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Rights round-up 

Wednesday, 16 January 2019
Sales Fiction Allen & Unwin has sold North American rights to The Spotted Dog (Kerry Greenwood) to Poisoned Pen Press. Echo Publishing has sold North American rights to Fled (Meg Keneally) to...

Publicity round-up 

Wednesday, 16 January 2019
Starting 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...

Charts this week 

Monday, 14 January 2019
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley & Sons 2 Dog Man 6: Brawl of the Wild Dav Pilkey Scholastic 3 The...

Podcast spotlight: what’s next?

Friday, 21 December 2018
Over the last 12 months, Nathania Gilson has been interviewing Australian book podcasters—from passion projects to national radio broadcasters, from hybrid experiments to extensions of retail brands, festivals or traditional...

Podcast spotlight: The Wheeler Centre podcast

Wednesday, 12 December 2018
Established in 2010, The Wheeler Centre (TWC) podcast features full recordings of talks hosted in TWC building in Melbourne. TWC senior digital editor Jon Tjhia has been working on the...

Christmas predictions: Louise Pfanner from Gleebooks in Sydney

Wednesday, 12 December 2018
In the lead-up to Christmas, the busiest time of year on the bookselling calendar, Books+Publishing is asking booksellers across the country to predict their biggest sellers and ‘surprise sellers’. In this final instalment...

Rights round-up 

Wednesday, 12 December 2018
Sales Fiction Affirm Press has sold multiple translation rights to The Nowhere Child (Christian White) via Kaplan/Defiore: Greek-language rights to Pedio Publishing, Turkish-language rights to April Publishing, Norwegian-language rights to...

Alison Evans’ ‘Highway Bodies’

Wednesday, 12 December 2018
‘Highway Bodies is a compassionate story imbued with softness, which helps make the intense horrors and violence more digestible. Evans' second novel shares similarities with John Marsden’s 'Tomorrow' series and will be...

Charts this week 

Tuesday, 11 December 2018
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Meltdown: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney Puffin 2 Past Tense Lee Child Bantam 3 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape...

Podcast spotlight: Sisteria

Wednesday, 5 December 2018
Launched in 2016, Sisteria is a Melbourne-based podcast about 'women's experiences as creators and consumers of arts and culture'. Hosted by Stephanie Van Schilt and Veronica Sullivan, and produced by Jessica Lukjanow, the...

Andrea Goldsmith’s ‘Invented Lives’

Wednesday, 5 December 2018
‘In her eighth novel, Andrea Goldsmith depicts Australia through the eyes of a new arrival: the abundance of Victoria Market contrasted with Soviet-era poverty. Written in plain prose, this is...

Rights round-up 

Wednesday, 5 December 2018
Sales Fiction Pantera Press has sold French-language rights to The Crossing (B Michael Radburn). Nonfiction Big Sky Publishing has sold UK rights to Frederick Whirlpool VC (Alan Leek) to Pen...

Charts this week 

Monday, 3 December 2018
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Meltdown Jeff Kinney Puffin 2 Past Tense Lee Child Bantam 3 Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - Original Screenplay J...

Kate Richards’ ‘Fusion’

Wednesday, 28 November 2018
‘Part fairytale, part Australian Gothic thriller, Fusion is contemporary Australian literature at its finest and deserves multiple readings—an ideal selection for book clubs.’ ... Read Jacqui Davies’ full review here.

Alice Grundy on the Chinese children’s book industry

Wednesday, 28 November 2018
‘In a country where 20 million babies are born in a year and there are around 3000 bookshops in Shanghai alone, children’s book publishing is booming—and there’s room for growth.’—Brio...

Charts this week 

Monday, 26 November 2018
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Meltdown Jeff Kinney Puffin 2 Past Tense Lee Child Bantam 3 The Ice Monster David Walliams HarperCollins 4 The Barefoot Investor...

Quote of the week

Wednesday, 21 November 2018
‘I love the industry but it’s incredibly underpaid. I might have to think about moving to a different industry in a few years if I ever want more from my...

Podcast spotlight: The ‘Good Reading’ podcast

Wednesday, 21 November 2018
The Good Reading podcast, launched in July 2018, publishes episodes weekly with the aim of helping readers ‘discover [their] next favourite read’. Hosted by Emma Harvey, Angus Dalton and Greg Dobb, the...

Rights round-up 

Wednesday, 21 November 2018
Sales Fiction Echo Publishing has sold German- and French-language rights to And Fire Came Down and Resurrection Bay (both Emma Viskic). HarperCollins has sold North American and Canadian English language...

Justin D’Ath’s ‘47 Degrees’

Wednesday, 21 November 2018
'An action-adventure that rings with truth, 47 Degrees is also a story about courage, empathy, the importance of family and communities, and how the worst times can bring out the best in...

Open Your Eyes: Jax Jacki Brown on access and inclusion in publishing

Wednesday, 21 November 2018
Writers Victoria and Arts Access Victoria are offering disability awareness training tailored specifically to the publishing industry at the upcoming Independent Publishing Conference in Melbourne. The workshop will cover best-practice language, the...

 

 

 

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