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ABIA 2016 longlists announced

Wednesday, 23 March 2016
The longlists for this year’s Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) have been announced. They are: General fiction book of the year The Lake House (Kate Morton, A&U) Close Your Eyes...

Profit and revenue up at PRH in 2015

Wednesday, 23 March 2016
Penguin Random House (PRH) has recorded an 11.8% rise in global revenue in 2015, up from €3.3bn (A$4.86bn) in 2014 to €3.7bn (A$5.5bn) in 2015, with profits (EBITDA) increasing 23.2% to...

‘WBN’ published Thursday next week 

Wednesday, 23 March 2016
Please note that, due to the Easter holidays, the next Weekly Book Newsletter will be published on Thursday 31 March. The deadline for classifieds and job advertisements is therefore 12 noon Wednesday 30 March....

Small publisher spotlight: MidnightSun Publishing

Tuesday, 22 March 2016
‘Small publisher spotlight’ is a new series from Books+Publishing. Each week we will interview the publisher of a small press to find out what makes them tick, what successes they’ve...

Ernest Scott Prize 2016 shortlist announced

Tuesday, 22 March 2016
The shortlist for the 2016 Ernest Scott Prize for history, presented by the University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Arts, has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Entanglements of Empire (Tony...

Clunes Booktown Festival 2016 program announced

Tuesday, 22 March 2016
The program for the 2016 Clunes Booktown Festival, to be held from 30 April to 1 May in Clunes, Victoria, has been announced. This year the festival celebrates its 10th...

Flying high: Jeannie Baker on ‘Circle’ 

Jeannie Baker Monday, 21 March 2016
In her new picture book Circle, Jeannie Baker uses her distinctive mixed-media illustrations to depict the migration of the bar-tailed godwits. Reviewer Margaret Hamilton describes it as a ‘masterpiece’. She...

Book bites: Get smart 

Monday, 21 March 2016
The Weird and Wonderful World of Words (Wild Dog Books, April) is an excellent springboard for language classes. Its mix of facts, illustrations and creative design make this an appealing...

Book bites: International appeal 

Monday, 21 March 2016
Berbay Publishing and Gecko Press specialise in finding and publishing some of the world’s best—and quirkiest—children’s books Down Under. King of the Castle (Aurora Ruá, illus by Guridi, Berbay, March),...

Book bites: Serial addiction 

Monday, 21 March 2016
The apartment-dwelling, mystery-solving Squishy Taylor made her junior-fiction debut in February. This new series for readers aged six and up—which is quickly gaining fans—continues in March and April with Squishy...

Book bites: Teen talk 

Monday, 21 March 2016
YA  fantasy fans have a lot of choose from in the coming months. Julius and the Soulcatcher (Tim Hehir, Text, June), book two in the ‘Watchmaker’ novels, returns to a...

Fertile ground: Jane Harper on ‘The Dry’ 

Jane Harper Monday, 21 March 2016
Jane Harper won the 2015 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript for her first novel The Dry (Picador, June). She spoke to reviewer Myles McGuire. One of the most...

Book bites: In the picture 

Monday, 21 March 2016
Clarrie is a farmer who gets his words mixed up: ‘The sun is up and I have a lot to shoe. No. I have a lot to poo.’ You can...

Editor’s picks: Andrea Hanke’s autumn reading list 

Editors Picks Monday, 21 March 2016
Curtis Sittenfeld and Anne Tyler update Austen and Shakespeare in Andrea Hanke’s autumn reading list. Modern classics Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld (HarperCollins, May) is a modern retelling of Jane Austen’s...

Your store: Shelf support 

Paper Bird Fremantle Monday, 21 March 2016
If you look closely at the shelves of several WA bookstores you might notice some distinctive new signage. Over the past few months Fremantle Press has been fitting out local...

Smarten up: Professional development in publishing 

Monday, 21 March 2016
Professional development opportunities are a ‘mixed bag’ in the publishing industry, but there are opportunities if you know where to look, writes Portia Lindsay. Professional development in the publishing industry...

Your store: Non-book item of the month 

Monday, 21 March 2016
While book-lovers are unlikely to be lost for conversation topics, these TableTopics conversation cards could liven up a retro dinner party or an awkward internet date. Each TableTopics cube has...

Shelf talk: Quirky tales 

Monday, 21 March 2016
To talk about upcoming left-of-centre titles that I’m excited about and not start with Justin Cronin’s The City of Mirrors (Orion, June) would be ridiculous and punishable by … something...

Shelf talk: Women’s fiction 

Monday, 21 March 2016
Booksellers looking to shore up their women’s fiction lists for Mother’s Day are spoilt for choice. Katie Rowney brings a fresh, contemporary voice to rural fiction with Front Page News...

Shelf talk: True to life 

Monday, 21 March 2016
When investigative journalist Luke Williams started researching the world of crystal meth, he became addicted to the drug. Williams recounts the experience in The Ice Age (Scribe, May), combining reportage...

Shelf talk: Tasty titles 

Monday, 21 March 2016
Pete Evans and Sally Obermeder both have new cookbooks out in April. Evan’s One Pot Favourites (Plum) features paleo recipes that can be made in one pot or wok, while...

 

 

 

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