In the picture: Exploring the illustrated books market
Wednesday, 9 August 2017
The illustrated books market is thriving thanks to a growth in aspirational lifestyle titles and a reappreciation of books as beautiful objects, reports Andrea Hanke. Read the full article from...
Sheridan Jobbins’ ‘Wish You Were Here’
Wednesday, 9 August 2017
‘There is much to appreciate in this brave adventure and warts-and-all romantic tale, not least Jobbins’ candour and gutsy self-analysis. The issues that arise are real; how do you begin...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 9 August 2017
‘The teens who make up the community’s core audience are getting fed up with the constant, largely adult-driven dramas that currently dominate YA’—US writer Kat Rosenfield on the ‘toxic drama’...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 9 August 2017
Sales Fiction—Allen & Unwin has sold simplified Chinese rights to The Museum of Modern Love (Heather Rose) to Lijiang Publishing Limited; and world Spanish rights to The Lightkeeper’s Wife (Karen...
Book blogger spotlight: Babbling Books
Wednesday, 9 August 2017
Multi-platform blogger Tamsien West shares her eclectic reading tastes across her blog, Instagram, YouTube and book club under the name Babbling Books. She has found that ‘deeply personal stories and...
Charts this week
Monday, 7 August 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley 2 The Late Show Michael Connelly Allen & Unwin 3 House of Spies Daniel Silva...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
Sales Fiction—Text has sold German rights to Two Steps Forward (Graeme Simsion & Anne Buist) to Fischer, Dutch rights to Luitingh-Sijthoff, Canadian rights to HarperCollins Canada, UK & Commonwealth (excluding...
Digital driver: Joel Naoum shares his career journey
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
‘Helping to start and run Momentum was one of the most gruelling, exhausting and exhilarating experiences of my life. We set up a separate office with its own staff and...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
‘While we saw real improvement in the reviewing of women’s books in the 2016 Stella Count, there remains a significant disparity when it comes to the size of reviews’—academics Melinda...
Sofie Laguna’s ‘The Choke’
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
‘Sofie Laguna is a writer who can wrench beauty even from the horror of a child caught up in the toxic world of bastardised masculinity. Fearsome, vivid and raw, her...
Book blogger spotlight: Half Deserted Streets
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
For blogger Danielle Carey, Instagram ‘feels like the most enthusiastic and inviting place to flail about books online’. Her Instagram-based microblog, Half Deserted Streets, reaches 11,000 followers, but she also...
Charts this week
Monday, 31 July 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Late Show Michael Connelly Allen & Unwin 2 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley 3 Trip of a Lifetime Monica...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 26 July 2017
‘I learnt by doing, and I think the challenge for writers today is that the “doing” is becoming exponentially less well paid’— The Good Copy editorial director Penny Modra shares her...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 26 July 2017
Sales Fiction—Jane Novak Literary Agency has sold Spanish-language rights to Voss (Patrick White) to Impedimenta; and German-language rights to The Twyborn Affair, The Eye of the Storm, A Fringe of...
Tim Flannery’s ‘Sunlight and Seaweed’
Wednesday, 26 July 2017
‘It is difficult to overstate the importance of this concise, convincingly argued view of our world’s prospects for its survival and improvement over the next 33 years (ie to 2050)’...
Book love and burnout: Alexandra Payne on the ‘unexpected challenges of working in publishing and bookselling’
Wednesday, 26 July 2017
‘Like most in the industry, I read manuscripts, proposals and works in progress out of work hours. If I choose to read a book in my non-work time, I feel...
Book blogger spotlight: Bec’s Books
Wednesday, 26 July 2017
Rebecca Gough is a self-described ‘perpetual internet presence’ who blogs about YA and middle-grade titles, with a focus on fantasy and sci-fi. After realising that Instagram’s space for captions was...
Charts this week
Monday, 24 July 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley 2 Trip of a Lifetime Monica McInerney Michael Joseph 3 The Late Show Michael Connelly...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 19 July 2017
Sales Fiction—Alex Adsett Publishing Services has sold the screen option to ‘The Territory’ trilogy (Justin Woolley) to Dana-Lee Mierowsky Bennett (see news). Nonfiction—Black Inc. has sold Portuguese translation rights in...
Book blogger spotlight: My Cup and Chaucer
Wednesday, 19 July 2017
Tonile Wortley started a crime fiction blog in 2011, but she now blogs about a broader selection of adult fiction at My Cup and Chaucer. Her day job—digital and community...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 19 July 2017
‘Publishing, like media, is being reborn in new forms, both refined and grotesque’—Author John Birmingham on the reinvention of the book publishing industry and the growing number of midlist, trade-published...
Shaun Prescott’s ‘The Town’
Wednesday, 19 July 2017
‘The Town is understated but compelling; the narrator’s deadpan voice recalls the lone existentialist figures of Sartre’s Nausea and Camus’ The Outsider, but contrasts this with a dream logic reminiscent...
Sound of the times: The rise of audio
Monday, 17 July 2017
From audiobooks to podcasts, Brad Jefferies investigates the rising popularity of audio formats. The widespread take-up of smartphones has enabled the growth of the audiobook market at the same time...
Charts this week
Monday, 17 July 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint PP The Trip of a Lifetime Monica McInerney Michael Joseph 2 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley 3 The Duchess Danielle Steel...
Jennifer Down’s ‘Pulse Points’
Wednesday, 12 July 2017
‘With precise and beautiful prose, the short stories in Jennifer Down’s Pulse Points carry an emotional clarity and intensity that is truly impressive’ … read Kate McDonell’s full review here,...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 12 July 2017
Sales Fiction—Sandy Wagner Creative Agents has sold world rights to Bohemia Beach (Justine Ettler) to Transit Lounge, to be published in August 2018. Jane Novak Literary Agency has sold world...
Brave new world: Sydney’s Beachside Bookshop
Wednesday, 12 July 2017
Sydney’s Beachside Bookshop, which specialises in teen fiction, celebrated its one-year anniversary earlier this year. Read owner and second-generation bookseller Libby Armstrong’s bookseller’s diary here.
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 12 July 2017
‘I don’t think you could over-state the value that writers like Philip Pullman and J K Rowling add to our nation, so why are we de-valuing them by discounting their...
Book blogger spotlight: Lillytales
Wednesday, 12 July 2017
Kate Lloyd started reviewing books on Instagram as a way to connect with like-minded readers. Her blog Lillytales now spans YouTube, Twitter, Goodreads and Litsy, but Instagram remains her favourite...
Charts this week
Monday, 10 July 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley 2 The Clever Guts Diet Michael Mosley Simon & Schuster 3 The World's Worst Children...
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