Small publisher spotlight: Miscellaneous Press
Wednesday, 7 September 2016
Melbourne author and blogger Karen Andrews started Miscellaneous Press in 2008 to self-publish her first children’s picture book. She spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘small publisher spotlight’ series. Describe your...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 5 September 2016
Two dad-themed picture books are among the fastest movers this week, with Father’s Day propelling Why I Love My Daddy (illus by Daniel Howarth, HarperCollins) to the top of the...
Role reversal: Nova Weetman on ‘Everything is Changed’
Wednesday, 31 August 2016
Nova Weetman’s Everything is Changed (UQP) follows the unravelling of a friendship between two boys, told from alternating perspectives in reverse. Reviewer Jordi Kerr spoke to the author. What drove...
Poetry in action: Van T Rudd on ‘The Patchwork Bike’
Wednesday, 31 August 2016
The Patchwork Bike (Hachette, November) is the first collaboration between author Maxine Beneba Clarke and artist Van T Rudd, as well as being Rudd’s first picture book. His ‘stark but...
Everything is Changed (Nova Weetman, UQP)
Wednesday, 31 August 2016
Nova Weetman established her ability to portray complex friendships with Frankie and Joely, and with Everything is Changed, she takes it to the next level. The story follows the devastating...
The Sisters Saint-Claire (Carlie Gibson, illus by Tamsin Ainslie, A&U)
Wednesday, 31 August 2016
The Sisters Saint-Claire by Carlie Gibson is a delightful story, enchantingly illustrated by Tamsin Ainslie. The whole production—from the neat little hardback to the detailed illustrations—is reminiscent of the popular...
All I Want for Christmas is Rain (Cori Brooke, illus by Megan Forward, New Frontier)
Wednesday, 31 August 2016
All I Want for Christmas is Rain is the first collaboration between author Cori Brooke and illustrator Megan Forward, though each have several previous picture-book credits. There are plenty of...
Battle Royale: The Selwood Boys Book One (Tony Wilson, ABC Books)
Wednesday, 31 August 2016
Footy fans will love ‘The Selwood Boys’. The series kicks off with great characters and fast-paced game-play, making it the perfect suggestion for readers of Specky Magee and Crawf’s Kick...
Pocket Rocket: Ellyse Perry Book One, (Sherryl Clark & Ellyse Perry, Random House)
Wednesday, 31 August 2016
Not content with being one of the youngest sports stars to have represented Australia in cricket and soccer, Ellyse Perry can now add author to her impressive CV. In Pocket...
Girl Stuff 8-12 (Kaz Cooke, Viking)
Wednesday, 31 August 2016
Girl Stuff 8-12 is a spin-off from Kaz Cooke’s 2007 book Girl Stuff, which was written for teenagers. It’s a different beast to the original: Cooke has written new material...
A Most Magical Girl (Karen Foxlee, Piccadilly Books)
Wednesday, 31 August 2016
Set in Victorian London, A Most Magical Girl tells the story of prim and proper Annabel Grey. One day Annabel’s mother goes away unexpectedly and leaves Annabel with her aunts,...
Mrs Maver’s Magic Cat (Jacqueline Harris & Richard Ghent, illus by Don Ezard, Woodslane)
Wednesday, 31 August 2016
Cats are vain, self-centred creatures. Anyone who’s ever owned one knows that they all think they are magical, that doors open for them and food appears when they need it....
Small publisher spotlight: Harbour Publishing House
Wednesday, 31 August 2016
Harbour Publishing House, based on the South Coast of NSW, began publishing in 2014 and specialises in children’s literature. Director Garry Evans spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘small publisher spotlight’...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 29 August 2016
The 78-Storey Treehouse (Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton, Pan) has maintained its position at the top of the overall bestsellers chart this week, edging out Harry Potter and the Cursed...
The End of Patriarchy: Radical Feminism for Men (Robert Jensen, Spinifex Press)
Thursday, 25 August 2016
The End of Patriarchy by US academic Robert Jensen is a summary explanation of how radical feminism informs politics, written for an audience of men. Readers should bring an entry-level...
