New ‘Books+Publishing Junior’ reviews out now
5 May 2017
Books+Publishing’s latest Junior newsletter contains nine reviews of books publishing in June and July. The two highest-scoring titles were Kyle Hughes-Odgers’ picture-book One Thousand Trees (Fremantle Press, July) and Peter...
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4 May 2017
Books+Publishing’s latest Reviews newsletter contains eight reviews of books publishing in June and July 2017. The two highest scoring books were Steven Lang’s Hinterland (UQP, July) and Mark Brandi’s Wimmera...
New ‘Books+Publishing Junior’ reviews out now
6 April 2017
Books+Publishing’s latest Junior newsletter contains 16 reviews of books publishing in May and June 2017. Marlee Jane Ward’s YA novel Psynode (Seizure, May), the follow-up to her Victorian Premier’s Literary Award-winning...
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31 March 2017
Books+Publishing’s latest Reviews newsletter contains 14 reviews of books publishing in May and June 2017. Eva Hornung’s The Last Garden (Text, May) is one of two books to score 4.5 stars, with...
Books+Publishing magazine Issue 1 2017
15 March 2017
Books+Publishing magazine’s first issue for 2017 is out now! Reviews: It’s a strong start to the year for reviews, with four adult books scoring 4.5 stars in this issue. Among...
New ‘Books+Publishing’ reviews out now
10 March 2017
Books+Publishing’s latest Reviews newsletter contains 16 reviews of books publishing in April and May 2017. The three highest-scoring books were Ashley Hay’s novel A Hundred Small Lessons (A&U, April), Karen...
New ‘Books+Publishing Junior’ reviews out now
3 March 2017
Books+Publishing’s latest Junior newsletter contains 10 reviews of books publishing in April 2017. Seven of the books scored four stars from our reviewers, including Mammoth Mistake, the first book in the...
New ‘Books+Publishing Junior’ reviews out now
10 February 2017
Books+Publishing’s latest Junior newsletter contains nine reviews of books publishing in February and March 2017. Garth Nix’s YA novel Frogkisser! (A&U, March) scored five stars from reviewer Dani Solomon. She...
New ‘Books+Publishing’ reviews out now
3 February 2017
Books+Publishing’s latest Reviews newsletter contains 12 reviews of books publishing in February and March 2017. Two books scored 4.5 stars—Jane Rawson’s From the Wreck (Transit Lounge, March) and Michael Sala’s...
Top ‘Books+Publishing’ stories, reviews of 2016
16 December 2016
In October, Books+Publishing reported on the imminent arrival of a new bar and bookshop in Melbourne specialising in Irish whiskey and Irish literature. Our story on Buck Mulligan’s—which has since...
Merry Christmas: Our 2016 highlights and plans for 2017
6 December 2016
As the end of the year approaches (we published our Christmas preview in July and our 2017 fiction, nonfiction and children’s/YA previews in October, so it feels like it’s been...
New ‘Books+Publishing Junior’ reviews out now
11 November 2016
Books+Publishing’s latest Junior newsletter contains seven reviews of books publishing in March 2017. Allison Rushby’s junior novel The Turnkey (Walker Books) was one of several titles that scored four stars...
Books+Publishing magazine Issue 4 2016
11 October 2016
Books+Publishing magazine’s fourth issue for 2016 is out now! It features 26 reviews of adult and children’s books publishing in December 2016 to March 2017. Lucy Durneen’s short-story collection Wild...
New ‘Books+Publishing Junior’ reviews out now
7 October 2016
Books+Publishing’s latest Junior newsletter contains five reviews of books publishing in January and February 2017. The highest-scoring title was Mark Greenwood’s Diamond Jack, the first book in his new ‘History...
New ‘Books+Publishing’ reviews out now
4 October 2016
Books+Publishing’s latest Reviews newsletter contains 13 reviews of books publishing in December 2016 and January and February 2017. The highest-scoring title was Lucy Durneen’s ‘intriguing collection of short stories’, Wild...
