Meg McKinlay and Leila Rudge’s ‘Let Me Sleep, Sheep’
Wednesday, 27 February 2019
‘Meg McKinlay and Leila Rudge are an ideal pairing: the lightness of tone and tongue-in-cheek nature of McKinlay’s words goes hand-in-hand with Rudge’s detailed yet uncluttered coloured pencilwork.’ ... read...
Charts this week
Monday, 25 February 2019
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Fast 800 Michael Mosley Simon & Schuster 2 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley 3 The Rosie Result Graeme Simsion...
New OzCo CEO says arts companies that ignore diversity are ‘out of touch’
Wednesday, 20 February 2019
‘I don't care how big or how small you are. If you don't have anything to say about the diversity of communities that now call Australia home then you're out...
Publicity round-up
Wednesday, 20 February 2019
Books+Publishing’s weekly publicity round-up covers forthcoming publicity for Australian and internationally authored books due to appear in Australian media over the coming weeks. Fiction Mark Brandi (The Rip, Hachette) will appear...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 20 February 2019
Sales Fiction Giramondo has sold North American rights to Saudade (Suneeta Peres da Costa) to Adam Levy at Transit Books; simplified Chinese rights to The Swan Book (Alexis Wright) and Border Districts...
A new hope for un-real fiction: Rose Michael on speculative fiction
Wednesday, 20 February 2019
The realist stranglehold on Australian publishing may be loosening, as publishers and prize panels become more open to speculative fiction, writes Rose Michael. At the end of last year I...
Monica Tan’s ‘Stranger Country’
Wednesday, 20 February 2019
'Stranger Country is perfect for anyone who, like Tan, lives in a major Australian city and wants to know what life is like in the red-dirt heart of the country.' ......
Charts this week
Monday, 18 February 2019
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Fast 800 Michael Mosley Simon & Schuster 2 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley & Sons 3 The Rosie Result...
Yassmin Abdel-Magied’s ‘You Must Be Layla’
Wednesday, 13 February 2019
‘At its heart, this is a noble debut with a likeable protagonist who exudes the kind of confidence that young girls need in literary role models.’ ... read Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen's...
New research to examine rights sales and export of Australian books
Wednesday, 13 February 2019
‘There is a lack of basic data on the export sector of the book industry that could assist publishers, agents and authors in planning international rights sales, leading to a...
Publicity round-up
Wednesday, 13 February 2019
This year, Books+Publishing will publish a weekly publicity round-up, covering forthcoming publicity for Australian and internationally authored books due to appear in Australian media over the coming weeks. Fiction Dervla...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Sales Fiction Brio Books has sold the film option to Rubik (Elizabeth Tan) to Photoplay (see news). Brian Cook at the Authors’ Agent has sold world rights to Trust Me, I’m...
Winter Institute 2019: Staff engagement, tech tools and ‘surviving the political divide’
Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Jay Lansdown, owner of Sydney bookshop The Constant Reader and vice-president of the Australian Booksellers Association, attended this year’s Winter Institute, an annual conference held by the American Booksellers Association, which...
Charts this week
Monday, 11 February 2019
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Fast 800 Michael Mosley Simon & Schuster 2 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley & Sons 3 Easy Keto Pete...
Manus detainee Boochani accepts the Victorian Prize for Literature
Wednesday, 6 February 2019
'This proves that words still have the power to challenge inhumane systems and structures. I have always said that I believe in words and literature. I believe that literature has...
Publicity round-up
Wednesday, 6 February 2019
This year, Books+Publishing will publish a weekly publicity round-up, covering forthcoming publicity for Australian and internationally authored books due to appear in Australian media over the coming weeks. Fiction The...
Nicola Redhouse’s ‘Unlike the Heart: A Memoir of Mind and Brain’
Wednesday, 6 February 2019
'Redhouse’s illness and recovery after both children, and how it relates to her own ideas of motherhood is another strand of this memoir. In this sense the book reads pleasingly...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 6 February 2019
Sales Fiction Spinifex has sold Turkish-language rights to Feminist Fables (Suniti Namjoshi) to Güldünya Yayınları. Transit Lounge has sold world English-language rights (ex ANZ) to Soon (Lois Murphy) in a two-book deal to...
Charts this week
Monday, 4 February 2019
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Fast 800 Michael Mosley Simon & Schuster 2 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley & Sons 3 The Subtle Art...
‘The Saturday Paper’ shelves anonymous book reviews
Thursday, 31 January 2019
‘The problem with pseudonymous reviewing is that it deprives us, as readers, of encountering strong critical voices and developing a relationship with them at a point when Australian book reviewing...
Publicity round-up
Thursday, 31 January 2019
This year, Books+Publishing will publish a weekly publicity round-up, covering forthcoming publicity for Australian and internationally authored books due to appear in Australian media over the coming weeks. Fiction The...
Rights round-up
Thursday, 31 January 2019
Sales Fiction Giramondo has sold Danish rights to Border Districts (Gerald Murnane) to Forlaget THP. Nonfiction Black Inc. has sold Arabic rights in Saudi Arabia to The Motivation Hoax: A Smart Person's...
Gabrielle Tozer’s ‘Melody Trumpet’
Thursday, 31 January 2019
'Gabrielle Tozer has previously written three young adult novels, most recently Remind Me How This Ends. She excels in smart, snappy dialogue and imbues her creations with plenty of character...
Charts this week
Tuesday, 29 January 2019
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley & Sons 2 The Fast 800 Michael Mosley Simon & Schuster 3 The Subtle Art...
ASA pens open letter condemning unauthorised lending
Wednesday, 23 January 2019
'Australian authors, along with their counterparts around the world, are struggling to generate a sustainable income from their work ... While authors are happy for their work to be read...
Publicity round-up
Wednesday, 23 January 2019
This year, Books+Publishing will publish a weekly publicity round-up, covering forthcoming publicity for Australian and internationally authored books due to appear in Australian media over the coming weeks. Fiction The...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 23 January 2019
Sales Fiction Fiona Inglis of Curtis Brown Australia sold ANZ rights to Angel Mage and The Left-Handed Booksellers of London (Garth Nix) to Allen & Unwin; Jill Grinberg of Jill...
Jacqueline Kent’s ‘Beyond Words: A Year with Kenneth Cook’
Wednesday, 23 January 2019
'Through her brief relationship with Cook, Kent came to know a much more complicated and nuanced person, who was much more of his generation than his novel would suggest. The...
Charts this week
Monday, 21 January 2019
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Fast 800 Michael Mosley Simon & Schuster 2 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley & Sons 3 Dog Man 6:...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 16 January 2019
‘Too many editors and publishers “curate” collections such as this. They see writers fitting a particular niche—or even as a f–king brick in the creative wall. They instruct you too...
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