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Meet the ABIA Rising Stars: Ali Hammond  Archive

Thursday, 26 April 2018
In recognition of the Australian Book Industry Awards' (ABIA) inaugural Rising Star of the Year Award, Books+Publishing spoke to each of the five shortlisted nominees ahead of the winner's announcement...

Correction  Archive

Wednesday, 4 April 2018
Books+Publishing published an article under the title of 'Former Mary Ryan's Byron Bay relaunches as the Book Room at Byron' on 13 February 2018 in which former Mary Ryan’s franchisees...

RiP Chris Player  Archive

Friday, 12 January 2018
The founder of specialist academic distributor Astam Books, Chris Player, has died. Footprint Books, which acquired Astam in 2006, supplied the following statement: ‘Sadly Chris Player passed away on Saturday,...

Book blogger spotlight: Trish Talks Texts  Archive

Wednesday, 27 September 2017
Trish Buckley is a teacher-librarian who brings a critical perspective to YA literature. ‘I have been reading YA novels since I was a teenager, so that’s 30-odd years of context,...

Book blogger spotlight: The Unlikely Bookworm  Archive

Wednesday, 20 September 2017
Londoner-turned-Sydneysider Lucy Pearson blogs about books and travel at The Unlikely Bookworm. Pearson reviews and recommends a range of fiction and nonfiction, and will soon be launching a series of...

Book blogger spotlight: Libretto Reviews  Archive

Wednesday, 13 September 2017
Italian expat Erica Puggioni now lives in Brisbane, where she blogs about crime, literary fiction and fantasy at Libretto Reviews. ‘I am bilingual and so is my blog,’ says Puggioni....

Book blogger spotlight: Children’s Books Daily  Archive

Tuesday, 5 September 2017
Queensland-based blogger and teacher-librarian Megan Daley has a longstanding involvement with children’s and YA literature, which gives her blog a unique viewpoint. ‘I feel like I’ve been wandering around the...

Book blogger spotlight: Lectito  Archive

Wednesday, 23 August 2017
Since starting her book blog Lectito in 2015, Margot McGovern believes that blogging has become ‘much more fluid’. ‘Most of the bloggers I follow work across multiple platforms and use...

Book blogger spotlight: ReadLikeWildfire  Archive

Wednesday, 16 August 2017
BookTuber Chami Rupasinghe experimented with different platforms before settling on YouTube. ‘Although YouTube does take quite a bit more effort to produce content for compared to other platforms like Twitter...

Book blogger spotlight: Babbling Books  Archive

Wednesday, 9 August 2017
Multi-platform blogger Tamsien West shares her eclectic reading tastes across her blog, Instagram, YouTube and book club under the name Babbling Books. She has found that ‘deeply personal stories and...

Book blogger spotlight: Half Deserted Streets  Archive

Wednesday, 2 August 2017
For blogger Danielle Carey, Instagram ‘feels like the most enthusiastic and inviting place to flail about books online’. Her Instagram-based microblog, Half Deserted Streets, reaches 11,000 followers, but she also...

Book blogger spotlight: Bec’s Books  Archive

Wednesday, 26 July 2017
Rebecca Gough is a self-described ‘perpetual internet presence’ who blogs about YA and middle-grade titles, with a focus on fantasy and sci-fi. After realising that Instagram’s space for captions was...

Book blogger spotlight: Lillytales  Archive

Wednesday, 12 July 2017
Kate Lloyd started reviewing books on Instagram as a way to connect with like-minded readers. Her blog Lillytales now spans YouTube, Twitter, Goodreads and Litsy, but Instagram remains her favourite...

Book blogger spotlight: Tea and Titles  Archive

Wednesday, 7 June 2017
Book bloggers Ely and Michelle are staunch advocates for greater representation of disability in books. Their blog, Tea and Titles, is primarily focused on YA literature, but also covers poetry,...

Book blogger spotlight: Diva Booknerd  Archive

Wednesday, 31 May 2017
YA and middle-grade book blogger Kelly from Diva Booknerd says she reviews books ‘purely on emotion and entertainment’, and enjoys the sense of community that blogging brings. She spoke to...

Book blogger spotlight: Readers in Wonderland  Archive

Wednesday, 24 May 2017
Australian blogger Rebecca Daly and US-based Alise McGriffin have collaborated on the YA blog Readers in Wonderland since 2013. Daly’s blogging style incorporates GIFs and images to keep it visually...

Book blogger spotlight: Reading Matters  Archive

Wednesday, 10 May 2017
UK-based Australian blogger Kim Forrester started Reading Matters in 2004 to help her remember what she was reading. Now she likes to focus on ‘books that may have slipped under...