Quote of the week
Wednesday, 7 September 2016
‘I don’t believe in national literature per se. I do believe in Australian writing, conceived mostly in obscurity, frequently in poverty, almost always in adversity’—Richard Flanagan delivers his first public...
Small publisher spotlight: Miscellaneous Press
Wednesday, 7 September 2016
Melbourne author and blogger Karen Andrews started Miscellaneous Press in 2008 to self-publish her first children’s picture book. ‘My blog was doing very well at the time, with great traffic...
All I want for Christmas: A preview
Wednesday, 7 September 2016
With Father’s Day behind us, it’s time to turn our attention to the books on offer this Christmas. Read our round-up of the adult highlights—from fiction to memoir, food and...
Charts this week
Monday, 5 September 2016
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The 78-Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton Pan 2 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child J K Rowling, Jack Thorne &...
Small publisher spotlight: Harbour Publishing House
Wednesday, 31 August 2016
Harbour Publishing House, based on the South Coast of NSW, began publishing in 2014 and specialises in children’s literature. ‘What initially started as a project to celebrate local talent has...
A S Patrić’s ‘Black Rock White City’
Wednesday, 31 August 2016
‘Told with haunting simplicity, the eminently readable Black Rock White City joins Nam Le’s The Boat and Maxine Beneba Clarke’s Foreign Soil as a welcome addition to the canon of...
Keeping up with the kids: Adele Walsh on the 35th IBBY International Congress
Wednesday, 31 August 2016
Centre of Youth Literature program manager Adele Walsh was one of five hundred literature and literary experts from over 60 countries who descended on Auckland’s Aotea Centre to discuss the...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 31 August 2016
‘Independent publishers now publish a large percentage of Australia’s literary fiction and are supporting new Australian writers telling Australian stories. It is affirming to see this reality being reflected in...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 31 August 2016
Sales Nonfiction—Black Inc. (Nero) has sold Vietnamese rights to Employee Enragement: Why People Hate Working for You (James Adonis) to Zenbooks. Rockpool has sold Japanese rights to Witches & Wizards...
Charts this week
Monday, 29 August 2016
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The 78-Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton Pan 2 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child J K Rowling, Jack Thorne &...
Small publisher spotlight: Brandl & Schlesinger
Wednesday, 24 August 2016
Established in 1994, NSW-based Brandl & Schlesinger publishes literary fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translation and academic journals. ‘My husband had worked as the publisher in Hungary’s first independent publishing company after...
Right place, right time: Melbourne’s The Younger Sun
Wednesday, 24 August 2016
Starting out as a summer pop-up shop, Melbourne’s The Younger Sun has stepped out of the shadows of the ‘Big Sun’ to become ‘a bit of an institution’, according to...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 24 August 2016
‘Right now, the focus should be on moving forward with legislation to fix copyright’s most egregious and indefensible failures’—legal academics Kimberlee Weatherall and Rebecca Giblin weigh into the debate over...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 24 August 2016
Sales Fiction—Lyn Tranter at Australian Literary Management has sold world rights to The Dark Lake (Sarah Bailey) to A&U. (See news.) Penguin Random House Australia has sold Spanish, French and...
Holly Throsby’s ‘Goodwood’
Wednesday, 24 August 2016
‘It’s fitting that a reviewer once described Australian musician Holly Throsby as “a songstress with [the] literary depth of a novelist”, because Throsby is now writing fiction—and her debut, Goodwood,...
Charts this week
Monday, 22 August 2016
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The 78-Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton Pan 2 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One & Two (Special...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 17 August 2016
‘The paper book is a value proposition. Twenty or thirty dollars buys you hours of deep, screen-free, distraction-free reading’—author Nick Earls on the benefits of print books and bookshops.
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 17 August 2016
Sales Fiction—Alex Adsett Publishing Services has sold world rights to The Hot Guy (Mel Campbell & Anthony Morris) to Echo. Nonfiction—Black Inc. has sold Korean rights to The Shortest History...
Small publisher spotlight: Celapene Press
Wednesday, 17 August 2016
Melbourne-based Celapene Press released its first title—an anthology called Page Seventeen—in 2005 before specialising in children’s and YA fiction. ‘Our first children’s book was Machino Supremo by Mark Carthew and...
Cath Crowley’s ‘Words in Deep Blue’
Wednesday, 17 August 2016
‘Highly recommended for fans of Trinity Doyle’s Pieces of Sky and Fiona Wood’s Cloudwish, this is a love letter to books and bookshops, to the ocean, to falling in love...
Student assessment: Meet the 2016 Inky Awards judges
Wednesday, 17 August 2016
‘The rise of book blogging has seen people appreciating books as artefacts again, not just as stories. The saying “don’t judge a book by its cover” has less and less...
Charts this week
Monday, 15 August 2016
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One & Two (Special Rehearsal edition) J K Rowling, Jack Thorne & John Tiffany...
Paul Mitchell’s ‘We. Are. Family.’
Wednesday, 10 August 2016
‘Paul Mitchell’s debut novel is the rare book that seems to both invite every clichéd description of new Australian writing—visceral, lyrical, “Wintonesque”—and somehow read as genuinely innovative’ … read Myles...
Small publisher spotlight: Serenity Press
Wednesday, 10 August 2016
Serenity Press was founded in Perth in 2012 to create publishing opportunities for emerging Australian authors. ‘Our next project is really exciting and I feel that it is our biggest...
Reaching the readers: Terri-ann White on book promotion
Wednesday, 10 August 2016
Is the book industry doing enough to promote books in a crowded marketplace, asks UWA Publishing director, author and former bookseller Terri-ann White in her latest column for Books+Publishing magazine.
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 10 August 2016
‘I think the difference between us and J K Rowling is she’s J R R Tolkien and we’re Enid Blyton. You can decide who would win in that match’—Andy Griffiths...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 10 August 2016
Sales Nonfiction—Black Inc. (Nero) has sold ANZ audio rights to Our Turn (Kristine Stewart) to Bolinda. Children’s—Scholastic has sold US and Canadian rights to Mummies Are Lovely (Meredith Costain, illus...
Charts this week
Monday, 8 August 2016
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Truly Madly Guilty Liane Moriarty Macmillan 2 After You Jojo Moyes Penguin 3 Me Before You (Film Tie In) Jojo Moyes Michael...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 3 August 2016
‘It’s great to have that one book bringing people into bookshops, it has a real knock-on effect to other books’—Pages & Pages co-owner Jon Page tells SmartCompany how the release...
Steven Amsterdam’s ‘The Easy Way Out’
Wednesday, 3 August 2016
‘Steven Amsterdam’s previous books Things We Didn’t See Coming and What the Family Needed are heavy with apocalyptic vision and metaphor, so his latest novel will immediately strike his fans...
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