Hannah Kent’s ‘The Good People’
Wednesday, 21 September 2016
‘Hannah Kent’s much-anticipated second novel is a thoroughly atmospheric and involving read with beautifully turned descriptions that show off Kent’s craft’ … read Lindy Jones’ full review here.
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 21 September 2016
‘When writing a review, my rule of thumb is always to benchmark a fellow writer’s novel against cluster munitions, rather than against the work of Marcel Proust’—UK author Chris Cleave...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 21 September 2016
Sales Fiction—Scribe has sold UK and Commonwealth audio rights to The Heart of Henry Quantum (Pepper Harding) to Bolinda. Nonfiction—Black Inc. (La Trobe University Press) has sold Chinese rights to...
The rights stuff 2016
Wednesday, 21 September 2016
Each year Books+Publishing surveys Australian rights managers and literary agents to gauge the health of Australian rights trading and book exports. To read the results from the latest survey, published...
The rights stuff 2016
Wednesday, 21 September 2016
For the 14th year in a row, Think Australian has surveyed Australian rights managers and literary agents to gauge the health of Australian rights trading and book exports. Andrew Wrathall...
Small publisher spotlight: Spineless Wonders
Wednesday, 21 September 2016
Launched in 2011, Sydney-based publisher Spineless Wonders specialises in short Australian stories in various formats. ‘In 2010, when I was writing, reading and teaching short fiction, there simply was no...
ABA to hold 2017 conference in Melbourne
Wednesday, 21 September 2016
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) will host its 2017 conference and trade exhibition at the InterContinental Melbourne on 18-19 June. The trade exhibition will be held on the afternoon of...
Royal Society Science Book Prize 2016 winner announced
Tuesday, 20 September 2016
In the UK, The Invention of Nature by Andrea Wulf (John Murray) has won the 2016 Royal Society Science Book Prize for ‘outstanding popular science books’ written for a non-specialist...
Settlement reached in ‘Fifty Shades’ royalty lawsuit
Tuesday, 20 September 2016
American Jennifer Lynn Pedroza has reached an out-of-court settlement with Australian Amanda Hayward, her former partner in the epublishing business The Writers Coffee Shop (TWCS), over Pedroza’s claim she was...
Charts this week
Monday, 19 September 2016
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The 78-Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton Pan 2 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child J. K. Rowling, Jack Thorne &...
Māori Book Awards 2016 finalists announced
Thursday, 15 September 2016
The finalists in Massey University’s Ngā Kupu Ora Awards celebrating Māori books and journalism have been announced. The finalists in each category are: Te Mahi Toi—Arts Māori Art: History, Architecture,...
RiP Inga Clendinnen
Wednesday, 14 September 2016
Writer and historian Inga Clendinnen has died, aged 82. A leading academic in Aztec and Mayan society, Clendinnen held positions at the University of Melbourne and La Trobe University, with...
Santa baby: A Junior Christmas preview
Wednesday, 14 September 2016
Anna Low from Potts Point Bookshop and Deb Force and Kate O’Donnell from the Younger Sun share their Christmas highlights for kids, from new releases to evergreen classics, in the...
Small publisher spotlight: Empowering Resources
Wednesday, 14 September 2016
Founded in Victoria in 2015, Empowering Resources specialises in children’s picture books and junior novels that ‘help people of any age explore complex and difficult emotional issues’. ‘We pride ourselves...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 14 September 2016
Sales Fiction—A&U has sold UK rights to Swimming Home (Mary-Rose MacColl); UK rights to The Teacher’s Secret (Suzanne Leal); Norwegian rights to Castle of Dreams (Elise McCune); ANZ audio rights...
Clementine Ford’s ‘Fight Like a Girl’
Wednesday, 14 September 2016
‘Fight Like a Girl is fuelled by Ford’s clear-eyed defiance and refusal to compromise, and by her powerful combination of personal testimony and political polemic’ … read Veronica Sullivan’s full...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 14 September 2016
‘Their immediate reaction was that all New Zealand fiction was Kiwiana, a slice of not-very-enjoyable life, plodding and dull’—a New Zealand Book Council research report has found most readers have...
ILF’s Great Book Swap raises $150,000
Wednesday, 14 September 2016
Over 20,000 students, libraries and other organisations have raised $150,000 from Great Book Swap campaigns for Indigenous Literacy Day (ILD), held this year on 7 September. More than 500 schools...
Radio host Andy Lee’s children’s book sells 40,000 copies in first two days
Tuesday, 13 September 2016
Radio host Andy Lee’s debut picture book Do Not Open This Book, illustrated by Heath McKenzie, has sold 40,000 copies in its first two days, reports the Age. The book,...
Charts this week
Monday, 12 September 2016
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The 78-Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton Pan 2 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child J K Rowling, Jack Thorne &...
Queensland Literary Awards 2016 shortlists announced
Friday, 9 September 2016
The shortlists for the 2016 Queensland Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Fiction Ghost River (Tony Birch, UQP) Between a Wolf and a Dog...
HarperCollins partners with CBCA NSW on mentorship program
Thursday, 8 September 2016
HarperCollins Australia is partnering with the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) NSW branch for the CBCA’s annual Aspiring Writers Mentorship Program for unpublished children’s authors. Awarded as part of...
Tim Winton’s ‘The Boy behind the Curtain’
Wednesday, 7 September 2016
‘Taken as a whole, this collection comes across as a fragmentary memoir, a patchwork of memories and recollections. Winton narrates the audiobook himself, a recommendation in itself for Winton fans’...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 7 September 2016
Sales Children’s—EK Books has sold simplified Chinese character rights to Tottie & Dot and Peas in a Pod (both Tania McCartney & Tina Snerling); and simplified Chinese character rights to...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 7 September 2016
‘I don’t believe in national literature per se. I do believe in Australian writing, conceived mostly in obscurity, frequently in poverty, almost always in adversity’—Richard Flanagan delivers his first public...
Patrić the top-selling author at MWF
Wednesday, 7 September 2016
Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) CEO and artistic director Lisa Dempster has reported this year’s festival’s box office and attendance ‘exceeded expectations’. Final figures are still being tallied for the festival,...
Small publisher spotlight: Miscellaneous Press
Wednesday, 7 September 2016
Melbourne author and blogger Karen Andrews started Miscellaneous Press in 2008 to self-publish her first children’s picture book. ‘My blog was doing very well at the time, with great traffic...
All I want for Christmas: A preview
Wednesday, 7 September 2016
With Father’s Day behind us, it’s time to turn our attention to the books on offer this Christmas. Read our round-up of the adult highlights—from fiction to memoir, food and...
City of Literature office offering free SPN conference tickets for librarians
Wednesday, 7 September 2016
The Melbourne City of Literature Office is offering ten free one-day tickets for workers in the library sector to the Small Press Network’s (SPN) Independent Publishing Conference in Melbourne on...
Readings launches Young Adult Book Prize
Wednesday, 7 September 2016
Independent Melbourne bookseller Readings has announced the formation of the Readings Young Adult Book Prize, open to first and second works of young adult fiction and memoir by Australian authors....
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