On tour: Justin Cronin
Thursday, 25 August 2016
US novelist Justin Cronin is the author of the apocalyptic vampire trilogy The Passage, The Twelve and The City of Mirrors (all Orion). Cronin will be appearing at the Melbourne...
On tour: Molly Crabapple
Thursday, 25 August 2016
US artist and writer Molly Crabapple is the author of the memoir Drawing Blood (HarperCollins). She is appearing at the Melbourne Writers Festival and the Festival of Dangerous Ideas in...
On tour: A C Grayling
Thursday, 25 August 2016
British philosopher A C Grayling’s latest book The Challenge of Things (Bloomsbury) is a collection of his recent writings on war and conflict. He is touring various writers’ festivals around...
Extinctions (Josephine Wilson, UWA Publishing)
Thursday, 25 August 2016
Josephine Wilson was named the recipient of the inaugural Dorothy Hewett Award for her manuscript ‘Extinctions’. Chosen unanimously by the judges, that manuscript is now published by UWA Publishing as...
Victoria the Queen: The Woman Who Made the Modern World (Julia Baird, HarperCollins)
Thursday, 25 August 2016
Julia Baird’s excellent and sadly out-of-print first book, Media Tarts: How the Australian Press Frames Female Politicians, was an engrossing dissection of gender, politics and power with the pace and...
Case study: Mark Tedeschi on ‘Murder at Myall Creek’
Thursday, 25 August 2016
Mark Tedeschi’s Murder at Myall Creek (S&S) is an account of one of Australia’s most notorious criminal cases—11 men tried for the 1848 mass murder of up to 30 Indigenous Australians in...
All is Given: A Memoir in Songs (Linda Neil, UQP)
Thursday, 25 August 2016
Linda Neil’s beguiling memoir All is Given deserves to be read by anyone with an ounce of adventure or romance in their soul, albeit with a touch of caution. As...
The Good People (Hannah Kent, Picador)
Thursday, 25 August 2016
Nóra Leahy has suffered great misfortune. It is 1825 in the far west of Ireland, and her beloved husband has just died, most ominously, at a crossroads, only a few...
Murder at Myall Creek: The Trial That Defined a Nation (Mark Tedeschi, S&S)
Thursday, 25 August 2016
Massacres of Indigenous Australians were not unusual during the early colonial history of Australia. What sets the 1838 mass murder at Myall Creek in central New South Wales apart was...
Cynthia Nolan: A Biography (M E McGuire, Melbourne Books)
Thursday, 25 August 2016
While many biographies have explored the story of Heide and its art community, M E McGuire takes a fresh look at that world and early 20th-century society through the eyes...
Grog: A Bottled History of Australia’s First 30 Years (Tom Gilling, Hachette)
Thursday, 25 August 2016
Colonial Australia was born with a drinking problem. Like a lot of the infant colony’s problems, alcohol addiction was inherited from the mother country. Many historical narratives of Australia, most...
Kiffy Rubbo: Curating the 1970s (ed by Janine Burke & Helen Hughes, Scribe)
Thursday, 25 August 2016
Sometimes studying the micro gives us the best view of the macro. Reading the essay collection Kiffy Rubbo is one of those experiences. Art curator Kiffy Rubbo provided space and...
Ruling women: Julia Baird on ‘Victoria the Queen’
Thursday, 25 August 2016
Julia Baird’s ‘thoroughly contemporary’ biography of Queen Victoria explores the social evolution of ‘British society during her long reign—particularly that of the position of women’, writes reviewer Jo Case. She spoke...
The Answer (Allan & Barbara Pease, Harlequin)
Thursday, 25 August 2016
Body language and relationship experts Allan and Barbara Pease have sold over 20 million copies worldwide of their previous titles Why Men Don’t Listen and Woman Can’t Read Road Maps...
The Art of Keeping Secrets (Rachael Johns, Harlequin)
Thursday, 25 August 2016
The Australian book industry voted Rachael Johns’ The Patterson Girls its 2015 General Fiction Book of the Year. Her new novel will also appeal to mainstream women’s fiction readers, as...
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