On tour: Janine di Giovanni
Thursday, 6 October 2016
US foreign correspondent Janine di Giovanni’s latest book is The Morning They Came for Us (Bloomsbury), an account of the conflict in Syria. She will be touring Australia in February. ...
Booking ahead: 2017 nonfiction preview
Thursday, 6 October 2016
Several Australian authors make their long-awaited return to publishing next year, alongside some promising debuts. Andrea Hanke and Vicki Stegink round up publishers’ nonfiction highlights for 2017. (See fiction titles here.)...
Jane’s addiction: Jane Covernton’s career journey
Wednesday, 5 October 2016
‘I had accidentally stumbled upon the job of my life,’ writes Jane Covernton about her entry into children’s publishing. The co-founder of Omnibus Books and more recently, Working Title Press,...
Small publisher spotlight: Niche Press
Wednesday, 5 October 2016
Founded in 2014, Melbourne-based Niche Press specialises in ‘quirky smaller-scale publications’ that might get overlooked by the mass market. Founder Michael Carolan spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘small publisher spotlight’...
Gus Dog Goes to Work (Rachel Flynn, illus by Craig Smith, Working Title)
Tuesday, 4 October 2016
Gus Dog Goes to Work chronicles all the tremendously exciting things a well-meaning sheepdog could possibly get involved with when (inexplicably) his owner doesn’t follow the usual routine of taking...
Our Dog Benji (Pete Carter & James Henderson, EK Books)
Tuesday, 4 October 2016
Many kids are fussy eaters; many dogs are not. With this simple premise Pete Carter sets up his picture book, ably supported by illustrator James Henderson. Benji, the little boy’s...
Diamond Jack: History Mysteries Book One (Mark Greenwood, Puffin)
Tuesday, 4 October 2016
Even as World War II rages, Jack Palmer spends his time on his boat wandering up and down the coast of Western Australia. Meanwhile, the Imperial Japanese army are on...
Lisette’s Paris Notebook (Catherine Bateson, A&U)
Tuesday, 4 October 2016
When Lisette arrives in Paris for the summer, she thinks she’s prepared. She has a great wardrobe, she’s staying with her mother’s psychic, and surely before long she’ll be checking...
Valentine (Jodi McAlister, Penguin)
Tuesday, 4 October 2016
A strange, black-as-midnight horse appears during a party. Frustratingly good-looking Finn throws a horseshoe at it, scaring it off before Marie can pat it and adding to the list of...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 3 October 2016
Working Class Boy, the first instalment of Jimmy Barnes’ two-book autobiography (HarperCollins), has debuted at number one on the bestsellers chart this week. This ends the long-running reign of The...
Small publisher spotlight: UWA Publishing
Wednesday, 28 September 2016
UWA Publishing was launched in 1935 at the University of Western Australia in Perth to produce textbooks for its students, and has since expanded into general fiction, poetry and nonfiction....
Yearning potential: Lucy Durneen on ‘Wild Gestures’
Tuesday, 27 September 2016
UK writer Lucy Durneen’s Wild Gestures debut short story collection will be published by South-Australian publisher MidnightSun in January. It is an ‘intriguing collection’ of ‘psychologically acute portraits … shaped...
Barking Dogs (Rebekah Clarkson, Affirm Press)
Tuesday, 27 September 2016
Barking Dogs is a novel in stories from short-story writer Rebekah Clarkson, set in the fictional Mt Barker, a once sleepy country town being engulfed by the outer suburbs. Each...
Crimson Lake (Candice Fox, Bantam)
Tuesday, 27 September 2016
Candice Fox, winner of two Ned Kelly Awards and co-author with the bestselling James Patterson, has unleashed another taut, gripping crime thriller that is as accomplished as her publishing history...
The Dangers of Truffle Hunting (Sunni Overend, HarperCollins)
Tuesday, 27 September 2016
Kit Gossard thinks her life is on track. She’s a photographer for an internationally renowned food magazine, and is engaged to a man who can provide a secure future. So...
