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Helen Razer & Bernard Keane’s ‘A Short History of Stupid’

Wednesday, 24 September 2014
A Short History of Stupid is concerned with the rise of Stupidity in a world ruled by ‘fade-resistant individualism’, extreme paternalism, political condescension, conspicuous compassion and ‘the injurious yoga class...

Susannah Chambers on being an editor in New York

Wednesday, 17 September 2014
Allen & Unwin’s Susannah Chambers spent three months in New York as part of her Beatrice Davis Editorial Fellowship. As part of her report she examines the ‘notable differences’ between...

Is social media worth the effort? 

Wednesday, 10 September 2014
‘For a medium whose language is by and large casual and spontaneous, social media requires a surprising amount of time and effort for businesses. That said, when done right it...

Judith Rossell’s ‘Withering-by-Sea’ 

Wednesday, 10 September 2014
Set in a glum Victorian seaside town, Judith Rossell has written an engaging and evocative mystery-adventure story. Eleven-year-old Stella Montgomery lives a dreary life with her three horrible aunts in...

Text acquires YA novel by Currie 

Monday, 8 September 2014
Text Publishing has acquired world rights to a YA novel by Christopher Currie. The publisher described the book as ‘a YA novel of distinction, with a memorable young lesbian narrator’....

Amazon launches KDP Kids publishing program

Thursday, 4 September 2014
Amazon has launched a new publishing program called KDP Kids to help children’s book authors create illustrated and chapter ebooks, reports Digital Book World. The program uses free Kindle Kids’ Book Creator software to allow authors to ‘import artwork...

Steve Kilbey’s ‘Something Quite Peculiar’ 

Wednesday, 3 September 2014
This memoir from one of Australia’s most gifted songwriters is a lively, anecdotal account of 40-plus years of musicianship. As the frontman of The Church—one of this country’s great rock...

Andrew Rule’s ‘Kerry Stokes’ 

Wednesday, 27 August 2014
The cards have always been stacked against Kerry Stokes. Born John Patrick Alford, his mother gave him up for adoption. His name was scratched out by a judge’s pen on...

Scribe acquires crime thrillers

Wednesday, 27 August 2014
Scribe has acquired world rights in two crime thrillers by Melbourne writer and librarian J M Green. Good Money was shortlisted in the 2014 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an...

Madman acquires film rights to ‘Quota’

Wednesday, 27 August 2014
Film rights to Quota by Jock Serong (Text) have been optioned by Madman. ‘We are delighted that Madman has optioned Jock Serong’s acclaimed debut Quota, and look forward to working closely...

Penguin acquires debut novel from Hayes

Thursday, 21 August 2014
Penguin Random House has acquired ANZ rights to Antonia Hayes’ debut novel Relativity at auction.The publisher described the novel as ‘an irresistible story about science, love, unbreakable bonds and irreversible...

Claire Atkins’ ‘Nona & Me’ 

Wednesday, 20 August 2014
Nona & Me is one of those wonderful books that takes you deeply into a rarely seen world and brings it vibrantly to life. Set in a remote part of the...

Ask Agatha: Readings launches an advice column

Wednesday, 13 August 2014
Earlier this year Readings launched a book-advice column staffed by the ‘experienced and extremely wise bookseller Agatha’. Books+Publishing spoke to Agatha.

Peter Carey’s ‘Amnesia’ 

Wednesday, 13 August 2014
After recent novels set in England and Germany (The Chemistry of Tears) and the US (Parrot and Olivier in America), Peter Carey returns to Australia for the first time since...

Helen Garner’s ‘This House of Grief’

Wednesday, 6 August 2014
On the evening of Father’s Day 2005, Robert Farquharson was driving his three children home to their mother—from whom he was separated—when his car left the road, travelled through a...

Gift ideas for Father’s Day 

Wednesday, 30 July 2014
With Father’s Day just over a month away, Tim Coronel rounds up some bookish gift ideas for dads. Read his feature online here.

Lorelei Vashti’s ‘Dress, Memory’ 

Wednesday, 30 July 2014
Dress, Memory is a memoir of Lorelei Vashti’s twenties, told with a focus on her impressive—and mostly vintage—dress collection. From her family home to university in Brisbane, to a fledgling...

Catherine Harris’ ‘The Family Men’ 

Wednesday, 23 July 2014
A month after a post-season celebration, footballer Harry Furey still can’t remember what actually happened at the team’s men-only Sportsman’s Night—but he knows it was bad. Harry comes from an...

 

 

 

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