Lloyd Jones’ ‘A History of Silence’
Tuesday, 10 September 2013
Lloyd Jones lives in Wellington, but when an earthquake devastates Christchurch he is asked by the BBC to write about it. Feeling unable to ‘speak for all’, he declines. Instead,...
Kicking goals: Sports books for kids
Wednesday, 4 September 2013
September is often a highlight on the sporting calendar as many local and national seasons draw to a close and finals begin. Andrew Wrathall spoke to several publishers and booksellers about sport books...
Sue Lawson’s ‘You Don’t Even Know’
Tuesday, 3 September 2013
Stuck in hospital after an accident he can’t remember, Alex is forced to try to put together the events that led him to this moment, starting with the terrible loss...
Samsung to release kids’ tablet
Wednesday, 28 August 2013
Samsung has announced plans to release a tablet designed specifically for kids. The brightly coloured Galaxy Tab 3 Kids comes with a range of child-friendly features, including a stylus and...
Get set for Father’s Day
Wednesday, 28 August 2013
Looking for some last-minute Father’s Day ideas? Andrea Hanke rounds up some of the publishers’ highlights, from new books to mark anniversaries for Wisden and Bathurst, to reflections of boyhood...
Blanche d’Alpuget’s ‘The Young Lion’
Wednesday, 28 August 2013
The Tudor family has long been a focus for historical novels, with authors such as Alison Weir, Philippa Gregory and Hilary Mantel flooding the market with Henry VIII and his...
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation: Tiwi Islands trip
Wednesday, 21 August 2013
Earlier this month, Andrea Hanke joined several members of the Australian book industry on a trip to the Tiwi Islands to visit some of the schools involved in the Indigenous...
Margaret Wild’s ‘The Vanishing Moment’
Wednesday, 21 August 2013
A weeping girl, a haunted somnambulist and a mysterious magician named Bob—Margaret Wild’s latest YA novel is a riveting exploration of the measure of human life and happiness, worlds away...
Why new adult is not a natural extension of YA
Wednesday, 14 August 2013
When Cordelia Rice spoke to publishers and booksellers about new adult books for her feature in Junior Issue 3, she found that there is still some confusion about the genre and...
Peter Goldsworthy’s ‘His Stupid Boyhood’
Tuesday, 13 August 2013
The subject of Peter Goldsworthy’s memoir is his first 18 years and ‘the getting of stupidity’. ‘The getting of wisdom would have to wait,’ he writes. Goldsworthy’s father was a...
Nelika McDonald’s ‘The Vale Girl’
Wednesday, 7 August 2013
This impressive debut novel from Melbourne writer Nelika McDonald had me hooked from the beginning. Told through realistically drawn characters, this part thriller, part coming-of-age story revolves around 14-year-old Sarah...
Fox, Griffiths, Marsden top Australian children’s bestsellers charts 2012-13
Friday, 2 August 2013
For the third year in a row, books by Mem Fox, Andy Griffiths and John Marsden have topped the Australian picture book, children’s fiction and YA bestsellers charts for July...
Courtenay, Hay top Australian bestsellers charts 2012-13
Thursday, 1 August 2013
Bryce Courtenay’s final novel Jack of Diamonds (Viking) and Donna Hay’s Fresh and Light (HarperCollins) have topped the Australian fiction and nonfiction bestsellers chart for July 2012 to June 2013, according...
What booksellers want from publishers
Wednesday, 31 July 2013
In the latest instalment in our series of opinion pieces from booksellers, Tim White from Books for Cooks makes the case for increased social interaction between booksellers, publishers and authors....
Do underperforming books ever get a second chance?
Friday, 26 July 2013
Publishers say it’s almost impossible to convince booksellers to stock titles with disappointing BookScan figures, but examples of successful ‘book rejuvenations’ offer some hope. Read Portia Lindsay’s piece online here.
Alexis Wright’s ‘The Swan Book’
Friday, 26 July 2013
Author and Indigenous academic Alexis Wright’s haunting third novel is hard to capture in simple terms as, similar to her previous fiction, it operates largely through abstraction and metaphor. Wright’s...
Keiran Rogers: Robert Galbraith didn’t sell. Why is anyone surprised?
Wednesday, 24 July 2013
‘Many people appeared very surprised that even without her name on the cover in 72-point font, J K Rowling’s quality of writing did not shine through and propel The Cuckoo’s...
Skye Melki-Wegner’s ‘Chasing the Valley’
Monday, 22 July 2013
Sixteen-year-old Danika is a street kid in a world where a tyrant king keeps the population cowed with alchemy bombs dropped by royal biplanes. The only way to escape to...
What booksellers want from publishers
Wednesday, 17 July 2013
In the latest instalment in our series of opinion pieces from booksellers, Christopher Currie from Avid Reader argues that the book industry needs to get better at sharing information. ‘If...
Kirsten Krauth’s ‘just_a_girl’
Wednesday, 17 July 2013
Kirsten Krauth’s debut novel is by turns frustrating and exhilarating. On one hand, the plot is fraught with clichés connected to the too-familiar ‘rite of passage’ plotline. On the other,...
Kicking goals: Sports books for kids
Monday, 15 July 2013
Teamwork, competition, glory: sport has all the ingredients for an exciting read. Andrew Wrathall spoke to some publishers and booksellers about sport books for children. The Australian Football League (AFL)...
Business smarts: Boffins Bookshop owner Bill Liddelow shares his bookselling wisdom
Wednesday, 10 July 2013
Boffins Bookshop in Perth has won Specialist Bookseller of the Year at the Australian Book Industry Awards for six years running. Some of Boffins’ bookselling strategies include monthly meetings in...
Marie Williams’ ‘Green Vanilla Tea’
Wednesday, 10 July 2013
Green Vanilla Tea is the winner of the 2013 Finch Memoir Prize and it’s easy to see why. Marie Williams, her husband Dominic, and their two sons Michael and Nicolas are...
Poll position: a preview of political books in the lead-up to the federal election
Wednesday, 3 July 2013
Following the dramatic events in Canberra over the past fortnight, several books about Australian politics have been fast-tracked to publication. These include Downfall: How the Labor Party Ripped Itself Apart...
Vanessa Russell’s ‘Holy Bible’
Tuesday, 2 July 2013
It’s quite a bold move to name your book Holy Bible; it could pique curiosity or incite alienation. Let’s hope it’s the former, as regardless of first impressions, Vanessa Russell...
What booksellers want from publishers
Wednesday, 26 June 2013
In a new instalment in our series of opinion pieces from booksellers, Louise Fay from Dymocks Adelaide calls on publishers to deliver new-release titles more promptly in line with online...
Andrew Leigh’s ‘Battlers & Billionaires’
Wednesday, 26 June 2013
This short book is the first in what promises to be a great new series from Black Inc. called ‘Redbacks’. The series aims to introduce readers to important national debates...
Pricing and marketing ebooks: three publishers share their views
Wednesday, 19 June 2013
Last year, Ruth Jelley interviewed several Australian fiction publishers—one large multinational, one medium-sized independent and one small independent—about their digital publishing programs. Find out what they had to say about...
Ali Alizadeh’s ‘Transactions’
Wednesday, 19 June 2013
Ali Alizadeh’s critically acclaimed book of poetry Ashes in the Air was shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards last year and I would be surprised if Transactions doesn’t receive...
Jane Caro on bookselling and marketing
Thursday, 13 June 2013
‘I think the marketing of individual books is largely unsophisticated and that an opportunity to market reading and books as a whole may be worth exploring.’ Andrea Hanke spoke to...
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