The Golden Child (Wendy James, HarperCollins)
Tuesday, 27 September 2016
Beth’s blogging alter-ego Lizzy may seem to have the perfect life, but Beth’s reality is far messier. Following the family’s relocation to Newcastle from the US, conflict seems to be...
Gwen (Goldie Goldbloom, Fremantle Press)
Tuesday, 27 September 2016
Gwen, Goldie Goldbloom’s uneven but engaging new novel, takes a panoramic approach to familiar territory. Set mainly in London and Paris at the turn of the 19th century, it chronicles...
Loopholes (Susan McCreery, Spineless Wonders)
Tuesday, 27 September 2016
Shakespeare once said that ‘brevity is the soul of wit’; the genre of microfiction takes this advice to heart. To succeed, microfiction must combine efficiency of text with immediacy of...
One Leg Over: Memories of Love, Fun and a Few Tears (Robin Dalton, Text)
Tuesday, 27 September 2016
In 2015, Text reissued Robin Dalton’s 1965 memoir Aunts up the Cross as part of its ‘Text Classics’ series. The book offered a humorous glimpse into Dalton’s bohemian childhood in...
A Perfidious Distortion of History (Jürgen Tampke, Scribe)
Tuesday, 27 September 2016
This book from German-born, Australia-based historian Jürgen Tampke is a great example of revisionist history. It’s a popular historical conceit that the end of World War I and the Treaty...
The Trapeze Act (Libby Angel, Text)
Tuesday, 27 September 2016
The Trapeze Act is a beautifully lyrical novel about the search for meaning and identity in 1970s Australia. This is quite a task for Loretta—daughter of a loose-cannon ex-carnie mother...
The Unfortunate Victim (Greg Pyers, Scribe)
Tuesday, 27 September 2016
The first book in a new crime series, The Unfortunate Victim follows Prussian detective Otto Berliner as he solves the murder of 17-year-old Maggie Stuart in 1860s Daylesford. This book...
The Waterfowl Are Drunk! (Kate Liston-Mills, Spineless Wonders)
Tuesday, 27 September 2016
Kate Liston-Mills’ debut collection of fiction is an astute, often moving study of three generations of a small-town family. Set in the author’s native Pambula in regional NSW, it captures...
Wedding Bush Road (David Francis, Brio)
Tuesday, 27 September 2016
Daniel, a 35-year-old Australian lawyer, leaves his LA base and girlfriend behind to return home upon hearing of the ill health of his mother Ruth. Upon arrival to the horse...
Wild Gestures (Lucy Durneen, MidnightSun)
Tuesday, 27 September 2016
This is an intriguing collection of short stories where things are seldom what they seem and characters are preoccupied by their past actions. Shaped less by plot than by precise...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 26 September 2016
Children’s books make up four of the top five bestsellers in this week’s charts, with the top three spots taken by The 78-Storey Treehouse (Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton, Pan),...
Small publisher spotlight: Spineless Wonders
Wednesday, 21 September 2016
Launched in 2011, Sydney-based publisher Spineless Wonders specialises in short Australian stories in various formats. Publisher Bronwyn Mehan spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘small publisher spotlight’ series. Describe your company...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 19 September 2016
The 78-Storey Treehouse (Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton, Pan) and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child play script (J K Rowling, Jack Thorne & John Tiffany, Hachette) remain in first...
Small publisher spotlight: Empowering Resources
Wednesday, 14 September 2016
Founded in Victoria in 2015, Empowering Resources specialises in children’s picture books and junior novels that ‘help people of any age explore complex and difficult emotional issues’. Co-founders Jeremy and...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 12 September 2016
The 78-Storey Treehouse (Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton, Pan) and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child play script (J K Rowling, Jack Thorne & John Tiffany, Hachette) are in first...
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