Amplifying First Nations voices: Magabala, UQP and Thames & Hudson share their latest titles
9 June 2021
From exciting new releases to major international rights sales, First Nations publishing in Australia continues to go from strength to strength. Australian Indigenous publisher Magabala Books has had a stellar...
Independent and international: Spinifex Press, Big Sky and Exisle on their latest titles and rights successes
9 June 2021
Spinifex Press, Big Sky Publishing and Exisle Publishing are three Australian independents with a strong international focus. Australian feminist publisher Spinifex Press has had a presence on the international scene—selling...
Small press, big picture: New picture books from Windy Hollow, Berbay, Magabala and Fremantle Press
26 May 2021
Four Australian small presses—Windy Hollow Books, Berbay Publishing, Magabala Books and Fremantle Press—are taking their picture books to the world. The world is starting to take notice of Windy Hollow...
Keeping it real: The latest YA Own Voices titles from Australian publishers
26 May 2021
As the Own Voices movement gains momentum around the world, Australian publishers have been filling their YA lists with diverse and exciting Own Voices titles. In 2018 Fremantle Press published...
New talent: Australian publishers, agents nominate their top new authors
17 March 2021
In this issue of Think Australian we asked Australian publishers and literary agents to nominate their most promising new authors, whose debut or second books would appeal to an international...
Publishing and the pandemic: The Australian book market in 2020
30 September 2020
Despite the disruption that the Covid-19 pandemic has had on the Australian book industry this year, overall sales figures are looking surprisingly healthy. For the first eight months of 2020,...
Lead titles from Australian publishers & agents
30 September 2020
With the Frankfurt Book Fair now purely online, Australian publishers and literary agents are gearing up to pitch their titles via the fair’s—and their own—digital channels. Here are some of...
Lead children’s titles from Australian publishers & agents
19 March 2020
Prior to the cancellation of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, Think Australian spoke with a number of Australian publishers and literary agents who were scheduled to attend the fair. Here...
Lead titles for LBF from Australian publishers & agents
11 February 2020
A number of Australian publishers and literary agents will be heading to this year’s London Book Fair in March, with some taking their own stands, others joining their parent company...
Get to know … Murdoch Books
11 April 2019
Think Australian interviewed publishing director Lou Johnson about Murdoch Books' rebranding and forthcoming titles. What makes Murdoch Books unique? A whole combination of things. The fact that we have such...
The market down under
2 October 2018
Australian titles are faring well in a market where personal development books and crime fiction are the standout trends, reports Andrea Hanke. For the fourth year in a row, the...
