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Christmas predictions: Perth booksellers Bill Liddelow from Boffins Books and Jane Seaton from Beaufort Street Books

Wednesday, 22 November 2017
In a series running in the lead-up to Christmas, Books+Publishing is asking booksellers across the country to predict their biggest sellers and ‘surprise sellers’. In this instalment, Boffins Books co-owner...

Quote of the week

Wednesday, 22 November 2017
‘Where you shop is of course entirely your choice, but it’s important to really make that choice a conscious one’—Readings managing director Mark Rubbo makes the case for supporting independent...

Rights round-up

Wednesday, 22 November 2017
Sales Nonfiction—Black Inc. has sold ANZ audio rights to How to Stop Feeling Like Sh*t: 14 Habits that Are Holding You Back from Happiness (Andrea Owen) to Bolinda Audio. Children’s—A&U...

Beau Donelly & Nick Toscano’s ‘The Woman Who Fooled the World: Belle Gibson’s Cancer Con’

Wednesday, 22 November 2017
‘Rather than simply recounting Gibson’s story, Donelly and Toscano contextualise her meteoric rise to fame by situating it at the nexus of several forces—a burgeoning, whitewashed wellness industry that eschews...

Charts this week

Monday, 20 November 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Getaway: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney Puffin 2 The Midnight Line Lee Child Bantam Press 3 5 Ingredients: Quick...

Rights round-up

Wednesday, 15 November 2017
Sales Children’s—Berbay Publishing has sold world Spanish rights to What’s Your Story (Rose Giannone, illus by Bern Emmerichs) to Ekaré Europa S.L. Lyn Tranter at Australian Literary Management has sold...

Christmas predictions: Kath Pigou from Dymocks Adelaide

Wednesday, 15 November 2017
In a series running in the lead-up to Christmas, Books+Publishing is asking booksellers across the country to predict their biggest sellers and ‘surprise sellers’. In this instalment, Dymocks Adelaide store...

Quote of the week

Wednesday, 15 November 2017
‘I became a writer because I couldn’t find stories that spoke to me about me and my life. But also because I didn’t want anyone else to speak for me’—Sunil...

Alexis Wright’s ‘Tracker‘

Tuesday, 14 November 2017
‘The structure is powerful: one person tells a story, perhaps mentioning someone else, who in turn tells their version, and then perhaps Tracker has his say—so in the end the reader...

Charts this week

Monday, 13 November 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Working Class Man Jimmy Barnes HarperCollins 2 5 Ingredients - Quick & Easy Food Jamie Oliver Michael Joseph 3 The Barefoot Investor...

The light of Sharjah: Connecting the publishing world to the Middle East

Thursday, 9 November 2017
This year's Sharjah International Book Fair was held from 1-11 November in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. Books+Publishing’s Andrew Wrathall was a guest of the professional program. ‘Darkness can...

Quote of the week

Thursday, 9 November 2017
‘You try to make yourself into a good enough writer to avoid damaging people and you try to have some kind of honour in what you do’—Helen Garner ‘telling it...

Fiona Wright’s ‘Domestic Interior’

Thursday, 9 November 2017
‘Her writing is evocative, and while her gaze is focused inward, it remains attentive to the world at large’ … read Robert Wood’s full review here.

Rights round-up

Thursday, 9 November 2017
Sales Fiction—UWA Publishing has sold rights to Extinctions (Josephine Wilson) in the following territories: UK and Commonwealth (ex Canada and ANZ) to Serpent’s Tail; and US and Canadian to Tin...

Finding your community: National Young Writers’ Festival celebrates 20 years

Thursday, 9 November 2017
This year, the National Young Writers’ Festival celebrated its 20th anniversary with a four-day program in Newcastle from 28 September to 1 October. Festival manager Stella Charls, coordinator Maggie Thompson...

Christmas predictions: John Purcell from Booktopia

Thursday, 9 November 2017
In a new series running in the lead-up to Christmas, Books+Publishing is asking booksellers across the country to predict their biggest sellers and ‘surprise sellers’. In our first instalment, Booktopia’s...

Charts this week

Monday, 6 November 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Working Class Man Jimmy Barnes HarperCollins 2 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley & Sons 3 Origin Dan Brown Bantam Press...

Rights round-up

Wednesday, 1 November 2017
Sales Fiction—Hachette has sold Czech rights to The Secret Recipe for Second Chances (J D Barrett). HarperCollins has sold German rights to The Pretty Delicious Café (Danielle Hawkins) to Bastei Lubbe...

Write on: 2018 fiction preview

Wednesday, 1 November 2017
Each year we ask Australian publishers to tell us about their most anticipated titles for the year ahead. Among publishers’ 2018 highlights are new books by Ceridwen Dovey, Kristina Olsson, Melissa...

The Amazon effect: What the arrival of Amazon means for the bookselling industry

Wednesday, 1 November 2017
Recently, communications agency Spectrum Group hosted a panel discussion in Sydney on what the arrival of Amazon means for the Australian retail industry, with a particular focus on booksellers. Moderated...

Quote of the week

Wednesday, 1 November 2017
‘The majority of Australian writers, especially those writing literary fiction and/or published by independent publishers, are lucky to get advances of $5000’—author Annabel Smith surveys a cross-section of authors on...

Charts this week

Monday, 30 October 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Origin Dan Brown Bantam Press 2 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley 3 Turtles All the Way Down John Green Penguin...

Rights round-up

Wednesday, 25 October 2017
Sales Fiction—Penguin Random House has sold Lithuanian-language rights to The Tea Gardens and The Lavender Keeper (both Fiona McIntosh). Nonfiction—Black Inc. has sold Portuguese rights to Destination Simple: Everyday Rituals...