Charts this week
Monday, 21 May 2018
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley 2 The Fallen David Baldacci Macmillan 3 The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck...
Rhiannon Williams’ ‘Ottilie Colter and the Narroway Hunt’
Wednesday, 16 May 2018
‘Ottilie Colter and the Narroway Hunt is the first middle-grade novel to win Hardie Grant Egmont’s Ampersand Prize, and it seems destined to be one of those award-winners that also captures...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 16 May 2018
‘Trends (currently audiobooks) are one thing, but it isn’t just a matter of putting our books into different formats—we need to be able to do this with solid strategies for...
Fire in the belly: Laura Kroetsch on Dark Mofo’s Dark and Dangerous Thoughts program
Wednesday, 16 May 2018
Former Adelaide Writers’ Week director Laura Kroetsch's move into a new role as the curator of Dark Mofo's Dark and Dangerous Thoughts symposium has seen her programming with a 'more philosophical...
Podcast spotlight: Future Perfect (the EWF podcast)
Wednesday, 16 May 2018
Future Perfect is a podcast produced by the Emerging Writers' Festival (EWF) that asks storytellers about 'what they do, how they do it, and why'. Season 1 launched in the...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 16 May 2018
Sales Fiction Curtis Brown Australia has sold the film option to The Ruin (Dervla McTiernan) to Hopscotch Features. (See news.) Fremantle Press has sold Slovenian rights to Dropping In (Geoff...
Charts this week
Monday, 14 May 2018
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley 2 A Court of Frost and Starlight Sarah J Maas Bloomsbury 3...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 9 May 2018
‘One of the things we have to be careful about is that we don’t become this closed shop that feels intimidating or hard to break into. We need to constantly...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 9 May 2018
Sales Fiction Text has sold Chinese rights to The Broken Shore (Peter Temple) to China South Booky; and world audio rights to The Cage (Lloyd Jones) to Bolinda. Wild Dingo...
Outside the lines: Meet Scribblers festival director Katherine Dorrington
Wednesday, 9 May 2018
After 12 years at Perth Writers Festival (PWF), Katherine Dorrington has stepped straight back into programming as the director of Scribblers Festival, a new festival celebrating children's literature and arts....
Balm for our souls: Suzy Wilson on a life with books
Wednesday, 9 May 2018
Independent bookseller and Indigenous literacy advocate Suzy Wilson was awarded the Lloyd O’Neil Award for outstanding service to the Australian book industry at this year’s Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs)...
Podcast spotlight: One More Page
Wednesday, 9 May 2018
Launched in February, One More Page is a fortnightly podcast for lovers of children's books, hosted by Kate Simpson, Liz Ledden and Nat Amoore. With seven episodes under their belt...
A J Betts’ ‘Hive’
Wednesday, 9 May 2018
'Hive sees Zac and Mia author A J Betts move away from the realistic YA she’s known for. Betts has created a unique closed world and an appealingly stubborn protagonist...
Charts this week
Monday, 7 May 2018
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley 2 The Fallen David Baldacci Macmillan 3 The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 2 May 2018
Sales Fiction Allen & Unwin has sold Dutch rights to The Sisters’ Song (Louise Allan); and Macedonian rights to The Mummy Bloggers (Holly Wainwright). Nonfiction Allen & Unwin has sold...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 2 May 2018
‘Get out there and talk to writers. Not only are they the future of our industry, but they’re also the most interesting, intelligent and downright talented people out there—and they...
Podcast spotlight: The Booktopia Podcast
Wednesday, 2 May 2018
Established in 2015, The Booktopia Podcast publishes weekly episodes involving author interviews, book reviews, recommendations and bookish banter, with a focus on Australian-authored books. Hosted by a rotating cast of...
Literary Wall Street: Jane Curry on the 2018 London Book Fair
Wednesday, 2 May 2018
Ventura Press founder and director Jane Curry attended this year’s London Book Fair, and came away with several lessons for first-time and returning Australian attendees. She reports: The London Book...
Hannah Richell’s ‘The Peacock Summer’
Wednesday, 2 May 2018
'Richell’s treatment of art and nature brings the story to life in both the past and present day—the detailed way Richell presents scenery and describes seemingly incidental observations does not...
Charts this week
Monday, 30 April 2018
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley 2 The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck Mark Manson Macmillan 3 WeirDo...
Quote of the week
Thursday, 26 April 2018
‘Publishers are talking about how much bigger audio is and how much they need to have it, but they’re having their cake and eating it if advances aren’t any different...
Podcast spotlight: The Morning Bell
Thursday, 26 April 2018
Established in 2014, the Morning Bell is a literary podcast recorded live at the Brunswick Street Bookstore every second Wednesday. For each episode, a guest joins host Joel Martin and co-hosts...
Rights round-up
Thursday, 26 April 2018
Sales Fiction Author Ryan O'Neill has directly sold UK and Commonwealth rights (ex ANZ) to The Drover's Wives to Lightning Books. (See news.) Children’s Berbay Publishing has sold German rights...
Clare Strahan’s ‘The Learning Curves of Vanessa Partridge’
Thursday, 26 April 2018
‘The Learning Curves of Vanessa Partridge is a book that speaks directly to the concerns of older teenage girls. It is a story that prioritises self-care and assertiveness over politeness and...
Up for promotion: Digital marketing strategies
Tuesday, 24 April 2018
Danielle Binks investigates how publishers and authors are using digital marketing and promotional strategies to reach new readers. Word-of-mouth, it has been said, sells books. But the question remains: how...
Charts this week
Monday, 23 April 2018
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley 2 WeirDo #10: Messy Weird! Anh Do Scholastic 3 The Subtle Art of Not Giving...
Personal growth: 2017’s fastest growing categories
Friday, 20 April 2018
This year Books+Publishing will publish a regular column from Nielsen BookScan Australia associate director Julie Winters on book data trends. In her first column, Winters looks at the fastest-growing subject...
Prime location: thriving in sobering times at Avenue Elsternwick
Friday, 20 April 2018
When Melbourne’s Avenue Bookstore owner Chris Redfern opened a second store in Elsternwick in 2012, the year after the REDgroup collapse, some were sceptical. Bookseller Savannah Indigo explains how the...
Oh! The Horror! The rise of horror in children’s fiction
Thursday, 19 April 2018
Danielle Binks explores youth literature’s reanimated interest in the horror genre. Stephen King once said, ‘We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones’, and it certainly...
Podcast spotlight: Better Reading Podcast
Wednesday, 18 April 2018
Established in 2017, Better Reading Podcast is a weekly bookish podcast where Better Reading founder and director Cheryl Akle holds in-depth conversations with both Australian and international authors. Spanning over...
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