New ‘Books+Publishing Junior’ reviews out now
2 September 2016
Books+Publishing’s latest Junior newsletter contains 14 reviews of books publishing in October and November 2016. Three books received the highest rating of 4.5 stars in this newsletter. Maxine Beneba Clarke’s...
New Books+Publishing reviews out now
26 August 2016
Books+Publishing’s latest Reviews newsletter contains 14 reviews of books publishing in October and November 2016. Julia Baird’s ‘thoroughly contemporary biography’ Victoria the Queen (HarperCollins, November) is one of three books...
New ‘Books+Publishing Junior’ reviews out now
5 August 2016
Books+Publishing’s latest Junior newsletter contains 15 reviews of books publishing in September and October 2016. Art critic Jennifer Higgie’s debut picture book There’s Not One (Scribble, September) received the highest...
New Books+Publishing reviews out now
29 July 2016
Books+Publishing’s latest Reviews newsletter contains 18 reviews of books publishing in September and October 2016. Goodwood (Holly Throsby, A&U, October) is one of three books to receive the highest score...
New ‘Books+Publishing Junior’ reviews out now
8 July 2016
Books+Publishing’s latest Junior newsletter contains 11 reviews of books publishing in September 2016. Cath Crowley’s YA novel Words in Deep Blue received the highest star rating, scoring 4.5 stars from...
New Books+Publishing reviews out now
1 July 2016
Books+Publishing’s latest Reviews newsletter contains 19 reviews of books publishing in July to September 2016. Two books scored the maximum five stars from reviewers: Melina Marchetta’s first novel for adults...
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3 June 2016
Books+Publishing’s latest Junior newsletter contains 10 reviews of books publishing in July and August 2016. Author Chris Owen and illustrator Chris Nixon’s picture book Pandamonia (Fremantle Press, August) received five...
New ‘Books+Publishing’ reviews out now
27 May 2016
Books+Publishing’s latest Reviews newsletter contains 16 reviews of books publishing in June, July and August 2016. The highest scoring fiction title was Liam Pieper’s The Toymaker (Hamish Hamilton, July), which...
New ‘Books+Publishing Junior’ reviews out now
6 May 2016
Books+Publishing’s latest Junior newsletter contains 10 reviews of books publishing in June and July 2016, including three five-star reviews. Reviewer Margaret Hamilton awarded top marks to My Brother (Dee, Oliver...
New ‘Books+Publishing’ reviews out now
2 May 2016
Books+Publishing’s latest Reviews newsletter contains nine reviews of books publishing in June, July and August 2016. The top-scoring title is Rajith Savanadasa’s debut Ruins (Hachette, July), a ‘family bildungsroman’ which...
New ‘Books+Publishing Junior’ reviews out now
8 April 2016
Books+Publishing’s latest Junior newsletter contains eight reviews of children’s and YA books publishing in June 2016. Jeannie Baker’s picture book about the migration of bar-tailed godwits, Circle (Walker Books), received...
New ‘Books+Publishing’ reviews out now
4 April 2016
Books+Publishing’s latest Reviews newsletter contains 11 reviews of books publishing in May and June 2016. Novelist and filmmaker Julia Leigh’s memoir of IVF treatment Avalanche: A Love Story (Hamish Hamilton,...
New ‘Books+Publishing Junior’ reviews out now
4 March 2016
Books+Publishing’s latest Junior newsletter contains 13 reviews of children’s and YA books publishing in April and May 2016. David Metzenthen’s YA novel Dreaming the Enemy (A&U, April) scored five stars...
New ‘Books+Publishing’ reviews out now
26 February 2016
Books+Publishing’s latest Reviews newsletter contains 13 reviews of books publishing in April and May 2016. Two books received five stars from our reviewers: Helen Garner’s nonfiction collection Everywhere I Look...
New ‘Books+Publishing Junior’ reviews out now
5 February 2016
Books+Publishing’s first Junior newsletter for 2016 contains 10 reviews of children’s and YA books publishing in February and March 2016. Lee Battersby’s first book for children Magrit (Walker Books, March)...
