Meet the 2016 Inky Awards judge: Cassandra
Thursday, 4 August 2016
Each year, a panel of teen judges from around the country select the shortlist for the Inky Awards for youth literature. Books+Publishing’s 16-year-old work experience student Alexandra Pixton spoke to...
Meet the 2016 Inky Awards judge: Brynnie
Thursday, 4 August 2016
Each year, a panel of teen judges from around the country select the shortlist for the Inky Awards for youth literature. Books+Publishing’s 16-year-old work experience student Alexandra Pixton spoke to...
Meet the 2016 Inky Awards judge: Ben
Thursday, 4 August 2016
Each year, a panel of teen judges from around the country select the shortlist for the Inky Awards for youth literature. Books+Publishing’s 16-year-old work experience student Alexandra Pixton spoke to...
Agatha and the Dark (Anna Pignataro, The Five Mile Press)
Wednesday, 3 August 2016
Agatha is a cute half-pig, half-bear hybrid who likes wearing a red, hooded coat—just like Little Red Riding Hood, although Agatha is not happy with the bit in the story...
The Gobbledygook and the Scribbledynoodle (Justine Clarke and Arthur Baysting, illus by Tom Jellett, Viking)
Wednesday, 3 August 2016
Small children clamour for repeat reads of their favourite books, and authors Justine Clarke and Arthur Baysting will have some very relieved parents on their hands with the release of...
If I Was a Banana (Alexandra Tylee & Kieran Rynhart, Gecko Press)
Wednesday, 3 August 2016
Oh, how I wish to be ‘yellow and fat and full of banana’! At least, that’s how I feel after diving into the world of an inquisitive young boy in...
Molly & Mae (Danny Parker, illus by Freya Blackwood, Little Hare)
Wednesday, 3 August 2016
Molly & Mae is a sweet picture book that follows two girls, Molly and Mae, on a train journey. The journey symbolises the path of friendship, winding its way through...
Shiver Me Timbers! (Oakley Graham, illus by Nina Caniac, Big Sky Publishing)
Wednesday, 3 August 2016
This is a rollicking tale about a crew of pirates led by the peg-legged, hook-handed Captain Black. They sail the high seas looking for treasure, through typhoons and storms, past...
Spark (Adam Wallace, illus by Andrew Plant, Ford Street)
Wednesday, 3 August 2016
A small fire is born of a careless act. Spark is thrilled by his new found energy but, coaxed by his friend Wind, the fun gets out of hand and...
That’s Not a Hippopotamus (Juliette MacIver, illus by Sarah Davis, Gecko Press)
Wednesday, 3 August 2016
This book begins with a class visit to a zoo. The children are told by the guide that they have every kind of animal, but the children quickly realise that...
There’s Not One (Jennifer Higgie, Scribble)
Wednesday, 3 August 2016
This luscious picture book offers such pleasures that small children (and their grown-up read-aloud machines) will be drawn towards it. Its simple story—that while there are billions and zillions of...
The Twins of Tintarfell (James O’Loghlin, Pan)
Wednesday, 3 August 2016
The Twins of Tintarfell is James O'Loghlin’s third novel for kids following The Adventures of Sir Roderick, The Not-Very Brave (2014) and Daisy Malone and the Blue Glowing Stone (2015)....
Elegy (Jane Abbott, Random House)
Wednesday, 3 August 2016
The locals call Kincasey ‘Short Town’—no matter what you expect from it, it always comes up short. In this stereotypical Australian country town, rife with gossip and misogyny, the local...
Goldenhand (Garth Nix, A&U)
Wednesday, 3 August 2016
Fans of Garth Nix will be delighted to return once again to the world of the ‘Old Kingdom’ series, with Goldenhand plunging the reader straight back into where Abhorsen left...
Paper, scissors, glue: Jennifer Higgie on ‘There’s Not One’
Wednesday, 3 August 2016
Art critic and editor Jennifer Higgie’s debut picture book There’s Not One (Scribble, October) is a ‘simple story’ that teaches children the unique nature of things in a wider landscape...
