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Tell the Truth, Shame the Devil (Melina Marchetta, Viking) 

Wednesday, 29 June 2016
Outside Calais, a bomb tears apart a bus full of international teenage students. The uninjured include British ex-Chief Inspector Bish Ortley’s daughter Bee and 17-year-old Violette Zidane, the youngest member...

We. Are. Family (Paul Mitchell, MidnightSun) 

Wednesday, 29 June 2016
Paul Mitchell’s debut novel is the rare book that seems to both invite every clichéd description of new Australian writing—visceral, lyrical, ‘ Wintonesque’—and somehow read as genuinely innovative. This is...

Wild Island (Jennifer Livett, A&U) 

Wednesday, 29 June 2016
Jennifer Livett’s first novel interweaves Tasmanian colonial history with the untold periphery of Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre, assuming background knowledge of neither (though the reader is certainly rewarded by familiarity...

The Great Multinational Tax Rort (Martin Feil, Scribe) 

Wednesday, 29 June 2016
Martin Feil has over 20 years’ experience in advising multinational companies and the Australian Tax Office. In this timely book, Feil argues that the tax minimisation practices of multinational companies...

Celeste (Roland Perry, ABC Books) 

Wednesday, 29 June 2016
This is the 30th book from Roland Perry, who is well known for his books on Australian military history and cricket. Its subject is a courtesan who lived in Paris...

Small publisher spotlight: Transportation Press 

Wednesday, 29 June 2016
Established in 2013, Tasmania-based Transportation Press publishes Tasmanian literature alongside work from around the world. Editor-in-chief Rachel Edwards spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘small publisher spotlight’ series: Describe your company...

Bestsellers this week

The BFG cover Monday, 27 June 2016
The top 10 bestsellers remains largely unchanged this week with the film tie-in edition of Me Before You (Jojo Moyes, Michael Joseph) remaining at the top of a fiction-dominated bestsellers...

Small publisher spotlight: Scale Free Network 

Wednesday, 22 June 2016
Melbourne-based ‘art-science collaborative’ Scale Free Network released its first book in 2013. Co-founder Gregory Crocetti spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘small publisher spotlight’ series: Describe your company in under 50...

Bestsellers this week

Monday, 20 June 2016
Jojo Moyes’ Me Before You film tie-in (Michael Joseph) has retained its top spot in this week’s overall bestsellers chart, with the B-format paperback edition (Michael Joseph) also in the...

Small publisher spotlight: Acorn Press 

Thursday, 16 June 2016
Founded in 1979, Melbourne-based Acorn Press is the ‘longest existing Christian publisher in Australia’. Board chair Paul Arnott spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘small publisher spotlight’ series: Describe your company...

SLQ appoints new state librarian and CEO

Tuesday, 14 June 2016
Vicki McDonald has been appointed state librarian and CEO of the State Library of Queensland (SLQ). McDonald has been executive director of library and information services at State Library of...

Bestsellers this week

The Dry Tuesday, 14 June 2016
Jane Harper’s debut crime novel The Dry (Macmillan) has topped this week’s highest new entries and entered the top 10 bestsellers chart in seventh spot. Harper previously won the 2015...

Small publisher spotlight: Inkerman & Blunt 

Wednesday, 8 June 2016
Established in 2013, Melbourne-based Inkerman & Blunt publishes poetry, prose and nonfiction of ‘originality, intelligence and beauty’. Founder Donna Ward spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘small publisher spotlight’ series: Describe...

Bestsellers this week

Me Before You Film Tie-in Monday, 6 June 2016
Four new releases have entered the top 10 bestsellers, with this week’s highest new entry Slow Cooker Central 2 (Pauline Christie, ABC Books) debuting in fourth spot; The Emperor’s Revenge...

The Bone Sparrow (Zana Fraillon, Lothian) 

The Bone Sparrow cover Thursday, 2 June 2016
In a story that is in some ways reminiscent of John Boyne’s The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, author Zana Fraillon asks readers to imagine a ‘Someday’ better than today. It...

On tour: Tamora Pierce 

Thursday, 2 June 2016
US author Tamora Pierce has written a number of YA series, including ‘The Song of the Lioness’ and the ‘Circle of Magic’. She will be travelling to Australia for the...

Princess Parsley (Pamela Rushby, Omnibus) 

Princess Parsley cover Thursday, 2 June 2016
Poor Parsley Patterson. As if it’s not hard enough starting high school, her dad decides to secede from Australia, making 12-year-old Parsley and her younger sisters (Sage, Rosemary and Thyme—the...

Small publisher spotlight: Aulexic 

Wednesday, 1 June 2016
WA-based publisher Aulexic specialises in books for children with language and literacy difficulties, launching its first titles in 2015. CEO and publisher Rebecca Laffar-Smith spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘small...

Bestsellers this week 

Tuesday, 31 May 2016
Sydney Writers’ Festival guest and US author and feminist Gloria Steinem has shot up the bestseller chart this week. Her memoir My Life on the Road (Nero) was the week’s...

Between the bars: Elspeth Muir on ‘Wasted’ 

Thursday, 26 May 2016
Elspeth Muir’s memoir Wasted (Text) explores Australia’s drinking culture through her relationship with her younger brother Alexander, who died when he jumped off a Brisbane bridge while drunk. It is...

 

 

 

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