Quote of the week
Wednesday, 21 October 2015
‘The recent debates around the Book Council funding and membership belie the work already undertaken on behalf of creators by ALAA and by many of the industry partners involved’—Australian Literary...
Selling strong: Australian publishers’ rights highlights
Wednesday, 21 October 2015
Books+Publishing asked a range of Australian publishers to share their recent rights successes ahead of this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair. Read their responses here.
Christopher Currie’s ‘Clancy of the Undertow’
Wednesday, 21 October 2015
‘Clancy of the Undertow is a beautiful story. It’s about the pressure that depression can have on a family, how it can slowly push everyone apart so a family becomes...
Charts this week
Monday, 19 October 2015
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Millie Marotta's Tropical Wonderland Millie Marotta Batsford 2 Millie Marotta's Animal Kingdom Millie Marotta Batsford 3 I Quit Sugar:Simplicious Sarah Wilson Macmillan...
Teen talk: Meet the 2015 Inky Awards judges
Wednesday, 14 October 2015
‘I believe YA needs more original ideas and less unrealistic love triangles and character stereotypes’—Genevieve, 15. ‘More diverse characters that are not there just for the sake of having a...
Ben Sanders’ American Blood
Wednesday, 14 October 2015
‘From the opening lines of American Blood you know you’re in the hands of a master storyteller’ … read Deborah Crabtree’s full review here.
Charts this week
Monday, 12 October 2015
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Millie Marotta's Animal Kingdom Millie Marotta Batsford 2 The 65-Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths Pan 3 Millie Marotta's Tropical Wonderland Millie Marotta Batsford...
Fresh blood: Ben Sanders on ‘American Blood’
Wednesday, 7 October 2015
‘I’d actually never intended to write a novel set in the US but in 2013 St Martin’s Press in New York offered me a two-book contract, on the condition that...
Debra Adelaide’s ‘The Women’s Pages’
Wednesday, 7 October 2015
‘This fourth novel from well-known Australian writer Debra Adelaide pays homage to Wuthering Heights and combines a creative metatextual structure with contemplation about mothers’ … read Joanne Shiells’ full review...
Charts this week
Monday, 5 October 2015
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The 65-Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths Pan 2 Millie Marotta's Tropical Wonderland Millie Marotta Batsford 3 Golden Lion Wilbur Smith & Giles Kristian...
Charts this week
Wednesday, 30 September 2015
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The 65-Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths Pan 2 The Girl in the Spider's Web David Lagercrantz Hachette 3 Make Me Lee Child Bantam...
Light and shadow: Vikki Wakefield on ‘Inbetween Days’
Wednesday, 30 September 2015
Vikki Wakefield’s latest YA novel Inbetween Days (Text) is about a high-school dropout who finds herself stagnating in a small town. ‘My stories usually take a darker turn around the halfway...
Michael Robotham’s ‘Life or Death’
Wednesday, 30 September 2015
‘Robotham piles on the tension without ever going over the top—and legions of readers should enjoy this superior example of the crime writer’s art’… read Max Oliver’s full review of...
Charts this week
Monday, 28 September 2015
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The 65-Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths Pan 2 The Girl in the Spider's Web David Lagercrantz Hachette 3 Make Me Lee Child Bantam...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 23 September 2015
‘I’m not saying for a moment that money will return to the Australia Council. What I’m saying is that … the exact nature and design of the [National Program for...
Campus calling: Karen Russell on her bookselling career
Wednesday, 23 September 2015
Karen Russell is a career Co-op bookseller who spent a long time managing the Co-op Sunshine Coast store. ‘As the student population has grown, so too has the demand for us...
Drusilla Modjeska’s ‘Second Half First: A Memoir’
Wednesday, 23 September 2015
Wise, vital and relayed in Modjeska’s restrained, sophisticated prose, it’s a major contribution to a literary lineage traceable to Virginia Woolf … read Gerard Elson’s full review here.
Charts this week
Monday, 21 September 2015
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The 65-Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths Pan 2 Make Me Lee Child Bantam 3 The Girl in the Spider's Web David Lagercrantz Hachette...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 16 September 2015
‘It is a remarkably staid collection of voices, one that does not represent Australian letters in their diverse and exciting entirety’—Australian writer Jessica Freidman on the make-up of the Book...
Meet the Seizure Viva La Novella winners
Wednesday, 16 September 2015
The three winning novellas in the 2015 Seizure Viva La Novella competition were published last month. Books+Publishing spoke to the winners about their novellas and the editing process. Read our...
Todd Alexander’s ‘Tom Houghton’
Wednesday, 16 September 2015
Tom Houghton is a classic first-person coming-of-age novel about a boy with huge dreams. 1986: 12-year-old Tom is a lonely and introverted child. He’s obsessed with Hollywood movie stars, and...
Charts this week
Monday, 14 September 2015
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Make Me Lee Child Bantam 2 The 65-Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths Pan 3 The Girl in the Spider's Web David Lagercrantz Hachette...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 9 September 2015
‘This is an unprecedented and extreme action by the Film and Literature Board of Review. Banning books is not the New Zealand way’—Publishers Association of New Zealand president Melanie Laville-Moore...
Taking cover: Should publishers use the same cover design for different territories?
Wednesday, 9 September 2015
In Books+Publishing’s latest talkback column we ask four booksellers, should publishers use the same cover design for different territories where possible? Read their responses here.
Magda Szubanski’s ‘Reckoning: A Memoir’
Wednesday, 9 September 2015
Magda Szubanski is one of Australia’s best-known comedians but what’s less known is her interesting family history. Her father, who fought in the Polish resistance, lived with the scars of...
Charts this week
Monday, 7 September 2015
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The 65-Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths Pan 2 Make Me Lee Child Bantam 3 The Girl in the Spider's Web David Lagercrantz Hachette...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 2 September 2015
‘Most of all, I witnessed a fierce determination to nurture and support their kids through reading and education, something often missing from the news coverage about indigenous communities we see...
Season’s Readings: Christmas 2015 titles
Wednesday, 2 September 2015
While Christmas is still over three months away, many publishers have already released their key titles for the seasonal selling period. Jackie Tang unwraps the titles on offer here.
Kate Morton’s ‘The Lake House’
Wednesday, 2 September 2015
Kate Morton’s fifth novel transports the reader back and forth between 1930s Cornwall and London in 2003. This epic tale opens with the disappearance of a child on the eve...
Charts this week
Monday, 31 August 2015
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The 65-Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths Pan 2 The Little Book of Calm Colouring David Sinden & Victoria Kay Macmillan 3 The Mindfulness...
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