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Booksellers celebrate Sally Rooney Day Archive

Friday, 17 September 2021
With a highly effective pre-release publicity campaign capitalising on the success of her Netflix-adapted bestseller Normal People (Faber), Irish writer Sally Rooney’s third novel, Beautiful World, Where Are You (Faber),...

Books in the media this weekend Archive

Friday, 10 September 2021
In a new weekly feature for booksellers, Books+Publishing rounds up the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. The Saturday Paper, 11 September Beautiful World, Where...

Books in the media this weekend: A new round-up Archive

Friday, 3 September 2021
In a new weekly feature for booksellers, Books+Publishing rounds up the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. The Saturday Paper, 4 September Always (Morris Gleitzman,...

Melbourne City Reads boosts sales, ‘camaraderie and solidarity’ Archive

Friday, 27 August 2021
Inner-city Melbourne bookshops report increased sales as a direct result of the Melbourne City Reads scheme, which launched at the start of August and each month offers 25% off the...

Meet the ABIA Rising Stars 2021: Meg Whelan Archive

Monday, 26 April 2021
The Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) Rising Star of the Year is awarded to an emerging talent in Australian publishing who has spent less than 10 years in the industry. In the...

Meet the ABIA Rising Stars 2021: Isabelle O’Brien Archive

Friday, 23 April 2021
The Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) Rising Star of the Year is awarded to an emerging talent in Australian publishing who has spent less than 10 years in the industry. In the...

Meet the ABIA Rising Stars 2021: Stef Italia Archive

Friday, 16 April 2021
The Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) Rising Star of the Year is awarded to an emerging talent in Australian publishing who has spent less than 10 years in the industry. In the...

Christmas 2020: ‘Brilliant’ according to publishers Archive

Tuesday, 16 February 2021
Despite heading into Christmas with a high degree of confidence after a year of strong lockdown-boosted sales, most Australian publishers surveyed were nonetheless pleasantly surprised to find Christmas sales even...

Christmas 2020: Strong sales across all categories Archive

Monday, 15 February 2021
Most booksellers surveyed by Books+Publishing were pleased to report that sales were spread across all sections of their shops, with this reflected in the most mentioned titles spanning a diverse range...

Christmas 2020 survey results: ‘Best Christmas ever’ Archive

Friday, 12 February 2021
Books+Publishing received feedback from representatives of over 60 bookshops around Australia for its annual Christmas survey. Christmas 2020 was a bumper one for many Australian booksellers, with nearly every shop...

Browsing online: how has book buying changed during the pandemic? Archive

Monday, 11 May 2020
Isolation, lockdown and the closure of physical bookstores have resulted in a massive spike in online retail. Books+Publishing investigates what book buying looks like during Covid-19 and asks whether the...

‘Don’t presume to know how people will respond to your situation’: Small publisher Stormbird Press on coping with adversity Archive

Tuesday, 28 April 2020
The small environment-themed publishing house Stormbird Press lost everything during Australia's bushfires in January. Publisher Margi Prideaux tells Books+Publishing how her year became 'slower and less ambitious, but maybe better...

‘Lean into the format’: Jaclyn Booton on announcing the Stella Prize online Archive

Friday, 17 April 2020
On Tuesday night, Jess Hill was named winner of the 2020 Stella Prize for See What You Made Me Do (Black Inc.) at an online event presented in partnership with...

Australian bookshops respond to Covid-19 Archive

Wednesday, 18 March 2020
Australian booksellers, like many retailers, are facing a big challenge right now. At this stage some shops have moved to online only, but many stores remain open and are trying...

RiP Steph Bowe Archive

Wednesday, 22 January 2020
Australian YA author Steph Bowe has died, aged 25, due to complications from T-cell acute lymphoblastic lymphoma, a form of leukemia. Bowe began her career as a blogger before publishing...

Christmas predictions: the team at Readings SLV Archive

Thursday, 5 December 2019
In the lead-up to Christmas, the busiest time of year on the bookselling calendar, Books+Publishing is asking booksellers across the country to predict their biggest sellers and surprise sellers. In this final instalment for...

Christmas predictions: Tim Gott from Devonport Bookshop Archive

Friday, 29 November 2019
In the lead-up to Christmas, the busiest time of year on the bookselling calendar, Books+Publishing is asking booksellers across the country to predict their biggest sellers and surprise sellers. In this first instalment for...

Christmas predictions: Nat Latter from Rabble Books & Games in Perth Archive

Friday, 22 November 2019
In the lead-up to Christmas, the busiest time of year on the bookselling calendar, Books+Publishing is asking booksellers across the country to predict their biggest sellers and surprise sellers. In this instalment, Nat...

China ‘most active’ international market for Oz kids publishers: Insights from the China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair Archive

Wednesday, 20 November 2019
A delegation of Australian publishers and agents attended this year’s China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair (CCBF), which ran from 15–17 November. Wenona Byrne, Australia Council’s director of literature, reports...

Christmas predictions: Sean Guy from the Bookshop Darwin Archive

Friday, 15 November 2019
In the lead-up to Christmas, the busiest time of year on the bookselling calendar, Books+Publishing is asking booksellers across the country to predict their biggest sellers and surprise sellers. In this first instalment...

Climate change and MBS books popular at nonfiction-focused Frankfurt 2019 Archive

Wednesday, 30 October 2019
Nonfiction titles dominated this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair (16–20 October), with books on climate change and Mind Body Spirit (MBS) in demand, according to a number of Australian publishers who...

Book industry orgs support climate strike Archive

Wednesday, 18 September 2019
Booksellers, publishers and other industry organisations across Australia are participating in the global climate strike, taking place on Friday, 20 September. With almost 100 locations across Australia registered to strike,...