2015
News editor Brad Jefferies, editorial assistant Jackie Tang and publishing and digital media coordinator Andrew Wrathall share their top picks for the New Year.Brad Jefferies:One of the books I’m curious to...
Shelf talk: Fantastic fiction Archive
Friday, 13 February 2015
Coming into the end of the first quarter of 2015 there are a bunch of cool genre-fiction books on the way. Here’s a few you may have overlooked.Crouching Tiger, Hidden...
Shelf talk: Books for cooks Archive
Friday, 13 February 2015
Foodies and bookworms alike will be spoiled for choice this year, with no shortage of cookbooks about to hit shelves in the next few months.Tapping into the trend for all...
On tour: Meet the author Laurie Halse Anderson Archive
Friday, 13 February 2015
Laurie Halse Anderson is attending the Reading Matters Conference in Melbourne in May. Her latest book is The Impossible Knife of Memory (Text).What would you put on a shelf-talker for...
Sister act: Three Four Knock on the Door bookseller’s diary Archive
Friday, 13 February 2015
It was third time lucky for the location of Melbourne independent children’s book and toy shop Three Four Knock on the Door. L-J Lacey, who opened the store with her...
Reading your greens: Eco-friendly children’s books Archive
Friday, 13 February 2015
Mason Engelander explores how eco-friendly children’s books have evolved with the rise of the green movement.Some of the earliest ‘green books’ for kids did not carry an explicit environmental theme....
What to expect when you’re expecting in publishing: Parental leave in the workplace Archive
Friday, 13 February 2015
Why is such a female-dominated industry not leading the way when it comes to parental leave? Matthia Dempsey spoke to several publishers about paid parental leave and flexibility in the...
Hardie Grant’s Roxy Ryan reports from Digital Book World Archive
Wednesday, 4 February 2015
‘The ability for booksellers and publishers to articulate, reach and engage readers in their products is something that they can do better than anyone else,’ writes Hardie Grant marketing director...
On tour: Meet the author Stephan Pastis Archive
Tuesday, 3 February 2015
Stephan Pastis is the author of the ‘Timmy Failure’ series (Walker Books). The latest title in the series, We Meet Again, was published in 2014. Pastis will be touring Australia...
Billie’s new adventure: Sally Rippin on writing picture books Archive
Tuesday, 3 February 2015
Sally Rippin’s latest two picture books, Billie’s Great Desert Adventure and Billie’s Underwater Adventure (illus by Alisa Coburn, Hardie Grant Egmont) will ‘stir the imagination in all sorts of colourful...
On tour: Meet the author Roxane Gay Archive
Tuesday, 3 February 2015
Roxane Gay is the writer of the novel An Untamed State (Corsair) and the collection of essays Bad Feminist (Corsair). She will be a guest of Adelaide Writers’ Week and...
Power play: Meg McKinlay on ‘A Single Stone’ Archive
Friday, 30 January 2015
Meg McKinlay’s novel for younger readers A Single Stone (Walker Books, May) ‘manages to pose big questions about gender and power, and thoroughly entertain’, writes reviewer Frances Atkinson. She spoke to...
Authors on income and acquisitions in a changing industry Archive
Thursday, 29 January 2015
Last year, 57 Australian authors participated in an online forum as part of a Macquarie University study into changes in the Australian book industry. The authors shared their views on...
On tour: Meet the author Joanna Rakoff Archive
Thursday, 29 January 2015
Joanna Rakoff’s memoir My Salinger Year was published by Bloomsbury in 2014. Rakoff will be travelling to the Perth Writers Festival and Adelaide Writers’ Week in February and March. What would...
Blurred lines: Jen Craig on ‘Panthers and the Museum of Fire’ Archive
Wednesday, 28 January 2015
‘The year 2015 is only in its early days, but already I know that Sydney writer Jen Craig’s novella, Panthers and the Museum of Fire [Spineless Wonders, March], will be...
Francophilia: Patti Miller on ‘Ransacking Paris’ Archive
Wednesday, 28 January 2015
Patti Miller’s Ransacking Paris (UQP, April) is ‘that rare object—a book for anyone who believes we don’t need any more expat memoirs’, writes reviewer Max Oliver. He spoke to the...
‘Visually sophisticated, quirky, funny and daring’: Mike Shuttleworth reports from the Paris children’s book festival Archive
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
‘France is producing some of the finest books for children in the world,’ writes Mike Shuttleworth, reporting from the Paris children’s book festival Salon du livre et de presse jeunesse...
No more ‘nice’ books: Jackie French’s Colin Simpson Memorial Lecture Archive
Wednesday, 14 January 2015
In her 2014 Colin Simpson Memorial Lecture, Australian Children’s Laureate Jackie French argues that children are turning away from reading because they are bored by many of the books on offer....
The character of a country: Nick Dyrenfurth on ‘Mateship: A Very Australian History’ Archive
Tuesday, 25 November 2014
Nick Dyrenfurth’s Mateship: A Very Australian History (Scribe) explores with the evolution of Australian ‘mateship’ from colonial times to the John Howard era. It ‘provides a thoughtful cultural reading of the...
The big questions: David J Smith on ‘iF’ Archive
Friday, 7 November 2014
Canadian author David J Smith’s picture book iF (New Frontier, February) breaks down big, unwieldy concepts for young, enquiring minds. ‘The best thing about this book is Smith’s innovative look...
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