Friday, 17 October 2014
What are you reading right now?I have a galley of The City Stained Red by Sam Sykes (Victor Gollancz). Each chapter rotates to a different character and slowly the crack...

Friday, 17 October 2014
Is the 14/14-day territorial copyright agreement working for you? Books+Publishing asked two publishers and two booksellers.Henry Rosenbloom, publisher, ScribeIt’s a good example of something that sounds good on the surface...

Friday, 17 October 2014
Ten years ago, as a lecturer in the publishing and communications program at the University of Melbourne, Rose Michael hosted a debate on the then-contentious topic of whether the marketing tail wagged...

Friday, 17 October 2014
One of the major trends in cookbooks in recent years has been the growth and success of ‘healthy lifestyle’ titles, writes Books for Cooks co-owner Tim White.‘Diet’, from the Greek/French...

Friday, 17 October 2014
The Little Bookroom in Melbourne has introduced storytime yoga classes for kids with local studio Yoga Sparks. Events coordinator Jess Speight said the Carlton North store was approached by the owner...

Friday, 17 October 2014
There’s a waiting list of more than 10 people wanting to join Beaufort Street Books’ ‘Degustation’ cookbook club, which began in May. Jane Seaton, owner of the Perth bookstore, says it’s...

Friday, 17 October 2014
The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, and across the country people are preparing to spend the summer on the couch watching the cricket. As well as the usual...

Friday, 17 October 2014
The Christmas and New Year break is a perfect time for readers to try something a little different. The Strange Library (Harvill Secker, December), a new short story release from...

Friday, 17 October 2014
Hannah Koelmeyer is the online content editor for Cooked—a Netflix for cookbooks created by Hardie Grant Publishing. ‘My job is editor, designer, copywriter, marketer, social media manager,’ she writes. When asked...

Friday, 17 October 2014
This month Andrea Hanke is looking forward to a ‘high-concept literary tour de force’; a collection of essays on war, peace and country music; and a ‘personal selection’ of Van...

Friday, 17 October 2014
Nearly 70% of Victoria’s Year 12 English texts are by male authors. To inspire students to question this male-dominated culture and to read texts by female authors, the Stella Prize...

Friday, 17 October 2014
In 1844 Birchalls opened in Launceston, Tasmania, with an advertisement in the local paper promising a ‘splendid assortment of books, stationery, fancy goods, etc’. The store continues to stock an...

Thursday, 16 October 2014
Helen Razer and Bernard Keane’s A Short History of Stupid (A&U, December) examines the rise of Stupidity in the modern world. Hilary Simmons spoke to the authors.Your paths only crossed...

Thursday, 16 October 2014
Hilary Simmons asks publishers to share their top fiction picks for 2015. (See nonfiction picks here.)Affirm Press publisher Martin Hughes’ top pick for 2015 came from the slush pile. Hughes...

Thursday, 16 October 2014
Hilary Simmons asks publishers to share their top nonfiction picks for 2015. (See fiction picks here.)NewSouth publishing director Phillipa McGuinness says The Rise and Fall of Gunns Ltd (Quentin Beresford,...

Thursday, 2 October 2014
Dianne Touchell’s YA novel A Small Madness (A&U, February) ‘began with the true story of a baby in a dumpster and two guilty teens who did not look like monsters’....

Thursday, 18 September 2014
Anson Cameron’s latest novel The Last Pulse (Vintage, December) is ‘much more than a political comedy about water policy’, writes reviewer Louise Fay. She spoke to the author.You’re from Shepparton...

Thursday, 21 August 2014
‘QI’ researcher and writer Molly Oldfield is appearing at the Melbourne Writers Festival in August. Oldfield has worked on a series of ‘QI’ books. Her first solo book The Secret Museum...

Thursday, 7 August 2014
Debut author Clare Atkins’s YA novel Nona & Me (Black Inc., October) is the story of a friendship between Rosie, a white girl, and Nona, an Aboriginal girl, set in...

Monday, 21 July 2014
Ana Vivas is a publisher at Scholastic Australia and co-director of Snappyant, which creates interactive children’s book apps for tablet technologies. She shares her career journey. I grew up in a creative...