Under cover: Amanda Wildsmith on book cover design
Wednesday, 4 December 2013
‘Every day I sell to bookstores I realise how much emphasis is placed on the cover,’ writes Hardie Grant sales rep Amanda Wildsmith. She shares some of her observations on...
Greg McLean, Aaron Sterns & Brett McBean’s ‘Wolf Creek: Origin’ and ‘Wolf Creek: Desolation Game’
Tuesday, 3 December 2013
Pre-empting the release of Wolf Creek 2 in cinemas in February come two prequel books about the villain of both films, Mick Taylor. Origin offers an insight into Mick’s childhood...
What’s selling after Christmas?
Wednesday, 27 November 2013
While booksellers are currently focussed on those all-important Christmas sales, it’s worth taking a look at some of the titles that sell well in the post-Christmas period. Nielsen BookScan and...
Colleen McCullough’s ‘Bittersweet’
Tuesday, 26 November 2013
Pitched as a return to form for Colleen McCullough, Bittersweet is a family saga (although to describe it as ‘sweeping’ might be pushing it) set in depression-era rural New South Wales....
The intern experience: Starting out in the book industry
Wednesday, 20 November 2013
Internships are a common way of breaking into the book industry and an opportunity to try out different roles. But there are pros and cons to the experience. Read Eloise Florence’s report...
Christos Tsiolkas’ ‘Barracuda’
Tuesday, 19 November 2013
After the success of 2008’s The Slap, Christos Tsiolkas could be excused for feeling he had nothing more to prove. Perhaps though it was that completely unexpected good fortune that planted...
Annabel Smith on (not) making a living from writing
Wednesday, 13 November 2013
What kind of income can ‘mid-list’ authors expect to earn from their books? Annabel Smith, whose second novel Whisky Charlie Foxtrot was published by Fremantle Press in November 2012, received...
Chris Harrison’s ‘Happy Eva After’
Wednesday, 13 November 2013
Sebastian Pink, perennial underachiever and ESL teacher at The Future Perfect, bites off more than he can chew with a new arrival at the school. Struggling to conceive with work-obsessed...
Drawing disability: Peter Whitfield on a cerebral palsy edition of ‘Jessica’s Box’
Thursday, 7 November 2013
This month, New Frontier is publishing a ‘cerebral palsy edition’ of Peter Carnavas’ picture book Jessica’s Box, which will be used as part of the CP Alliance’s disability awareness program...
Kim Kane & Sara Acton’s ‘Esther’s Rainbow’
Wednesday, 6 November 2013
There is something about a rainbow that appeals to kids of all ages (and no doubt, to adults too): its large arc across the sky, the way it appears almost...
‘Books+Publishing’ salary survey results
Wednesday, 30 October 2013
In the latest issue of Books+Publishing, Andrea Hanke and Andrew Wrathall report on the results of the 2013 Books+Publishing salary survey. The survey canvassed over 300 members of the Australian book...
Tim Cope’s ‘On the Trail of Genghis Khan’
Tuesday, 29 October 2013
What a tale this is! Adventurer, author and filmmaker Tim Cope gives us an awe-inspiring account of his three-year trek on horseback from Karakorum, the ancient capital of Mongolia, to...
Alice Grundy and Clare Drysdale: dispatches from the Frankfurt Book Fair
Wednesday, 23 October 2013
‘Imagine the busiest place you’ve ever been and then times it by 10. This was the device suggested to me by a friend as preparation for my first Frankfurt Book...
Richard Flanagan’s ‘The Narrow Road to the Deep North’
Tuesday, 22 October 2013
In Tasmania, a new book by Richard Flanagan is a much-anticipated event. He is, after all, a local hero. But he is much more than that, and with each book...
Bob Sessions bids farewell to the book trade
Tuesday, 15 October 2013
‘I count myself very fortunate that my publishing career coincided with a stable, but nevertheless transitional, period in the Australian book trade.’ Read former Penguin publishing director Bob Sessions’ parting...
