Bestsellers this week
Tuesday, 26 April 2016
Two new releases have entered this week’s top 10 bestsellers: Nora Roberts’ The Obsession (Hachette) is this week’s overall bestseller, while Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michelle Payne’s autobiography Life As I...
Small publisher spotlight: Vine Leaves Press
Wednesday, 20 April 2016
Established in 2014, Melbourne-based Vine Leaves Press specialises in book-length vignette, poetry and short-story collections, among other things. Co-founder Jessica Bell spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘small publisher spotlight’ series:...
Reminder: Stella Prize announced tonight
Tuesday, 19 April 2016
The winner of this year’s Stella Prize will be announced tonight at an event in Sydney. The shortlisted titles are: Six Bedrooms (Tegan Bennett Daylight, Vintage) Hope Farm (Peggy Frew,...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 18 April 2016
One with You (Penguin), Sylvia Day's fifth and final book in her erotic romance series ‘Crossfire’, has debuted as the overall bestseller and highest new entry in this week’s charts. Rounding...
Small publisher spotlight: Rockpool Publishing
Wednesday, 13 April 2016
Sydney-based Rockpool Publishing was established in 2006 and specialises in health, recreation and family titles. Publishing director Lisa Hanrahan spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘small publisher spotlight’ series: Describe your...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 11 April 2016
The Treehouse Fun Book by Jill Griffiths, Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton (Pan) has climbed from fifth to first place in this week’s top 10 bestsellers chart—also making it this...
Desert Lake: The Story of Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre (Pamela Freeman, illus by Liz Anelli, Walker Books)
Wednesday, 6 April 2016
This new standalone picture book in the award-winning ‘Nature Storybook’ series is a fascinating insight into how flora and fauna survive in the hot, dry land of Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre...
The Snow Wombat (Susannah Chambers illus by Mark Jackson, A&U)
Wednesday, 6 April 2016
One wouldn’t normally expect the words ‘snow’ and ‘wombat’ to sit snugly together but they do in this picture book, set in the Australian high country in winter, where a...
Introducing Teddy (Jessica Walton, illus by Dougal MacPherson, Bloomsbury)
Wednesday, 6 April 2016
Introducing Teddy is a charming picture book about a young boy and his transgender teddy bear. First-time author Jessica Walton has teamed up with illustrator Dougal MacPherson on the book,...
Mrs Whitlam (Bruce Pascoe, Magabala)
Wednesday, 6 April 2016
As I child I would devour any book that had a horse in it, no matter the story, and this new book by Bruce Pascoe (Fox a Dog, Sea Horse)...
The New Friend: Ginger Green Playdate Queen: Book One (Kim Kane, illus by Jon Davis, Hardie Grant Egmont)
Wednesday, 6 April 2016
The first of four titles launching Kim Kane’s new ‘Ginger Green, Play Date Queen’ series, The New Friend features the eponymous character—a bouncy, enthusiastic young fox—navigating the social challenges of...
The Other Side of Summer (Emily Gale, Random House)
Wednesday, 6 April 2016
How does a family recover from a tragedy? For Summer’s dad, it’s packing up and moving to a new country, where they can find themselves free of painful memories. For...
Threader (Rebekah Turner, Harlequin Teen)
Wednesday, 6 April 2016
Josie Ryder has been warned by the uncle who raised her to keep her telepathic and telekinetic talents a secret, especially from the powerful corporations who recruit talented people like...
On tour: Liz Pichon
Wednesday, 6 April 2016
UK writer and illustrator Liz Pichon is the author of the ‘Tom Gates’ books for young readers, including the forthcoming Super Good Skills (Almost) (Scholastic, June). Pichon will visit the...
Small publisher spotlight: Berbay Publishing
Wednesday, 6 April 2016
Melbourne-based children’s publisher Berbay was established in 2009 by Alexandra Yatomi-Clarke. She spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘small publisher spotlight’ series: Describe your company in under 50 words. Berbay is...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 4 April 2016
The Road to Ruin (Niki Savva, Scribe) has claimed the top spot in this week’s top 10 bestsellers chart. Savva’s account of former Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s political downfall has...
