Friday, 5 April 2013
Alex Adsett highlights new developments in publishing contracts, and where publishers and authors need to be wary.  It has been interesting to watch the changes in the publishing industry playing...

Friday, 5 April 2013
Kate Hendrick’s The Accident (Text, July) alternates between the perspectives of three characters who have lived through tragedy. The author spoke to Meredith Lewin. (Read the review here.) The Accident was shortlisted for...

Friday, 5 April 2013
Forthcoming film adaptations of Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief and Melina Marchetta’s On the Jellicoe Road are already attracting pre-production buzz. Andrew Wrathall spoke to the authors.  ‘Had someone told...

Friday, 5 April 2013
Lyn White is the editor of ‘Through My Eyes’, a new fiction series for readers aged 11-14 that explores war through the eyes of children. She spoke to Meredith Lewin....

Friday, 5 April 2013
Libba Bray is a guest of the Centre for Youth Literature’s Reading Matters conference in Melbourne in May. Her latest book is The Diviners (A&U). What would you put on a...

Friday, 5 April 2013
We’re starting to get into convention and expo season, which makes it a good time to be looking at the state of sci-fi and fantasy sections.  ID: The Second Machine...

Friday, 5 April 2013
As MasterChef and My Kitchen Rules continue to dominate on TV, imagine a future where chefs rule the town like crime lords and people literally kill for a seat at...

Friday, 5 April 2013
Will the decade we’re living in be known as the digital age? Only time will tell and, in the meantime, there’s a good range of business books to guide our...

Friday, 5 April 2013
In Max Barry’s action-packed Lexicon (Mulholland, July), only one man survives a deadly attack on Broken Hill. The author spoke to Angela Meyer. (Read the review of Lexicon here.) Lexicon’s strong central concept...

Friday, 5 April 2013
One year ago Chris Saliba and his partner, longtime bookseller Chris Hubbard, opened North Melbourne Books. Its bold red walls, generous supply of literary classics and cosy children’s section have been welcomed...

Friday, 5 April 2013
Andrea Hanke’s editor’s picks include a time-travelling serial killer and a modern-day divided Berlin. Going Deutsch Two German novels recently translated into English look promising, and make it easier to...

Friday, 5 April 2013
In 2011 Embiggen Books owner Warren Bonett decided to relocate his store from Noosaville to Melbourne. His latest project, which is being run in conjunction with the Australian Booksellers Association...

Friday, 5 April 2013
Several Brisbane booksellers have also shown their collaborative side by participating in a recent flash fiction napkin project. Launched on Valentine’s Day, the project saw napkins bearing 300-word micro stories...

Friday, 5 April 2013
As a regular commentator on TV programs such as ABC’s Gruen Planet and the Drum, Channel 9’s Mornings and Channel 7’s Weekend Sunrise, Jane Caro has made a career out...

Friday, 5 April 2013
How do you determine the price of your ebooks and do you ever run promotional discounts? Books+Publishing asked three publishers. Phoebe Wynne, digital manager, Black Inc. We determine our ebook...

Friday, 5 April 2013
American author Hugh Howey is visiting Australia in April. His latest book is Shift (Century), the prequel to Wool. What would you put on a shelf-talker for your book? ‘Help! Don’t let them...

Friday, 5 April 2013
 In Holy Bible (Sleepers, July), Vanessa Russell takes a look at family life in a religious sect. The author spoke to Katie Haydon.  It is said to write what you know,...

Friday, 5 April 2013
A lot of planning goes into writing a children’s book series—and bringing it to an end. Kate Blackwood spoke to the authors of several well-known series. What makes an author...

Friday, 5 April 2013
Over the past year, Australian publishers have enjoyed a significant boost in sales for romance fiction, mostly fuelled by erotic fiction. But how long will the trend last? And what...

Friday, 5 April 2013
Baking, gardening and craft books will be sharing shelf space with rural romance and suspenseful fiction, predicts Kate Blackwood of this year’s Mother’s Day haul. Food For those who like...

Thursday, 4 April 2013
Reviewer Jennifer Peterson-Ward describes Kirsten Krauth’s new novel just_a_girl (UWA Publishing, June) as ‘an ambitious exploration of the strange ways that people have of expressing love’. The author spoke with...

Thursday, 4 April 2013
John Harwood has written a spine-tingling gothic thriller in The Asylum (Vintage, June). The author spoke to Paula Grunseit, whose review is available here. When did you first fall in...

Wednesday, 27 March 2013
Andrew Kelly, publisher of Wild Dog Books, reports from the Australia-China Publishing Forum. Representatives from eight Australian publishers—Jane Covernton, Working Title Press; Victoria Field, The Five Mile Press; Cate Sutherland,...

Thursday, 21 March 2013
Reviewer Gerard Elson describes Amanda Curtin’s new novel Elemental (UWA Publishing, May) as a ‘fruitful fascination with memory, history and the generational legacies of family’. The author spoke with Elson,...

Friday, 1 March 2013
Keith Gray is a guest of the Centre for Youth Literature’s Reading Matters conference in Melbourne in May. He recently edited a collection of YA short stories about the afterlife...

Wednesday, 27 February 2013
In The Good Life, social researcher and novelist Hugh Mackay asks the big question: what makes life worth living? Paula Grunseit spoke to the author. You can read her review...