Monday, 7 October 2013
Psychotherapist, author and editor Gary Greenberg is visiting Australia in October. His latest book, The Book of Woe (Scribe), challenges many facets of established psychiatric practice. What would you put...

Monday, 7 October 2013
Amra Pajalic and Demet Divaroren are the editors of Coming of Age (A&U, February), a YA anthology that examines what it’s like to grow up Muslim in Australia. They spoke...

Monday, 7 October 2013
In November, New Frontier will publish a ‘cerebral palsy edition’ of Peter Carnavas’ picture book Jessica’s Box. Eloise Florence spoke to publisher Peter Whitfield about the project.  For New Frontier...

Monday, 7 October 2013
In the breakout superhero hit of the year, Hawkeye, Volume 1 (Matt Fraction, illus by David Aja et al, Marvel, December), Clint Barton fights for justice ... and good rooftop...

Monday, 7 October 2013
Tis the season for anthologies, and this year there are several to choose from. Summer Lovin’ (Fremantle Press, December) is a collection of 14 stories about love (lost, found, first,...

Monday, 7 October 2013
Dominique Wilson’s The Yellow Papers (Transit Lounge, March) is a ‘captivating historical epic, and a unique view of the formation of modern China’, writes Jennifer Peterson-Ward. She spoke to the...

Monday, 7 October 2013
Andrea Hanke shares her serious summer reads. While I enjoy a breezy rom-com as much as the next person, the prospect of several days of uninterrupted, beach umbrella-shaded reading time...

Monday, 7 October 2013
This year, Books+Publishing surveyed members of the Australian book industry to find out exactly how much workers are getting paid. Andrea Hanke and Andrew Wrathall report on the results. It’s...

Monday, 7 October 2013
Children’s and YA fiction gets the bulk of the attention when it comes to media coverage, awards and events. So why is children’s nonfiction considered the ‘ugly stepsister’ of children’s...

Monday, 7 October 2013
Aleesah Darlison, author of the ‘Unicorn Riders’ series, has filled her new book with unicorns, fairies, griffins, dragons and goblins. She spoke to Thuy On. Read On’s review here. You’re well...

Monday, 7 October 2013
The Dealer is the Devil (Brandl & Schlesinger, February) is Adrian Newstead’s guide to the Australian Indigenous art industry. He spoke to Clive Tilsley. Read Tilsley’s review here. Why is the...

Monday, 7 October 2013
What do you think will happen to the Australian book industry under the new government? Books+Publishing asked three publishers. Martin Hughes, publisher, Affirm Press Apart from a clutch of new books by...

Monday, 7 October 2013
Kate Blackwood rounds up publishers’ top picks for 2014. Fiction Maxine Beneba Clarke’s debut short-story collection is Hodder and Headline sales and marketing director Justin Ractliffe’s top pick for 2014....

Monday, 7 October 2013
Publishers tell Brad Jefferies about their favourite forthcoming children’s and YA books. Allen & Unwin  Redgum’s popular Vietnam War song I Was Only Nineteen (John Schumann, illus by Craig Smith)...

Monday, 7 October 2013
Sex in Words is a new series of events at Dymocks Adelaide that began in June with erotic fiction readings from authors Kyoko Church, Kate Belle and Angela Castle. The...

Monday, 7 October 2013
‘Great Book Great Price’, ‘Read It, Love It or Your Money Back!’, ‘The Australian Women’s Weekly Great Read’. Publishers’ promotional stickers can provide a catchy sales pitch, promote an unknown...

Monday, 7 October 2013
In September, Bob Sessions retired from the book trade after more than 27 years at Penguin Australia, including 22 years as head of publishing. This is his parting letter to...

Monday, 7 October 2013
I’m pretty sure most booksellers have already figured out what the really big sci-fi and fantasy sellers are going to be for the end of the year: Stephen King’s Doctor...

Monday, 7 October 2013
In the pictureMargaret Hamilton, former children’s book publisher and owner of Pinerolo, the Children’s Book Cottage, is releasing her first children’s picture book in March. B is for Bedtime (illus...