Festival fever: Are there too many literary festivals in Australia?
Thursday, 16 March 2017
With the tally of Australian literary festivals reaching more than 90 in 2017, Jo Case takes a look at the role festivals play in an increasingly crowded literary events landscape....
Bernadette Brennan’s ‘A Writing Life: Helen Garner and Her Work’
Thursday, 16 March 2017
‘Brennan’s depiction of Garner’s fearless approach to the very difficult subjects of The First Stone, Joe Cinque’s Consolation and This House of Grief is beautifully modulated and a real triumph.’...
Quote of the week
Thursday, 16 March 2017
‘It’s refreshing to see how books generally, and print books in particular, are still appealing to younger consumers, both male and female, despite so many other forms of entertainment and...
Rights round-up
Thursday, 16 March 2017
Sales Nonfiction—Black Inc. imprint Nero has sold Czech rights to Destination Simple (Brooke McAlary) to Grada. Bonnier Publishing Australia has sold UK rights to The Tattooist (Heather Morris) to Bonnier...
Charts this week
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The CSIRO Low-Carb Diet Grant Brinkworth & Dr Pennie Taylor Macmillan 2 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape Wrightbooks 3 Dangerous Games Danielle...
Small Australian presence at 2017 TIBE
Wednesday, 8 March 2017
‘For many years, Australia has enjoyed a reasonably strong presence at TIBE but after recent cuts to Australia Council and Austrade funding, this year’s stand was only the size of...
Gabrielle Tozer’s ‘Remind Me How This Ends’
Wednesday, 8 March 2017
‘Remind Me How This Ends is a complex and convincing novel that doesn’t pretend to have easy answers, but offers an authentic and sympathetic pair of characters who prove that...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 8 March 2017
‘I wonder whether the current generation of female Australian novelists will have achieved canonical status in 20 or 50 years time, or whether the canon will still be dominated by...
Booksellers urged to ‘get uncomfortable’ at the 2017 Winter Institute
Wednesday, 8 March 2017
Australian Booksellers Association CEO Joel Becker visited the American Booksellers Association’s 12th Winter Institute earlier this year and reports on a conference full of ‘hot-button issues’, in particular around ‘diversity;...
The missing beat: Benjamin Ludwig on ‘Ginny Moon’
Wednesday, 8 March 2017
One of the first titles from Harlequin Australia’s new HQ imprint is US author Benjamin Ludwig’s debut novel Ginny Moon (May), ‘a unique and compelling narrative that gets deep inside...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 8 March 2017
Sales Nonfiction—Black Inc. imprint Nero has sold Slovak rights to Buddhism for Break-ups (Meshel Laurie) to Ikar, and Czech rights to Euromedia. HarperCollins has sold Greek rights to The Secret of Happy Children (Steve Biddulph) to...
Charts this week
Monday, 6 March 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape Wrightbooks 2 Big Little Lies (TV tie-in) Liane Moriarty Pan 3 Truly Madly Guilty...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 1 March 2017
‘Independent booksellers are increasingly seeing their role as, necessarily, an active, educative, political one’—Monash University Publishing director Nathan Hollier reflects on the role of booksellers following the controversy over Milo...
Michael Sala’s ‘The Restorer’
Wednesday, 1 March 2017
‘Every relationship between the family members is frayed, and the tension is drawn out in small conflicts over the course of the year, with characters unable to forgive past actions...
Small publisher spotlight: Zabriskie Books
Wednesday, 1 March 2017
Sydney-based Zabriskie Books ‘began as a small bookshop nestled in the back streets of Sydney’s famous Bondi Beach’. ‘Our goal is to produce a beautiful, engaging and varied nonfiction catalogue,’...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 1 March 2017
Sales Nonfiction—Black Inc. has sold German rights to Buddhism for Break-ups (Meshel Laurie) to Ullstein Germany; HarperCollins has sold Korean rights to The Secret of Happy Children and More Secrets...
Charts this week
Monday, 27 February 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape Wrightbooks 2 Big Little Lies (TV tie-in) Liane Moriarty Pan 3 Echoes in Death J D Robb...
Small Publisher Spotlight: Real Film and Publishing
Wednesday, 22 February 2017
Established in 2012, Melbourne-based Real Film and Publishing specialises in ‘memoirs, biographies, family histories and legacy books’ in high-quality hardback. Only a few of the books are available commercially, as...
Data and innovation discussed at Digital Book World 2017
Wednesday, 22 February 2017
The importance of data and innovation were the takeaways from this year’s Digital Book World, writes Hardie Grant Books managing director Roxy Ryan. Read her report here.
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 22 February 2017
‘Publishing will always be instinctual—but good data can help back up assumptions and drive smart decisions’—Hardie Grant Books managing director Roxy Ryan reports on Digital Book World
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 22 February 2017
Acquisitions Nonfiction—Black Inc. has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to The Wonder of Birds: What They Tell Us About Ourselves, the World, and a Better Future (Jim Robbins).
Fiona Capp’s ‘To Know My Crime’
Wednesday, 22 February 2017
‘The cover blurb on Fiona Capp’s To Know My Name asks the reader, “how far would you go, for the ones you love?”. It’s a fair summary of this compelling...
Charts this week
Monday, 20 February 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape Wrightbooks 2 Echoes in Death J D Robb Hachette 3 Lion: A Long Way Home (film tie-in)...
Comic timing: Peter Helliar on ‘Frankie Fish and the Sonic Suitcase’
Wednesday, 15 February 2017
Peter Helliar’s first children’s book, Frankie Fish and the Sonic Suitcase, is a time-travel adventure starring 12-year-old Frankie and his cranky grandad, who has a hook for a hand. Read...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 15 February 2017
‘Representations of diverse sexualities and gender identities in YA are important to redress the isolation particular to queerness. Queerness is invisible’—Jordi Kerr in the first of a four-part series for...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 15 February 2017
Sales Fiction—Penguin Random House has sold Italian rights to The French Perfumer (Amanda Hampson); and Bulgarian rights to The Chocolate Tin and The Perfumer’s Secret (both Fiona McIntosh). Nonfiction—Lyn Tranter...
Jane Rawson’s ‘From the Wreck’
Wednesday, 15 February 2017
‘While Briohny Doyle’s The Island Will Sink pushed harder on its sci-fi elements, readers of the former will appreciate Rawson’s more lyrical, magical addition to the new groundswell of stellar...
Charts this week
Monday, 13 February 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape Wrightbooks 2 Lion: A Long Way Home (film tie-in) Saroo Brierley Penguin 3 Truly Madly Guilty Liane...
Krissy Kneen’s ‘An Uncertain Grace’
Wednesday, 8 February 2017
‘An Uncertain Grace is a powerful story told in five parts through the eyes of five characters from the present day to a post-climate-change world that is 100 years in...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 8 February 2017
Sales Fiction—Lyn Tranter at Australian Literary Management has sold the film option to The Legacy (Kirsten Tranter) to producer Karen Radzyner and director Kate Riedl at Dragonet Films. Zeitgeist Media...
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