Gotham: Wisdom Tree Book One (Nick Earls, Inkerman & Blunt)
Friday, 1 April 2016
What does family mean in the 21st century? Brisbane writer Nick Earls has a few ideas. Five, specifically. Wisdom Tree is a collection of five interlinked novellas that place the...
Black British (Hebe de Souza, Ventura Press)
Friday, 1 April 2016
Hebe de Souza’s debut novel explores identity and belonging in post-colonial India. Lucy has returned to Goa 21 years after her family was forced to leave their home as the...
The Healing Party (Micheline Lee, Black Inc.)
Friday, 1 April 2016
This debut family drama centres on Natasha Chan, who, having sought exile in Darwin away from her devout Christian family, returns home to nurse her ailing mother, who is dying...
Out of the Ice (Ann Turner, S&S)
Friday, 1 April 2016
Out of the Ice is the second novel by screenwriter Ann Turner (The Lost Swimmer). Its narrator is a scientist who has just over-wintered in Antarctica, and is sent to do...
Error Australis (Ben Pobjie, Affirm)
Friday, 1 April 2016
Ben Pobjie sets the tone for his book Error Australis by comparing history to reality TV; both are filled with drama, suspense, love, hatred, loyalty, deception and horses—and we may...
Comfort Food (Ellen van Neerven, UQP)
Friday, 1 April 2016
Comfort Food is the eagerly anticipated poetry collection from Ellen van Neerven, whose debut 2014 fiction collection Heat and Light marked her as one of our most promising new writers....
Fiction that slays: Julie Koh on ‘Portable Curiosities’
Friday, 1 April 2016
Julie Koh’s debut short story collection Portable Curiosities (UQP, June) ‘takes a magnifying glass to Australia’s greatest fallacies’, writes reviewer Sonia Nair. She spoke to the author. How does the...
A novella approach: Nick Earls on the ‘Wisdom Tree’ series
Friday, 1 April 2016
Nick Earls’ Gotham (Inkerman & Blunt) is the first of five interlinked novellas that will be released each month from May to September. Reviewer Carody Culver spoke to Earls about...
A Long Time Coming: Essays on Old Age (Melanie Joosten, Scribe)
Friday, 1 April 2016
It can be difficult to admit that we are all products of an ageist society, guilty of stereotyping and discrimination against the elderly, regarding them as a hopeless and expensive...
On defeated dreams: Julia Leigh on ‘Avalanche’
Friday, 1 April 2016
Novelist and filmmaker Julia Leigh’s first work of nonfiction Avalanche: A Love Story (Hamish Hamilton) is a ‘brave and candid account of her desire to have a child [via IVF...
Small publisher spotlight: FableCroft Publishing
Thursday, 31 March 2016
ACT-based speculative fiction publisher FableCroft was launched in 2010 by editor Tehani Wessely. She spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘small publisher spotlight’ series: Describe your company in under 50 words....
Bestsellers this week
Tuesday, 29 March 2016
Lady Midnight (Cassandra Clare, S&S) remains at the top of the overall bestsellers chart for a second week, with new release Property of a Noble Woman (Danielle Steel, Bantam) in...
Small publisher spotlight: MidnightSun Publishing
Tuesday, 22 March 2016
‘Small publisher spotlight’ is a new series from Books+Publishing. Each week we will interview the publisher of a small press to find out what makes them tick, what successes they’ve...
Flying high: Jeannie Baker on ‘Circle’
Monday, 21 March 2016
In her new picture book Circle, Jeannie Baker uses her distinctive mixed-media illustrations to depict the migration of the bar-tailed godwits. Reviewer Margaret Hamilton describes it as a ‘masterpiece’. She...
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