Catherine Titasey’s ‘My Island Homicide’
Tuesday, 15 October 2013
Catherine Titasey’s debut novel My Island Homicide, which won the 2012 Queensland Literary Award for an unpublished manuscript by an emerging author, is part murder mystery, part family drama and part...
Found in translation
Tuesday, 8 October 2013
The 2013 Frankfurt Book Fair kicks off this week. In Junior Term 3, Kate Blackwood spoke to two children’s publishers who visit overseas book fairs to choose titles and translate them for a...
Jennifer McBride & Lynda Nixon’s ‘Shimmer’
Tuesday, 8 October 2013
When I was asked if I wanted to review Shimmer, it was pitched to me as ‘a teenage genie from another planet is sent to earth …’ and I didn’t hear...
Agata Mrva-Montoya on the St Gallen International Publishing Management Course
Wednesday, 2 October 2013
‘The majority of industry-based training programs focus on technology, production, marketing or editorial skills, reflecting the traditional needs of this creative industry, as well as the necessity to keep abreast...
Ivan Rudolph’s ‘Eyre: The Forgotten Explorer’
Tuesday, 1 October 2013
The subtitle of this book is quite fitting. For unlike other explorers of colonial Australia, Edward Eyre has never had much hold on the cultural memory. Aside from the highway,...
‘Books+Publishing’ rights survey results
Wednesday, 25 September 2013
For the 11th year in a row, Books+Publishing has surveyed Australian rights managers and literary agents to gauge the health of Australian rights trading. The survey looks at average income...
Debra Adelaide’s ‘Letter to George Clooney’
Tuesday, 24 September 2013
I’ve been a fan of Debra Adelaide’s writing since The Hotel Albatross was published in the mid 90s. Her last novel, The Household Guide to Dying, was a wonderfully touching...
Behind the scenes with Hachette commissioning editor Robert Watkins
Wednesday, 18 September 2013
In January, Robert Watkins was appointed commissioning editor of adult books at Hachette Australia, and has since signed authors as varied as spoken-word performer and Vic Prem’s Unpublished Manuscript winner...
Ellie Marney’s ‘Every Breath’
Tuesday, 17 September 2013
Picking up on the current Sherlock Holmes zeitgeist, Every Breath is the story of two teenagers playing at detective, trying to solve the death of their friend Homeless Dave. Rather than Holmes...
Why publish stuff which no-one reads?
Wednesday, 11 September 2013
David Musgrave, poet, novelist and founder of independent press Puncher & Wattman, is often told that ‘nobody reads’ the poetry that his press publishes. ‘This isn’t actually true,’ says Musgrave,...
Lloyd Jones’ ‘A History of Silence’
Tuesday, 10 September 2013
Lloyd Jones lives in Wellington, but when an earthquake devastates Christchurch he is asked by the BBC to write about it. Feeling unable to ‘speak for all’, he declines. Instead,...
Kicking goals: Sports books for kids
Wednesday, 4 September 2013
September is often a highlight on the sporting calendar as many local and national seasons draw to a close and finals begin. Andrew Wrathall spoke to several publishers and booksellers about sport books...
Sue Lawson’s ‘You Don’t Even Know’
Tuesday, 3 September 2013
Stuck in hospital after an accident he can’t remember, Alex is forced to try to put together the events that led him to this moment, starting with the terrible loss...
Get set for Father’s Day
Wednesday, 28 August 2013
Looking for some last-minute Father’s Day ideas? Andrea Hanke rounds up some of the publishers’ highlights, from new books to mark anniversaries for Wisden and Bathurst, to reflections of boyhood...
Blanche d’Alpuget’s ‘The Young Lion’
Wednesday, 28 August 2013
The Tudor family has long been a focus for historical novels, with authors such as Alison Weir, Philippa Gregory and Hilary Mantel flooding the market with Henry VIII and his...
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