Sweet rhymes: Joel Moore on ‘Mulga’s Magical Musical Creatures’
Wednesday, 3 August 2016
Joel Moore—known also by his alias Mulga—is a mural artist, designer and poet, who has turned his hand to picture books. Reviewer Suzanne Garcia calls Mulga’s Magical Musical Creatures (Lothian,...
Small publisher spotlight: Clan Destine Press
Wednesday, 3 August 2016
Genre specialist Clan Destine Press, based in regional Victoria, first began publishing in 2010. Publisher Lindy Cameron spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘small publisher spotlight’ series: Describe your company in...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 1 August 2016
Australian author Liane Moriarty’s new release Truly Madly Guilty (Pan) has unseated Jojo Moyes’ Me Before You film tie in (Michael Joseph) from the top spot of the overall bestsellers...
Family Skeleton (Carmel Bird, UWA Publishing)
Thursday, 28 July 2016
Carmel Bird is an incredibly distinctive writer who has earned a loyal following of fans in the literary community. In Family Skeleton, she mixes acidic authorial asides with an intimate...
The Fence (Meredith Jaffé, Macmillan)
Thursday, 28 July 2016
Septuagenarian Gwen and husband Eric are long-term residents of Green Valley Avenue, a quiet leafy corner in Sydney. When her beloved friend next-door dies, and her house is put on...
The Locksmith’s Daughter (Karen Brooks, Harlequin)
Thursday, 28 July 2016
Meticulously researched and historically compelling, Karen Brooks’ The Locksmith’s Daughter transports the reader to 16th-century London, at the height of Queen Elizabeth’s reign, and into the tumultuous world of Mallory...
On the Blue Train (Kristel Thornell, A&U)
Thursday, 28 July 2016
In December 1926, Agatha Christie, already a well-known novelist, starred in her own mystery when she ‘disappeared’ for 11 days without a word to her husband or six-year-old daughter. The...
The Science of Appearances (Jacinta Halloran, Scribe)
Thursday, 28 July 2016
A trained GP, Jacinta Halloran continues to draw on her medical knowledge in her third novel, The Science of Appearances, exploring genetics—and its controversial twin eugenics. The novel opens with...
1787: The Lost Chapters of Australia’s Beginnings (Nick Brodie, Hardie Grant)
Thursday, 28 July 2016
Australia’s documented history is ‘like a manuscript with the opening pages torn off,’ writes Nick Brodie in the opening of his latest book, 1787: The Lost Chapters of Australia’s Beginnings....
Bob Ellis: In His Own Words (Bob Ellis, Black Inc.)
Thursday, 28 July 2016
Bob Ellis was an Australian journalist, writer, filmmaker, and political observer, and this latest posthumous collection of his writing, In His Own Words, is a selection of his work chosen...
The Death of Holden: The End of an Australian Dream (Royce Kurmelovs, Hachette)
Thursday, 28 July 2016
According to the dominant narrative, the demise of Australia’s car industry is easy to explain: we just couldn’t compete with competitors in Asia. The imminent closure of the car factories...
Fight Like a Girl (Clementine Ford, A&U)
Thursday, 28 July 2016
In her engaging debut, Fairfax columnist and feminist Clementine Ford surveys what it means to be a girl in the world today, covering topics from eating disorders and abortion, to...
Pitched Battle: In the Frontline of the 1971 Springbok Tour of Australia (Larry Writer, Scribe)
Thursday, 28 July 2016
In 1971, South Africa under apartheid sent its last sporting team to Australia. It caused an intense polarisation of opinion, demonstrations at matches and even riots in the streets. Opposition...
Looking for a fair fight: Clementine Ford on ‘Fight Like a Girl’
Thursday, 28 July 2016
Clementine Ford’s debut Fight Like a Girl (A&U, October) is an examination of ‘what it means to be a girl in the world today’, fuelled by Ford’s ‘clear-eyed defiance and...
Shine: The Making of the Australian Netball Diamonds (Jenny Sinclair & Megan Maurice, Finch)
Thursday, 28 July 2016
Women’s team sport is frequently overlooked when it comes to mainstream media, so it may come as a surprise then to find out that the Australian Diamonds Netball team are...
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