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Spotlight on the ABA’s ICYMI 50

Monday, 31 January 2022
To support the Australian Booksellers Association’s ICYMI 50 campaign, throughout February Books+Publishing is republishing reviews of titles featured in the promotion. ICYMI 50 books are available from selected independent retailers at...

Books in the media this weekend: 29–30 January 

Friday, 28 January 2022
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. This week's round-up will be updated as information becomes available. National The Saturday Paper The...

Yanagihara’s ‘To Paradise’ debuts at number eight 

Monday, 24 January 2022
Top 10 bestsellers             The Fast 800 Keto (Michael Mosley, Hachette) It Ends With Us (Colleen Hoover, S&S) Apples Never Fall (Liane Moriarty, Macmillan) Atomic Habits (James Clear, Random House Business)...

Books in the media this weekend: 22–23 January 

Friday, 21 January 2022
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Dark Matter (Michael Winterbottom, Bloomsbury) Sister Girl (Jackie Huggins, UQP) Love Marriage (Monica...

Growing Up in Flames (Zach Jones, Text) 

Tuesday, 18 January 2022
Zach Jones’s debut novel Growing Up in Flames is as gritty as bushfire ash. Written for a doctorate in creative writing at the University of the Sunshine Coast, the novel’s...

‘The 10:10 Diet’ debuts at number two 

Monday, 17 January 2022
Top 10 bestsellers              The Fast 800 Keto (Michael Mosley, Hachette) The 10:10 Diet (Sarah Di Lorenzo, S&S) It Ends With Us (Colleen Hoover, S&S) Apples Never Fall (Liane Moriarty,...

Books in the media this weekend: 15–16 January 

Friday, 14 January 2022
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. ACT The Canberra Times Saturday, 17 January A Ghost in the Throat (Doireann Ni Ghriofa,...

Son of Sin (Omar Sakr, Affirm)  

Tuesday, 11 January 2022
Son of Sin by Omar Sakr tells the story of growing up queer and Muslim in a constant state of dispossession. The story begins with Jamal as a 14-year-old boy,...

‘The Fast 800 Keto’ debuts at number one 

Monday, 10 January 2022
Top 10 bestsellers         The Fast 800 Keto (Michael Mosley, Hachette) Apples Never Fall (Liane Moriarty, Macmillan) It Ends With Us (Colleen Hoover, S&S) The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo...

Gabaldon tops charts again 

Friday, 10 December 2021
The top of the bestsellers chart is unchanged with Diana Gabaldon’s Go Tell the Bees that I Am Gone in first spot for the second week in a row. Anh...

Books in the media this weekend, 11–12 December 

Friday, 10 December 2021
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. Please note, several publications are running 'best of' features in lieu of reviews this week....

Books in the media this weekend, 4–5 December 

Friday, 3 December 2021
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Adrift in Melbourne (Robyn Annear, Text) Girt Nation (David Hunt, Black...

New ‘Outlander’ debuts in top spot 

Friday, 3 December 2021
Diana Gabaldon’s ninth instalment in the ‘Outlander’ series, Go Tell the Bees that I am Gone, has debuted at number one on this week’s bestseller charts. It’s landed ahead of...

Marketing ploy helps Vaynerchuk debut at number one 

Friday, 26 November 2021
On the back of a ‘unique’ marketing campaign urging customers to buy a dozen copies of his book, US entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk’s business title Twelve and a Half has debuted...

Books in the media this weekend, 27–28 November 

Friday, 26 November 2021
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper My Body (Emily Ratajkowski, Quercus) The New Curator: Exhibiting architecture &...

Get to know the SPN Book of the Year shortlist

Monday, 22 November 2021
The winner of the 2021 Small Press Network (SPN) Book of the Year Award will be announced this Friday, 26 November during the annual SPN Independent Publishing Conference. Each Monday,...

Childs climb to first 

Friday, 19 November 2021
After two weeks as runner up, Lee and Andrew Child’s latest Jack Reacher novel, Better off Dead, has prised top spot from Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton’s 143-Storey Treehouse, which...

Books in the media this weekend, 20–21 November 

Friday, 19 November 2021
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. This week's round-up will be updated as data becomes available. National The Saturday Paper 7...

Get to know the SPN Book of the Year shortlist

Monday, 15 November 2021
The winner of the 2021 Small Press Network (SPN) Book of the Year Award will be announced on 26 November during the annual SPN Independent Publishing Conference. Each Monday, in the...

Barnes, Bluey books into top ten 

Friday, 12 November 2021
There’s not a lot of change at the pointy end of this week’s bestseller charts—it’s still the latest books by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton, and Lee and Andrew Child,...

Books in the media this weekend, 13–14 November 

Friday, 12 November 2021
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper The Dogs (John Hughes, Upswell) Fiona Foley Provocateur: An art life...

Found, Wanting (Natasha Sholl, Ultimo Press)  

Tuesday, 9 November 2021
Beginning with a sudden death, Natasha Sholl’s memoir sets us up to expect a traditional grief narrative, ending with the author having processed the loss, found new meaning in their...

Get to know the SPN Book of the Year shortlist

Monday, 8 November 2021
The winner of the 2021 Small Press Network (SPN) Book of the Year Award will be announced on 26 November during the annual SPN Independent Publishing Conference. Each Monday, in...

Child, Kinney debut at two and three 

Friday, 5 November 2021
The latest Jack Reacher thriller (Better Off Dead, Lee & Andrew Child) and Wimpy Kid picture book (#16, Big Shot) have debuted at second and third spot respectively on this...

Books in the media this weekend 

Friday, 5 November 2021
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend, 6–7 November, 2021. This week's round-up will be updated as data becomes available. National The...

New Treehouse debuts in top spot 

Friday, 29 October 2021
For the second week in a row, a new title has debuted as the overall bestseller—this time, it’s Andy Griffith and Terry Denton’s latest instalment in the ‘Treehouse’ series. Last...

Books in the media this weekend 

Friday, 29 October 2021
This week’s round-up will be updated as data is available.  National The Saturday Paper How to End a Story (Helen Garner, Text) The Magpie Wing (Max Easton, Giramondo) Wild Abandon...